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In 2013, a sister category titled Best Progressive R&B Album, then titled Best Urban Contemporary Album was debuted. The award goes to the artist, producer and engineer/mixer, provided they are credited with at least 50% of playing time on the album. (The lead performing artist is the only one who receives the official nomination).
All Time Top 1000 Albums is a book by Colin Larkin, creator and editor of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music.The book was first published by Guinness Publishing in 1994. The list presented is the result of over 200,000 votes cast by the public in record shops, universities, schools and the French music trade show MIDEM – and ranked in order.
This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music in physical mediums, such as vinyl, audio cassettes or compact discs. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the album must have sold at least 20 million copies and certified at least 10 million units (the equivalent of a diamond ...
From November 30, 1963 to January 23, 1965 there was no Billboard R&B singles chart. Some publications have used Cashbox magazine's stats in their place. No specific reason has ever been given as to why Billboard ceased releasing R&B charts, but the prevailing wisdom is that the chart methodology used was being questioned, since more and more white acts were reaching number-one on the R&B chart.
NME's the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: #494 [36] UNCUT: The 500 Greatest Albums of The 1980s: #34 [10] Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 1980s (2018): #109 [49] Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums: #833 [99] September 16, 1985 () Hounds Of Love: Kate Bush Art pop; progressive pop; art rock; progressive rock [274] sophisti-pop [231] EMI ...
This page lists the winners and nominees for the Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Album. This category was one of the first created and has been given out since the award's conception in 1990. Only four artists have won this award twice: Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, Usher and The Weeknd.
This change includes a more accurate definition to describe the merit or characteristics of music compositions or performances themselves within the genre of R&B." [4] Adding to this, the description of this category is now as follows: "[t]his category is intended to highlight albums that include the more progressive elements of R&B and may ...
The Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (sometimes known as the R&B Songwriter's Award) has been awarded since 1969. From 1969 to 2000, it was known as the Grammy Award for Best Rhythm and Blues Song. Beyoncé has won it a record five times, while Babyface, Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers and Alicia Keys have three wins each. The award goes to the ...