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This category contains contemporary R&B singers from the United Kingdom. British rhythm and blues singers should be categorized under Category:British rhythm and blues singers or its respective subcategories.
List of R&B musicians encompasses sub-genres such as urban-contemporary, doo wop, southern, neo-soul and soul, indie, alternative, country, rap, ska, funk, pop, rock, electronic and new jack swing fusions.
In the early 1950s blues music was largely known in Britain through blues-influenced boogie-woogie, and the jump blues of Fats Waller and Louis Jordan. [9] Imported recordings of American artists were brought over by African American servicemen stationed in Britain during and after World War II, merchant seamen visiting the ports of London, Liverpool, Newcastle on Tyne and Belfast, and in a ...
Classical / folk / gospel / blues /jazz /R&B / soul 2.06 million [83] Dusty Springfield: United Kingdom 1958–1995 Soul / blue-eyed soul / pop 2.02 million [84] Macy Gray: United States 1990–present R&B / soul / jazz 1.96 million [85] Shirley Bassey: United Kingdom 1953–present Pop 1.6 million [86] Jennifer Hudson: United States 2004 ...
Below is a list of music artists and bands from London. These are separated by genre. These are separated by genre. For Drum and Bass and UK Funky House, there are separate entries on Wikipedia.
Popular music of the United Kingdom in the 21st century continued to expand and develop new subgenres and fusions. While talent show contestants were one of the major forces in pop music, British soul maintained and even extended its high-profile with figures like Joss Stone, Estelle, Duffy and Adele, while a new group of singer-songwriters led by Amy Winehouse and Westlife achieved ...
Inflated claims for artists who performed in different acts during their careers. Sometimes all of the sales data is attributed to an individual artist. For the purposes of this list, an effort is made to separate the individual acts (e.g., the sales figures for The Beatles and Paul McCartney & Wings are mutually exclusive).
In 1980s, UK soul musicians such as Junior, Princess, the Pasadenas, Mica Paris, Soul II Soul, and Central Line [27] played soul music and had hit songs. Soul II Soul's breakthrough R&B hits "Keep on Movin'" and "Back to Life" in 1989 have been seen as opening the door to the mainstream for black British soul and R&B performers. [28]