Oprah, Reba, and Francis Ford Coppola are among those throwing their support behind some of this season's top contenders.

Barbra Streisand praises Ariana Grande in an Instagram post following their collaboration 'One Heart, One Voice' with Mariah Carey.

A gifted Queens rapper (Lexa Gates), a noisy British band (Maruja), a Drake-approved emo songwriter (Julia Wolf), a lo-fi power-pop project (Sharp Pins) and more.

As happens with most music genres, reports of R&B's demise have always been underconsidered and premature. Still, the question's recurrence lately has hinted at broader concerns about its evolutionary ...