List of alternative R&B artists

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This is a list of alternative R&B artists. Alternative R&B (also known as PBR&B) fuses Contemporary R&B with other musical elements such as rock, hip hop, EDM, dream pop, cloud rap, progressive soul, soul, jazz, chillwave, electro hop, trap, electropop, funk, trip hop and future garage. The subgenre rose to prominence in the late 2000s and eventually became a popular genre into the 2010s.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brent Faiyaz</span> American R&B singer (born 1995)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brent Faiyaz discography</span>

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