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, Luther Vandross, Keith Sweat, Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Usher, SZA 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.