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Spotify tops its list of the 100 best R&B jams of the streaming era
LOS ANGELES, CA – JUNE 24: EJ (left) and Daniel Caesar perform on stage at the 2018 BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater on June 24, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo: Leon Bennett/Getty Images)
Spotify is shaking up the tables and sparking heated debates with its latest music rating list.
Enlargement CLASSICS Spotifyits first-ever program celebrating catalog music launched last February, the music streaming giant named it one of the 100 best R&B songs of the streaming era.
Spotify defines the “streaming era” in its criteria as the period from 2015 to the present, including songs released on or after January 1, 2015. Although the list comes from the hottest streaming platform, the selection here has been made based on streaming volume. Instead, Spotify’s U.S. editorial team, together with its creative director, Urban Music chief Carl Chery, created the list based on “quality, influence, play value, influence and cultural significance,” in response to an official source blog.
R&B specifically has evolved into a unique sound from the early aughts through the 2010s, and much more so with the advent of music and streaming in the 2020s. As such, this list includes a variety of sound profiles and influences falling under the R&B umbrella, with many entries from artists equivalent to Beyoncé, The Internet, Jazmine Sullivan, Steve Lacy, Summer Walker, Masego, Lucky Daye, Brent Faiyaz, SZA, Jhene Aiko and Frank Ocean, amongst others. Below you will find a list of the twenty hottest R&B songs of the streaming era on Spotify:
20. Silk Sonic – “Leave the Door Open”
19. Summer Walker – “Girls Need Love”
18. Miguel ft. J. Cole – “Come Through and Chill”
17. SZA – “Good Days”
16. Beyoncé – “Formation”
15. The Weeknd – “Die for You”
14. Daniel Caesar – “Get You”
13. Ella Mai – “Boo’d Up”
12. SZA – “Weekend”
11. Childish Gambino – “Redbone”
10. Chris Brown ft. Drake – “No Guidance”
9. Jazmine Sullivan – “Raise Your Feelings”
8. Rihanna – “I Needed Me”
7. Summer Wanderer – “Session 32”
6. Solange – “Cranes in the Sky”
5. Bryson Tiller – “No”
4. Beyoncé – “CUFF IT”
3. Daniel Cezar and SHE – “The Best Part”
2. Frank Ocean – “Pink + White”
1. SZA – “Nap”
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100. Mahalia featuring Ella Mai – “What You Did”
99. Libianca – “People”
98. Lucky Daye featuring Alex Isley, Masego and Jack Dine – “Good & Plenty (Remix)”
97. PJ Morton ft. JoJo – “Say So”
96. Kali Uchis – “Moonlight”
95. SiR – “D’Evils”
94. Sampha – “(Nobody Knows Me) Like a Piano”
93. Ravyn Lenae and Steve Lacy – “Skin Tight”
92. Yebba – “Distance”
91. Tiana Major9 feet EARTHGANG – “Collide”
90. Thundercat – “They’re Changing”
89. Kelela “LMK”
88. Oxlade – “KU LO SA”
87. Kehlani feat. Blessings – “I Hate the Club”
86. Janelle Monae – “They Only Have 42 Eyes”
85. Snoh Aalegra – “I Want You Around”
84. Ro James – “Permission”
83. Ty Dolla $ign featuring Musiq Soulchild, Tish Hyman and 6LACK – “Your Turn”
82. Blessings feat. FKJ – “Tadów”
81. Jacquees – “BED”
80. Khalid – “Location”
79. Erykah Badu ft. André 3000 – “Hello”
78. Brent Faiyaz – “WALKING DEAD”
77. Solange – “Stay Flo”
76. Steve Lacy ft. Fousheé – “Sunshine”
75. Nao – “Bad Blood”
74. Lucky Daye – “Roll Some Mo”
73. Jazmine Sullivan – “Let It Burn”
72. SHE – “Damage”
71. Chris Brown ft. Wizkid – “Call Me Every Day”
70. DVSN – “Too Deep”
69. Chloe x Halle – “Do It”
68. Snoh Aalegra – “TO 4 LOVE”
67. Internet – “Special Case”
66. 6NONE – “PRBLMS”
65. Pink Sweat$ – “Honesty”
64. Jorja Smith – “Blue Lights”
63. Bryson Tiller – “Fix My Wrongs”
62. Cleo Sol – “When I’m in Your Arms”
61. Jhene Aiko – “When We’re Young”
60. Tyla – “Water”
59. Kehlani ft. Ty Dolla $ign – “Nights Like This”
58. Bruno Mars – “Finesia”
57. Jeremih – “yes”
56. Brent Faiyaz – “Hazy”
55. SHE featuring Bryson Tiller – “Could Have Been”
54. The Weeknd – “I Deserved It”
53. Chris Brown – “Under the Influence”
