From unexpected pop pivots to reflections on the state of the world, these are the essential songs of the year.

MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Shenseea’s global-conquering “Shake it to the Max (Fly)” rules Billboard’s 2025 year-end U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart, giving each artist ...

Chris Brown, Summer Walker, and other R&B acts served up the most-streamed songs of the year. As part of iHeartRadio's Rewind ...

There's a Christmas song for all tastes – jolly to melancholy – so corralling them into one list is not only futile, but ...

From the breakout Brooklyn band Geese to the Puerto Rican star and soon-to-be Super Bowl halftime performer Bad Bunny and ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Elmiene, Arin Ray, SAHXL, SAILORR, Lily Massie, Lexa ...

A huge, gloriously silly and brutally effective amalgam of abandoned styles ripe for reinvigorating — rap-metal, dream-prog, ...

The Associated Press has selected the 10 best songs of the year, showcasing a diverse range of artists and genres.

With “Boo’d Up,” Ella Mai turned everyday feelings into a global love anthem that reminded R&B how romance should feel.

Legendary R&B singer D’Angelo died on Oct. 14. He was 51. TMZ reported that the singer’s death came after a battle with ...

Antone “Chubby” Tavares, the lead singer of Tavares — a 1970s R&B band of five brothers — died on Nov. 29, his family ...