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block=document.getElementById("mf-section-"+id);block.className+=" open-block";block.previousSibling.className+=" open-block";}</script><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><section class="mf-section-0" id="mf-section-0"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the parent genre, see <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">Rhythm and blues</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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"counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style>Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a <a href="/wiki/Popular_music" title="Popular music">popular music</a> <a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">genre</a> that combines <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">rhythm and blues</a> with elements of <a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Funk" title="Funk">funk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hip-hop" title="Hip-hop">hip hop</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Electronic_music" title="Electronic music">electronic music</a>. <table class="infobox nowraplinks"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">Contemporary R&B</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stylistic origins</th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">Rhythm and blues</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Funk" title="Funk">funk</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hip-hop" title="Hip-hop">hip hop</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_music" title="Electronic music">electronic</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cultural origins</th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Late 1970s and early 1980s, <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Derivative forms</th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neo_soul" title="Neo soul">Neo soul</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Nu-funk" class="mw-redirect" title="Nu-funk">nu-funk</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2-step_garage" title="2-step garage">2-step</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Alternative_R%26B" title="Alternative R&B">alternative R&B</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Afroswing" title="Afroswing">afroswing</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Subgenres</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_soul" class="mw-redirect" title="Hip hop soul">Hip hop soul</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/RnBass" title="RnBass">RnBass</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Fusion genres</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crunk%26B" class="mw-redirect" title="Crunk&B">Crunk&B</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Latin_R%26B" title="Latin R&B">Latin R&B</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/New_jack_swing" title="New jack swing">new jack swing</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pluggnb" class="mw-redirect" title="Pluggnb">pluggnb</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%AF%27n%27B" title="Raï'n'B">raï'n'B</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Grime_(music_genre)#Rhythm_&_grime" class="mw-redirect" title="Grime (music genre)">rhythm & grime</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Snap%26B" class="mw-redirect" title="Snap&B">snap&B</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> The genre features a distinctive <a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">record production</a> style and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement. <a href="/wiki/Electronic_music" title="Electronic music">Electronic</a> influences and the use of hip hop or <a href="/wiki/Electronic_dance_music" title="Electronic dance music">dance</a>-inspired <a href="/wiki/Beat_(music)" title="Beat (music)">beats</a> are typical, although the roughness and grit inherent in hip hop may be reduced and smoothed out. Contemporary R&B vocalists often use <a href="/wiki/Melisma" title="Melisma">melisma</a>, and since the mid-1980s, R&B rhythms have been combined with elements of hip hop culture and music, pop culture and pop music. <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Precursors">1 Precursors</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#1990s">2 1990s</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#2000s">3 2000s</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#2010s">4 2010s</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#2020s">5 2020s</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#See_also">6 See also</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#References">7 References</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Further_reading">8 Further reading</a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><h2 id="Precursors">Precursors</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_R%26B&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Precursors" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> According to <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Himes" title="Geoffrey Himes">Geoffrey Himes</a> speaking in 1989, the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_soul" title="Progressive soul">progressive soul</a> movement of the early 1970s "expanded the musical and lyrical boundaries of [R&B] in ways that haven't been equaled since". This movement was led by soul singer-songwriter/producers such