This document provides an overview of the R&B music genre. It discusses the origins of R&B in the 1940s originating from African American communities. Some of the major artists in the R&B genre are named such as Drake, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Usher, Prince, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and Michael Jackson. One of the main awards in the R&B genre is the Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Album which has been awarded since 1990 with Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, and Usher having each won it twice. Key features of R&B music include distinctive record production styles using drum machines, pitch corrected vocals, occasional saxophone,

1. R&B
GENRE
RESEARCHBy DarcyWarwick

2. Where it
originated
from?
• Rhythm and blues, commonly shortened as R&B, is a
genre of popular music that originated in African
American communities in the 1940s.The term was
originally used by record companies to describe
recordings marketed mainly to urban African
Americans, at a time when urbane, rocking, jazz based
music with a heavy, insistent beat was becoming more
popular.

3. Main artist
in the R&B
Genre
• Drake
• Beyoncé
• Rihanna
• Chris Brown
• Usher
• Prince
• Whitney Houston
• MariahCarey
• Michael Jackson

4. Awards that
they may
have given
out?
• Billboard Music Award forTop R&B Album.This page
lists the winners and nominees for the Billboard Music
Award forTop R&B Album.This category was one of
the first created and has been given out since the
award's conception in 1990.Only three artists have
won this award twice: Beyoncé,Whitney Houston and
Usher.

5. Key
features of
the genre
• The general key features of R&B is that of a distinctive
record production style, drum machine – backed
rhythms, lots of pitch corrected vocals, an occasional
saxophone-laced beat to give the sense of a jazz feel
and finally the smooth style of vocal arrangement.Also
another key feature is that of Hip-hop dance inspired
beats.

6. Style/clothing/
attitudes
• The general fashion of the clothing line in R&B Music
(fashion) is that of quite a young generation, this is
represented by modern takes on young style crop-
tops, high trousers & skirts.The style is very modern in
terms of unique styles and attitudes, the attitudes
which is presented by the clothing shows us the
confidence of the artist style/music which may appeal
to their target audience as it preaches a
confident/positive message. R&B style is were much
up-to-date with current fashion choices which shows
an interesting advancement of art, music and fashion.