Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles

of R&B, funk, dance, hip-hop and pop. It is hard to classify her as just one genre when she is a mixture of all of them at once. It is said, that Mariah Carey is one of her music influences (Arian Grande Facts), which explains how she usually creates lyrics with such wide vocal ranges like Mariah Carey. Ariana is also known to have a “four-octave and semitone soprano vocal range” (Vocal Profile: Ariana Grande) voice and she can be described to have an up-tempo beat especially in the last song…

Americans would witness multiple changes in the country’s history in regards to minorities, especially African Americans. And to truly understand the lyrical significance of Hip Hop, it is imperative that the history leading up to the beginning of Hip Hop. Take year 1956, this is not only the same year Clive Campbell, the father of Hip Hop was born, but also the year that the Supreme Court found the segregation of the Montgomery Buses as an unconstitutional practice (Timeline: Civil Rights Era…

TLC: Unpretty When mentioning one of the biggest selling female R&B groups of all time, riding a blend of pop, hip-hop, and urban soul to superstardom during the 1990's. The American girl group TLC, whose original recording line-up consisted of Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, where they were formed in Atlanta, Georgia.Their image was equal parts style and spirit, bolstered by a flamboyant, outrageous wardrobe that blend catchy hooks and bouncy funk…

There comes a time in every generation where a pop star icon emergis. A true pop icon will be someone who is very influential to the music industry and to the culture. This individual will also be someone who has the potential to go down in history as one of the greatest. Among the list of influential artists in our generation today; a name that stands out the most and may even be underestimated would be Bruno Mars. Bruno’s unique genre that is often compared to the king of pop, Michael Jackson,…

important; his lush, easy listening productions and smooth croons showed that country stars could conquer the pop audience, if produced and marketed correctly. By the beginning of the '80s, Rogers' audience was as much pop as it was country, and singles like his cover of Lionel Richie's "Lady" confirmed that fact, spending six weeks at the top of the pop charts. Neocountry disco music was a new style in 1980 it became popular with the help of the movie film Urban Cowboy. Urban Cowboy had…

Shawty Lo is an award winning, street rapper known for his counts of hit singles, albums and mixtapes. Rapper Shawty Lo was born Carlos Walker on March 26th, 1976 in Atlanta Georgia. Shawty Lo has been creating music since he was a child, and is considered among today's most talented rappers. He grew up in Bowen Homes projects, one of Atlanta’s poorest neighborhoods. His mother battled with a drug addiction leaving him to be raised by his grandmother. At age 17, she died of cancer leaving him on…