as <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Mayfield" title="Curtis Mayfield">Curtis Mayfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Gaye" title="Marvin Gaye">Marvin Gaye</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> <a href="/wiki/Norman_Whitfield" title="Norman Whitfield">Norman Whitfield</a>'s productions at <a href="/wiki/Motown" title="Motown">Motown</a>, the record label of Gaye, were also pioneering for setting the soul vocals and simple <a href="/wiki/Hook_(music)" title="Hook (music)">hooks</a> of earlier <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">rhythm and blues</a> records against strong <a href="/wiki/Backbeat" class="mw-redirect" title="Backbeat">backbeats</a>, vocal harmonies, and orchestral sounds, all of which thickened the <a href="/wiki/Texture_(music)" title="Texture (music)">texture</a> of the music. Gaye's own music on albums such as <a href="/wiki/What%27s_Going_On_(Marvin_Gaye_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="What's Going On (Marvin Gaye album)">What's Going On</a> (1971) incorporated <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> influences that led the genre into a looser musical direction.<a href="#cite_note-circ-2">[2]</a> The nearest precursor to contemporary R&B came at the end of the <a href="/wiki/Disco" title="Disco">disco</a> era in the late 1970s, when <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a> added more electronic elements to the sound of the time, creating a smoother dancefloor-friendly style.<a href="#cite_note-circ-2">[2]</a> The first result was <a href="/wiki/Off_the_Wall" title="Off the Wall">Off the Wall</a> (1979), which—according to <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Thomas_Erlewine" title="Stephen Thomas Erlewine">Stephen Thomas Erlewine</a> from <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a>—"was a visionary album, that found a way to break disco wide open into a new world where the beat was undeniable, but not the primary focus" and "was part of a colorful tapestry of lush ballads and strings, smooth soul and pop, soft rock, and alluring funk".<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> Richard J. Ripani wrote that <a href="/wiki/Janet_Jackson" title="Janet Jackson">Janet Jackson</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Control_(Janet_Jackson_album)" title="Control (Janet Jackson album)">Control</a> (1986) was "important to the development of R&B for several reasons", as she and her producers, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Jam_and_Terry_Lewis" title="Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis">Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis</a>, "crafted a new sound that fuses the rhythmic elements of funk and disco, along with heavy doses of synthesizers, percussion, sound effects, and a rap music sensibility."<a href="#cite_note-The_New_Blue_Music-4">[4]</a> Ripani wrote that "the success of "Control" led to the incorporation of stylistic traits of rap over the next few years, and Janet Jackson was to continue to be one of the leaders in that development."<a href="#cite_note-The_New_Blue_Music-4">[4]</a> That same year, <a href="/wiki/Teddy_Riley" title="Teddy Riley">Teddy Riley</a> began producing R&B recordings that included hip hop influences. This combination of R&B style and hip hop rhythms was termed "<a href="/wiki/New_jack_swing" title="New jack swing">new jack swing</a>" and was applied to artists such as <a href="/wiki/Keith_Sweat" title="Keith Sweat">Keith Sweat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Brown" title="Bobby Brown">Bobby Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Kemp" title="Johnny Kemp">Johnny Kemp</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bell_Biv_DeVoe" title="Bell Biv DeVoe">Bell Biv DeVoe</a>.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><h2 id="1990s">1990s</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_R%26B&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1990s" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <style 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Michael_Jackson_1984.jpg/163px-Michael_Jackson_1984.jpg" decoding="async" width="163" height="248" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="1158"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 163px;height: 248px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Michael_Jackson_1984.jpg/163px-Michael_Jackson_1984.jpg" data-alt="" data-width="163" data-height="248" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Michael_Jackson_1984.jpg/245px-Michael_Jackson_1984.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Michael_Jackson_1984.jpg/326px-Michael_Jackson_1984.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:172px;max-width:172px"><div class="thumbimage"><a href="/wiki/File:Whitney_Houston_Welcome_Heroes_7_cropped.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Whitney_Houston_Welcome_Heroes_7_cropped.JPEG/170px-Whitney_Houston_Welcome_Heroes_7_cropped.JPEG" decoding="async" width="170" height="249" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1368" data-file-height="2007"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 249px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Whitney_Houston_Welcome_Heroes_7_cropped.JPEG/170px-Whitney_Houston_Welcome_Heroes_7_cropped.JPEG" data-alt="" data-width="170" data-height="249" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Whitney_Houston_Welcome_Heroes_7_cropped.JPEG/255px-Whitney_Houston_Welcome_Heroes_7_cropped.