The countdown for the new year is on. Whether or not you have plans for the strike of midnight, the annual Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest will be broadcasting on the ABC network. Last year, there was a bevel of programming options (including Miley Cyrus’ New Year’s Eve special) for you to tap into, but so far, the entertainment staple stands alone.
Yesterday (December 7), the featured acts set to appear on our television screens were announced. So, who is performing at Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest for 2024? So far, the confirmed performers include Janelle Monáe, Green Day, Ellie Goulding, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Loud Luxury x Two Friends with Bebe Rexha, Aqua, Doechii, Ludacris, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Paul Russell, and Reneé Rapp with Coco Jones.
Of course, Ryan Seacrest will serve as the host, marking his 19th year doing so. Rita Ora and Jeannie Mai will step in for Ciara as the featured co-host, as the singer is currently very pregnant. Dayanara Torres will hold things down during the broadcast in Puerto Rico for the Spanish language countdown. For the first time since 2017, the show will not feature a central time zone countdown from New Orleans.
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest is scheduled to air on Sunday, December 31, on ABC beginning at 8 p.m. ET. Find more information here.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
The year is coming to an end, but there are still so many flowers still to be given out to the year’s biggest musical acts. Last week, the Billboard Music Awards celebrated the chart metric. Today (November 26), the 2023 Soul Train Awards, presented by BET, honored R&B acts moving the genre forward.
Keke Palmer did the honors of hosting the event. While acts like Muni Long, Coco Jones, and BJ The Chicago Kid appeared to perform for the attendees. However, the evening is all about walking away with a trophy.
Both Janelle Monáe and T-Pain were bestowed special honors during the ceremony. Janelle Monáe was granted the Spirit Of Soul Award. “[Janelle Monáe] have shown us the true meaning of freedom of expression through all facets of entertainment,” said organizers in a statement.
T-Pain was given the Legend Award for his impact on R&B, Soul, and hip-hop’s forever-intervened mix.
Continue below for the complete winner list for the 2023 Soul Train Awards.
Album Of The Year
Janelle Monáe — The Age of Pleasure
Ari Lennox — Age/Sex/Location
Summer Walker — Clear 2: Soft Life EP
Babyface — Girls Night Out (Extended)
Burna Boy — I Told Them…
Victoria Monét — Jaguar II
SZA — SOS
Coco Jones — What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe)
Song Of The Year
October London – “Back to Your Place”
Toosii – “Favorite Song”
Usher Feat. Summer Walker & 21 Savage – “Good Good”
Coco Jones – “ICU”
SZA – “Kill Bill”
Janelle Monáe – “Lipstick Lover”
Victoria Monét – “On My Mama”
SZA – “Snooze”
Video Of The Year
October London – “Back to Your Place”
PinkPantheress & Ice Spice – “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2”
Usher – “Boyfriend”
Usher Feat. Summer Walker & 21 Savage – “Good Good”
Coco Jones – “ICU”
SZA – “Kill Bill”
Janelle Monáe – “Lipstick Lover”
Victoria Monét – “On My Mama”
Lizzo – “Special”
Best R&B/Soul Female Artist
Ari Lennox
Beyoncé
Coco Jones
H.E.R.
