Artists within the R&B genre

• Rihanna- Rihanna was signed with Def Jam records at the age of 16 and released her first album, which sold more than 2 million copies worldwide, in 2005. She went on to release more albums and hit songs, including "Unfaithful," Disturbia" and "Umbrella." Rihanna has also won multiple awards including Grammys, MTV Video Music Awards and Billboard awards.

• Rita Ora- Rita Ora is a British singer-songwriter and actress. Her debut studio album Ora debuted at number 1 in the UK. "RIP" and "How We Do (party) singles hit number 1 in the charts. After reaching the peak position as a featured act on DJ Freshs "Hot Right Now",  Rita Ora became the artist with the most number-one singles on the UK single charts in 2012.

• R Kelly- Robert Sylvester Kelly known professionally as R. Kelly, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer.

• Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, simply known as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter and actress. she performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child, and rose to fame as lead singer of R&B girl-group Destiny's Child. Managed by her father Mathew Knowles, the group became one of the world's best selling girl groups of all time.

• Usher- is an American singer, songwriter,dancer and actor. He rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which was his first Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit, "Nice & Slow". 

• Mary J Bilge is known professionally as Mary J. Blige, she is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional rapper and actress. Mary J Blige has recieved nine Grammy Awards, eight of Blige's albums have reached multi-platinum status in the United States.