Black Music Month

Marvin Gaye's album "Here My Dear" is a classic of black music and set a standard that stands to this day.

Black Music Month

Natalie's first Grammy win made history when she become the first Black Artist to win Best New Artist at the 18th Annual Grammy Awards.

Black Music Month

A moment that made music history happened on March 2, 1974, when Stevie Wonder became the first Black artist to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

Black Music Month

    We continue our Black Music Month celebration, spotlighting the moments that made history. In the past 50 years, there may not have been a bigger moment than what happened on August 11th, 1973. On that day, a culture was born. READ MORE BLACK MUSIC MONTH STORIES ON BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM: On August 11th, 1973 at […]

These Black musicians-turned-actors lit up the small screen in their respective TV guest cameos.

Black Music Month

Aretha Franklin's iconic 1972 live album 'Amazing Grace' captures her powerful vocal range and showcases her unique style of gospel music that has inspired generations.

To close out Black Music Month, we put together a list of 20 amazing duets by Black musicians released over the past two decades.

As a culture, we understand that R&B is a genre that keeps great music alive for generations to continue to experience over the years.

New releases by Beyoncé and Drake recently sparked dialogue around house music, which has roots in LGBTQ culture & Black music history.

We put together a few songs to sum up what Juneteenth means to Black people everywhere and also, well, it's Black Music Month, too!

For Black Music Month, we wanted to give you some good Gospel to listen so check out these amazing albums from these greats.

As we kick off Black Music Month, join us for some figurative fun with a list of 10 Black music icons that would make great HBCU professors.