David Bowie called R&B and soul "the bedrock of all popular music," and he returned to their ­incarnations again and again, from his second single, a 1965 cover of Bobby "Blue" Bland's No. 1 R&B ...

Ahead of the 2023 Soul Train Awards on Sunday (Nov. 26), Billboard looks at how good of a precursor the ceremony has been for R&B and rap contenders at the Grammy Awards. By Kyle Denis Next year ...