Janelle Monáe
Summer Walker
SZA
Victoria Monét
Best R&B/Soul Male Artist
6lack
Babyface
Brent Faiyaz
Burna Boy
Chris Brown
Eric Bellinger
October London
Usher
Best Group
DVSN
Flo
Jagged Edge
Kool & The Gang
Maverick City Music
Phony Ppl
Ronald Isley & The Isley Brothers
Tank and The Bangas
Wanmor
Best Collaboration
Beyoncé Feat. Kendrick Lamar – “America Has a Problem” (Remix),
PinkPantheress & Ice Spice – “Boy’s a Liar, Pt. 2”
Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, Diddy Feat. 21 Savage – “Creepin’ (Remix)”
Flo feat. Missy Elliott – “Fly Girl”
Usher Feat. Summer Walker & 21 Savage – “Good Good”
Burna Boy Feat. 21 Savage – “Sittin’ on Top of the World”
Lizzo Feat. SZA – “Special”
Summer Walker Feat. J. Cole – “To Summer, From Cole (Audio Hug)”
Best New Artist
Ambré
Ayra Starr Coco Jones
Doechii
Flo
Fridayy
Tyla
Wanmor
Certified Soul Award
Anthony Hamilton
Ashanti
Ciara
Eric Bellinger
Monica
PJ Morton
Ronald Isley & The Isley Brothers
T-Pain
Usher
The Ashford And Simpson Songwriter’s Award
October London – “Back to Your Place”
Toosii – “Favorite Song”
Usher Feat. Summer Walker & 21 Savage – “Good Good”
Coco Jones – “ICU”
SZA – “Kill Bill”
Victoria Monét – “On My Mama”
Burna Boy Feat. 21 Savage – “Sittin’ on Top of the World”
SZA – “Snooze”
Best Dance Performance
Ciara Feat. Summer Walker – “Better Thangs”
Usher – “Boyfriend”
Usher Feat. Summer Walker, 21 Savage – “Good Good”
Ciara & Chris Brown – “How We Roll”
Victoria Monét – “On My Mama”
SZA – “Snooze”
Chris Brown – “Summer Too Hot”
Chris Brown – “Under the Influence”
Best Gospel/Inspirational Award
Shirley Caesar – “All Of The Glory”
Kirk Franklin – “All Things”
Fridayy Feat. Maverick City Music & My Mom – “Came Too Far”
Koryn Hawthorne – “Cry”
Erica Campbell – “Feel Alright (Blessed)”
Maverick City Music featuring Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine – “God Problems”
H.E.R. – “The Journey”
Kirk Franklin – “Try Love”
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
It’s going to be a winter wonderland in a lot of parts of the world soon, and we have just the music to get you in the mood. For the holiday season, we’ve rounded up the best of the best soulful music drops of this week on our R&B Season playlist update. Leading the way with this joyful and chilly time of the year is Coco Jones with her new aptly themed single, “A Timeless Christmas.” That title definitely comes across, as her song is a tender and well-written jam that invokes just as much peace as it does passion through the instrumentation, the vocals, and the optimistic lyrics.
On the other hand, we also have a lot of newer players within R&B for this holiday season update, or artists who’ve been in the game for a while but haven’t gotten to another career peak. For example, the new track “Can’t Forget” from RIMON and Kelz2busy is a woozy and well-contrasted cut, with airy vocals and a dense, cavernous instrumental pallet. In addition, we also highlighted Omarion’s “The Usual,” which is more of a melodic and smooth trap-infused record. Either way you slice it, there’s a lot of talent to dig into in rhythm and blues as we reach the end of 2023.
Furthermore, we also wanted to point you to RAAHiiM’s new album BUT IF iiM HONEST (Deluxe) this R&B Season. These additional tracks add to the project’s cohesive genre blends, and make a pretty sultry and intoxicating complete package. While there are plenty of standout moments here, one cut that we can’t get enough of is the slow-burning “Bodies,” which packs a big punch in a short runtime. This is because of the warm keys, a low-key performance on the mic, and dreamy effects that make the song feel alive.
Meanwhile, we can’t head out without mentioning “40x” by Tink, which displays the rapper’s versatility and shows off her vocal chops. Finally, for the Afrobeat fans out there, Nonso Amadi, Chase Sakur, and Projexx teamed up for the “Foreigner” remix, which will heat you up if you’re feeling cold in these months. Let us know what your favorite release of these was in the comments down below, and also tell us what new music we missed this week. Stream our R&B Season playlist above and stick around on HNHH for more amazing music drops around the clock.
After sharing her critically-acclaimed debut album Snow Angel this past August, Reneé Rapp has shared four new songs, as part of the album’s deluxe edition. One of the new songs is a remix of a fan-favorite album cut, featuring another starlet.
Joined by Coco Jones, Rapp finds herself hurting both emotionally and physically following the dissolution of a relationship.
“Now my tummy hurts, he’s in love with her / But for what it’s worth, they’d make beautiful babies / And raise them up to be a couple of f*cking monsters like their mother and their father,” sings Rapp on the chorus of both the remix and the song’s original version.
Jones chimes in on the second verse, giving the song a little more of a soul element. And given her choice of words, it sounds like some soul is what this man needs.
“Baby, go open a Bible / ‘Cause God knows that sin is a cycle / Lied to my face, it’s your hobby / Boy, you fine as hell for a psycho / When do they pay for the cost of their choice? / Never ’cause that’s just them boy being boys,” sings Jones.
