Overview of the events of 2023 in rhythm and blues music
List of years in rhythm and blues music
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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in rhythm and blues for the year 2023.
February [ edit ] September [ edit ] On September 16, Irish Grinstead, of 702 , died at the age of 43.[7] October [ edit ] November [ edit ] On November 3, Missy Elliott , George Michael , Chaka Khan , Al Kooper , The Spinners , and Don Cornelius were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .[9] [10] On November 26, the 2023 Soul Train Music Awards were held. SZA won Best R&B/Soul Female Artist , Album of the Year for SOS , Song of the Year and The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award for "Snooze ". Victoria Monét won Video of the Year and Best Dance Performance for "On My Mama ". Usher won Best R&B/Soul Male Artist , Soul Train Certified Award , and Best Collaboration , alongside Summer Walker & 21 Savage , for "Good Good ".[11] Released albums [ edit ] January [ edit ] February [ edit ] Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position 3 Chiiild Better Luck In the Next Life Avant Garden, 4th & Broadway , Def Jam Recordings Dreamville Creed III: The Soundtrack Dreamville , Interscope Debuted at No. 127 on the Billboard 200 Kali Uchis Red Moon in Venus Geffen Records Debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 Masego Masego EQT Recordings, Capitol Records , UMG Recordings Yazmin Lacey Voice Notes Own Your Own Records, Believe 6 Onew Circle SM Debuted at No. 3 on the Circle Album Chart 10 August Alsina Myself Shake the World, Empire Musiq Soulchild & Hit-Boy Victims and Villains SoulStar Music Company 13 Kai Rover SM , Dreamus Debuted at No. 1 on the Circle Album Chart 16 Code Kunst Remember Archive AOMG Debuted at No. 19 on the Circle Album Chart 17 ELHAE Forgotten Flowers Dream Loud Music Group T-Pain On Top of the Covers Nappy Boy , Empire Tei Shi Bad Premonition The Orchard 24 6LACK Since I Have a Lover LVRN , Interscope Records Debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard 200 Billy Valentine Billy Valentine & The Universal Truth Bob Thiele Jr., Acid Jazz Acquisitions Jimin Face Big Hit Debuted at No. 1 on the Circle Album Chart Debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Yaya Bey Exodus the North Star Big Dada 28 Billlie The Billage of Perception: Chapter Three Mystic Story , Kakao Debuted at No. 5 on the Circle Album Chart 31 Chlöe In Pieces Parkwood Entertainment , Columbia Records Debuted at No. 119 on the Billboard 200 Davido Timeless DMW , Columbia , Sony Debuted at No. 37 on the Billboard 200 Eddie Chacon Sundown Stones Throw Records
Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position 7 Brandee Younger Brand New Life Impulse! , Verve Label Group, UMG Recordings Daniel Caesar Never Enough Hollace, Republic Records Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200 Planet Giza Ready When You Are Quiet Note THEY. Nü Moon Nü Religion Records, AWAL 14 Dinner Party Enigmatic Society Sound of Crenshaw, EMPIRE Jean Deaux HEAVY Duality Records, EMPIRE Petite Noir MotherFather Roya Records Yung Bleu Love Scars II Moon Boy University, EMPIRE Debuted at No. 38 on the Billboard 200 17 NCT DoJaeJung Perfume SM Debuted at No. 2 on the Circle Album Chart 21 Alfa Mist Variables Anti- Dreamer Isioma Princess Forever AWAL Everything but the Girl Fuse Buzzin' Fly, Virgin Debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart Debuted at No. 116 on the Billboard 200 Post Malone The Diamond Collection Republic , Mercury Debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200 St. Paul & the Broken Bones Angels in Science Fiction ATO 25 Taeyang Down to Earth The Black Label , Interscope Debuted at No. 10 on the Circle Album Chart 27 Marina Sena Vício Inerente Sony Music Brazil 28 Amir Obè after. Def Jam Recordings , UMG Recordings Baby Rose Through and Through Secretly Canadian Jessie Ware That! Feels Good! EMI Debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart Labrinth Ends & Begins Columbia , Sony Music Debuted at No. 144 on the Billboard 200 rum.gold U Street Anthology Leola Smokey Robinson Gasms TLR Records
Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position 3 Iza Afrodhit Warner Music Brazil 8 Olamide Unruly YBNL Nation, EMPIRE 11 Emotional Oranges STILL EMO Avant Garden 18 Amaka Oasis Venice Music Cautious Clay KARPEH Blue Note Records Ciara CiCi Beauty Marks Entertainment[12] Genesis Owusu Struggler OURNESS, AWAL Debuted at No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart Grace Potter Mother Road Fantasy Jihyo Zone JYP , Republic Debuted at No. 1 on the Circle Album Chart Debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200 Jon Batiste World Music Radio Verve , Interscope Debuted at No. 104 on the Billboard 200 Leon Thomas Electric Dusk UMG Recordings , EZMNY Records, Motown Records Swavy Different Breed Columbia Records 25 Anfa Rose Die On My Chest CASA, EMPIRE Burna Boy I Told Them... Atlantic , Spaceship , Bad Habit Debuted at No. 31 on the Billboard 200 Fridayy Fridayy Lost In Melody, Def Jam Recordings Maluma Don Juan Sony Latin Debuted at No. 195 on the Billboard 200 Terrace Martin & James Fauntleroy Nova Sounds of Crenshaw, BMG Victoria Monét JAGUAR II Lovett Music, RCA Records [13] Debuted at No. 60 on the Billboard 200 28 NCT Golden Age SM , Kakao Debuted at No. 1 on the Circle Album Chart Debuted at No. 66 on the Billboard 200 29 Liv.e GITHPRemixEdition Real Life Music, AWAL 30 Dominic Scott Dear Summer Red Balloon Works
September [ edit ] October [ edit ] Day Artist(s) Album Record label(s) Entering chart position 4 Bnxn Sincerely, Benson T.Y.E., EMPIRE 6 Drake For All the Dogs OVO Sound , Republic Records Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 NCT 127 Fact Check SM Debuted at No. 1 on the Circle Album Chart Debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200 ODUMODUBLVCK EZIOKWU NATIVE Records, Def Jam Recordings , UMG Recordings Vedo 7 New Wav Music Group, EMPIRE 11 JMSN Soft Spot White Room Records[17] [better source needed ] 13 Jamila Woods Water Made Us Jagjaguwar [18] Troye Sivan Something to Give Each Other EMI Music Australia Debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart Debuted at No. 20 on the Billboard 200 20 Arin Ray Phases III Interscope Records Berhana Amén (The Nomad's Dream) EQT Recordings Naomi Sharon Obsidian OVO Sound Priya Ragu Santhosam Warner Records UK RealestK Real World Columbia Records Sampha Lahai Young Debuted at No. 21 on the UK Albums Chart Shay Lia Facets AWAL Recordings Terrace Martin & Alex Isley I Left My Heart In Ladera Sounds of Crenshaw, IRD Corp, BMG 27 Black Pumas Chronicles of a Diamond ATO Debuted at No. 69 on the Billboard 200 Brent Faiyaz Larger than Life ISO Supremacy, UnitedMasters Debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 Chxrry22 Siren XO Records , Republic Records , UMG Recordings Leela James Thought U Knew BMG Mariah the Scientist To Be Eaten Alive Buckles Laboratories, Epic Records , Sony Music Debuted at No. 93 on the Billboard 200 Mr Eazi The Evil Genius emPawa Africa Limited Ruben Studdard The Way I Remember SoNo Recording Group V V Brown Am I British Yet? YOY Records
November [ edit ] December [ edit ] Highest-charting songs [ edit ] United States [ edit ] United Kingdom [ edit ] Highest first-week consumption [ edit ] All critically reviewed albums ranked [ edit ] Metacritic [ edit ] AnyDecentMusic? [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Winners & Nominees List" . Grammys . Retrieved September 23, 2023 . ^ Garcia, Thania (February 23, 2023). "R. Kelly Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison For Child Pornography Case" . Variety . Archived from the original on February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2023 . ^ Carras, Christi (May 30, 2023). "DaniLeigh arrested on DUI charge after alleged hit-and-run in Miami Beach" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved May 31, 2023 . ^ Ju, Shirley (June 28, 2023). "Jacquees Arrested For Allegedly Biting A Woman" . The Source . Retrieved June 29, 2023 . ^ Dasrath, Diana; Stelloh, Tim (August 9, 2023). "More