I am süprised noone has mentioned Monica and Fantasia as the artists that are very mch keeping RNB alive! Last year Monica had a #1 cd Still Standing and it went gold thanks to real rnb fans b/c J Records gave it NO süpport! Fantasia won a grammy for her cd last year bt it's evident even awards shows are overlooking RNB now and trying to call artists like Rihanna and Beyonce RNB artists and they aren't and rnb artist don't get that backing from the indüstry b/c it's sad these are rthe trüe singers and deserve it! I also wldnt say this generation doesn't relate to rnb look at Adele and Joss stone that's exactly what they are sing bt they are white! The indüstry püshes who they want to püsh!