My music mag

• My music magazine will be based on the genre of Rnb.

What is RnB?• Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular

African American music that originated in the 1940s.[1] The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a heavy, insistent beat" was becoming more popular.[2]

• The term has subsequently had a number of shifts in meaning. In the early 1950s and beyond, the term rhythm and blues was frequently applied to blues records.[3] Starting in the 1960s, after this style of music contributed to the development of rock and roll, the term "R&B" became used to refer to music styles that developed from and incorporated electric blues, as well as gospel and soul music. By the 1970s, rhythm and blues was used as a blanket term for soul and funk. In the 1980s, a newer style of R&B developed, becoming known as contemporary R&B.

History of the genre• The migration of African Americans to the urban industrial centers of Chicago,

Detroit, New York, Los Angeles and elsewhere in the 1930s created a new market for jazz, blues, and related genres of music, often performed by full-time musicians, either working alone or in small groups. The precursors of rhythm and blues came from jazz and blues, which overlapped in the 1930s through musicians such as Leroy Carr, Cab Calloway, Count Basie, and T-Bone Walker. There was also increasing emphasis on the electric guitar as a lead instrument, as well as the piano and saxophone.[12]

• In 1948, RCA Victor was marketing black music under the name "Blues and Rhythm". In that year, Louis Jordan dominated the top five listings of the R&B charts with three songs, and two of the top five songs were based on the boogie-woogie rhythms that had come to prominence during the 1940s.[13] Jordan's band, the Tympany Five (formed in 1938), consisted of him on saxophone and vocals, along with musicians on trumpet, tenor saxophone, piano, bass and drums.[

Key artists • There are various significant artists who have contributed to the growth of RnB.• Names such as H-Town, Beyonce, Aliyah, usher, joe and many many are all RnB

artist that that have done there utmost best not only to keep the genre going but to make it more global and liked.

• What artist has the biggest profile?... Well this is a tricky question. But right now Chris brown and Beyonce’ seem to be in the lime light and the global eye with their impressive abilities.

• Chris brown has received 29 awards. Some include 1 world music awards, 3 American music awards which is some of the many

• Beyonce’ , on the other hand, has won 95 awards! Some include 7 Grammy awards and 8 soul train music awards.

Audience Fans• From experience and the media, most of the RnB fans are predominantly black

and the minority mixed. In reality, this still remains the same.• In addition ,RnB appeals to a wide variety of ages. RnB is a very old genre in itself

and due to its age you will still find older fans. Even with contemporary RnB the ages of fans still vary.

• RnB usually comes with a love theme which appeals to a lot of people out there, such as present couples, young teenagers forming relationships, dealing with love, etc. This is one of the main reasons why the fan base is very huge due to the nature of love.

Global Perception

• RnB is a popular genre. In fact, RnB is mainstream – globally recognised• There are loads of medias that cover RnB such as radio stations like BBC1xtra, kiss

fm etc, many websites and magazines such as ‘soul R&B, ‘vibe’ (some of the many).

• Predictions for the future: RnB will continue to flourish massively. With the birth of new upcoming artists with talent, RnB will continue to receive massive attention. Also this success is likely to continue from the present RnB artists such as, John Legend, Beyonce, Alicia keys, Usher....