Contemporary R&B
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Un-Break My Heart...hit to date. It also rose to number two on the ''Billboard '' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Background vocals were performed by R&B singer Shanice Wilson . In the United Kingdom, the single was held off the number-one spot by the charity band... In this article: Toni Braxton, Un-Break My Heart, Billboard, Diane Warren, United Kingdom, R&B, Dunblane massacre, 2006 FIFA World Cup, and 2 Become 1 |
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I Love Your Smile
I Love Your Smile "I Love Your Smile" is a song recorded by R&B singer Shanice and released in 1991 as the first single from her album Inner Child. It met success in many countries, including U.S., where it reached #2 on the Billboard Hot...
In this article: I Love Your Smile, Shanice Wilson, Louis Biancaniello, Narada Michael Walden, R&B, Grammy Award, Janet Jackson, Branford Marsalis, Rene Elizondo, and Tiffany Evans
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Inner Child
Inner Child Inner Child, the second album from Shanice, features the #2 Pop and #1 R&B hit "I Love Your Smile." This album also features the remake of the Minnie Riperton 1974 hit "Lovin' You " which hit #59 on the R&B charts in the summer...
In this article: R&B, Billboard, Inner Child, Lovin' You, I Love Your Smile, Shanice, Silent Prayer, and Johnny Gill
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Missing You (Mary J. Blige song)
...J. Blige song) "Missing You" is a R&B song written and produced by Babyface , who produced the song for singer Mary J. Blige, who released it as the third UK single from her Share My World album, released in late 1997. The song featured...
In this article: Mary J. Blige, Missing You, Share My World, R&B, Soul Train Music Awards, Seven Days, Shanice, and UK
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Be Somebody... or Be Somebody's Fool!
...and distributed by MCA Home Video. The production drew strongly on new wave and R&B culture of the mid-1980s to appeal to children to respect elders, avoid peer pressure, and build self-confidence. It featured a showcase of emerging...
In this article: Mr. T, New Edition, R&B, Breakdance, Shyness, Romeo and Juliet, Bobby Brown, Martika, and Fergie
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Shanice
In 1987, Wilson released her debut album, Discovery '', at age 14. The album produced two top ten R&B hits, "(Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance" and "No 1/2 Steppin'". Wilson went on to sign a record deal with Motown Records in 1991 and...
In this article: Shanice Lorraine Wilson, Inner Child, Motown Records, R&B, Bedtime, Valentine's Day, Lovin' You, I Love Your Smile, Un-Break My Heart, and KFC
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Lovin' You
...1992 months after the success of her hit single "I Love Your Smile." It only achieved minor success on the R&B chart peaking at #59, and also peaked at #54 on the UK charts . The music video for the song is set on a beach. In 2005, she...
In this article: Minnie Riperton, Lovin' You, R&B, Maya Rudolph, Leona Lewis, Shanice, Justin, and Every Woman Dreams
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1990s in music
...hip hop. It also featured the rise of contemporary country music music as a major genre. Contemporary R&B and urban pop began between 1991 to 1998. Popular artists include Salt-n-Pepa, Groove Theory, Diana King, 3T, Brownstone , Shanice,...
In this article: Oasis, Luis Miguel, Puerto Rico, United States, Mariah Carey, Selena, Alanis Morissette, Ricky Martin, and Viejas Locas
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Contemporary R&B (also known as R&B) is a music genre of western popular music. Although the acronym “R&B” originates from its association with traditional rhythm and blues music, the term R&B is today most often used to define a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in the 1980s. This newer style combines elements of soul, funk, dance, and, from 1986 on with the advent of New Jack Swing branded R&B, hip hop.
The abbreviation R&B is almost always used instead of the full rhythm and blues term, although some sources refer to the style as urban contemporary (the name of the radio format that plays hip hop and contemporary R&B).
Contemporary R&B has a slick record production style, drum machine-backed rhythms, the occasional saxophone laced beat to give a jazz feel (mostly common in R&B songs prior to the year 1993), and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement. Uses of hip hop-inspired beats are typical, although the roughness and grit inherent in hip hop is may be reduced and smoothed out. R&B vocalists are often known for their use of melisma, popularized by vocalists such as Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.
- Name:
- Contemporary R&B
- Origin:
- Early 1980s North America; New York, Los Angeles, Montreal, Atlanta, Chicago, Toronto, Houston
- Subgenre:
- Quiet storm
- Instruments:
- Synthesizers - Keyboard - Drum machine - vocals (sometimes rapping)
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