Michael Gonzales　

Tyla (2020s)　

Victoria Monet　

Sza　

Known as SZA, alternative R＆B artist Solana Rowe grew up listening to classic and avant-garde jazz ranging from Billie Holiday to John Coltrane, alternative artists including Bjork, and ..more

Erika De Casier　

edbl　

Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic　

Sampha　

Sampha Sisay is a singer, songwriter, keyboardist, and producer whose artful and emotive mix of pop, R＆B, and electronic music isn’t easily categorized. He started making music early in his teenage ..more

Doja Cat　

Zara Larsson　

Swedish vocalist and songwriter Zara Larsson has a penchant for crafting soulful electropop that falls somewhere between Rihanna, Lorde, and Robyn. Born in Solna (a suburb of Stockholm), s ..more

Eric Benet　

Eric Benet is a contemporary R＆B singer with mild hip-hop and strong adult contemporary influences. As a teenager, he performed in a family vocal group (appropriately named Benet) with ..more

Janelle Monae　

Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, and actor Janelle Monae left her mark on 2010s R＆B with an energized retro-futuristic sound wrapped in theatrical science fiction concepts. ..more

Bruno Mars　

American singer/songwriter Bruno Mars is a Grammy-winning artist who got his start crafting hits for other artists before taking off on his own highly successful trajectory. An all-around entertain ..more

Ben Liebrand　

Mayer Hawthorne　

A practitioner of his own variety of playful but sincere blue-eyed soul, Mayer Hawthorne is the stage name of eclectic DJ/producer Andrew Cohen. Born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan and a onet ..more

Weeknd　

The Weeknd is the alias of alternative R＆B enigma-turned-pop star Abel Tesfaye, whose aching accounts of emotionally and physically toxic indulgences have translated to multi-platinum sales and ..more

TLC　

The best-selling female R＆B trio of the decade, TLC stands for T-Boz (b. Tionne Watkins, 26 April, 1970), Lisa Left Eye Lopes (b. 27 May 1971) and Rozonda Chilli Thomas (b. 27 February, 1971). A ..more

Amy Winehouse　

Much can be said about the late Amy Winehouse, one of the U.K.’s flagship vocalists during the 2000s. The British press and tabloids seemed to focus on her rowdy behavior, heavy consumption of alco ..more

Justin Bieber　

Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber was barely into his teens when he released his 2009 debut, My World, and became one of the youngest success stories in contemporary pop when it went either plat ..more

Usher　

One of the most successful pop-R＆B artists of the late 20th century and the early 21st century, Usher debuted during the mid-’90s as a fresh-faced teenager. As part of the thriving LaFace label ..more