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A global, multilingual list of rhythm and blues and contemporary R&B musicians recognized via popular R&B genres as songwriters, instrumentalists, vocalists, mixing engineers, and for musical composition and record production.
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to African Americans, at a time when "rocking, jazz based music ...
References. ^ "Janet Jackson wins eight honors including Top R&B artist, R&B albums artist, R&B singles artist and Hot 100 Singles Artist". Latimes.com. November 27, 1990. Retrieved November 2, 2016. ^ "1991 Billboard Music Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved October 19, 2016. ^ "1992 Billboard Music Awards". Awards and Winners.
From November 30, 1963 to January 23, 1965 there was no Billboard R&B singles chart. Some publications have used Cashbox magazine's stats in their place. No specific reason has ever been given as to why Billboard ceased releasing R&B charts, but the prevailing wisdom is that the chart methodology used was being questioned, since more and more white acts were reaching number-one on the R&B chart.
1969. Currently held by. Kenny B. Edmonds, Blair Ferguson, Khris Riddick-Tynes, Solána Rowe and Leon Thomas, "Snooze" ( 2024) Website. grammy.com. The Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (sometimes known as the R&B Songwriter's Award) has been awarded since 1969. From 1969 to 2000, it was known as the Grammy Award for Best Rhythm and Blues Song.
R&B chart. This is a list of all the musicians and music groups who reached number one on the Billboard R&B singles chart. [1] The chart was officially titled as follows: Oct 1942 – Feb 1945 The Harlem Hit Parade. Feb 1945 – Jun 1949 Race Records. Jun 1949 – Oct 1958 Rhythm & Blues Records. Oct 1958 – Nov 1963 Hot R&B Sides.
Chart history. "Teardrops from My Eyes" was a number one for Ruth Brown. Roy Brown topped the best sellers chart with "Hard Luck Blues". Louis Jordan achieved his final number one in 1950 with "Blue Light Boogie". His total number of weeks in the top spot vastly exceeded that achieved by any other artist to this point.
Tank (American singer) Durrell Artaze Babbs (born January 1, 1976), [ 2] better known by his stage name Tank, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a backing vocalist for R&B singer Aaliyah, and signed a recording contract with her label, Blackground Records as a performing act in 1998.