Contemporary R&B

Popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip-hop, and electronic music. Emerged 1980. Wikipedia

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47 artists with 3.2M combined listeners. 53% of them sit in the R&B / Southern Soul / Southern Soul Blues community on the map. It shares the most artists with R&B.

Where Contemporary R&B sits on the map

• R&B / Southern Soul / Southern Soul Blues · 25 artists (53%)
• Gospel / Gospel R&B / Praise · 6 artists (13%)
• UK Garage / Ukg Revival / Charva · 2 artists (4%)
• Christian Hip Hop / Christian Indie / Christian Trap · 2 artists (4%)
• R&B / Rap / High Vibe · 1 artists (2%)
• Quiet Storm / Classic Soul / Dutch R&B · 1 artists (2%)

Strongest pairings in Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. K-Ci & JoJo & Boyz II Men · 73 shared playlists
2. Brian McKnight & Boyz II Men · 58 shared playlists
3. Boyz II Men & Tevin Campbell · 49 shared playlists
4. Babyface & Boyz II Men · 48 shared playlists
5. Joe & K-Ci & JoJo · 47 shared playlists
6. New Edition & Boyz II Men · 45 shared playlists
7. K-Ci & JoJo & Brian McKnight · 43 shared playlists
8. New Edition & Tevin Campbell · 41 shared playlists
9. Joe & Brian McKnight · 39 shared playlists
10. Babyface & Brian McKnight · 32 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Contemporary R&B, for their size.

• R&B · 28 shared artistsBoth: Boyz II Men, Babyface, Brian McKnight
• Bedroom R&B · 9 shared artistsBoth: Joe, Dru Hill, H-Town
• Gospel R&B · 6 shared artistsBoth: Deitrick Haddon, Anthony Brown & group therAPy, Koryn Hawthorne
• Neo Soul · 5 shared artistsBoth: Faith Evans, Eric Benét, India.Arie
• Pop R&B · 2 shared artistsBoth: SWV, Chris Walker
• New Romantic · 2 shared artistsBoth: Boyz II Men, K-Ci & JoJo
• Gospel · 4 shared artistsBoth: Deitrick Haddon, Anthony Brown & group therAPy, Koryn Hawthorne
• Quiet Storm · 4 shared artistsBoth: Babyface, New Edition, Tevin Campbell

Artists

47 artists tagged Contemporary R&B, ranked by listeners.

1. Boyz II Men650.4K listeners · R&B
2. Babyface343.3K listeners · R&B
3. Brian McKnight268.5K listeners · R&B
4. Faith Evans228.7K listeners · R&B
5. Eric Benét177.9K listeners · R&B
6. Joe166.3K listeners · R&B
7. Fantasia165.0K listeners · R&B
8. SWV161.4K listeners · R&B
9. Tamia146.0K listeners · R&B
10. Dru Hill137.3K listeners · R&B
11. New Edition113.9K listeners · R&B
12. K-Ci & JoJo95.1K listeners · R&B
13. Tevin Campbell77.6K listeners · R&B
14. India.Arie75.1K listeners · R&B
15. Sisqó65.7K listeners · R&B
16. Lucky Daye56.4K listeners · R&B
17. James Ingram51.5K listeners · Yacht Rock
18. Nathan Sykes45.1K listeners · Contemporary Country
19. Deitrick Haddon41.9K listeners · Gospel R&B
20. H-Town31.0K listeners · R&B
21. Anthony Brown & group therAPy19.5K listeners · Gospel
22. All-4-One18.6K listeners · R&B
23. Koryn Hawthorne11.7K listeners · Gospel R&B
24. LSG11.7K listeners · R&B
25. Isaac Carree8.0K listeners
26. Levert7.6K listeners · R&B
27. Jim Brickman5.4K listeners
28. Rome5.0K listeners · R&B
29. KeKe Wyatt4.4K listeners · R&B
30. Jesse Powell2.9K listeners · R&B
31. You2.5K listeners · Sped Up
32. The Moffatts1.9K listeners
33. Damage1.7K listeners · British Soul
34. Plus One1.6K listeners
35. Uncle Sam1.4K listeners · R&B
36. The Tony Rich Project1.4K listeners · R&B
37. Lonr.1.3K listeners · R&B
38. CèJae1.3K listeners
39. Evvie Mckinney1.3K listeners · Rap
40. Doe1.3K listeners · Gospel R&B
41. JS1.0K listeners · Sertanejo Universitario
42. Tor Erik Hermansen1.0K listeners
43. Ariel Fitz-Patrick1.0K listeners
44. Brown Eyed Soul1.0K listeners
45. Solid1.0K listeners
46. Nathan Allen1.0K listeners
47. Chris Walker1.0K listeners · R&B