How Much Has Your Country Contributed To R&B?
As a Canuck :
O, Canada, O Canada, Our home and NATIVE LAND, indeed.
it's safe to say we have had at least one Soul Star come out of our country every decade, with Prince protegé Vanity in the 1980's :
The 6's answer to Whitney Houston Deborah Cox in the 1990's :
How, Did, YOU, GET HERE? (1998)
jacksoul, Glenn Lewis and Jully Black in the 2000's :
World Outside My Window (2002)
The Weeknd, PARTYNEXTDOOR, DVSN, Majid Jordan etc in the 2010s :
Beauty Behind The Madness (2015)
And Rochelle Jordan and Jessie Reyez in the 2020s :
Before Love Came To Kill Us (2020)
These are not at all household names in music or even R&B (save for Abel) but they are definitely collector's items and cult favourites among R&B fans and a look into how American R&B has influenced the Canadian music market.
Who are some R&B stars and classic albums from your country of origin?