R&amp;B

Rihanna has sent a message of unity after winning the Presidents Award from NAACP.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, pop, R&B, Rihanna, USA

Lizzo Wins At NAACP Awards

Lizzo, Just Mercy, and Black-ish were the big winners at the 2020 NAACP Image Awards in Hollywood on Saturday night.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Lizzo, R&B, USA

Prince Estate Reveals Next Round of Reissues

The next round of Prince reissues will be 2001’s ‘The Rainbow Children’ and 2002’s ‘One Nite Alone’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, One Nite Alone, pop, Prince, R&B, rock, soul, The Rainbow Children, USA

Janet Jackson Labels Her 2-Year Old ‘Incredibly Musical’

Janet Jackson’s son asked her to buy him a violin when he was just two years old.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Janet Jackson, pop, R&B, USA

Lil Nas X Denies Rodeo Copyright Infringement

Lil Nas X has issued a denial in response to a copyright infringement lawsuit over his hit single Rodeo.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, hip-hop, Lil Nas X, pop, R&B, rap, USA

Rihanna Starts Teasing Her Next Album

Rihanna is planning her first album in four years.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, pop, R&B, Rihanna, USA

Solange Cancels Two Sydney Shows Due To Illness

Singer Solange has pulled the plug on two of her upcoming residency shows at Australia’s famed Sydney Opera House due to an undisclosed medical issue.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, pop, R&B, Solange, USA

Lizzo Puts The Call Out For Thicc-Girl Ballerinas

Lizzo – the undisputed Queen of 2019/20 – has put a call out via Instagram for thicc-girl ballerinas.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, ballerinas, ballet, hip-hop, Lizzo, pop, R&B

Billy Ocean Announces First Album In More Than A Decade

Billy Ocean is set to release ‘One World’ – his first record of new material since 2009’s ‘Because I Love You’ – to mark his milestone birthday on January 21.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Billy Ocean, pop, R&B, soul

US Rapper Lizzo Wraps At Foodbank Melbourne

American rapper Lizzo went from rapper to wrapper when she helped out at Foodbank, Melbourne as a volunteer.

Tagged as: 10s, bushfires, Foodbank, hip-hop, Lizzo, pop, R&B, soul, USA

Lizzo Honoured She Made Obama 2019 Music List

Lizzo was left in tears after former U.S. President Barack Obama included her tune Juice in a list of his favourite songs of 2019.

Tagged as: 10s, hip-hop, Lizzo, pop, R&B, soul, USA

Hall & Oates Return To The Australian Top 40 For The First Time Since 1984

Hall & Oates are officially an Australian Top 40 act again, scoring their first Top 40 hit since ‘Out of Touch’ in 1984.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Christmas, Hall & Oates, pop, R&B, rock, USA

Lizzo Slaps Down Troll On Social Media

Lizzo hit back at a troll on social media who claimed she’s only popular because “there is an obesity epidemic in America”.

Tagged as: 10s, hip-hop, Lizzo, pop, R&B, soul, USA

Jay-Z Snatches Man’s Phone After He Tries To Film Beyonce

JAY-Z got protective over his wife Beyonce as she let loose on the dancefloor at Bad Boy Records founder Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ belated 50th birthday party on Saturday.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, Beyonce, hip-hop, Jay-Z, R&B, USA

Lenny Kravitz Releases Anti-Racism Song For United Nations

Legendary singer Lenny Kravitz has released a ballad to raise awareness for the United Nations Human Rights Council’s #fightracism campaign.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, bluesfest, Lenny Kravitz, R&B, rock, soul, tour, UN, United Nations

Beyonce Choreographer Defends Singer Accused Of Underpaying Dancers

Beyonce’s choreographer JaQuel Knight has hit back at claims the star underpaid her dancers for a recent music video shoot.

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Memo Music Hall To Honour Tina Turner’s 80th With Rebecca O’Connor Performance

Rebecca O’Connor, Ireland’s “Tina Turner” will perform at Memo Music Hall in St Kilda this Friday, in honour of Tina’s recent 80th.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Ireland, Memo Music Hall, pop, R&B, Rebecca O'Connor, St Kilda, Tina Turner, USA

R. Kelly’s Former Tour Manager Will Testify Against The Sexual Predator

R. Kelly’s former tour manager Demetrius Smith has claimed he purchased a fake ID for late singer Aaliyah when she was just 15 so she could marry R. Kelly, and while he’s spoken about the allegations both in his book and the ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ documentary, he doesn’t want to be the reason Kelly gets convicted after he recently had a charge of bribing a public official added to the sexual abuse offences he’s also facing trial over.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, pop, R. Kelly, R&B, USA

John Legend Defends His Adjusted Version of ‘Baby Its Cold Outside’

John Legend is furious about the backlash over his altered version of Baby, It’s Cold Outside as he believes it’s part of an attempt to discredit the #MeToo movement.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, John Legend, pop, R&B, USA

Prince Archivist Michael Howe Runs Us Through The ‘1999’ Box Set

Michael Howe is Prince’s archivist. His job is to mine The Vault, the complete masters of Prince recordings, and extract what becomes the expanded reissues of the Prince catalogue.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, pop, Prince, R&B, rock, soul

P. Diddy and Mary J. Blige To Produce Blige Documentary For Amazon

Mary J. Blige and Sean “P. Diddy” Combs have teamed up to produce a documentary on Blige that is headed for Amazon.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, hip-hop, Mary J Blige, P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, R&B, Sean Combs

Jill Scott To Celebrate 20th Anniversary of ‘Who Is Jill Scott?’

Legendary R&B singer Jill Scott is heading out on the road to celebrate twenty years of her game-changing album Who Is Jill Scott?.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20th anniversary, Jill Scott, live, R&B, tour, who is

Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson Join Berry Gordy for opening of Berry Gordy Square

Sunset Boulevard and Argyle Avenue in Hollywood will hereby be known as Berry Gordy Square.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Berry Gordy, Berry Gordy Square, motown, music industry, pop, R&B, soul, USA

Tina Turner Says She Is “Happy To Be An 80 Year Old Woman”

Tina Turner has recorded a video message for fans for her 80th birthday.

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Kanye West Is Building An Amphitheatre

Kanye West is plotting to build a massive amphitheatre on his ranch in Wyoming.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, hip hip, Kanye West, pop, R&B, rap, USA

Australian Charts: Kanye West ‘Jesus Is King’ Is No 1 For A Second Week

For the first time in his No.1 chart career in Australia a Kanye West album has managed to hold on for a second week at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australian charts, hip hip, Kanye West, pop, R&B, rap, USA

Solange Knowles and Husband Split

Solange Knowles has split from her husband after five years of marriage.

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Rihanna and Meek Mill Plead For Texan Court To Overturn Death Sentence

Rihanna, Meek Mill, and Busta Rhymes have urged fans to petition Texas’ government to save a man on death row.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Busta Rhymes, Meek Mill, pop, R&B, Rihanna, USA

Australian Charts: Kanye West ‘Jesus Is King’ Debuts At No 1

Kanye West scores his third No.1 album in Australia this week as he debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart with his ninth album, this one a gospel set called “Jesus is King”.

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Kelly Rowland Hasn’t Ruled Out New Music For Destiny’s Child

Kelly Rowland says she has no plans to do a new track with her bandmates Beyoncé and Michelle Williams, but has confessed that if they were to do something, she wouldn’t say anyway as she’d want it to be a “surprise”.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, Beyonce, Destiny's Child, Kelly Rowland, pop, R&B