Yes, thankfully.

Bey is the only R&B the GP use and they barely use her in terms of hits.

EDM has been the dominating genre since 2008, my faves impact

No Ariana is single-handedly bringing it back

No it's just watered down into the pop world
But for pure R&B you just need to look for it

you stan Mariah!

ABsolutely ****ing not.

I don't really consider Rihanna, Drake or Bey R&B artists?

Rihanna last R&B single went #1 so yes only she can revive R&B.

Yes.

It is.

R&B is like Rock. It needs to be kept away and anyone that tries it with that boring nonsense should flop into oblivion. Country can go too.

Yeah they are pop artists

Difference between RnB & Urban?

I feel like I get it when I hear it, but don't fully understand it. Like is RnB like Ciara's - Dance Like We're Making Love, Usher's - Climax & Beyoncè's - Rather Die Young?

Whereas like Urban is like Rihanna's - BBHMM, Britney's - IAS4U & Beyoncè's Sorry?

Why can't atrl understand this?

EDM music sounds different than it did 20 years ago.

Rock music sounds different than it did 20 years ago.

Pop music sounds different than it did 20 years ago.

So does R&B Is it more urban / Hip Hop inspired than it was ever before? Yes. But it's still R&B whether you like it or not

Traditional R&B is (buried with Urban AC radio), but Trap R&B/PBR&B is well and alive. Cool to see how the genre has evolved over the past 50 years.

Rihanna currently has a R&B song in the top 10 of the Hot 100. R&B is not dead its just that its sound has shifted from what we were accustomed to. Bryson Tiller (a R&B singer) is currently one of the biggest new artist out right now.

This. The classic R&B that was big in the 90s and early 2000s has fallen by the wayside, but so-called "PBR&B" has been a huge trend in the indiesphere over the last few years. The Weeknd, FKA Twigs, BANKS, Dawn Richards, Kelela, Jessy Lanza, etc. have all been making their own brands of dark, electronic, spaced-out R&B to widespread acclaim.