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The Best R&B Artists Of The 2010s

Updated January 2, 2020 3.9k votes 267 voters 3.2k views110 items

List RulesVote up the artists based only on their music from 2010 to 2019.

Here are the best R&B artists of the decade, ranked by fans everywhere. From Frank Ocean and H.E.R. to The Weeknd and Janelle Monáe, this list of the top 2010s R&B singers includes popular R&B musicians, underrated artists, and some of the greatest of all-time. The 2010s decade was filled with so many good R&B performances, but which artists stood out from the rest?

Vote up the best R&B artists of the 2010s, and add your favorites if they deserve to be on this list.

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The Weeknd
Starboy (2016)

Beauty Behind the Madness (2015)

Trilogy (2012)
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100
42
Frank Ocean
Blonde (2016)

Channel Orange (2012)
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87
56
Chris Brown
Heartbreak on a Full Moon (2017)

Fortune (2012)

F.A.M.E. (2011)
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59
36
Bruno Mars
24K Magic (2016)

Unorthodox Jukebox (2012)

Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010)
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57
34
Beyoncé Knowles
Lemonade (2016)

Beyoncé (2013)

4 (2011)
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43
20
Trey Songz
Trigga (2014)

Chapter V (2012)

Passion, Pain & Pleasure (2010)
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51
29
Miguel
War & Leisure (2017)

Kaleidoscope Dream (2012)

All I Want Is You (2010)
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35
13
Bryson Tiller
True to Self (2017)

Trapsoul (2015)
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46
27
Usher
Hard II Love (2016)

Looking 4 Myself (2012)

Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
10
57
43
Khalid
Free Spirit (2019)

American Teen (2017)

Suncity EP (2018)
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54
40
Daniel Caesar
Case Study 01 (2019)

Freudian (2017)
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39
26
John Legend
Darkness and Light (2016)

Love in the Future (2013)
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38
25
Toni Braxton
Sex & Cigarettes (2018)

Love, Marriage & Divorce (2014)

Pulse (2010)

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28
15
Jhené Aiko
Trip (2017)

Souled Out (2014)

Sail Out EP (2013)
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60
53
Brandy Norwood
Two Eleven (2012)
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43
34
Drake
Views (2016)

Nothing Was the Same (2013)

Take Care (2011)
17
34
28
Mariah Carey
Caution (2018)

Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse (2014)

Merry Christmas II You (2010)
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23
15
Jazmine Sullivan
Reality Show (2015)

Love Me Back (2010)
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29
25
Anderson .Paak
Ventura (2019)

Oxnard (2018)

Malibu (2016)
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23
18
PARTYNEXTDOOR
Colours 2 EP (2017)

PartyNextDoor 3 (2016)

PartyNextDoor Two (2014)
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23
17
Musiq
Feel the Real (2017)

Life on Earth (2016)

MusiqInTheMagiq (2011)
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36
34
Rihanna
Unapologetic (2012)

Talk That Talk (2011)

Loud (2010)
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17
11
Mary J. Blige
Strength of a Woman (2017)

A Mary Christmas (2013)

My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1) (2011)