52. Giveon – “How I Want You”
51. Teyana Taylor – “You’ll Love Me”
50. Jazmine Sullivan – “Lost”
49. Steve Lacy – “Dark Red”
48. Ari Lennox – “Shea Butter Baby”
47. SiR – “John Redcorn”
46. Coco Jones – “ICU”
45. Tems – “higher”
44. Summer Walker ft. SZA – “No Love”
43. Miguel featuring Travis Scott – “Sky Walker”
42. Daniel Cezar – “Japanese Denim”
41. Lucky Daye – “The End”
40. Anderson .Paak – “Am I Wrong” (Prod. Pomo)
39. Brent Faiyaz – “Trust”
38. PARTYNEXTDOOR featuring Drake – “Come and See Me”
37. Muni Long – “Hours and Hours”
36. Giveon – “Heartbreak Anniversary”
35. SHE – “Focus”
34. Beyoncé – “GROOVE PANNY”
33. Frank Ocean – “Chanel”
32. Victoria Monet – “About My Mother”
31. Rihanna – “Love in the Brain”
30. SZA – “Broken Clocks”
29. Tems – “Free Mind”
28. Solange ft. Sampha – “Don’t Touch My Hair”
27. Internet ft. KAYTRANADA – “Girl”
26. Summer Walker featuring Bryson Tiller – “Playing Games”
25. Jené Aiko ft. Swae Lee – “Sativa”
24. Beyoncé – “Sofa Plastic”
23. Bryson Tiller – “The Exchange”
22. SZA featuring Travis Scott – “Love Galore”
21. Wizkid ft. Tems – “Essence”
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Time is now for essentially the most fashionable moments in celebrity between Fashion Week, a season of prizes and magazine covers. Meanwhile, some glances required a full GLAM team once we finished a month and Valentine’s Day, sleeping hair and romantic manicures are still strong.
For example Black flexible headband. With an analogous volume Honey Afro Janet Jackson was entwined with a red gel manicure to enhance the golden accents. Then the model Alva Claire attended Baft in a fragile UPDO, which combined her curved, thin eyebrows and a blue-winged insert.
Makeup Artist Dee Carrion was chargeable for the golden lips and teeth in the quilt. Then Coco Jones’s hair was soaked in water – glass lids and lips added to the appearance. As for TEMS? The shiny French manicure was cherry on its siren and hot chocolate gloss.
And those that participated within the NAACP rewards didn’t come either. Keke Palmer has turn into viral not only due to touching speech of “Artist of the Year”, but additionally due to her to knock out beauty: elegant red hair and gothic makeup makeup.
Sheryl Lee Ralph was on her “suit and draw” that night. Saisha Beecham Saisha Beecham worked on shiny magic, as she put it, “Sixty Fine” within the years. Finally, the hair artist Larry Sims gave the Gabrielle Union museum by some means Bobów. He wrote within the signature “It gives a film star”. And we couldn’t agree more.
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“At that time we only had acrylic,” Angie Aguirre says Essence, who puts ESPY-Jones in the primary episode. “We didn’t have a number of things we have today.” Starting the series, in honor of the Black History of the month, Aguirre, nail artist Sha’carri Richardson, resembles a black story for extremely long nails-at the identical time spreading techniques from the past.
From memories of curved acrylics on Flo Jo of the Eighties to the red manicure in Donn Summer, and even the nail of Stiletto from the Nineteen Thirties about Queen Nenzim from the Democratic Republic of Congo, manicure for construction has a wealthy history hidden behind every decorating extension.
Using the attention shadows as a substitute of the airbrush machine (which within the Nineteen Nineties was a big, loud pedal machine), she recreated one of the vital popular styles that has since appeared today as a preferred look.
Often appropriated in popular culture long, loud nails are historically called “ghetto” as an offensive statement after they wear black women. Meanwhile, they are sometimes seen as fashionable after they wear white celebrities.
“We usually set up trends [and] People kick, “says Aguirre within the film while painting about traditional nail art visible within the Nineteen Nineties.” When pop culture gets it, they change what they want to be like that. ” However, “black women wore these nails long before social media.”
