Top R&B albums

Each song on Adele's sophomore effort 21 is literarily filled with either nostalgia, hope and love which is not over yet or anger and suchlike love. It really exceeds all expectations and sets the modern pop music's level really high

On FutureSex/LoveSounds the pop, R&B, funk, soul and rock music of the 1980s combines with the modern trends of production and studio processing, and Justin Timberlake's singing reechoes the performace manner of Prince and young James Brown

Nelly Furtado's greatest strength has always been her musical versatility. On Loose the folksy blend of styles that made the pop chanteuse famous is still there. It's principally a beat driven collection, most capably described by Nelly as “punk hop”

As on the debut album, on Back To Black Amy Winehouse reveals herself as quite a frank person, who is not afraid of disclosing her personal mishaps to the audience such as alcohol addiction fight and a breakup from which it has been hard to recover

The album Loud is the reflection of Rihanna's very essence. It is quite a varied dance collection with a couple of deeply thought numbers, naturally, offering several ready club hits at once

A new material, with a name that speaks for itself, Good Girl Gone Bad, recorded with the participation of Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and of course Jay-Z demonstrates Rihanna's desire to sound more provocative and defiant

Timbaland's second solo album Shock Value became an attempt to expand his artistic horizon and to discover new way for further growth. As Timbaland himself said "My mission is to blow up the boundaries and tear down the limits"

The people responsible for Gnarls Barkley are rapper and vocalist Cee-Lo Green and hip-hop producer Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton. The mass of disparate sounds is perfectly bound together on St. Elsewhere by astonishing songwriting and haunting voice

Superstar Bruno Mars offers the entire range of his various musical preferences on the sophomore record named Unorthodox Jukebox, bringing it into the shape of his unique style

The Dutchess has not too much in common with The Black Eyed Peas music, and at some points Fergie's singing is so different from the way she has been performing with the band, that one cannot but wonder whos beautiful voice that is

The debut album 19 offering mostly heartbreak songs and ranging from jazz to pop is most probably only the beginning of Adele's brilliant career for her voice possesses enormous potentials

After a brief lull R&B singer, actress and simply a beauty from Barbados town of St. Michael has released a new album Unapologetic. Where does Rihanna get all these powers for hits, music videos and albums ... does not matter, we have her new album

The current incarnation of the Pussycat Dolls are a focused sextet of pop hopefuls. PCD is certainly not lacking in the beat department, and combined with their vocal strength and radio-orientated melodies, girls produce some admirable results

Rihanna released her new album titled Talk That Talk in autumn of 2011. In spite of the fact that the singer’s previous studio attempt was issued only a year ago, Talk That Talk is a traditionally strong long play

Leona Lewis, a young but extremely promising British R&B singer, debuted with her album Spirit. This disc has both sentimental ballads and cute dancing songs, decorated with the powerful vocals of the artist

While her new album is in the process, American R&B star Rihanna released the new edition of her previous disc, calling it Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded. The full-length features four new tracks by Rihanna

The Sweet Escape is a more urban album with a less retro coloring than the first solo effort had and due to Gwen Stefani's cooperation with such professionals as the Neptunes, Linda Perry and Akon its sounding has acquired really fashionable traits

Monkey Business is a big phunky follow up to 2003's Elephunk from a group that invented and perfected a revolutionary new hip-hop beat. With their trademark crazy lyrics, irresistible dance beats and catchy hooks

Songs' arrangements hold the second position on Hard Candy, naturally after Madonna's performance whose vocals still remain the most recognizable of all, and due to great pop melodies practically each track is a ready hit

Despite her young age, Rihanna has already released a number of remarkable albums. One of them is the 2009 effort, Rated R, issued in November 2009

The one emotion that goes throughout As I Am is passion for whichever topic Alicia Keys touches upon she believes in what she is singing and thus makes the listener hear the deep sense of her lyrics and the hearts beat together with her vocals

The 18-year-old Rihanna returns with a surprising – and refreshing – diverse set that dabbles in pop, dance, R&B, reggae and acoustic numbers. A Girl Like Me is sure to solidify her as one of pop music's raising stars

Rockferry has become an example of classic soul with all the appropriate elements: magnificent orchestra instrumentation, Duffy's emotional singing and romantic, either sad or dreamy lyrics

This album features a whole list of guest appearances. With the mixture of their rapping skills and Akon's smooth R&B style Konvicted suggests another direction for a pop music scene which is nowadays overfilled with dozens of twin like performers

Kanye West's fourth work 808's & Heartbreak proves to be his most emotional and sincere album offering melodious and soulful compositions and, as is clear from the record title, of the broken heart topic