Billboard has been setting social media ablaze all week with their ‘75 Best R&B Artists of All Time‘ – a countdown to honor the genre’s most game-changing artists.

Expected names like Michael Jackson, Beyonce, Diana Ross, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Brandy, Stevie Wonder, and Aretha Franklin all found entries on the tally, but discourse around their placements flooded the net – particularly because Ross, Brandy, Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Usher, Luther Vandross, Janet Jackson, and Mary J. Blige all ranked outside the top 10.

And while fans of the aforementioned are crying foul, supporters of acts like Sade, Ciara, and Monica are still stunned their faves were completely absent from the listing.

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Pop diva Kesha served double duty as co-director and performer in the music video for her latest single ‘Boy Crazy.’

The follow-up to 2025 releases ‘Dear Me‘ and ‘Yippee-Ki-Yay,’ ‘Crazy’ comes as the latest taste of new music set to line her July 4-due new album ‘.(Period)’ – her first under her own independent label.

“Berlin to Bombay, New York to L.A./ Tokyo to Tahoe, boys are my cocaine,” she sings on the dancefloor-ready EDM track. “Bikers and the dumb bros, daddies and the gym hoes/ Prowling like a kitty cat, I want to get you all alone.”

Helmed by overall direction Brett Loudermilk and Zain Curtis, look inside for your peek at the newest NSFW offering from Kesha.

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It almost took two decades for American Amerie fans to get their hands on a digital version of her critically acclaimed third studio album ‘Because I Love It,’ but the 2007-released effort finally has a home on major streamers like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, TIDAL, and more.

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Mariah Carey has unwrapped the video for her blazing new single ‘Type Dangerous.’

And, as the age-old adage goes, “a diva is never late, everyone is just early.” Because, while the visual was reportedly set to premiere yesterday (June 13), it’s arrived right on time.

Directed by Joseph Kahn, the cinematic clip serves as the first to be lifted from Mimi’s forthcoming 16th studio album. Eagerly anticipated, the vid features Mr. Beast.

As reported, the LP will be released on buzzy new label, Gamma Records (who count Apple Music as one of its titan-sized investors).

What are you waiting for? Watch the video for ‘Type Dangerous’ below…

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Idris Elba made an emotional return to Barking & Dagenham College, where MOBO honored the global star with a ‘Paving the Way’ stone to celebrate his trailblazing work in film, music, and activism.

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Ciara is gearing up for her album release as she is set to perform on the Today Show.

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Scooter Braun is telling all on his previous business relationship with Taylor Swift.

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Diddy has been dealt another legal blow, as the judge in his racketeering and sex trafficking case shut down his bid for a mistrial.

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Ciara is back and dancing towards the release of her eighth studio album ‘CiCi.’

Due on August 22, the eagerly anticipated project will be arriving on the GRAMMY winner’s own record label, Beauty Marks Entertainment. 

In an EXCLUSIVE interview with That Grape Juice, the superstar opened up about the set, which she revealed has been five years in the making.

Thus far, fans have tasted the LP by way of singles such as ‘How We Roll’ with Chris Brown and scintillating slow jam, ‘Ecstasy,’  which has gone all sorts of viral thanks to the singer’s racy chair routine in its accompanying music video.

Speaking with TGJ’s Founding Editor Sam, Ciara dished on what listeners can expect from the record at large, taking charge as an independent act, touring plans, and much more.

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Mariah Carey is continuing the tease for new music.

And it appears like the Lambs won’t have to wait long for the songbird to set her hotly anticipated fresh material free.

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Pusha T is back, and he has time. As Clipse gears up for their long-awaited reunion album ‘Let God Sort Em Out’, King Push isn’t holding back when it comes to his longtime nemesis, Drake.

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Mariah Carey is finally gearing up to unlock new music.

The songbird supreme has been teasing the recording of her sixteenth studio album, and now it looks like she is ready to set it free.

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