Now that the nail industry is to succeed in USD 36.27 billion until 2032Aguirre explains the influence that black women have on beauty and what the longer term of those historical manicures will seem like. “Nail game has become very innovative,” he says, with latest products reminiscent of Gel-X. “[It’s] It is very different from what was during the day. “
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On Monday, at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills A Who’s Who of New Stars, Hot Talent and Legends was at hand to honor the best in black talent on the screen for the American Black Film Festival awards. Honores for the Night to Aaron Pierre, who received the Rising Star award (while the crowd sang: “Aaron Pierre, to Mufasaaaa”), Essence Black Women in Hollywood Honree Marla Gibbs, who received the Hollywood Legacy award, Keke Palmer caught the Renaissan prize. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor received the same honor for girls.
Many people got here out to have fun, including presenters Ava DuverNay, Anthony Mackie, Boots Riley, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Regina King. But in Hollywood there have been many stars and massive names, which also got here out with their partners to enjoy the annual event. They began a blue rug with sweet PDA and good vibrations, able to enjoy an important night.
From Larenz Tate and Tomasina’s wife to Dondre Whitfield and Salla Richardson Whitfield, Loretta Devine and husband Glenn Marshall, Lance and Rebecca Gross, and newlyweds Yvette Nicole Brown and Anthony Davis, Love was in the air. (Another essence of black women in Hollywood Honore, Teyana Taylor, was a supporting Aaron Pierre there, and there are rumors that these two enjoy their company, which, for which we’re here.) More couples appeared to this event than since the prize season. Scroll to see and feel all love.
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Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Sophia Rose McDowell
Los Angeles, California – 17 February: Kelvin Harrison Jr. And Sophia Rose McDowell take part in the seventh annual American Festival Black Film Festival in SLS Hotel, the luxury collection hotel, Beverly Hills on February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo Kayla oaddams/wireimage)
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Loretta Devine and Glenn Marshall
Los Angeles, California – February 17: Loretta Devine and Glenn Marshall attend the seventh annual awards of the American Black Film Festival in the SLS Hotel, luxury collection hotel, Beverly Hills on February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo Kayla oaddams/wireimage)
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Yvette Nicole Brown and Anthony Davis
Los Angeles, California – February 17: Anthony R. Davis and Yvette Nicole Brown participate in the seventh annual American festival Black Film Festival in SLS Hotel, a luxury collection hotel, Beverly Hills on February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo Kayla oaddams/wireimage)
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Salli Richardson Whitfield and Dondre Whitfield
Los Angeles, California – February 17: Salla Richardson Whitfield and Dondre Whitfield are collaborating in the seventh annual American Black Film Festival festival in SLS Hotel, a luxury collection hotel, Beverly Hills on February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo Kayla oaddams/wireimage)
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Founders of ABFF Jeff Friday and Nicole Friday
Los Angeles, California – February 17: Nicole Friday and Jeff Friday take part in the seventh annual American Black Film Festival festival in the SLS Hotel, a luxury collection hotel, Beverly Hills on February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo Kayla oaddams/wireimage)
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Lance Gross and Rebecca Gross
Los Angeles, California – February 17: Lance Gross and Rebecca Gross attend the seventh annual Arman Black Film Festival awards in the SLS Hotel, the luxury collection hotel, Beverly Hills on February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo Kayla oaddams/wireimage)
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Lenengreen dies and Tomasinain Frig
Los Angeles, California – February 17: Larenz Tate and Tomasina Parrott attend the seventh annual awards of the American Black Film Festival in the SLS Hotel, a luxury collection hotel, Beverly Hills on February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo Kayla oaddams/wireimage)
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Charles D. King and Stacey Walker King, founder and CBO Macro Media Company
Los Angeles, California-17 February: Stacey Walker-King and Charles D. King take part in the seventh annual American Black Film Festival festival in SLS Hotel, a luxury collection hotel, Beverly Hills on February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo Kayla oaddams/wireimage)
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Michael Jai White and Gillian White
Los Angeles, California – February 17: (LR) Michael Jai White and Gillian White take part in the seventh annual Honorary American Festival Black Film at SLS Hotel, a luxury collection hotel, Beverly Hills on February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, Kalifornia. (Photo Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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WME COO Dan Limerick and Dawn Limerick
Los Angeles, California – February 17: (LR) Dawn Limerick and Dan Limerick, COO, WME take part in the seventh annual Honorary Film Film Film Film Film Film at SLS Hotel, Hotel Luxury Collection, Beverly Hills February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
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Chris Spencer and Vanessa Spencer
Vanessa Spencer, Chris Spencer during the seventh annual American Black Film Festival festival, which took place at the SLS Hotel on February 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo of Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
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Teyana Taylor and Aaron Pierre
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