allegations against Lizzo surface in wake of lawsuit alleging harassment, weight-shaming" . NBC News . Retrieved August 11, 2023 . ^ Pearis, Bill (August 29, 2023). "Def Jam singer & producer August 08 has died" . BrooklynVegan . Retrieved September 8, 2023 . ^ "R&B Girl Group 702's Singer Irish Grinstead, Has Died At 43" . UPROXX . September 17, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2023 . ^ Kreps, Daniel (October 12, 2023). "Rudolph Isley, Founding Member of the Isley Brothers, Dead at 84" . Rolling Stone . Retrieved October 12, 2023 . ^ France, Lisa Respers (September 28, 2023). "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony will air live for first time on Disney+" . CNN . Retrieved November 6, 2023 . ^ Minsker, Evan (November 4, 2023). "Missy Elliott Inducted Into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2023: Read Her Full Speech" . Pitchfork . Retrieved November 6, 2023 . ^ Samuels, Keithan (November 27, 2023). "2023 Soul Train Awards Winners" . Rated R&B . Retrieved November 27, 2023 . ^ "CIARA ANNOUNCES NEW EP 'CICI,' RELEASES "HOW WE ROLL" SINGLE WITH CHRIS BROWN" . The Source . Retrieved August 5, 2023 . ^ "Victoria Monét On JAGUAR II: Her New Album Set To Move Masses" . Forbes . Retrieved August 9, 2023 . ^ "Corinne Bailey Rae to Release New Album 'Black Rainbows' in September" . BroadwayWorld . Retrieved June 19, 2023 . ^ "Dominique Fils-Aimé Announces New Album 'Our Roots Run Deep,' Shares "Cheers to New Beginnings" " . Exclaim! . Retrieved March 30, 2023 . ^ Folk, Antwane (September 22, 2023). "K. Michelle Releases Final R&B Album 'I'm the Problem' " . Rated R&B . Retrieved September 22, 2023 . ^ Soft Spot by JMSN , October 11, 2023, retrieved September 28, 2023 ^ Kelly, Tyler Damara (July 11, 2023). "Jamila Woods has announced the new album Water Made Us" . Line of Best Fit . Retrieved September 14, 2023 . ^ Folk, Antwane (October 3, 2023). "Majid Jordan Announces New Album 'Good People' and World Tour Dates" . Rated R&B . Retrieved October 17, 2023 . ^ Anderson, Carys (July 25, 2023). "Tkay Maidza Announces New Album Sweet Justice, Shares "Ring-A-Ling" " . Consequence . Retrieved July 26, 2023 . ^ Folk, Antwane (October 28, 2023). "BJ the Chicago Kid Announces New Album 'Gravy,' Shares New Song 'Long Time' " . Rated R&B . Retrieved October 31, 2023 . ^ "Chris Brown Promises To Be More 'Focused' & Concise With New Album '11:11' " . HipHopDX . August 16, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023 . ^ Pointer, Flisadam (December 8, 2023). "ThisisRnB Fresh Finds Friday" . ThisisRnB . Retrieved December 20, 2023 . ^ Samuels, Keithan (December 8, 2023). "James Fauntleroy Releases New Album 'The Warmest Winter Ever' " . Rated R&B . Retrieved December 20, 2023 . ^ Folk, Antwane (November 16, 2023). "Omarion Announces New Album 'Full Circle: Sonic Book Two' " . Rated R&B . Retrieved November 17, 2023 . ^ Folk, Antwane (November 28, 2023). "Adam Blackstone Shares New Album 'A Legacy Christmas' " . Rated R&B . Retrieved December 20, 2023 . ^ "Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart" . Billboard . Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2023 . ^ "Top 100 Songs | Official Single Chart Top 100" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved June 12, 2023 . ^ Caulfield, Keith (March 12, 2023). "Morgan Wallen's 'One Thing at a Time' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With a Half-Million Units" . Billboard . Retrieved March 12, 2023 . ^ Caulfield, Keith (November 19, 2023). "Stray Kids Score Fourth No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 'ROCK-STAR' " . Billboard . Retrieved November 21, 2023 . ^ Caulfield, Keith (March 5, 2023). "Karol G Achieves Historic First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Mañana Será Bonito' " . Billboard . Retrieved March 5, 2023 . ^ Caulfield, Keith (February 5, 2023). "Tomorrow X Together Lands First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart" . Billboard . Retrieved November 21, 2023 . ^ "Fountain Baby by Amaarae" . Metacritic . Retrieved June 12, 2023 . ^ "Black Rainbows by