R & B (also written RnB, short for rhythm and blues) is a popular music genre that combines jazz, gospel, and blues, a stream of this type first introduced by African-American musicians.
The term was first used as a marketing term in music in the United States in 1947 by Jerry Wexler who worked on Billboard magazine. The term RnB replaced the term racing music and the category of the Harlem Hit Parade Hit in June 1949. In 1948, RCA Victor marketed black music under the name Blues and Rhythm. This phrase was reversed by Wexler at Atlantic Records, who became the record company that led the field of R & B in the early years. And now this type of RnB stream is the most popular around the world.
Era 40s
In the history of r & b music, r & b music is divided into 4 main parts, namely Early R & B, Motown and Soul, Funk and Disco, and Dance and Rap. The history of r & b music continued until the late 1940s, this year RCA Victor sold black music under the terms "Blues and Rhytm". And in this year began to develop a kind of music that is based on the Boogie-Woogie rhythm which is then called Jump Blues.
Many musicians carry a kind of music like Lousi Jordan that dominates the Billboard charts this year with five songs. And then it continued into 1949 where the terms Rhytm and Blues began to replace the Harlem Hit Parade category on the Billboard charts, and which dominated the charts that year was "The Huckle Buck" by Paul Williams.
Era of the 50s
Then in the 1950s, the history of r & b music here Johnny Otis released many songs and began to dominate the charts. The history of r & b music in 1951 also appeared a radio announcer named Alan Freed who often played r & b songs on his radio show, he described the r & b he played as rock 'n roll. In this year also appeared some r & b musicians like Little Richard who attracted the world's attention because of the new r & b type of music, faster and funky.
In the history of r & b music it can be said that the 1950s was an important year for r & b music, the r & b music of this year began to popular and defeated the types of music such as jazz and rock 'n roll. Here also appeared some musicians and some musicians concert morning r & b.
The history of r & b music continued into the 1960s where musicians from Berry Goody's Motown recorded the dominance of the r & b music market. some famous artists such as The Temptations, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles.
In this year also r & b music is called as soul music by white people, this type of music is called the blue-eyed soul.
Era 80s
In the history of r & b music also appears Contemporary R & B which is a type of music from a combination of music types such as rhytm and blues, pop, soul, funk and hip hop. This music came after the loss of disco music in the 1980s.
The history of r & b music continued during the transition from soul music to r & b music in the 1980s. Appear some musicians who took over the stairs alau like Michael Jackson and also Prince. Michael Jackson's album "Thriller" became one of the most sold albums worldwide.
Here also appeared some female r & b singers like Whitney Houston and also Janet Jackson who gained popularity in the late 1980s. In addition, also appeared New Edition, which eventually became a prototype boyband like Backstreet Boys and New Kids Ont The Block.
era 90-an
The history of r & b music continued in the 1990s with the emergence of a music group called Boyz II Men who popularized classical vocal harmony-sou. Then there is Babbyface who is a producer of Janet Jackson, Babyface's career as a solo singer thrives by bringing out songs with a nice type of R & B music. The history of r & b music in the 1990s also evolved the type of r & b music combined with hip-hop music, which was then called hip hop soul. singers who bring the kind of music like Mary J. Blige, Aaliyah, R Kelly, and Brandy.
In the history of r & b music in the 1990s, successful singers such as Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men brought contemporary r & b into mainstream musical tastes, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men had one duet song called "One Sweet Day" managed to occupy the number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Then there is Missy Elliot who more combined r & b and hip hop simultaneously.
Era 90s - 2000s
The history of r & b music continued, from the 1990s to the late 2000s, many bands and solo musicians appeared, but the more dominant were soloists, such as Jennifer Lopez and the NSYNC group. In addition there are also Britney Spears, Gwen Steffany and Pink. In the 2000s the mix between r & b and hip hop music grew more and more famous artists in the 2000s such as Usher, Beyonce and also Mariah Carey.
And of course there are still many r & b artists who are gaining popularity from the 2000s to the present.