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Whitney_Houston_Welcome_Heroes_7_cropped.JPEG/340px-Whitney_Houston_Welcome_Heroes_7_cropped.JPEG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">The <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a> (RIAA) certified singers <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a> as the two best-selling R&B artists of the 20th century.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></div></div></div></div> Using <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Hip hop music">hip hop</a>-inspired backing tracks, a new genre labeled "<a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_soul" class="mw-redirect" title="Hip hop soul">hip hop soul</a>" was created by <a href="/wiki/Mary_J._Blige" title="Mary J. Blige">Mary J. Blige</a> and producer <a href="/wiki/Sean_Combs" title="Sean Combs">Sean Combs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston's</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Bodyguard_(soundtrack)" title="The Bodyguard (soundtrack)">The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album</a> (1992) eventually sold over 45 million copies worldwide becoming the best-selling soundtrack of all time.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> <a href="/wiki/Janet_Jackson" title="Janet Jackson">Janet Jackson</a>'s self-titled fifth studio album <a href="/wiki/Janet_(album)" title="Janet (album)">Janet</a> (1993), which came after her multimillion-dollar contract with <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Records" title="Virgin Records">Virgin Records</a>, sold over 14 million copies worldwide.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey recorded several <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a> No. 1 hits, including "<a href="/wiki/One_Sweet_Day" title="One Sweet Day">One Sweet Day</a>", a collaboration between both acts, which became the longest-running No. 1 hit in Hot 100 history. Carey also released a remix of her 1995 single "<a href="/wiki/Fantasy_(Mariah_Carey_song)" title="Fantasy (Mariah Carey song)">Fantasy</a>", with <a href="/wiki/Ol%27_Dirty_Bastard" title="Ol' Dirty Bastard">Ol' Dirty Bastard</a> as a feature, a collaboration format that was unheard of at this point. Carey, Boyz II Men and TLC released albums in 1994 and 1995—<a href="/wiki/Daydream_(Mariah_Carey_album)" title="Daydream (Mariah Carey album)">Daydream</a>. In the late 1990s, <a href="/wiki/Neo_soul" title="Neo soul">neo soul</a>, which added 1970s soul influences to the hip hop soul blend, arose, led by artists such as <a href="/wiki/Erykah_Badu" title="Erykah Badu">Erykah Badu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lauryn_Hill" title="Lauryn Hill">Lauryn Hill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maxwell_(musician)" title="Maxwell (musician)">Maxwell</a>. Hill and <a href="/wiki/Missy_Elliott" title="Missy Elliott">Missy Elliott</a> further blurred the line between R&B and hip hop by recording both styles. Beginning in 1995, the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Awards</a> enacted the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_R%26B_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best R&B Album">Grammy Award for Best R&B Album</a>, with <a href="/wiki/II_(Boyz_II_Men_album)" title="II (Boyz II Men album)">II</a> by <a href="/wiki/Boyz_II_Men" title="Boyz II Men">Boyz II Men</a> becoming the first recipient. The award was later received by <a href="/wiki/TLC_(group)" title="TLC (group)">TLC</a> for <a href="/wiki/CrazySexyCool" title="CrazySexyCool">CrazySexyCool</a> in 1996, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Rich" title="Tony Rich">Tony Rich</a> for Words in 1997, <a href="/wiki/Erykah_Badu" title="Erykah Badu">Erykah Badu</a> for <a href="/wiki/Baduizm" title="Baduizm">Baduizm</a> in 1998 and <a href="/wiki/Lauryn_Hill" title="Lauryn Hill">Lauryn Hill</a> for <a href="/wiki/The_Miseducation_of_Lauryn_Hill" title="The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill">The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill</a> in 1999. In 1994 the singer <a href="/wiki/Aaliyah" title="Aaliyah">Aaliyah</a> dropped her debut album and in 1996 she released her second album called "One In A Million" with different sounds and produced by Missy Elliot and <a href="/wiki/Timbaland" title="Timbaland">Timbaland</a>, unknown at that moment. At the end of 1999, Billboard magazine ranked Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson as the first and second most successful artists of the 1990s.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> Simultaneously, in the second half of the 1990s, <a href="/wiki/The_Neptunes" title="The Neptunes">The Neptunes</a> and Timbaland set influential precedence on contemporary R&B and hip hop music.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><h2 id="2000s">2000s</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_R%26B&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2000s" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Album_era#2000s:_Decline_in_the_digital_age,_shift_to_pop_and_urban" title="Album era">Album era § 2000s: Decline in the digital age, shift to pop and urban</a></div> Writing in 2003, music critic <a href="/wiki/Robert_Christgau" title="Robert Christgau">Robert Christgau</a> describes modern R&B as being "about texture, mood, feel—vocal and instrumental and rhythmic, articulated as they're smooshed together".<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Usherraymond_(300dpi).