Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B is a music genre of R&B. It mixes rhythm and blues, soul, funk, pop, hip hop, electronic and dance. Contemporary R&B is currently a dominant music genre for the Top 40 radios. Artists of this type of music includes, Whitney Houston, Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, and Stevie Wonder. Contemporary R&B became a popular music genre after the disco era in the 1980s. Contemporary R&B is an African American type of music, however, there has been other artists who are not African American that record contemporary R&B. Such as Justin Timberlake, Ariana Grande, Christina Aguilera, Justin Beiber, and Bruno Mars

Contemporary R&B
Stylistic origins	Rhythm and blues soul funk pop hip hop electronic dance
Cultural origins	Early 1970s North America; New York City, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Montreal, Toronto
Typical instruments	Synthesizers, keyboard, drum machine, vocals, talkbox piano
Subgenres
Hip hop soul Neo soul G-funk Nu-funk
Fusion genres
Quiet storm New jack swing 2-step Grime G-funk Crunk&B Snap&B PBR&B Zouk R&B
Other topics
Musicians

Contemporary R&B Media

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  Usher was cited by Billboard as the no. 1 Hot 100 artist of the 2000s decade, with 7 number-one singles that accumulated 42 weeks at the top.

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  Alicia Keys ranked fifth on Billboard Artist of the Decade list. "No One" ranks No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs of the decade.