It was a down night for one of the dramas awaiting word on its future. The latest installment of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist registered 1.3 million and a 0.2 rating in the demo. While the ratings remain soft, the series is a decent digital performer for NBC and does have critical acclaim. It could eke out
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Front + Center is Rated R&B’s artist discovery series, putting new and emerging R&B singers at the center of your attention. Bren Joy is a singer-songwriter signed to Warner Records — but that was never his original plan. Even though the Nashville native was a vocal performance major at Belmont University, becoming an artist was
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Before spring stands still, Emanuel will know what it feels like to a project bloom from a Motown Records flower. ALT THERAPY, his first full-length project, is out June 16 via Motown and Universal Music Canada. The album serves as the follow-up release to last year’s Alt Therapy Session 2: Transformation EP.  Paired with the
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Teedra Moses isn’t a fan of sharing her man. She demands exclusivity — and makes it clear on her new single “Make Me,” produced by Uncle Chucc and Brody. “You gon’ have to cut them hoes off, f*cking with me / You gon’ have to let them hoes know / Really, I ain’t being petty
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It has been said in more ways than one that a closed mouth doesn’t get fed. That’s precisely why TeaMarrr wants her bedroom bully to be “Specific” about their sexual expectations and openness on her new song. Innovative rapper Duckwrth turned in a poetic verse for the sex-positive song.  Cruising at a pace fit for
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Daniel Caesar has earned three new RIAA awards this month. His third album,Never Enough, has been crowned gold, with 500,000 equivalent units sold in the U.S. It marks Caesar’s second project to receive an RIAA certification, following his platinum-selling debut, Freudian. Further, the bittersweet “Always” and the uplifting “Superpowers” have been certified platinum, with one
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Dave Hollister is back. The R&B veteran has released “Thought You Knew,” his first single in a decade, via Death Row Records/gamma. Produced by Soopafly and Snoop Dogg, “Thought You Knew” is a sweet reminder to a partner that the love hasn’t gone anywhere and remains intact. “I thought you knew / How I love
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India Shawn will release her first project in four years this spring. The singer-songwriter announced her new EP,Subject to Change, will arrive May 1 via Vanta Music. Executive produced by D’Mile, who co-owns the label with engineer John Kercy,Subject to Changewill include the lead single, “Rain On Me,” available now. The hazy production, helmed by
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After topping R&B radio last week, Jill Scott’s single “Pressha” rises to No. 1 on the Billboard Adult R&B Airplay chart dated March 14. According to Billboard, “Pressha” moved from No. 2 to No. 1 in its eighth week on the chart, bumping Kehlani’s “Folded” from its two-week reign. “Pressha” is Scott’s first chart-topper on
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Ty Dolla $ign has returned with his new projectGirl Music Vol. 1 via Atlantic Records. Preceded by the Leon Thomas-assisted “Miss U 2,” the six-track set hears Dolla $ign returning to his R&B-centric roots. The raspy-voiced artist said the project’s concept was born from a dinner conversation in New York City. “The DJ at the
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Ama has joined forces with her label head, Brent Faiyaz, for her new single “Need It Bad,” out via ISO Supremacy / Pulse Records. The Mannyvelli and Spizledoe production captures the carnal desire to be within touch of a romantic partner. Faiyaz steers the first half of the song with longing lyrics such as, “Can
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