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Usherraymond_%28300dpi%29.jpg/150px-Usherraymond_%28300dpi%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="225" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1899" data-file-height="2848"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 150px;height: 225px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Usherraymond_%28300dpi%29.jpg/150px-Usherraymond_%28300dpi%29.jpg" data-width="150" data-height="225" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Usherraymond_%28300dpi%29.jpg/225px-Usherraymond_%28300dpi%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Usherraymond_%28300dpi%29.jpg/300px-Usherraymond_%28300dpi%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Usher_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Usher (singer)">Usher</a> was cited by <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a> as the no. 1 <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Hot 100</a> artist of the 2000s decade, with 7 number-one singles that accumulated 42 weeks at the top.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></figcaption></figure> Following periods of fluctuating success, <a href="/wiki/Urban_contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban contemporary">urban music</a> attained commercial dominance during the early 2000s, which featured massive <a href="/wiki/Crossover_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crossover (music)">crossover</a> success on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_charts" title="Billboard charts">Billboard charts</a> by R&B and hip hop artists.<a href="#cite_note-Molanphy-15">[15]</a> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alicia_Keys,_Lisboa_08_c.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Alicia_Keys%2C_Lisboa_08_c.jpg/170px-Alicia_Keys%2C_Lisboa_08_c.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="667" data-file-height="1000"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 255px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Alicia_Keys%2C_Lisboa_08_c.jpg/170px-Alicia_Keys%2C_Lisboa_08_c.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="255" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Alicia_Keys%2C_Lisboa_08_c.jpg/255px-Alicia_Keys%2C_Lisboa_08_c.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Alicia_Keys%2C_Lisboa_08_c.jpg/340px-Alicia_Keys%2C_Lisboa_08_c.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> ranked fifth on Billboard Artist of the Decade list. "<a href="/wiki/No_One_(Alicia_Keys_song)" title="No One (Alicia Keys song)">No One</a>" ranks No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs of the decade.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></figcaption></figure> In 2001, <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a> released "<a href="/wiki/Fallin%27_(Alicia_Keys_song)" title="Fallin' (Alicia Keys song)">Fallin'</a>" as her debut single, peaking at number one on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mainstream_Top_40" class="mw-redirect" title="Mainstream Top 40">Mainstream Top 40</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs</a> charts. It won three <a href="/wiki/44th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="44th Annual Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a> in 2002, including <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Song_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Song of the Year">Song of the Year</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_R%26B_Song" title="Grammy Award for Best R&B Song">Best R&B Song</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Female_R%26B_Vocal_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance">Best Female R&B Vocal Performance</a>. It was also nominated for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Record of the Year">Record of the Year</a>.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a>'s solo studio debut album <a href="/wiki/Dangerously_in_Love" title="Dangerously in Love">Dangerously in Love</a> (2003) has sold over 5 million copies in the United States and earned five <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Awards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> <a href="/wiki/Usher_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Usher (singer)">Usher</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Confessions_(Usher_album)" title="Confessions (Usher album)">Confessions</a> (2004) sold 1.1 million copies in its first week<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> and over 8 million copies in 2004, since then it has been certified <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">Diamond</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a> (RIAA) and, As of 2016,<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_R%26B&action=edit">[update]</a> has sold over 10 million copies in the US and over 20 million copies worldwide. Confessions had four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number one singles—"<a href="/wiki/Yeah!_(Usher_song)" title="Yeah! (Usher song)">Yeah!</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Burn_(Usher_song)" title="Burn (Usher song)">Burn</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Confessions_Part_II" title="Confessions Part II">Confessions Part II</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/My_Boo_(Usher_and_Alicia_Keys_song)" title="My Boo (Usher and Alicia Keys song)">My Boo</a>".