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Contemporary R&B. Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music . The genre features a distinctive record production style and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement. Electronic influences and the use of hip hop or dance -inspired beats ...
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 ...
"Heartbreak Hotel" was nominated for Best R&B Video at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards. [21] The song was also nominated for "R&B Single of the Year" at the 10th Billboard Music Awards on December 8, 1999, [ 22 ] [ 23 ] and for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best R&B Song at the 42nd Grammy Awards on February 23, 2000. [ 24 ]
The 1980s saw the emergence of electronic dance music and new wave, also known as Modern Rock. As disco fell out of fashion in the decade's early years, [ 1] genres such as post-disco, Italo disco, Euro disco, and dance-pop became more popular. Rock music continued to enjoy a wide audience. [ 2] Soft rock, [ 3] glam metal, thrash metal, shred ...
grammy.com. The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album was an Honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, [1] to recording artists for quality works on albums in the contemporary R&B music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony ...
Mary Jane Blige [1] [17] was born on January 11, 1971, at Fordham Hospital in the Bronx, New York City, to nurse Cora and jazz musician Thomas Blige.She has an older sister, LaTonya Blige-DaCosta, a younger half-brother, Bruce Miller, and a younger half-sister, Jonquell, both from a relationship Blige's mother had with another man after divorcing her first husband.
The music video was released on October 31, 1987, [33] and received one nomination at the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards Ceremony. [34] The video, alongside Jackson's "Bad" video, was nominated for Best Choreography, but lost to Jackson's younger sister Janet 's video " The Pleasure Principle ".
Commodores performing at the 25th Natchitoches Jazz and R&B Festival in 2022. In 1990, they formed Commodores Records and re-recorded their 20 greatest hits as Commodores Hits Vol. I & II. They have recorded a live album, Commodores Live, along with a DVD of the same name, and a Christmas album titled Commodores Christmas. In 2012, the band was ...