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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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 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

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

Twenty-five year old American pop singer and songwriter Christina Aguilera is famous all over the world since her debut album was released in 1999. This year however she has released something completely different from everything before

Alicia Keys avoided experiments on her fourth long player, The Element Of Freedom. The famous singer's new album is a reflection of the progress she has made since the start of her career

A promising rapper Bobby Ray (also known as B.O.B) did not let down his listeners with the debut long player, Adventures Of Bobby Ray

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

The main of Nicki Minaj's weapons is the great rapping that helps her express the entire emotional spectrum, be tough or soft, serious or funny. The singles from her debut album Pink Friday have already become incredibly successful

Keeping experimenting with the possibilities of her outstanding vocal, Beyonce has made a record completely different from the debut work. The melodies on B'Day are significantly more complicated and multilayer

Leader of several established hip-hop projects, Cee-Lo Green, focused on his solo career that has left much to be desired so far. His third CD, The Lady Killer, is able to improve the whole situation

Celebrated R&B singer Usher is now into difficult period of life, both professionally and personally. This could not but affect his sixth studio work, Raymond V Raymond. However, class will be class; and the album is far from an unworthy effort

In the wake of Gwen Stefani's elevation to diva status in the early 2000s, it's easy to forget that for a brief moment at the start of the millennium it seemed that she and her band, No Doubt, were dangerously close to being pegged as yet another of