Topic: R&B
The Grammys will pay special tribute to late Apple founder Steve Jobs, Brazil's Tom Jobim -- of "Girl from Ipanema" fame -- and US singer Diana Ross at the upcoming awards show, the organization announced Wednesday.The Apple co-founder and mind behind the ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rihanna on Thursday released track teasers online from her upcoming album "Talk That Talk," pushing the album up to no. 12 on the iTunes chart ahead of its November 21 release.The snippets from all 11 songs on the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In 1991, Boyz II Men arrived on the pop music scene with their own brand of R&B that peppered Motown-like harmonies with New Jack Swing, a genre that fused R&B, hip-hop and pop music.The following year ...
Superstar singer Rihanna surprised London Underground travellers by catching the Jubilee Line to the first of 10 sold-out concerts at the O2 Arena, reports said.The 23-year-old Barbadian chatted with fans and posed for pictures in a crowded carriage, telling one that ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rihanna may like to sing about sex and she may like to wear sexy costumes on stage, but the "S&M" singer says there is no videotape of her having sex with rapper J. Cole.On Wednesday, the singer ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - Esther Gordy Edwards, the sister of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. and the driving force behind the museum that continues to preserve the label's legacy, has died at age 91.The Motown Historical Museum, which Gordy Edwards founded ...
DALLAS (Reuters) - R&B singer Rihanna cut short a Dallas concert on Friday after a fire broke out near the stage, the artist said in a post on Twitter, and video of the incident showed sparks falling down from above."DALLAS!!! We ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&B star Chris Brown, fully rehabilitated in the public eye after beating up ex-girlfriend Rihanna two years ago, led the list of winners with criminal pasts at the BET Awards on Sunday.Brown took home four awards, including ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin has added a new kind of sole to her performances.The "Respect" singer last week fractured the big toe of her left foot on a favorite Jimmy Choo shoe and is now singing her ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A new Rihanna music video, in which the singer guns down a man in retaliation for an apparent sexual assault, was condemned on Wednesday for encouraging young women to turn to violence."Man Down", which debuted on the Black ...
