R&B

E11089
music genre popular music genre

R&B is a popular music genre that blends soulful vocals with rhythmic grooves, drawing from blues, jazz, gospel, and later funk and hip-hop influences.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
R&B canonical 6,526
contemporary R&B 10
rhythm and blues 5

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf music genre ⓘ
popular music genre ⓘ
abbreviationOf rhythm and blues ⓘ
characteristicFeature call-and-response patterns ⓘ
emphasis on vocal performance ⓘ
groove-oriented rhythm ⓘ
strong backbeat ⓘ
culturalOrigin African-American communities ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
derivativeGenre contemporary R&B ⓘ
disco ⓘ
funk ⓘ
hip hop soul ⓘ
neo soul ⓘ
new jack swing ⓘ
quiet storm ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
developedInPeriod 1940s ⓘ
developedInPlace United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
fullName rhythm and blues ⓘ
hasSubgenre classic R&B ⓘ
contemporary R&B ⓘ
neo soul ⓘ
new jack swing ⓘ
quiet storm ⓘ
influencedGenre dance music ⓘ
hip hop music ⓘ
pop music ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
lyricalTheme love and heartbreak ⓘ
personal empowerment ⓘ
romantic relationships ⓘ
social issues ⓘ
musicFusionOf gospel-influenced vocals ⓘ
jazz influences ⓘ
rhythm-focused blues ⓘ
notableEra 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
1990s contemporary R&B boom ⓘ
stylisticOrigin African-American music ⓘ
blues ⓘ
funk ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ
hip hop music ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
typicalInstrument bass guitar ⓘ
drum kit ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
piano ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
vocalStyle melismatic singing ⓘ
soulful vocals ⓘ

Referenced by (6,547)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Save Room → genre → R&B ⓘ
Temporarily Painless → hasMusicalGenre → R&B ⓘ
Live It Up → genre → R&B ⓘ
subject surface form: John Legend
Christina Aguilera → genre → R&B ⓘ
RZA → influencedBy → R&B ⓘ
Lionel Richie → genre → R&B ⓘ
Stax Museum of American Soul Music → focusesOnGenre → R&B ⓘ
J Records → genre → R&B ⓘ
Sheena Easton → genre → R&B ⓘ
Raphael Saadiq → genre → R&B ⓘ
Save the Night → genre → R&B ⓘ
subject surface form: John Legend
Rock Wit’cha → musicGenre → R&B ⓘ
song "Honey" → genre → R&B ⓘ
subject surface form: Honey
album "Emotions" → hasMusicalInfluence → R&B ⓘ
subject surface form: Emotions
this entity surface form: R&B music
Piano → isUsedIn → R&B ⓘ
this entity surface form: Popular music
Dionne Warwick → genre → R&B ⓘ
Faith Evans → genre → R&B ⓘ
Missy Elliott → genre → R&B ⓘ
Gladys Knight → genre → R&B ⓘ
James Brown → influencedGenre → R&B ⓘ
this entity surface form: rhythm and blues
Whatchulookinat → genre → R&B ⓘ
Michael Jackson → genre → R&B ⓘ
George Benson → genre → R&B ⓘ
Renaissance → genre → R&B ⓘ
Normani → genre → R&B ⓘ
Adorn → genre → R&B ⓘ
Coffee → genre → R&B ⓘ
Fighter → genre → R&B ⓘ
Dirrty → genre → R&B ⓘ
Lotus (album) → genre → R&B ⓘ
Diana Ross → genre → R&B ⓘ
Mathew Knowles → genre → R&B ⓘ
Doja Cat → genre → R&B ⓘ
album: Sound & Color → genre → R&B ⓘ
subject surface form: Sound & Color
Curtis Mayfield → genre → R&B ⓘ
this entity surface form: rhythm and blues
Akon → genre → R&B ⓘ
The Four Tops → genre → R&B ⓘ
Destiny → genre → R&B ⓘ
I’ll Be Good to You with Quincy Jones and Ray Charles → musicGenre → R&B ⓘ
subject surface form: I'll Be Good to You
Victoria Monét → genre → R&B ⓘ
Richie → genre → R&B ⓘ
subject surface form: Lionel Richie
CeeLo Green → genre → R&B ⓘ
So What the Fuss Records → genre → R&B ⓘ
subject surface form: Stevie Wonder
Mary J. Blige → genre → R&B ⓘ
Usher → genre → R&B ⓘ
Caged Bird → genre → R&B ⓘ
ARTium Recordings → genre → R&B ⓘ
subject surface form: Jhené Aiko
The Internet → genre → R&B ⓘ
T-Pain → genre → R&B ⓘ
Mr. Man → genre → R&B ⓘ