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The Best Female R&B Singers Of 2022
The must industry's female R&B roster only continues to thrive as these soulful leading ladies release powerful new music and headline upcoming festivals throughout 2022. Summer Walker, Sevyn Streeter, YEBBA, and your middle school crush JoJo all recently released sultry studio albums with rave reviews, and the mononymous Chlöe of former sister duo Chloe x Halle has a debut solo LP in the works.
Which trending female R&B artists are you most excited to see live, and whose records are you currently listening to? Vote below for the best female R&B singers of 2022, and be sure to also check out this year's top new R&B songs here.
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- Jazmine Marie Sullivan (born April 9, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, her debut album, Fearless, was released in 2008 to commercial and critical ...more
- Courtney Shanade Salter (born March 26, 1991), better known by her stage name Ari Lennox, is an American singer and songwriter from Washington, D.C. She is signed to J. Cole's record label, ...more
- Victoria Monét McCants (born May 1, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. She became involved in performing arts at a young age, singing in the youth choir at her church, and ...more
- Amber Denise "Sevyn" Streeter (born July 7, 1986) is an American singer and songwriter, best known for being a member of the girl groups TG4 and RichGirl where she was known as Se7en. She signed to ...more
- Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo, better known as Jhené Aiko or simply Jhené, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she began her career appearing in several music videos and ...more
- Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. A classically-trained pianist, Keys was composing songs by age 12 ...more
- Mary Jane Blige (born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Often referred to as the "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul", Blige has won nine Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards, ...more
- Layton Greene is an American singer and songwriter from East St. Louis, Illinois. She is signed to Quality Control Music and Universal Music Group. Her debut EP, Tell Ya Story, was released on ...more
- Teyana Me Shay Jacqueli Taylor (born December 10, 1990) is an American singer, actress, dancer, and model from Harlem, New York City. In 2005, Taylor signed a record deal with American musician ...more
- Snoh Sheri Nowrozi (born Shahrzad Fooladi, September 13, 1987), better known by her stage name, Snoh Aalegra, is a Swedish singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. Her debut album Feels was ...more
- 11Tinashe Jorgensen Kachingwe (; born February 6, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, and actress. Born in Lexington, Kentucky, Tinashe moved to Los Angeles as a child to ...more
- Summer Marjani Walker (born April 11, 1996) is an American singer-songwriter. She is signed to LoveRenaissance and Interscope Records. Her commercial mixtape Last Day of Summer was released on ...more
- Jorja Smith (born June 11, 1997) is an English singer from Walsall, West Midlands. She has independently released numerous singles and one extended play, Project 11 (2016), and is known for her guest ...more
- 14Joanna Noëlle Levesque (born December 20, 1990), known professionally as JoJo, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Raised in Foxborough, Massachusetts, she began performing in singing ...more
- 15Kehlani Ashley Parrish (born April 24, 1995) is an American singer, songwriter and dancer, signed to Atlantic Records. Kehlani is originally from Oakland, California, where she achieved initial fame ...more
- 16Normani Kordei Hamilton (born May 31, 1996), recording mononymously as Normani, is an American singer, songwriter and dancer. She is a former member of the girl group Fifth Harmony. In 2017, she was ...more
- Brenda Wireko Mensah (born 18 November 1992), known professionally as Bree Runway, is an English singer, rapper and songwriter from Hackney, London. She signed to Virgin EMI Records in 2018 and ...more
- 18Ella Mai Howell (born November 3, 1994) is an English singer and songwriter. She is signed to DJ Mustard's label 10 Summers Records and has released three extended plays. Her most recent EP, Ready, ...more
- 19Inayah Lamis is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and social media personality who rose to stardom in May 2018 following her remake of Ella Mai's track, Boo'd Up. She released her debut album ...more
- Joann Marie Slater (born November 20, 1995), known professionally as Ann Marie, is an American singer signed to Interscope Records. She is best known for her single "Secret", which has garnered over ...more
- Kiana Ledé Brown (born April 3, 1997) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and pianist currently based in Los Angeles, California. She starred as Zoe Vaughn on the second season of MTV's horror ...more
- 22Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson (born June 27, 1997), known professionally as H.E.R. (pronounced "her", an initialism for "Having Everything Revealed"), is an American R&B singer. After initial music ...more
- Priscilla Renea Hamilton (born September 14, 1988), also known under the pseudonym Muni Long, is an American singer and songwriter. In the late 2000s, she was signed to Capitol Records, and released ...more
- 24Solana Rowe (born November 8, 1990), better known by her stage name SZA, is an American singer-songwriter. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, later relocating to Maplewood, New Jersey. In October ...more
- 25Raveena Aurora, also known mononymously as Raveena, is an American singer and songwriter. Her debut EP, Shanti, was released independently in 2017. Her first album, Lucid, was released independently ...more
