What is Contemporary R&B?
{{Infobox music genre |name=Contemporary R&B |bgcolor=#000333 |color=white |stylistic_origins= {{hlist|[[Rhythm and blues]]|[[soul music|soul]]|[[funk]]|[[pop music|pop]]|[[hip hop music|hip hop]]|[[electronic music|electronic]]|[[dance music|dance]]}} |cultural_origins=Early 1970s [[North America]]; [[New York City]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Atlanta]], [[Chicago]], [[Houston]], [[Montreal]], [[Toronto]] |instruments=[[Synthesizer]]s, keyboard, drum machine, [[vocal]]s, talkbox [[piano]] |popularity=Moderate since 1980s worldwide, mainstream in the 1990s and 2000s especially in the United States, declining in early 2010s |derivatives= |subgenrelist= |subgenres= {{hlist|[[Hip hop soul]]|[[Neo soul]]|[[G-funk]]|Nu-funk}} |fusiongenres= {{hlist|[[Quiet storm]]|[[New jack swing]]|2-step|Grime|[[G-funk]]|Crunk&B|Snap&B|PBR&B|Zouk R&B}} |regional_scenes= |other_topics=Musicians }} '''Contemporary R&B''' is a [[music genre]] of '''R&B'''. It mixes [[rhythm and blues]], [[soul music|soul]], [[funk]], [[pop music|pop]], [[hip hop music|hip hop]], [[electronic music|electronic]] and [[dance music|dance]]. Contemporary R&B is currently a [[wikt:dominate|dominant]] music genre for the [[Top 40]] radios. Artists of this type of music includes, [[Whitney Houston]], [[Beyoncé]], [[Michael Jackson]], [[Mariah Carey]], and [[Stevie Wonder]]. Contemporary R&B became a [[popular music]] genre after the [[disco]] [[era]] in the 1980s. Contemporary R&B is an [[African American]] type of music, however, there has been other artists who are not African American that record contemporary R&B. Such as [[Justin Timberlake]], [[Ariana Grande]], [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Justin Beiber]], and [[Bruno Mars]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{music-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Contemporary RandB}} [[Category:R&B music]]