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R&B

American  
Or r&b,

R & B British  

abbreviation

  1. rhythm and blues

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Kwn, who is nominated for best R&B act, told our team on the Brits red carpet that her outfit was straight from Nigeria - paying tribute to her father's heritage.

From BBC

On Instagram, Kelis—the R&B star known for singing “my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard”—regales 3 million followers with quick videos on the opportunities she says await Black Americans ready to follow her by moving to Kenya.

From The Wall Street Journal

The group of artists representing rock, pop, Latin music, R&B, hip-hop, post-punk and heavy metal reflects the increasing diversification of the hall, which after years of criticism that it overvalued the work of older, white men recently broadened its selection process along gender, race and style lines.

From Los Angeles Times

The project will consist of seven albums, released over seven months, each devoted to a genre — hip-hop, reggae, jazz, country, Haitian kompa, R&B — and each traceable to a pivotal moment in his career.

From Los Angeles Times

NewJeans, who became the eighth biggest-selling act in the world a year after their debut in 2022, were seen as a game-changer by critics for their blend of 1990s R&B and sugar-coated pop melodies.

From BBC