In addition to being incredible vocalists, Rapp and Jones are also both talented actresses. Jones plays the fabulous, opulent Hilary Banks on Peacock’s Bel-Air, and Rapp plays the sassy but loveable Leighton Murray on The Sex Lives Of College Girls. In January, Rapp will make her feature film debut as Regina George in the movie-musical adaptation of Mean Girls.
After a somewhat anxiety-inducing live broadcast, the 2024 Grammy Awards nomination list is out. Singers like Taylor Swift, SZA, and rapper Drake were sure to make the cut, given their recording-breaking run on the music charts this year. Not everyone was as clear-cut shut-ins. Just as each year brings about notable snubs (hi, PinkPantheress), it is important to acknowledge those artists who bet out the right for their respective spots, especially first-time nominees.
Who are the first-time nominees for the 2024 Grammys?
Victoria Monét and her adorable daughter Hazel earned their first nominations today as performers (November 10). Victoria previously received three nominations in her supporting role on thank u, next by Ariana Grande and “Do It” by Chloe x Halle. For the 2024 Grammy Awards, as a lead artist, Victoria is positioned seven awards including for Best New Artist, Record Of The Year (“On My Mama”), Best R&B Album (Jaguar II), Best R&B Performance (“How Does It Make You Feel”), Best Traditional R&B Performance (“Hollywood” featuring Earth, Wind, And Fire and Hazel Monét), Best R&B Song (“On My Mama”), and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical (Jaguar II).
Hazel dethrones Beyoncé’s daughter, Blue Ivy, becoming the youngest Grammy nomination in the ceremony’s history.
Other first-time nominees include Ryan Gosling (Best Song Written For Visual Media), Ayra Starr (Best African Music Performance), Coco Jones (Best New Artist, Best R&B Song, Best R&B Album, Best R&B Performance, and Best Traditional R&B Performance), Coi Leray (Best Rap Performance and Best Pop Dance Recording), Peso Pluma (Best Música Mexicana Album), Noah Kahan (Best New Artist), The War And Treaty (Best New Artist), Ice Spice (Best New Artist, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Best Rap Song, and Best Song Written For Visual Media), Gracie Abrams (Best New Artist), Jelly Roll (Best New Artist), and Caroline Rose (Best Recording Package, The Art Of Forgetting).
Although Summer Walker was nominated in the Album of The Year category due to her contribution to Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (“Purple Hearts”), she’s earned her first as a lead artist in Best R&B Album (Clear 2: Soft Life EP). Halle’s single “Angel” earned her a nomination in the Best R&B Song category, marking it a first for her as a solo act.
The 2024 GRAMMYs are set to go down on Sunday, February 4, beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony will be broadcast live on CBS and Paramount+. Find more information here.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
The 2024 Grammy Awards aren’t set to take place until February 2024. But today, the conversations surrounding each category of the coveted award show have begun. Ans we’re here to talk about the R&B Grammy nominations for 2024.
Today (November 10), the official R&B nominee list was broadcast. With the sheer dominating force shown on the charts, many artists racked up multiple nominations. R&B’s golden child, SZA, is the star of today. The singer is the most nominated artist at the ceremony, with nine total nominations, including four nominations in R&B and one in rap. What are the R&B Grammy nominations for 2024?
View the complete 2024 R&B Grammy nominations below.
Best R&B Performance
Chris Brown – “Summer Too Hot”
Coco Jones – “ICU”
Robert Glasper Featuring Sir & Alex Isley – “Back to Love”
SZA – “Kill Bill”
Victoria Monét – “How Does It Make You Feel”
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Babyface ft. Coco Jones – “Simple”
Kenyon Dixon – “Lucky”
Victoria Monét ft. Earth, Wind & Fire and Hazel Monét – “Hollywood”
PJ Morton ft. Susan Carol – “Good Morning”
SZA – “Love Language”
Best R&B Song
Coco Jones – “ICU”
Halle – “Angel”
Robert Glasper ft. SiR & Alex Isley – “Back to Love”
SZA – “Snooze”
Victoria Monét – “On My Mama”
Best Progressive R&B Album
6lack — Since I Have a Lover
Diddy — The Love Album: Off the Grid
Terrace Martin and James Fauntleroy — Nova
Janelle Monáe — The Age of Pleasure
SZA — SOS
Best R&B Album
Babyface — Girls Night Out
Coco Jones — What I Didn’t Tell You
Emily King — Special Occasion
Summer Walker — Clear 2: Soft Life EP
Victoria Monét — Jaguar II
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Honeyland Festival is returning to Sugar Land, Texas this weekend, with performances being held on November 11 and 12. The lineup also has some pretty cool acts not to miss. Each day, the doors will open at noon, with welcoming sets starting at the same time. For those who are going or even just considering, here’s what to know about the 2023 set times.
