Top Contemporary R&B albums

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

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

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”

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"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Young British woman Emeli Sande decided not to confine herself to song-writing alone, but also to perform her own material. Her debut effort Our Version Of Events proves this decision right