<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> It won three Grammy Awards in 2005, including <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Contemporary_R%26B_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album">Best Contemporary R&B Album</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_R%26B_Performance_by_a_Duo_or_Group_with_Vocals" title="Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals">Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal</a> for "My Boo" and <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Rap/Sung_Performance" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Performance">Best Rap/Sung Collaboration</a> for "Yeah!"<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beyonc%C3%A9_Knowles_GMA_2011_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Beyonc%C3%A9_Knowles_GMA_2011_cropped.jpg/150px-Beyonc%C3%A9_Knowles_GMA_2011_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="242" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="1578"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 150px;height: 242px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Beyonc%C3%A9_Knowles_GMA_2011_cropped.jpg/150px-Beyonc%C3%A9_Knowles_GMA_2011_cropped.jpg" data-width="150" data-height="242" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Beyonc%C3%A9_Knowles_GMA_2011_cropped.jpg/225px-Beyonc%C3%A9_Knowles_GMA_2011_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Beyonc%C3%A9_Knowles_GMA_2011_cropped.jpg/300px-Beyonc%C3%A9_Knowles_GMA_2011_cropped.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a> was named by <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a> the most successful female act of the 2000s.</figcaption></figure> In 2004, all 12 songs that topped the Billboard Hot 100 were African-American recording artists and accounted for 80% of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Billboard_number-one_rhythm_and_blues_hits" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Billboard number-one rhythm and blues hits">number-one R&B hits</a> that year.<a href="#cite_note-Molanphy-15">[15]</a> Along with Usher's streak of singles, <a href="/wiki/Top_40" title="Top 40">Top 40</a> radio and both pop and R&B charts were topped by <a href="/wiki/Outkast" title="Outkast">Outkast</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Hey_Ya!" title="Hey Ya!">Hey Ya!</a>", <a href="/wiki/Snoop_Dogg" title="Snoop Dogg">Snoop Dogg</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Drop_It_Like_It%27s_Hot" title="Drop It Like It's Hot">Drop It Like It's Hot</a>", <a href="/wiki/Terror_Squad_(group)" title="Terror Squad (group)">Terror Squad</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Lean_Back" title="Lean Back">Lean Back</a>" and <a href="/wiki/Ciara" title="Ciara">Ciara</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Goodies_(song)" title="Goodies (song)">Goodies</a>".<a href="#cite_note-Molanphy-15">[15]</a> Chris Molanphy of "<a href="/wiki/The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a>" later remarked that "by the early 2000s, urban music "was" pop music."<a href="#cite_note-Molanphy-15">[15]</a> Between 2005 and 2009 Raymond, Knowles and Keys released albums—<a href="/wiki/B%27Day" title="B'Day">B'Day</a>, <a href="/wiki/Here_I_Stand_(Usher_album)" title="Here I Stand (Usher album)">Here I Stand</a>, <a href="/wiki/I_Am..._Sasha_Fierce" title="I Am... Sasha Fierce">I Am... Sasha Fierce</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Element_of_Freedom" title="The Element of Freedom">The Element of Freedom</a>. Mariah Carey's <a href="/wiki/The_Emancipation_of_Mimi" title="The Emancipation of Mimi">The Emancipation of Mimi</a> (2005) debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and earned ten Grammy Award nominations. The second single "<a href="/wiki/We_Belong_Together" title="We Belong Together">We Belong Together</a>" topped the Hot 100 charts for 14 weeks, and was later hailed "song of the decade" and won a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Female_R%26B_Vocal_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance">Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance</a> in 2006. The mid-2000s came with the emergence of new R&B acts <a href="/wiki/Ashanti_(singer)" title="Ashanti (singer)">Ashanti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keyshia_Cole" title="Keyshia Cole">Keyshia Cole</a> and <a href="/wiki/Akon" title="Akon">Akon</a>. Ashanti's eponymous debut album topped both US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">Billboard 200</a> and <a href="/wiki/Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums">Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums</a> charts. It earned her three Grammy nominations winning one for the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Contemporary_R%26B_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album">Best Contemporary R&B Album</a>. R&B newcomer <a href="/wiki/Chris_Brown" title="Chris Brown">Chris Brown</a> released his self-titled album in 2005 which debuted at number two on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">"Billboard" 200</a>. His debut single "<a href="/wiki/Run_It!" title="Run It!">Run It!</a>" peaked atop on the Billboard Hot 100, <a href="/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Hot_100_Airplay_(Radio_Songs)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs)">US Radio Songs</a>. During this time also came the emergence of R&B <a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">songwriters</a>.