Johnny Gill Releases Video for 'A Dance, A Kiss'
The music video, featuring Snoop Dogg, arrives months after the song's May release and follows its chart success on Billboard's Adult R&B Airplay.
U.S. R&B News
This section covers R&B and soul music in the United States — artists, releases, chart and streaming performance and the industry that produces and distributes the genre. Reporting takes in contemporary R&B alongside the soul tradition that informs it.
Recent news
November 6, 2026
B2K Releases Eclipse, First Album Since 2003The R&B group returns with a 12-track album featuring singles Mileage and Lil Freak and a Bow Wow collaboration.
November 6, 2026
Coco Jones Releases Expanded "Love Me Through" CollectionThe release bundles four versions of the single, following its August debut and the wedding footage that accompanied it.
November 6, 2026
Back to Black Re-Enters Four Billboard Top 10sAmy Winehouse's 2006 album climbs back onto several charts after its 20th-anniversary reissue.
November 5, 2026
The Voice Eliminates Ladden Jr. and Chari in Cut WeekNBC's reality singing competition held its first Cut Week, sending 15 of 28 contestants home while one singer was saved by audience vote.
November 5, 2026
Usher, Chris Brown Set Stadium Record in AtlantaThe R&B co-headliners begin a five-night Mercedes-Benz Stadium run after adding dates due to demand.
November 5, 2026
Kirk Franklin Says Son Hasn't Taken ResponsibilityThe gospel singer discussed his strained relationship with Kerrion Franklin during an appearance on Big Boy's Neighborhood.
November 4, 2026
Toni Braxton Shares AI Tiny Desk Family VideoBraxton posted an AI-edited clip placing her family into Charlie Wilson's Tiny Desk performance of "Outstanding."
November 4, 2026
Tinashe Clashes With Republican Fan Over Political PostsThe R&B singer responded after a user criticized her blue-heart emojis and voting message on X.
November 3, 2026
Brandy, Monica Share CFDA Fashion Awards Red CarpetBrandy Norwood and Monica Arnold attended the 2026 CFDA Fashion Awards together, a year after ending decades of industry friction in a reunion tour.
November 3, 2026
Usher Teases Drake Remix of "I'm Spent"The R&B star previewed a remix of Drake's May single during an Instagram live session, with some fans already calling it "U Spent."
More in R&B
Album releases and their chart and streaming performance, Grammy and award nominations and outcomes, artist news and label developments, the streaming platform decisions that shape which R&B artists gain the widest reach, and the moments when soul catalog resurfaces through sampling or cultural rediscovery are the recurring subjects here. New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and Phoenix have each shaped the genre's regional character, and coverage draws on that geography when reporting on where specific sounds and careers originated. Streaming has reshaped R&B's commercial dynamics more visibly than most genres, as the playlist-driven discovery model has created new pathways to audience that differ from the radio and video promotion systems the genre historically relied on. The boundary between R&B, hip-hop and pop has become an increasingly discussed subject within genre coverage, as chart categorization, streaming playlist placement and award eligibility decisions regularly raise questions about where one ends and another begins.