On Saturday, Dende will play from 2:10-2:40 p.m. on the Beats Stage, followed by Spinall at 4:10-4:40, Uproxx cover star Chlöe at 5:10-55, Tobe Nwigwe at 6:35-7:20, Summer Walker at 8:00-9:00, and Miguel closing things out on that stage from 9:40-10:55. There will also be unique experiences, including over at the Pepsi Park @ Honeyland, where attendees can play games like Stacked Uno at 7 p.m. or Spades from 9:00-11:00 at night.
Then, for the second day on Sunday, the Beats Stage keeps things going with an equally strong lineup. Tay Powers kicks things off at 1:00 p.m.. From there, Lenora will play from 2:10-2:40, Coco Jones from 3:20-3:50, Lucky Day from 4:30-5:15, Tems from 5:55-6:40, Houston All-Stars from 7:25-8:25, and finally, Mary J. Blige playing from 9:05-10:20. For those interested in checking out the games, the closing night one is something called Grown Folks Recess — which runs from 9:00-11:00 again.
Check out the complete Honeyland Festival set times for 2023 below. More information can also be found here.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
The 2023 One Music Festival brought the crowd out in Atlanta as music legends and surprise guests took over the stage. From the iconic Janet Jackson surprising fans with J. Cole to Kendrick Lamar’s unique set, the festival showcased the best of hip-hop and rap, paying tribute to the genre’s 50 years of influence in […]
Brent Faiyaz has grown to be one of R&B’s most popular acts and he’s done it on the independent circuit. Proof of his success and popularity was clear with his sophomore album Wasteland, which arrived in 2022. The project was celebrated and it allowed Brent to set off on the F*ck The World It’s A Wasteland Tour which is currently on its European leg. A full tour isn’t stopping Brent from sharing a new project, and today, that’s exactly what he announced is on the way.
On October 27, Brent Faiyaz will release Larger Than Life, a 14-track project that stands as his first release since he signed an “unprecedented partnership” with Steve Stoute’s UnitedMasters. Larger Than Life is filled with collaborators too as its guest list includes A$AP Rocky, Missy Elliott, Babyface Ray, Lil Gray, Coco Jones, Princess Cro, A$AP Ant, TTM Dawg, N3WYRKLA, CruddyMurda, Tommy Richman, FELIX! and FLEE.
You can view the full tracklist and the artwork for Larger Than Life below.
ISO Supremacy/UnitedMasters
1. “Tim’s Intro” Feat. Timbaland
2. “Last One Left” Feat. Missy Elliott & Lil Gray
3. “Forever Yours”
4. “Best Time”
5. “Big Mad Skit” Feat. FLEE & Princess Cro
6. “Moment of Your” Life Feat. Coco Jones
7. “Outside All Night” Feat.. A$AP Rocky & N3WYRKLA
8. “Wherever I Go”
9. “Upset” Feat. Tommy Richman & FELIX!
10. “On This Side” Feat. A$AP Ant & CruddyMurda
11. “Dawged Em Skit” Feat. TTM Dawg
12. “Belong to You” Feat. Babyface Ray
13. “WY@”
14. “Pistachios”
Larger Than Life is out 10/27 via ISO Supremacy / UnitedMasters. Find out more information here.
Missy Elliott is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Thursday night (Oct. 20), rising R&B sensation Coco Jones basked in the glory of her latest achievements as her hit single “ICU” achieved platinum status, and her EP, What I Didn’t Tell You, soared to success. Coco’s triumph was celebrated in style at a private dinner hosted at the trendy LA venue, Horses, with Grey Goose vodka.
Coco made a grand entrance, donning a chic Dion Lee Biker Zip Corset top and matching skirt. Surrounded by her dedicated collaborators, close friends, and loving family, the young starlet raised her glass to toast the platinum success of her breakout single “ICU.” The toast featured her signature “Coco’s Cocktail,” a delightful blend of Grey Goose vodka, cucumber, mint, and lime. Coco’s star continues to rise as she revels in her well-deserved accolades and growing fan base.
