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Best Janet Jackson Songs: 20 Pioneering Jams To Unite A Rhythm Nation

The best Janet Jackson songs cover classic R&B, late-night slow-jams and subversive pop, marking the singer out as a pioneering female musician.

Features5 months ago

7 Of The Biggest Surprises At The BRIT Awards

Often seen as a distant cousin of the Grammys, BRIT Awards ceremonies have their own fair share of surprises. Here are seven of the biggest.

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Features5 months ago

The Best BRIT Awards Live Performances Of All Time

From iconic outfits to poignant moments, these BRIT Awards live performances have helped make the ceremony an essential watch each year.

Features6 months ago

‘All The Time’: The Temptations Make A Soulful New Mark

The modern-day line-up of the Motown legends burnished their recorded legacy with their first new album in eight years.

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In-Depth6 months ago

The Great American Soulbook: An Awe-Inspiring Collection Of Songs

Motown’s great songwriters were the foundations of the Great American Soulbook, an imaginary, but nonetheless awe-inspiring collection of songs written in the name of soul. But it did not come easy.

Features7 months ago

70s Motown: How “The Sound Of Young America” Came Of Age

Having helped birth soul music in the 60s, Motown helped it mature in the 70s, creating classic albums and asking some of the biggest questions of the era.

Features7 months ago

‘A Quiet Storm’: How Smokey Robinson Invented A New Genre Of Soul

Absorbing and life-affirming, Smokey Robinson’s ‘A Quiet Storm’ is one of the landmark soul albums of its era, and its innovations continue to resonate.

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Features7 months ago

Best Diana Ross Songs: 20 Essential Solo Tracks By The Queen Supreme

Rightfully known as the queen Supreme, the best Diana Ross songs reveal just how much the Motown icon achieved when she stepped out as a solo artist.

Features7 months ago

‘Hello’: It Was Lionel Richie We Were Looking For

Everyone was saying 'Hello' to Commodore Lionel in 1983.

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‘I Want You’: Marvin Gaye’s Carnal Classic

The follow-up to ‘Let’s Get It On’, Marvin Gaye’s ‘I Want You’ was a deeply personal album that laid the blueprint for 90s and 00s R&B and neo-soul.

Features7 months ago

Front Of The Q: Quincy Jones In 20 Songs

uDiscover Music's playlist in tribute to the incredible, insatiable and eclectic creativity of the man called Q.

Features8 months ago

‘Check Your Egos At The Door’: Quincy Jones And ‘We Are The World’

'I know and believe in the power of music to bring people together for the betterment of mankind,' producer Quincy Jones later said of the all-star charity single.