With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop — from ...

From a remastered collection of hits by an icon of Kenyan music, to a new album by a rising star of Afrobeats, and a fresh twist to timeless Christmas songs, here are five albums that have dropped on ...

After the highly anticipated and commercially successful release of Playboi Carti’s album “MUSIC” in March of this year, he ...

A breakdown of which stars crafted their biggest songs—and which relied on the pens of powerhouse songwriters. In the vibrant ...

A look at how global influences, cross-continental collaborations, and new voices are reshaping what R&B looks and sounds ...

On “Finally Over It,” the singer and songwriter rolls her eyes and brings in like-minded cynics for tracks that recall the soulful sounds of the ’90s.

It’s proof that folk music’s magic never fades, we bring to you five folk songs that continue to tug at the heart and connect across generations. Folk music has a soul that bridges generations, and ...

Mariah the Scientist & Ledisi also released strong projects in the category. By Gail Mitchell Last week, Billboard’s R&B/hip-hop team shared our nominee predictions in three of the five R&B categories ...

The Charlotte Hornets currently have two legitimate stars on the roster. Everyone knows how good both LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller are. The jury is out on others, including Kon Knueppel, Collin ...

Music always seems to elevate with each new decade and the 2010s was no different. During that time, streaming platforms like Apple, Spotify, SoundCloud, and Tidal truly changed the way music is ...

Let’s be real: you’ve probably been fooled once (or twice) when you were riding in the backseat of your grandmother‘s Buick on the way to church when an unsuspecting jam came through the car’s ...