Donna Summer hits a new career high on one Billboard chart and soars to No. 1 on another with "MacArthur Park" after the tune was highlighted during the Olympics.

Instead of emphasizing chord changes and melody, funk accentuated heavily syncopated beats and rhythmic and repetitive bass lines.

From early mixtape favorites to chart-topping singles, take a look back at the records that built the singer's catalog.

As a kid growing up at Butler Place, Ray Sharpe fell in love with R&B and country music, an unusual mix at the time for a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This week in dance music: A litany of lineups and events were announced, with ADE announcing that French master Jean-Michel Jarre ...

I never imagined I would be still playing this song in 2026. In fact, this song and several others from the disco era continue to rate well in listener feedback.” ...

This year's list is dominated by artists who encompass versatility from the worlds of hip-hop, R&B, and Caribbean music. Last year’s Class of 2025 beamed bright when it was time to deliver. Spanning ...

In March 1975, his disco-soul hit “Supernatural Thing” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart, according to BirthdayJams, marking a major comeback moment in the singer’s long and ...

The 20th edition of the Metro FM Music Awards (MMAs) will take place on April 25, returning to Durban’s International Convention Centre nearly a decade after the coastal city last hosted the ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like KUR and Jay Worthy. As an unforgiving blizzard pummels the Northeast, hip-hop and R&B gave us plenty of music and headlines to pass ...

Looking for the next big thing at SXSW? Here are 12 breakout artists to watch in Austin during the 2026 festival.

Everything about Nancy Wilson is cool – her guitar playing, songwriting, onstage moves, how she talks in interviews, her look. She probably eats breakfast cereal in a cool way, too. Being a star was ...