Corinne Bailey Rae" . Metacritic . Retrieved September 14, 2023 . ^ That! Feels Good! by Jessie Ware , Metacritic , retrieved November 27, 2023 ^ "Voice Notes by Yazmin Lacey" . Metacritic . Retrieved April 18, 2023 . ^ "Wait Til I Get Over by Durand Jones" . Metacritic . Retrieved May 3, 2023 . ^ "Lahai by Sampha" . Metacritic . Retrieved October 19, 2023 . ^ "Jaguar II by Victoria Monét" . Metacritic . Retrieved August 25, 2023 . ^ "Raven by Kelela" . Metacritic . Retrieved February 8, 2023 . ^ "Girl in the Half Pearl by Liv.e" . Metacritic . Retrieved February 14, 2023 . ^ "Sundown by Eddie Chacon" . Metacritic . Retrieved March 30, 2023 . ^ "Billy Valentine & The Universal Truth by Billy Valentine" . Metacritic . Retrieved March 24, 2023 . ^ "Red Moon in Venus" . Metacritic . Retrieved March 3, 2023 . ^ trip9love…??? by Tirzah , retrieved November 27, 2023 ^ "Water Made Us by Jamila Woods" . Metacritic . Retrieved October 12, 2023 . ^ "LaVette! by Bettye LaVette" . Metacritic . Retrieved June 16, 2023 . ^ Am I British Yet? by V V Brown , retrieved December 20, 2023 ^ "Heaven by Cleo Sol" . Metacritic . Retrieved September 29, 2023 . ^ "Angels & Queens by Gabriels" . Metacritic . Retrieved July 10, 2023 . ^ "IRL by Mahalia" . Metacritic . Retrieved July 13, 2023 . ^ "The Omnichord Real Book" . Metacritic . Retrieved June 16, 2023 . ^ Silver by Say She She , retrieved November 3, 2023 ^ "KARPEH by Cautious Clay" . Metacritic . Retrieved August 31, 2023 . ^ "My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely by Lola Young" . Metacritic . Retrieved September 22, 2023 . ^ "Santhosam by Priya Ragu" . Metacritic . Retrieved October 20, 2023 . ^ "The Age of Pleasure by Janelle Monáe" . Metacritic . Retrieved June 8, 2023 . ^ Sweet Justice by Tkay Maidza , retrieved November 27, 2023 ^ "I Hope You Can Forgive Me" . Metacritic . Retrieved May 19, 2023 . ^ "Angels in Science Fiction by St. Paul & the Broken Bones" . Metacritic . Retrieved September 22, 2023 . ^ Chronicles of a Diamond by Black Pumas , retrieved November 3, 2023 ^ Slugs of Love by Little Dragon , retrieved November 27, 2023 ^ "Exorcist by Selwyn Birchwood" . Metacritic . Retrieved September 22, 2023 . ^ "falling or flying by Jorja Smith" . Metacritic . Retrieved September 28, 2023 . ^ "Never Enough by Daniel Caesar" . Metacritic . Retrieved May 17, 2023 . ^ Jardins Mystiques, Vol. 1 by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson , retrieved December 20, 2023 ^ "Enigmatic Society" . Metacritic . Retrieved April 27, 2023 . ^ "World Music Radio by Jon Batiste" . Metacritic . Retrieved September 22, 2023 . ^ "Gloria by Sam Smith" . Metacritic . Retrieved September 22, 2023 . ^ "Since I Have a Lover by 6LACK" . Metacritic . Retrieved March 27, 2023 . ^ Further Out Than the Edge by Speakers Corner Quartet , retrieved October 21, 2023 ^ "Love Sick by Don Toliver" . Metacritic . Retrieved March 21, 2023 . ^ "Halo by Bakar" . Metacritic . Retrieved October 2, 2023 . ^ "In Pieces by Chlöe" . Metacritic . Retrieved March 31, 2023 . ^ "How Do You Sleep at Night? by Teezo Touchdown" . Metacritic . Retrieved September 22, 2023 . ^ "That! Feels Good! by Jessie Ware reviews | Any Decent Music" . AnyDecentMusic? . Retrieved November 27, 2023 . ^ "Raven by Kelela reviews | Any Decent Music" . AnyDecentMusic? . Retrieved November 27, 2023 . ^ "Water Made Us by Jamila Woods reviews | Any Decent Music" . AnyDecentMusic? . Retrieved November 27, 2023 . ^ "Fountain Baby by Amaarae reviews | Any Decent Music" . AnyDecentMusic? . Retrieved November 27, 2023 . ^ "Jaguar II by Victoria Monét reviews | Any Decent Music" . AnyDecentMusic? . Retrieved November 27, 2023 . ^ "IRL by Mahalia reviews | Any Decent Music" . AnyDecentMusic? . Retrieved November 27, 2023 . ^ "Girl In The Half Pearl by Liv.e reviews | Any Decent Music" . AnyDecentMusic? . Retrieved November 27, 2023 . ^ "The Age of Pleasure by Janelle Monáe reviews | Any Decent Music" . AnyDecentMusic? . Retrieved November 27, 2023 . ^ "Falling Or Flying by Jorja Smith reviews | Any Decent Music" . AnyDecentMusic? . Retrieved November 27, 2023 .