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

The top songwriters Billboard Hot 100 and selective genre songs chart that utilize the Hot 100 formula (blending streaming, airplay and download sales data). Rankings are based on accumulated weekly ...

By Gail Mitchell When the name Q Parker is mentioned, the first thing that usually springs to mind for most is the Grammy-winning group 112. Between the mid-‘90s and the mid-’00s, the R&B quartet’s ...

Listen to the best new releases this week, featuring music from Summer Walker, Wale, Ciara, Meek Mill, Lola Brooke, and more.

From Lordkez to Umzulu Phaqa, a wave of young musicians is shaping a vibrant South African Neo-Soul movement that defies easy ...

Young Thug confirms he’s dropping new music before the year ends but says that it won’t be Hip Hop. Find out more on Rap-Up.

A rapper has been arrested on drug and weapon charges hours after getting his first Grammy nomination.

Amid a 24-hour news cycle and personalized algorithms, a wave of young artists are reviving bold, plainspoken protest music ...

G Herbo releases the new single Thank Me featuring Anderson .Paak. Produced by Go Grizzly, Billboard Hitmakers, Larrance ...

Stephen Thompson from NPR Music is joined by Liz Warner from WDET in Detroit to chat about their favorite albums out Friday, ...

From D’Angelo and John Legend to Aaliyah and SWV, these R&B hitmakers made songs so powerful that they could inspire a ...