Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Drake’s 2011 hit “Headlines” jumps to a new peak of No. 11 on the ...

South African R&B star Nanette and Nigerian songwriter and hitmaker Mbryo unite on “Taking Me Places,” the standout lead single from Nanette’s newly released Painfully Happy (Deluxe).Bringing together ...

We already broke down how much weight a debut single carries for R&B artists in part one. That first drop introduces an artist before the world even knows their story. When it connects, it creates a ...

Compiled by the Official Charts Company, the UK's biggest Hip Hop and R&B songs of the week, based on sales of downloads, CDs, vinyl and other formats, across a seven day period.

R&B’s renaissance year was 2023. Beyoncé embodied R&B’s timelessness during her magnum opus Renaissance World Tour, where she preceded her disco-pop futuristic performance with a medley of some of her ...

Starting in the late 1970s, she scored multiple hit singles, including “This Time I’ll Be Sweeter” and “I Try,” but a pair of strokes in the 2000s ended her career. By Alex Williams See more of our ...