Strictly R&B: In The News - Week of 12/16/17

Jennifer Hudson Accuses Ex David Otunga of Leaking Negative Stories; He Counters

Why 2017 was R&B’s return to glory

The Estate of Michael Jackson and Sony Music Renew Longstanding Music Agreement

A Pop and R&B Legend, Janet Jackson Is Still Somehow Underrated

Tina Turner Writing Second Memoir — Story to Be More Candid

Diana Wang Talks Combining Chinese Opera With R&B on New Album: Interview

SZA Fronts Fenty Beauty's 'Mattemoiselle' Lipstick Campaign

LeToya Luckett Ties The Knot In Lavish Wedding

Mary J. Blige Lands Golden Globe Nominations For Supporting Role & Best Original Song

Beyoncé Will Not Reunite Destiny's Child At Coachella, Contrary To Rumors: Report

Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, and Christian Scott Announce Jazz Supergroup

Chris Brown Donates $50,000 to Georgia Middle School [VIDEO]

Strictly R&B: In The News - Week of 9/17/17

Jorja Smith on Working with Drake & Why Amy Winehouse's 'Frank' Is the Soundtrack to Her Life

Jill Scott Joins 2017 Essence Festival Durban Lineup

Jessie J Talks Growth with 'R.O.S.E.': 'I Felt I'd Lost My Flair'

Inside Janet Jackson's New Life as a Single Mom

Moses Sumney Pens “Prose-Poem” Essay About The Concept Behind Aromanticism

20 Years Later: Mariah Carey’s ‘Butterfly’ Tracklist, Ranked

The Weeknd Was by Selena Gomez’s Side During Kidney Failure

Demetria McKinney Announces Release Date For Long-Delayed Debut Album, ‘Officially Yours’

Tina Turner Announces Start Date For Upcoming Musical ‘TINA’ — Talks Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez

Solange Brings Her Unique Fashion Style to AnOther Magazine

Brandy Norwood and Lana Gordon Make Broadway History as Chicago the Musical's First Black Co-Leads; Is She Pregnant?

Strictly R&B: In The News - Week of 9/25/16

Tory Lanez's 'Luv' Hits No. 1 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Chart

Joe Hertz reimagines R&B with sleek and sexy new EP 'How It Feels' [Premiere]

Usher Sounds More Like His R&B Contemporaries On 'Hard II Love'

Trisco Pearson, member of the R&B group Force M.D.s, dies of cancer

So who is she? Mysterious R&B singer H.E.R. wants the focus to stay on the music — and the mystery

R&B singer Gallant talks going from underdog to success

Rihanna Named Global Ambassador for Childhood Education

Lyfe Jennings and Bobby V To Star In Upcoming BET Movie, ‘Hollywood Hearts’

Goldenlane Records to Release Ike & Tina Turner’s Complete Pompeii Recordings From 1968-1969

Throwback Thursday Video: Tina Turner - "Private Dancer”

Originally written by rocker Mark Knopfler for his band Dire Straits, "Private Dander" (a sultry tune about a stripper who prefers to consider herself a 'private dancer'), was pitched to Tina Turner, in part, because it was thought that the song should be sung by a woman instead of a man. Turner, who was just making a comeback to music, quickly fell in love with the song and added it to her fifth solo album Private Dancer (1984). Produced by John Carter, "Private Dancer" was released as the album's fifth single. The track reached number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the US R&B chart.

R&B Legend Tina Turner Weds at 73

StandardMedia.com:

Singer Tina Turner is a married woman after quietly exchanging vows with her long-term partner in Switzerland, according to local reports. 

The 73-year-old R&B-rock icon, who became a Swiss citizen in April, wed German record executive Erwin Bach, 57, in a discreet civil ceremony on the banks of Lake Zurich in Kusnacht “a few days ago,” municipal official Hannes Friess said. 

The newlyweds will celebrate the union in a Buddhist ceremony at their estate in Kusnacht on Sunday, and reports suggest 120 guests will attend the festivities. 

Before her relationship with Bach began in the mid-1980s, Turner was married to her musical partner Ike Turner for 14 years. The pair divorced in 1978, and Ike Turner’s alleged abuse of his wife was chronicled in the singer’s 1993 biopic, What’s Love Got to Do with It. 

News of Turner’s wedding plans spread in early April amid reports suggesting she and Bach had become engaged, but a representative for the singer refused to comment.