Category: Urban AC

R&B and Hip-Hop Nominations for the 2023 Grammy Awards Have Been Announced

On November 15th, the nominations for the 2023 Grammy Awards were announced. Beyoncé grabbed nine nominations for her album Renaissance, the most for any artist. Other names in the R&B and Hip-Hop space that grabbed nominations include Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige. and DJ Khaled. After the release of his album Mr. Morale and The […]

Mahalia Has Released New Track ‘Bag of You’

British singer-songwriter recently released single “Bag of You,” which was produced by JD Reid and Max Pope. Mahalia stated that, “This song is one of my favourites so far. ‘Bag Of You’ is all about that sweet spot in a relationship when everything is just lovely, Where the idea of being without that person – […]

Mary J. Blige is Releasing ‘Good Morning Gorgeous’ Album on Vinyl

Mary J. Blige’s most recent album, Good Morning Gorgeous will soon be available on vinyl as a double LP on December 9th. It is already available for pre-order from Amazon, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Music Direct, Nail City Record and Target. Some retailers such as Target are offering exclusive colored versions of the 2LP […]

Mariah Carey Opens Up About Season Five of ‘The Crown’ Featuring Her Hit Song

On Wednesday, November 9th, Mariah Carey captioned an Instagram video that showed herself lounging in her own screening room as she sips tea, “THE CROWN premiered last night and of course I had to have my own screening dahhlings!” “Seeeeee!” she said as she smiled and her track started to play. Season five of The […]

Steve Lacy Performed ‘Bad Habit’ and ‘Helmet’ on Saturday Night Live

Just last weekend, Steve Lacy, made his debut on Saturday Night Live as the show’s musical guest. He performed his hit single “Bad Habit” and “Helmet.” Both tracks are off of Lacy’s Sophomore album, Gemini Rights, that released on July 15th through RCA Records. The 10 song album was a follow up to 2019’s Apollo […]

Rihanna’s Return To Music ‘Lift Me Up’ Debuts at Number One on Multiple Billboard Charts

Rihanna’s recent return to music, with single Lift Me Up, from the black Panther: Wakanda Forever Soundtrack, has debuted at number one on Billboard’s Hot R&B Songs chart this week. The track has also debuted at number one on the following Billboard charts: R&B Streaming Songs, R&B Digital Song Sales, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and R&B/Hip-Hop […]

Montell Fish Releases new EP ‘Her Love Still Haunts Me Like a Ghost’

Montell Fish has recently released his brand new project, Her Love Still Haunts Me Like a Ghost. The album contains seven tracks, including previously released track, “Hotel.” On the production end, the EP is more unrefined than his last release. Fish refers to the project as a transitional project, explaining that, “It’s essentially a sequel […]

BTS and Pharrell Williams Collaboration is Coming Soon

Pharrell Williams and RM interviewed each other recently on Tuesday, November first which resulted in several teasers about both artist’s upcoming music plans. During the conversation, RM asked Pharrell what is next for his music, to which Pharrell replied, “Well, my project, it’s called … it’s [under] my name, and the title of the album is Phriends […]

Ne-Yo and Serayah Are Starring in BET+ Original Movie ‘The Sound of Christmas’

Grammy winning singer/songwriter Ne-Yo and singer/actress Serayah are going to star in the new holiday film, The Sound of Christmas that premieres on Thursday, November 24th, exclusively on BET+. The film tells the story of Montana (played by Serayah), a down on her luck music teacher, who leads a wealthy widower Quentin (played by Ne-Yo) […]