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> <a href="/wiki/Bryan-Michael_Cox" title="Bryan-Michael Cox">Bryan-Michael Cox</a> co-wrote Usher's "<a href="/wiki/Burn_(Usher_song)" title="Burn (Usher song)">Burn</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Confessions_Part_II" title="Confessions Part II">Confessions Part II</a>"(2005), Mariah Carey's "<a href="/wiki/Shake_It_Off_(Mariah_Carey_song)" title="Shake It Off (Mariah Carey song)">Shake It Off</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Forget_About_Us" title="Don't Forget About Us">Don't Forget About Us</a>" (2006), and Chris Brown's "<a href="/wiki/Say_Goodbye_(Chris_Brown_song)" title="Say Goodbye (Chris Brown song)">Say Goodbye</a>"(2006).<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> <a href="/wiki/Keri_Hilson" title="Keri Hilson">Keri Hilson</a> would co-write songs <a href="/wiki/Mary_J._Blige" title="Mary J. Blige">Mary J. Blige</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Take_Me_as_I_Am_(Mary_J._Blige_song)" title="Take Me as I Am (Mary J. Blige song)">Take Me as I Am</a>" (2006), Omarion's "<a href="/wiki/Ice_Box_(song)" title="Ice Box (song)">Ice Box</a>" (2006), and Ciara's "<a href="/wiki/Like_a_Boy" title="Like a Boy">Like a Boy</a>"(2006).<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> <a href="/wiki/Rico_Love" title="Rico Love">Rico Love</a> co-wrote Usher's "<a href="/wiki/Throwback_(song)" title="Throwback (song)">Throwback</a>" (2005), Keri Hilson's "<a href="/wiki/Energy_(Keri_Hilson_song)" title="Energy (Keri Hilson song)">Energy</a>"(2008), <a href="/wiki/Pleasure_P" title="Pleasure P">Pleasure P</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Boyfriend#2" title="Boyfriend">Boyfriend #2</a>"(2008).<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> <a href="/wiki/The-Dream" title="The-Dream">The-Dream</a> wrote <a href="/wiki/Rihanna" title="Rihanna">Rihanna</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Umbrella_(song)" title="Umbrella (song)">Umbrella</a>"(2007), <a href="/wiki/J._Holiday" title="J. Holiday">J. Holiday</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Bed_(J._Holiday_song)" title="Bed (J. Holiday song)">Bed</a>" and Usher's "<a href="/wiki/Moving_Mountains_(song)" title="Moving Mountains (song)">Moving Mountains</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Trading_Places_(song)" title="Trading Places (song)">Trading Places</a>"(2008).<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> <a href="/wiki/Ne-Yo" title="Ne-Yo">Ne-Yo</a> wrote Mario's "<a href="/wiki/Let_Me_Love_You_(Mario_song)" title="Let Me Love You (Mario song)">Let Me Love You</a>", Rihanna's "<a href="/wiki/Take_a_Bow_(Rihanna_song)" title="Take a Bow (Rihanna song)">Take a Bow</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Unfaithful_(song)" title="Unfaithful (song)">Unfaithful</a>", Beyoncé's "<a href="/wiki/Irreplaceable" title="Irreplaceable">Irreplaceable</a>"(2006) and "<a href="/wiki/Me_%26_U_(Cassie_song)" title="Me & U (Cassie song)">Me & U</a>"(2006) by Cassie.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> According to <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>, the most commercially successful R&B acts of the decade were <a href="/wiki/Usher_(singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Usher (singer)">Usher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alicia_Keys" title="Alicia Keys">Alicia Keys</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mariah_Carey" title="Mariah Carey">Mariah Carey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rihanna" title="Rihanna">Rihanna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Brown" title="Chris Brown">Chris Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ne-Yo" title="Ne-Yo">Ne-Yo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Akon" title="Akon">Akon</a>.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><h2 id="2010s">2010s</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_R%26B&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2010s" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <link 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1990s and 2000s, R&B, like many other genres, drew influences from the technical innovations of the time and began to incorporate more electronic and machine-made sounds and instruments, this evolving style called Electro-R&B slowly began dominating the genre. The use of effects such as <a href="/wiki/Auto-Tune" title="Auto-Tune">Auto-Tune</a> and new computerized synths have given R&B a more futuristic feel while still attempting to incorporate many of the genre's common themes such as love and relationships. According to Christgau in 2017, "almost all R&B goes for voice-plus-sound rather than voice-plus-song, with the sound ranging from precision track-and-hook to idiosyncratic atmospherics."<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> Early 2010s artists Usher and Chris Brown began embracing new electronic influences while still keeping R&B's original feel. Usher's "<a href="/wiki/OMG_(Usher_song)" title="OMG (Usher song)">OMG</a>"<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> and "<a href="/wiki/DJ_Got_Us_Fallin%27_in_Love" title="DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love">DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love</a>",<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> and Chris Brown's "<a href="/wiki/Yeah_3x" title="Yeah 3x">Yeah 3x</a>"<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> are all EDM-oriented. Singers <a href="/wiki/Miguel_(singer)" title="Miguel (singer)">Miguel</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Legend" title="John Legend">John Legend</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeremih" title="Jeremih">Jeremih</a> are popular in mainstream hip hop for many collaborations with rappers such as <a href="/wiki/Wale_(rapper)" title="Wale (rapper)">Wale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rick_Ross" title="Rick Ross">Rick Ross</a> and <a href="/wiki/J._Cole" title="J. Cole">J. Cole</a>. Today's R&B is far more diverse and incorporates more sonic elements than before, as it expands its appeal and commercial viability.