Research of Neo soul

R&B music accounted for the third biggest genre in the music industry by 2008

Influenced by R&B, 1970s soul, and 1980s Hip hop, Badu became associated with the Neo-soul sub-genre in the 1990s along with artists like D' angelo

1980s–early 1990s, 

Neo soul developed during the 1980s and early 1990s, in the United States and United Kingdom, as a soul revival movement. It earned mainstream success during the 1990s, with the commercial and critical breakthroughs of several artists, including D' angelo, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill and Maxwell. Their music was marketed as an alternative to the producer-driven, digitally approached R&B of the time.

These pictures are of 3 Neo soul artists I like. Erykah Badu, Etta Bond and Lauryn Hill.

Erykah Badu is the queen of Neo-soul.

Neo soul is a genre of popular music. The term was coined by music industry entrepreneur Kedar Massenburg during the late 1990s to market and describe a style of music that emerged from soul and contemporary R&B.

Adele is mainly a soul/ Neo soul artist and she was the second highest paid female in the music industry in 2015.

Q was the most popular music magazine in January -June 2006 and Blues and soul was the most popular soul music magazine in 2014-2015. 

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated as R&B or RnB, is a genre that comes from popular African American music in 1940s. R&B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African-American experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy. Lyrics focus heavily on the themes of triumphs and failures in terms of relationships, freedom, economics, aspirations, and sex. Which can often be reflected in media texts like RNB magazines. In the 1980s, a newer style of R&B developed, becoming known as "Contemporary R&B". It combines elements of rhythm and blues, soul, hip hop, blues and funk. Popular R&B vocalists at the end of the 20th century included Michael Jackson, R-kelly, Stevie Wonders, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.