4 artist guides

R&B records

R&B, as the term is used today, means the smooth, vocal-led pop and soul that grew out of the 1980s and 90s, from Whitney Houston to Beyoncé, and the moodier modern sound of SZA and The Weeknd. It sits right next to soul and hip-hop in most record shops, and plenty of shops file it alongside one or the other. The R&B guides on soundsfound are mostly American artists for now. Big R&B releases tend to arrive in several vinyl variants, and older albums are often reissued on vinyl for the first time in years, so comparing shops pays off. Pick an artist below to see which independent shops in the UK and Ireland have their records, and buy direct.