CBS and Dick Clark Productions will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the American Music Awards with a special event featuring performances from the biggest stars. The event will broadcast on CBS simultaneously on both coasts on Sunday, Oct. 6, at 8 p.m. ET, and will be available for live streaming and on-demand viewing on Paramount+. […] The post Mariah Carey, Chaka Khan and More to Perform at American Music Awards […]

Chris Brown’s single “Sensational” featuring Nigerian acts Davido and Lojay holds at No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart for a seventh consecutive week. The track produced by DJ Hardwerk ties Brown’s “Go Crazy” with Young Thug for seven weeks atop this airplay chart, marking his second longest run here. His collaboration with the […] The post Chris Brown’s ‘Sensational’ Remains No. 1 for Seventh Week on Billboard’s Adult […]

Music icon Dionne Warwick will have a street in her hometown, East Orange, New Jersey, renamed after her later this fall. East Orange Mayor Ted R. Green and the city council recently announced the street renaming. The celebration will take place Oct. 11 on North Arlington Ave. at City Hall Plaza in East Orange. Regarding […] The post Dionne Warwick to Have New Jersey Street Renamed in Her Honor appeared […]

Tyrese’s soulful remake of “Wildflower” has hit a new peak on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart, dated Sept. 21. The song, a tribute to his late mother, Priscilla Murray Gibson, rises from No. 11 to No. 8 in its fourth week. It becomes the singer/actor’s ninth top 10 entry in his 25-year chart history. Tyrese […] The post Tyrese’s ‘Wildflower’ Hits Top 10 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay Chart appeared […]

Chris Brown’s hit single “Sensational” featuring Davido and Lojay remains No. 1 for a fifth consecutive week on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart. The DJ Hardwerk-produced track is the second longest-running song atop the airplay chart in 2024. Mary J. Blige’s 2023 single “Still Believe in Love,” featuring Vado, held the top spot for eight […] The post Chris Brown’s ‘Sensational’ Reigns at No. 1 for Fifth Week on Billboard’s […]

Ledisi has scored her first award from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The Grammy winner’s 2011 single “Pieces of Me” is now certified gold. It has sold over 500,000 equivalent units. Ledisi co-wrote the empowering anthem with the song’s producers, Claude Kelly and Chuck Harmony, who are also known as Louis York. In […] The post Ledisi Earns Her First-Ever RIAA Certification With ‘Pieces of Me’ appeared first […]

After declaring a final album nearly a decade ago, Tyrese returns with Beautiful Pain on his label Voltron Recordz in partnership with Create Music Group. The independently released double album consists of 17 tracks, including the previously shared singles “Love Transaction,” “Don’t Think You Ever Loved,” featuring Lenny Kravitz and Le’Andria Johnson, and the most recent […] The post Tyrese Releases New Album ‘Beautiful Pain’ appeared first on Rated R&B.

R&B trio FLO has announced their anxiously-awaited debut album, Access All Areas, releases Nov. 15 via Island Records. “Access All Areas is a labour of love. To us it represents our growth and dedication to making girl group history, to making a project we are truly proud to call our debut album,” FLO says of […] The post FLO Announces Debut Album ‘Access All Areas,’ Shares New Song ‘Bending My […]

Paramount and MTV announced the nominees for the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, which will be held Sept. 10 at UBS Arena in New York. SZA leads the pack among R&B artists with five nominations, including “Snooze,” which is up for Video of the Year and Best R&B. The hit single, which has surpassed over […] The post MTV VMAs 2024 Nominees Announced: SZA, Victoria Monét, Usher and More appeared […]