R&B originated in the 1940s-1960s from blues and soul music. It evolved to incorporate elements of pop, hip hop, and electronic dance music. Popular artists in the 2000s like Mariah Carey and Beyoncé helped the genre expand globally. Contemporary R&B emerged as a genre blending R&B with hip hop and pop. The 2000s saw many breakout R&B stars and hits that are still popular today as "throwbacks".

1. 2000s
Contemporary
R&B
Kiara Rosado & Anthony Thompson

2. What is R&B
➔ R&B stands for Rhythm and blues. But do not confuse it with the actual genre
“Rhythm and blues” because they are quite different.
➔ R&B today uses elements of pop, rhythm and blues, soul, funk, hip hop, gospel
and electronic dance music to make some of today’s most popular songs.
➔ Singers such as Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, R. Kelly, Mariah Carey,
Whitney Houston and Stevie Wonder are a few that made this genre so
popular.
➔ In the 2000s R&B started to have extremely strong roots in popular hip hop
and pop songs creating the new genre contemporary R&B.

3. What is R&B
➔ R&B originated from the American blues and soul music during the 1940s,
1950s, and 1960s in the United States. At a time when urbane, rocking, jazz
based music with a heavy, insistent beat were becoming more popular among
the Afro-Americans in particular.
➔ The music also evolved from African spirituals, African chants, work songs, field
hollers, and drum music, revivalist hymns, and country dance music. The blues
grew up in the Mississippi Delta just upriver from New Orleans, the birthplace
of jazz.
➔ Setting the tone of what R&B is today.

4. 2000s R&B Divas
➔ Coming out of the 1990s and throughout the 2000s to present day two divas
happen to steal the spotlight when it comes to 2000s R&B billboard charts. The
two in mind are Mariah Carey and Beyonce.

5. The expansion of R&B
➔ In the 2000s R&B expanded outside its bounds bringing musicians from pretty much all
around the world with musicians putting their own twist on the genre. From Latin
America and the caribbean we have singers like Shakira from Colombia, Wyclef Jean
from Haiti, Baby Bash and Frankie J from Mexico, and Sean Paul from Jamaica

6. The expansion on R&B
➔ As of other places where singer emerged was the United Kingdom. With stars
like Amy Winehouse from London and Duffy from Wales they used their strong
voices basically opened the other part of the world to R&B.

7. R&B 2000s
➔ R&B in the 2000s had many breakout stars and also stars that just got bigger. Many of
the songs within the genre are know as “throwbacks” which people still today love and
know every word to. Think about hits like Goodies, Lovers and Friends, 1,2 Step, My Boo,
No one, Rock The Boat, Rock Your Body, and Say Goodbye. Here are a couple of our
favorites.

8. Conclusion
The 2000s was a great time for contemporary R&B. It brought so many songs that
people will always love and sing along to if it come on in the car. For the full playlist
ask me it’s 178 songs and it’s pretty lit. Bye