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> <a href="/wiki/Trap_music_(hip_hop)" class="mw-redirect" title="Trap music (hip hop)">Trap music</a>'s influence maintained a strong presence on the music charts with R&B singer <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a>'s songs "<a href="/wiki/Drunk_in_Love" title="Drunk in Love">Drunk in Love</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Flawless_(Beyonc%C3%A9_song)" title="Flawless (Beyoncé song)">Flawless</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/7/11_(song)" title="7/11 (song)">7/11</a>", <a href="/wiki/Bryson_Tiller" title="Bryson Tiller">Bryson Tiller</a>'s debut studio album, <a href="/wiki/Trapsoul" title="Trapsoul">Trapsoul</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mary_J._Blige" title="Mary J. Blige">Mary J. Blige</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Thick_of_It_(Mary_J._Blige_song)" title="Thick of It (Mary J. Blige song)">Thick of It</a>".<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> <a href="/wiki/Latin_R%26B" title="Latin R&B">Latin R&B</a> is gaining ground since the wave of artists began mixing trap with that sound in the middle of this decade.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> Spanish-language singles by Alex Rose, <a href="/wiki/Rauw_Alejandro" title="Rauw Alejandro">Rauw Alejandro</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paloma_Mami" title="Paloma Mami">Paloma Mami</a>, which borrow shrewdly from R&B, are captivating a global audience.<a href="#cite_note-RS-37">[37]</a> In Latin America, the genre became popular with Alex Rose's "Toda",<a href="#cite_note-RS-37">[37]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sech_(singer)" title="Sech (singer)">Sech</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Otro_Trago" title="Otro Trago">Otro Trago</a>".<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><h2 id="2020s">2020s</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Contemporary_R%26B&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2020s" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> In the 2020s, R&B continued to diversify and blend with other genres, most notably <a href="/wiki/Alternative_R%26B" title="Alternative R&B">alternative R&B</a>, a subgenre characterized by its experimental production, introspective lyrics, and departure from traditional R&B structures. Artists such as <a href="/wiki/SZA" title="SZA">SZA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Ocean" title="Frank Ocean">Frank Ocean</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Weeknd" title="The Weeknd">the Weeknd</a> have been pivotal in bridging mainstream R&B with alternative styles, introducing ethereal soundscapes, electronic elements, and unconventional storytelling to a broader audience.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> Streaming platforms and social media, particularly <a href="/wiki/TikTok" title="TikTok">TikTok</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spotify" title="Spotify">Spotify</a>, have amplified the reach of R&B music. Viral moments have catapulted songs like SZA's "<a href="/wiki/Snooze_(SZA_song)" title="Snooze (SZA song)">Snooze</a>" and Daniel Caesar's "<a href="/wiki/Best_Part_(song)" title="Best Part (song)">Best Part</a> (feat. 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data-title="آر أند بي معاصر" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B4_%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="چاغداش آراندبی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="چاغداش آراندبی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8A%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%BC_%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4_%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%81" title="Съвременен ритъм енд блус – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Съвременен ритъм енд блус" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%26B_contemporani" title="R&B contemporani – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="R&B contemporani" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Contemporary R&B" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moderne_R%26B" title="Moderne R&B – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Moderne R&B" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Contemporary R&B" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%8D%CE%B3%CF%87%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%BF_R%26B" title="Σύγχρονο R&B – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σύγχρονο R&B" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues_contempor%C3%A1neo" title="Rhythm and blues contemporáneo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Rhythm and blues contemporáneo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuntempa_ritmenbluso" title="Nuntempa ritmenbluso – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Nuntempa ritmenbluso" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1" title="آراندبی معاصر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آراندبی معاصر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/RnB_contemporain" title="RnB contemporain – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="RnB contemporain" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BB%A8%ED%85%9C%ED%8D%BC%EB%9F%AC%EB%A6%AC_%EC%95%8C%EC%95%A4%EB%B9%84" title="컨템퍼러리 알앤비 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="컨템퍼러리 알앤비" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suvremeni_R%26B" title="Suvremeni R&B – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Suvremeni R&B" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%26B_kontemporer" title="R&B kontemporer – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="R&B kontemporer" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BAt%C3%ADma_ry%C3%BEmabl%C3%BAs" title="Nútíma ryþmablús – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Nútíma ryþmablús" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contemporary R&B" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%26B_%D7%A2%D7%9B%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99" title="R&B עכשווי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="R&B עכשווי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%94_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9B-%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93-%E1%83%91%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%96%E1%83%98" title="თანამედროვე რიტმ-ენდ-ბლუზი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="თანამედროვე რიტმ-ენდ-ბლუზი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Contemporary R&B" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%A0%26%D0%91" title="Современ Р&Б – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Современ Р&Б" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1" title="آر اند بى معاصر – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="آر اند بى معاصر" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%26B_kontemporari" title="R&B kontemporari – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="R&B kontemporari" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moderne_r%26b" title="Moderne r&b – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Moderne r&b" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9D%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BBR%26B" title="コンテンポラリー・R&B – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="コンテンポラリー・R&B" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moderne_R%26B" title="Moderne R&B – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Moderne R&B" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Contemporary R&B" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%26B_contempor%C3%A2neo" title="R&B contemporâneo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="R&B contemporâneo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%26B_contemporan" title="R&B contemporan – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="R&B contemporan" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BC-%D0%BD-%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B7" title="Современный ритм-н-блюз – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Современный ритм-н-блюз" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Contemporary R&B" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Contemporary R&B" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenčina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%B8_%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B7" title="Савремени ритам и блуз – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Савремени ритам и блуз" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nykyaikainen_R%26B" title="Nykyaikainen R&B – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Nykyaikainen R&B" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samtida_R%26B" title="Samtida R&B – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Samtida R&B" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A2" title="อาร์แอนด์บีร่วมสมัย – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="อาร์แอนด์บีร่วมสมัย" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target">ไทย</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87a%C4%9Fda%C5%9F_R%26B" title="Çağdaş R&B – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Çağdaş R&B" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkçe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BC-%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4-%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B7" title="Сучасний ритм-енд-блюз – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Сучасний ритм-енд-блюз" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Українська</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%26B_%C4%91%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_%C4%91%E1%BA%A1i" title="R&B đương đại – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="R&B đương đại" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Tiếng Việt</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Contemporary R&B" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target">Yorùbá</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%95%B6%E4%BB%A3R%26B" title="當代R&B – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="當代R&B" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target">粵語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BD%93%E4%BB%A3%E8%8A%82%E5%A5%8F%E5%B8%83%E9%B2%81%E6%96%AF" title="当代节奏布鲁斯 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="当代节奏布鲁斯" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target">中文</a></li></ul> </section> </div> <div class="minerva-footer-logo"><img 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