Taylor Swift's 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," marks a moment in her career where she steps back and examines ...

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When Childish Gambino (also known as Donald Glover) released Awaken, My Love! in 2016, fans weren’t quite sure what to expect ...

Iconic R&B and pop singers Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight and Stephanie Mills embarked on the “The Queens: 4 ...

Discover 9 classic Gap Band songs that showcase their funk, soul, and R&B brilliance—timeless tracks that still resonate today.

Famed performer James Brown was born in Barnwell, South Carolina, in 1933. After persevering through poverty, he became a ...

We now head toward the end of the artists and groups beginning with the letter B who hit the Billboard pop charts but did not reach the top 10. Solomon Burke-The Electronic Magnetism (#96), Love's ...

THE 70 best things about the 70s have been revealed, with Abba topping the list. A poll of 2,000 adults celebrated the decade of flares, funk and feathered hair. Making up the top three were Queen (21 ...

The 1970s are arguably the most colorful decade of music in recent history, from Southern rock to disco to funk to R&B to hard rock to country and folk. One of those genres was, of course, the ...

It’s songs of the summer time, as both the calendar and the thermometer make clear — we’re deep in the sticky season. This playlist rounds up top contenders for 2025’s song of the summer, featuring ...