2024 in rhythm and blues music

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in rhythm and blues for the year 2024.

January

 * On January 2, the 33rd Seoul Music Awards were held. NCT Dream won the Grand Award (Daesang). NewJeans won the Best Song Award for "OMG". Billlie won Best Performance. Dynamic Duo won the R&B Hiphop Award. V won Fan Choice of the Year for Layover. Fifty Fifty won Discovery of the Year.
 * On January 5, The Recording Academy announced the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees including Donna Summer, Gladys Knight, and The Clark Sisters.
 * On January 6, the 38th Golden Disc Awards were held. NewJeans won Song of the Year for "Ditto". Zerobaseone won Album Bonsang for Youth in the Shade. NCT Dream won Album Bonsang for ISTJ.
 * On January 10, the 13th Circle Chart Music Awards were held. NCT Dream won Digital Album of the Year for ISTJ. Zerobaseone won Rookie Album of the Year for Youth in the Shade.
 * On January 19, Marlena Shaw died at the age of 84.

February

 * On February 4, the 66th Annual Grammy Awards were held. SZA won both Best R&B Song with "Snooze" and Best Progressive R&B Album with SOS. Coco Jones won Best R&B Performance with "ICU". PJ Morton and Susan Carol won Best R&B Traditional Performance with "Good Morning". Victoria Monét won Best New Artist and Best R&B Album with Jaguar II.
 * On February 7, Henry Fambrough, of The Spinners, died at the age of 85.
 * On February 11, Usher headlined the Super Bowl LVIII halftime show at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. Alicia Keys, Jermaine Dupri, H.E.R., will.i.am, Lil Jon, and Ludacris made guest appearances during the performance.
 * On February 17, the 31st Hanteo Music Awards were held. NCT Dream won Best Artist. Seventeen won Best Album. Jimin won the Global Artist Award for South America and Oceania. V won the Global Artist Award for Africa and Europe. B.I won the Hip-hop special award. Kiss of Life won Global Rising Artist. Billlie won Hanteo Choice K-pop Female Artist.
 * On February 22, the 36th Lo Nuestro Awards were held. Kenia Os won New Artist – Female. Romeo Santos won Tropical Artist of the Year, Tropical Album of the Year for Fórmula, Vol. 3, and Tropical Collaboration of the Year for "El Pañuelo" with Rosalía.

March

 * On March 2, the Brit Awards 2024 were held. Raye won British Artist of the Year, Best R&B Act, Best New Artist, Songwriter of the Year, British Album of the Year for My 21st Century Blues, and Song of the Year for "Escapism" with 070 Shake. Jungle won British Group. SZA won International Artist of the Year.
 * On March 16, the 55th NAACP Image Awards were held. Usher won the President's Award, Entertainer of the Year, and Outstanding Male Artist. Victoria Monét won Outstanding Album for Jaguar II, and Outstanding New Artist. H.E.R. won Outstanding Female Artist. Ciara and Chris Brown won Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional) for "How We Roll". Chris Brown, Davido, and Lojay won Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary) and Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album for "Sensational". Tems won Outstanding International Song for "Me & U". Coco Jones and Justin Timberlake won Outstanding Soul/R&B Song for "ICU (Remix)". The Color Purple won Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album.
 * On March 22, the 2024 Global Awards were held. Raye won Best British Act and Best Pop.
 * On March 24, the Juno Awards of 2024 were held. New West won Breakthrough Group of the Year. Karan Aujla won the Fan Choice Award. Amanda Marshall won Adult Contemporary Album of the Year for Heavy Lifting. Blue Moon Marquee won Blues Album of the Year for Scream, Holler & Howl. SZA won International Album of the Year for SOS. Dominique Fils-Aimé won Vocal Jazz Album of the Year for Our Roots Run Deep. TOBi won Rap Album/EP of the Year for Panic. Daniel Caesar won Contemporary R&B/Soul Recording of the Year for Never Enough. Aqyila won Traditional R&B/Soul Recording of the Year for "Hello".
 * On March 30, Casey Benjamin died at the age of 45.

April

 * On April 1, the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards were held. SZA won R&B Artist of the Year, Song of the Year for "Kill Bill", R&B Song of the Year for "Snooze", and R&B Album of the Year for SOS. Victoria Monét won Best New R&B Artist. NewJeans won Best New K-Pop Artist. V won Favorite Debut Album for Layover. Beyoncé won iHeartRadio Innovator.
 * On April 5, Keith LeBlanc died at the age of 69.
 * On April 24, Mike Pinder died at the age of 82.

May

 * On May 1, the APRA Music Awards of 2024 were held. Ziggy Alberts won Most Performed Blues & Roots Work for "Dancing in the Dark". JKING won Most Performed R&B / Soul Work for "Cinderella".
 * On May 14, Jimmy James died at the age of 83.
 * On May 19, Peggi Blu died at the age of 77.

June

 * On June 10, the 2024 Libera Awards were held. Christone "Kingfish" Ingram won Best Blues Record for Live In London. Sampha won Best R&B Record for Lahai. Betty Davis won Best Soul/Funk Record for Crashin' from Passion. The Blind Boys of Alabama won Best Spiritual Record for Echoes of the South. Sudan Archives and ODESZA won Best Remix for "Selfish Soul (ODESZA Remix)".
 * On June 30, the 2024 BET Awards were held. Victoria Monét won Video of the Year and the BET Her Award for "On My Mama". Usher won Best Male R&B/Pop Artist and the Lifetime Achievement Award. SZA won Best Female R&B/Pop Artist. Tyla won Best New Artist and Best International Act. Tems won the Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award for "Me & U".

October

 * On October 19, Dionne Warwick, Mary J. Blige, and Kool & the Gang are set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.