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- You simply can’t discuss 2019 and R&B without mentioning Summer Walker. The Atlanta-born songstress has had an incredible year with her debut album Over It catapulting her to the most successful female R&B singer of the decade.
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- SZA. 389 votes. More SZA. Dig Deeper... The Best Songs Feat. And Deeper... The Best Songs on SZA's Album 'SOS' #43 of 87 on The Greatest Female Vocalists of the Past 10 Years.
- H.E.R. 475 votes. More H.E.R. #18 of 66 on Who Are the Best Singers Under 25 Right Now? #20 of 37 on The Best Female Pop Singers Of 2024. #67 of 80 on Who Is The Most Famous Singer In The World Right Now?
- Summer Walker. 269 votes. More Summer Walker. #133 of 222 on 200+ Best Bands & Artists That Start With S. #104 of 117 on The Greatest Black Female Singers. #6 of 71 on The Best R&B Artists Of 2023.
- Kehlani. 273 votes. More Kehlani. Dig Deeper... The Best Kehlani Albums, Ranked. #1043 of 1,151 on The Greatest Musical Artists of All Time. #121 of 138 on The Female Singer You Most Wish You Could Sound Like.
- SZA. While SZA’s earliest projects, See.SZA.Run and S, showed a glimpse of the artist that we know today, not until the 2017 release of Ctrl did she become a household name.
- Kehlani. After a short run with teen group Poplyfe and appearances on America’s Got Talent, the Oakland native would have her share of ups and downs before eventually having a prosperous solo career.
- Kali Uchis. Years creating and being on a steady rise, the Northern Virginia native Kali Uchis received her breakthrough with the song “After the Storm,” which featured Bootsy Collins and Tyler the Creator.
- Summer Walker. While over a year removed from her classic release of Still Over It, the Atlanta native has been making much noise in the industry since 2018’s Last Day of Summer, only becoming more notarized with 2019’s Over It.
- The Weeknd. 1,645 votes. More The Weeknd. Dig Deeper... The Best The Weeknd Albums & Mixtapes, Ranked. And Deeper... The Best Songs Ft. #251 of 318 on The 300+ Best Rock Singers Of All Time, Ranked.
- H.E.R. 1,221 votes. More H.E.R. #18 of 66 on Who Are the Best Singers Under 25 Right Now? #20 of 37 on The Best Female Pop Singers Of 2024. #67 of 80 on Who Is The Most Famous Singer In The World Right Now?
- Khalid. 1,327 votes. More Khalid. Dig Deeper... The Best Khalid Songs Ever, Ranked. And Deeper... The Best Songs Ft. #53 of 96 on The Best Current Pop Groups/Singers.
- SZA. 1,022 votes. More SZA. Dig Deeper... The Best Songs Feat. And Deeper... The Best Songs on SZA's Album 'SOS' #43 of 87 on The Greatest Female Vocalists of the Past 10 Years.
- SZA. 463 votes. Solana Rowe (born November 8, 1990), better known by her stage name SZA, is an American singer-songwriter. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, later relocating to Maplewood, New Jersey.
- H.E.R. 330 votes. Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson (born June 27, 1997), known professionally as H.E.R. (pronounced "her", an initialism for "Having Everything Revealed"), is an American R&B singer.
- Halle Bailey. 9 votes. Halle Bailey (born March 27, 2000) is a child actor and one-half of R&B duo Chloe x Halle, with her older sister Chloe. Chloe x Halle signed with Beyonce's Parkwood Entertainment and supported the singer on the Formation World Tour.
- Summer Walker. 267 votes. Summer Marjani Walker (born April 11, 1996) is an American singer-songwriter. She is signed to LoveRenaissance and Interscope Records.
- Aaliyah
- Jennifer Hudson
- Patti Labelle
- Jill Scott
- Mariah Carey
- Sade
- Gladys Knight
- Erykah Badu
- Etta James 1938-2012
- Lauryn Hill
Aaliyah is a very well-respected name in Hip-hop and R&B. She was a star during her teens and got 5 Grammy nominations. Her shining career was dreadfully cut short by her death in a plane crash at age 22. She only released 3 albums, Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number (1994) went platinum and two of its singles went gold, “Back and forth” and “At Your B...
Hudson started off as a contestant on American Idol and ended up topping charts with her hit single “Spotlight” and winning a Grammy for Best R&B album for Jennifer Hudson and best musical theater album with The Color Purple. She also won an Oscar for her acting role as Effie White in the movie version of Broadway musical Dreamgirls where she stunt...
This R&B legend has one of the longest careers in contemporary music. She’s a lead vocalist to the group LaBelle and a successful solo artist. LaBelle was the first African-American vocal group to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. She has songs in a variety of genres including pop, soul, funk, disco and quiet storm. Her most popular si...
What makes Jill the most distinctive on this list is that she’s originally a poet and at some point, wanted to be an English teacher. She changed her route and became a 3-time Grammy-winning R&B artist. Her music is poetic, soft and bright anthems of self-empowerment. Her most popular songs are He Loves Me, The Way, and A Long Walk. She also wrote ...
Mariah has over 200 million albums sold, making her the best-selling female artist of all time, with 18 number one singles and 125 awards. She moved from shiny ballads to hip-hop inspired dance/pop. All her top hits can be found in a compilation album called “#1 to Infinity”. She has a perfect story of moving to NYC a day after high-school, then fi...
Sade are most well-known for their stylishly seductive ballads like “Smooth Operator”, “Sweetest Taboo” and “No Ordinary Love”. They mix classic Jazz with smooth R&B and mature pop. Their debut album “Diamond Life,” sold over 6 million copies and was the best selling debut ever by a British female vocalist. All their 6 albums were placed within the...
The four-time Grammy award winner had a six-decade-long career. She was a solo artist and a lead singer of Gladys Knight and The Pips. Her most popular songs include “Neither One of Us Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye,” “Midnight Train to Georgia,” and “I’ve Got to Use My Imagination.” She also recorded “That’s What Friends Are For” with Stevie...
Another artist that refreshingly meted in R&B, Hip-hip, jazz, and Neo-soul was this baddie. Her debut album Baduizm was full of profound lyrics and languorous, delicate vocals with bass-heavy music. It included her hit On & On which won her a Grammy. She later dropped a live album which included “Next Lifetime” and “Tyrone.” Her 2008 album “New Ame...
Etta James fused the passion of R&B with the glam of jazz. If you’ve ever been to a wedding you’ve probably heard one of her hit singles “At Last”. Her gospel-based voice is gutsy, deep, and goosebumps-worthy. Her hit songs include “If I Can’t Have You,” “Tell Mama” “I’d Rather Go Blind”, and “All I Could Do Was Cry.” Her turbulent yet magnificent ...
It’s only right that we talk about Ms. Lauryn Hill after mentioning “Killing Me Softly With His Song”. She was a part of the iconic, multi-platinum-selling group The Fugees. She later released her solo debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill where she popularized melodic rap and integrated neo-soul, reggae, R&B, and hip-hop into one empowering ...
The Atlanta-born songstress has had an incredible year with her debut album Over It catapulting her to the most successful female R&B singer of the decade. One for true lovers of contemporary R&B, Over It, has a couple of features on our 2019 best R&B / Soul songs playlist. See also. SiR – That’s Why I Love You.
Dec 12, 2018 · By. Ken Simmons. Updated on 12/12/18. The greatest female R&B artists have distinguished themselves through incredible talent, unique creativity, admirable longevity, and worldwide influence. They are recognized merely by their first names: Aretha, Whitney, Diana, Beyonce, Mariah, Tina, Dionne, Chaka, Gladys, and Patti.
