Billboard chooses its top R&B albums of the year, featuring sets from SZA, Summer Walker, GIVEON and many more. There’s one thing you can say about 2025 musically: it was a very good year for R&B.

Carl Carlton, legendary funk and R&B singer, has died at the age of 72. Details on his cause of death have not been revealed by the family. On Sunday, Dec. 14, Carlton’s son, Carlton Hudgens II, ...

Grammy Award-winning R&B singer D'Angelo has passed away at age 51 due to cancer. The singer, whose real name was Michael Eugene Archer, died Tuesday in New York City, according to a statement from ...

“The shining star of our family has dimmed his light for us in this life … After a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer, we are heartbroken to announce that Michael D’Angelo Archer, known to ...

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A Grammy-winning R&B singer is dead at age 51, according to multiple reports. D’Angelo, best known for ‘90s and 2000s hits like “Lady” and “Untitled (How Does It Feel),” died Tuesday morning, TMZ ...

D'Angelo, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and producer whose retro R&B sound epitomized the neo-soul movement of the mid-'90s, has died following a battle with cancer. He was 51. The singer, born ...

"The shining star of our family has dimmed his light for us in this life," his family said. By Ethan Millman Music Editor D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B icon who helped launch neo soul in the ’90s, ...

The R&B world has been rocked by tragedy in 2025, and another legendary singer has now joined the list of those lost. From icons to stars gone far too young, it has been a heartbreaking year. The ...

After hitting No. 1 with “Voodoo,” the genre-melding 2000 album that he promoted with a risqué music video, he vanished for more than a decade. D’Angelo in 2000. He found fame with an innovative, ...

D’Angelo, the groundbreaking R&B artist who helped define the neo-soul movement across decades despite his reclusive nature, has died. In a statement, D’Angelo’s family cited the cause as cancer. He ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- He was just 51 years old. Michael D'Angelo Archer, professionally known by way of his stage name, D'Angelo, has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. The Grammy ...