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▸ 1960–1999
R&B & Soul
Where the groove lives.
Velvet vocals and a pocket so deep you could live in it — from classic soul shouters to quiet-storm slow jams and new-jack grooves. The smooth side of the charts.
All 246 tracks
246 tracks
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▸ Did you know
- Billboard's R&B chart has run under many names since 1942 — a whole parallel history of the hits.
- The 'Quiet Storm' radio format was named after a 1975 Smokey Robinson album.