This seems to truly be the last strong year for R&B! Alicia's 'No One' was still going strong after peaking at #1 in '07, Usher was still riding high with his LITC #1 hit (which Beyonce was a featured guest star on the remix single) and Rihanna went to #1 with an R&B song ('Take a Bow')! R&B gems/hits also came from: Keyshia Cole ('Heaven Sent'), Jazmine Sullivan (Need U Bad), Chris Brown ('Take You Down'), Ne-Yo ('Miss Independent') and even Keri Hilson ('Turnin Me On'). After a lot of chaotic "art" debuting in 2008 (and making it's impact in mainly 2009), the industry became toxic! The R&B genre lost it's crossover appeal! ... and tbh, all went haywire until Adele '21' showed up! That was when some normalcy came back to the industry, but thank God true R&B vets remained loyal to their sound! All hasn't been completely lost!