R&B may not dominate the charts like it once did, but the genre is far from fading into the background. In fact, 2024 brought a plethora of smooth slow jams, infectious dance tracks, heartfelt love ...

The R&B in 2024 stands out for its dynamic evolution and genre-blending creativity. Today’s R&B artists are breaking ...

More music, more listeners, no problems. The global music industry hit 4.8 trillion streams in 2024, a new single-year record, Luminate’s 2024 Year-End Report found. That’s up 14% from 2023, which ...

The consistency of impressive quality in the worlds of jazz and blues in Nashville allows fans to enjoy great music year-round. The amount of noteworthy events makes it impossible to cite everything ...

Sometimes the best new R&B can be hard to find, but there are plenty of great rhythm-and-blues tunes to get into if you have the time to sift through the hundreds of newly released songs every week.

Listen to 68 tracks that made major statements, boosted big beefs, propelled up-and-comers and soundtracked the party this year. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles Here’s a ...

This list from WBEZ and sister station Vocalo blurs lines and mixes genres, from hip-hop and R&B to indie rock, blues and jazz. 2024 brought forth a wealth of Chicago music spanning all genres. As we ...

This was such an exciting year in music, and as you can see from my list, an especially exciting year for women in music yet again. They dominated the pop, country, and rap charts, just to name a few.

If you’re like a lot of us, this past year might be one you’re not unhappy to see go. (Maybe you’d even like to see the swinging door slap 2024’s ass on the way out.) But then, also like some of us, ...

As we put this list together, we thought about the rise of a new pop class, the return of some longtime favorites, regional rap bangers, country crossovers, the year of sexy drill, and more. All the ...