Giveon, Rory & Leon Thomas, Chase Shakur, TA Thomas, Jordan Hawkins, and more released some of the best R&B songs this past week.

Shannon Sanders, an African-American South Nashville native and award-winning BMI executive director of creative, reflects on decades of excellence.

The genre of R&B — short for “rhythm and blues” — mixed elements of blues, jazz, boogie woogie, and gospel and was pioneered ...