Do you guys ever look at this chart? Surely closer to this forum's tastes than the general pop chart.

Billboard Adult R&B Airplay
(Issue 5/8/2021)

#1 SILK SONIC (Bruno Mars + Anderson Paak)
"Leave The Door Open"
#2 JAZMINE SULLIVAN
"Pick Up Your Feelings"

#3 H.E.R.
"Damage"
#4 ELLA MAI
"Not Another Love Song"
#5 JAM & LEWIS x BABYFACE
"He Don't Know Nothin' Bout It"

#6 TANK
"Can't Let It Show"
#7 TREY SONGZ
"All This Love"
#8 CHRIS BROWN & YOUNG THUG
"Go Crazy"
#9 D-NICE FEAT. NE-YO & KENT JONES
"No Plans For Love"

#10 STOKLEY FEAT. BONFYRE

"Cascade"

Maybe music is back. Bruno's song would have pissed Prince off. lol

Cinny said:

Do you guys ever look at this chart? Surely closer to this forum's tastes than the general pop chart.

Billboard Adult R&B Airplay
(Issue 5/8/2021)

#1 SILK SONIC (Bruno Mars + Anderson Paak)
"Leave The Door Open"
#2 JAZMINE SULLIVAN
"Pick Up Your Feelings"

#3 H.E.R.
"Damage"
#4 ELLA MAI
"Not Another Love Song"
#5 JAM & LEWIS x BABYFACE
"He Don't Know Nothin' Bout It"

#6 TANK
"Can't Let It Show"
#7 TREY SONGZ
"All This Love"
#8 CHRIS BROWN & YOUNG THUG
"Go Crazy"
#9 D-NICE FEAT. NE-YO & KENT JONES
"No Plans For Love"

#10 STOKLEY FEAT. BONFYRE

"Cascade"

Trey Songz has new music out

The industry hasn't pushed this dude over a cliff yet

Guess I haven't listened to radio in a long time. I have not heard any of these songs.

Charlie Wilson is the king of this format

The track by Stokley (Mint Condition) is on Jam & Lewis' Perspective Records, and "Damage" samples "Making Love In The Rain" (Herb Alpert), so the ex-Time members are doing pretty well at the moment.

MPLS

kitbradly, the Bruno song is better than most Prince ones.

RJOrion said:

*yawn*

At least stream them and then yawn.

Cinny said:

#9 D-NICE FEAT. NE-YO & KENT JONES
"No Plans For Love"

#10 STOKLEY FEAT. BONFYRE

"Cascade"

"No Plans For Love" is a boogie song. Stokley has a Linn Drum and whimpering puppy synth lead.

Cinny said:

What's the fucking yawn about?

2freaky4church1 said:

phunkdaddy said:

I'm scared to even listen to Trey Songz. I still got that image of him fucking up the Prince tribute.

"Adult" R&B? Hell naw. That means it's a black version of boring bland midtempo stuff like Debby Boone, Barbara Streisand, Michael Bolton, Air Supply, etc. I hated it in the late 1980s and if I had been forced to play it, I would have thrown myself in front of Shitney Houston's tour bus. I sure as hell wouldn't listen to it nowadays while it's being made with Fisher Price instruments which makes it sound even worse.

paisleypark4 said:

I am only following the Adult R&B list which avtually represents real rhythm and blues and not hip hop.

The local Adult R&B station plays hip hop, mostly old stuff from the 1980s & 1990s like Whodini & Heavy D. But I have heard the 2 songs that Cardi B & Bruno Mars did played regularly. Bit like I said above, they play a lot of Charlie Wilson new stuff ever since his comeback. Jaheim, Kem, & Johnny Gill are other acts that are often played.

paisleypark4 said:

Cascade by Stokley is funky as hell by the way. Jamming to it now. Nice Linn samples.

This is another reason I also look at the "Top Album Sales" chart when I happen to look at Billboard and NOT the Billboard 200. You sometimes see HUGE differences in what physically sells as to what people stream. Now I get it, streaming is the way the majority consume music blah blah blah, we know this already. But theres huge issues to look at when streaming is tracked, how it counts, how you dont have to even listen to a full song or album to be tracked, how it registers MORE if you subscribe to a plan than if you dont. Which is interesting, SO if you are a person that does not subscribe but listens to full songs and albums etc...you are tracked less than someone who listens to half an album or thirty seconds of a song, wtf? So I decided show me "Sales" and the albums sales chart gives you physical cds, vinyl (which is soaring) and full digitial downloads (which are also slipping). What I was seeing were huge discrpancies, now of course you still see Taylor Swift doing well on both, we know they buy here just as much, but in the course of one month, Rock albums, from the Foo Fighters, the Pretty Reckless and Alice Cooper all were number one on the sales charts, now with the Foos they were still in the Top 10 overall, but the Pretty Reckless were number one but overall number 28, and Alice Cooper was number one in sales but number 50 on the Top 200. So it was more telling what genre still BUYS physical product, especially those with a loyal base. I can guarantee a huge change is coming in streaming, because during this pandemic artists couldnt tour so they focused on how much they were getting screwed by services, so I can easily see the costs of streaming services rising, lets face it, they are the only ones that have not, Netflix goes up a few times a year, so expect it to finally hit the music services.

lastdecember said:

This is another reason I also look at the "Top Album Sales" chart when I happen to look at Billboard and NOT the Billboard 200. You sometimes see HUGE differences in what physically sells as to what people stream. Now I get it, streaming is the way the majority consume music blah blah blah, we know this already. But theres huge issues to look at when streaming is tracked, how it counts, how you dont have to even listen to a full song or album to be tracked, how it registers MORE if you subscribe to a plan than if you dont. Which is interesting, SO if you are a person that does not subscribe but listens to full songs and albums etc...you are tracked less than someone who listens to half an album or thirty seconds of a song, wtf? So I decided show me "Sales" and the albums sales chart gives you physical cds, vinyl (which is soaring) and full digitial downloads (which are also slipping). What I was seeing were huge discrpancies, now of course you still see Taylor Swift doing well on both, we know they buy here just as much, but in the course of one month, Rock albums, from the Foo Fighters, the Pretty Reckless and Alice Cooper all were number one on the sales charts, now with the Foos they were still in the Top 10 overall, but the Pretty Reckless were number one but overall number 28, and Alice Cooper was number one in sales but number 50 on the Top 200. So it was more telling what genre still BUYS physical product, especially those with a loyal base. I can guarantee a huge change is coming in streaming, because during this pandemic artists couldnt tour so they focused on how much they were getting screwed by services, so I can easily see the costs of streaming services rising, lets face it, they are the only ones that have not, Netflix goes up a few times a year, so expect it to finally hit the music services.

Good call! I can't tell you how many awards seasons I see a nominee with no physical album.

And I believe Lana Del Rey has the number one selling vinyl LP by a female artist in the 2000's.

Someone clarify please.

My point is no airplay to speak of.

vainandy said:

"Adult" R&B? Hell naw. That means it's a black version of boring bland midtempo stuff like Debby Boone, Barbara Streisand, Michael Bolton, Air Supply, etc. I hated it in the late 1980s and if I had been forced to play it, I would have thrown myself in front of Shitney Houston's tour bus. I sure as hell wouldn't listen to it nowadays while it's being made with Fisher Price instruments which makes it sound even worse.

I haven't been here regulary for years, but I read the first two sentences without seeing your screen name and already knew it was you

new Isley Brothers single