User talk:Chanel rocks

R&B is also known as rhythm and blues. It combines the music such as jazz, gospel, and blues to make R&B, but the main source it came from was hip hop. It began in the 1940’s and was then known as rhythm and blues. R&B was named by African Americans and was referred to when African Americans sing or rap this type of music. But now the term R&B is used a lot instead of rhythm and blues but some sources refer to R&B as urban contemporary. The first males to use R&B were Michael Jackson in the 1980’s with the song thriller, and his song thriller was mixed with a type of disco music, and the first females to use it was in the 1980’s also and it was by three women named Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, and Tina turner. But it wasn’t only African Americans using R&B, it was also very famous in Britain and the band’s name was George Michael and they was known for R&B in the late 1980’s also and they was Britain’s best known R&B musician also. But the George Michael only did contemporary R&B. they made an album called faith and were one of the first white artists in the United States to achieve honor for there music and they were also on the United States chart and they were number one and they were also a number one hit. Their album got many Grammies including the Grammy award for album of the year.