Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
?? R. Kelly (featuring Usher) – “Same Girl”
?? Chaka Khan (featuring Mary J. Blige) – “Disrespectful”
?? Rihanna (featuring Ne-Yo) – “Hate That I Love You”
?? Angie Stone (featuring Betty Wright) – “Baby”
?? T-Pain (featuring Akon) – “Bartender”

Best R&B Song
?? India.Arie – “Beautiful Flower”
?? Rihanna (featuring Ne-Yo) – “Hate That I Love You”
?? Alicia Keys – “No One”
?? Musiq Soulchild – “Teachme”
?? Fantasia – “When I See U”
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Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
?? R. Kelly (featuring Usher) – “Same Girl”
?? Chaka Khan (featuring Mary J. Blige) – “Disrespectful”
?? Rihanna (featuring Ne-Yo) – “Hate That I Love You”
?? Angie Stone (featuring Betty Wright) – “Baby”
?? T-Pain (featuring Akon) – “Bartender”
Best R&B Song
?? India.Arie – “Beautiful Flower”
?? Rihanna (featuring Ne-Yo) [...]

She came out of Barbabos under the influence of Alicia Keyes and Beyonce, signed to Def Jam, toured with Gwen Stefani, then produced the biggest hit of 2007, Umbrella, no doubt helped by the additional vocals supplied by hip-hop giant Jay-Z, who also wrote and produced the tune. It spent ten weeks at the top, matching Whitney Houston’s record for a female artist with I Will Always Love You in 1991. The single also helped her third album, Good Girl Gone Bad, go to No. 1.
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She came out of Barbabos under the influence of Alicia Keyes and Beyonce, signed to Def Jam, toured with Gwen Stefani, then produced the biggest hit of 2007, Umbrella, no doubt helped by the additional vocals supplied by hip-hop giant Jay-Z, who also wrote and produced the tune. It spent ten weeks at the top, [...]

SEX sells and R&B is sexy. You don? ? !” t need to be a big brother psychologist to work out why this music genre is such a massive money making machine.

Over recent years some performers look and behave as though they? ? !” ve fallen straight off the top shelf in one of those specialist newsagents. What then of the younger soul loving youngsters, whose innocent ears need to be protected.
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SEX sells and R&B is sexy. You don? ? !” t need to be a big brother psychologist to work out why this music genre is such a massive money making machine.
Over recent years some performers look and behave as though they? ? !” ve fallen straight off the top shelf in one of those [...]

A recent collaboration between The Dream (Umbrella) and Rihanna has been released on the internet! Click the link below to give it a listen.

A recent collaboration between The Dream (Umbrella) and Rihanna has been released on the internet! Click the link below to give it a listen.

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Jay-Z’s protege chatted to Jo about her UK tour and how she fills her free time.

Rihanna also spoke about her number one hit Umbrella and how she had to fight for it – almost literally!

The singer and her band performed her current single Hate That I Love You and the mighty Umbrella. Listen here.

Jay-Z’s protege chatted to Jo about her UK tour and how she fills her free time.
Rihanna also spoke about her number one hit Umbrella and how she had to fight for it – almost literally!
The singer and her band performed her current single Hate That I Love You and the mighty Umbrella. Listen here.
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It’s been quite a year for Rihanna! The Barbados-born R&B singer climbed to the top of charts around the globe with her smash hit single, ? ? ? Umbrella? ? !” , and picked up two prestigious MTV Video Music Awards, and an MTV Europe Music Award, for the song and its scintillating video. She kicked off the epic 24-hour Live Earth concert event with a high-profile, high-energy performance from Japan’s Makuhari Messe Convention Center in July. Her success inspired a totally new live show, both artistically and technically, with the addition of her own backing band and the adoption of Sennheiser evolution wireless G2 personal monitoring systems and a Sennheiser SKM 5200 wireless handheld mic outfitted with an MD 5235 capsule.
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It’s been quite a year for Rihanna! The Barbados-born R&B singer climbed to the top of charts around the globe with her smash hit single, ? ? ? Umbrella? ? !” , and picked up two prestigious MTV Video Music Awards, and an MTV Europe Music Award, for the song and its scintillating video. She [...]