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Becca ✦ R&B Royalty

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’70s–’00s Black R&B/Soul can’t be topped 🔥 Archivist of rare visuals, culture dives & bridges to today’s heirs

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Happy Women’s History Month! 🎶

01.03.2026 19:37 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Whitney Houston really loved the R&B girls who came after her. No competition, just grace, support, and open arms. That kind of legacy will always warm my heart. 🖤

25.02.2026 23:36 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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27 years ago today, TLC released their third studio album, FanMail.

The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 318K copies in its 1st week, produced 2 No. 1 singles, won 3 GRAMMYs, was certified 6× Platinum by the RIAA, and has sold 10M copies worldwide.

23.02.2026 08:38 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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41 years ago today, Whitney Houston released her self-titled debut album.

• Topped the Billboard 200 for 14 non-consecutive weeks.
• The FIRST debut album & the FIRST album by a solo female artist to produce 3 #1 singles.
• The longest-running #1 debut album by a Black artist.
• Certified Diamond.

14.02.2026 15:32 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy Birthday to D'Angelo, Brandy, and Kelly Rowland. 🔥

11.02.2026 07:48 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Today marks 14 years since the world lost Whitney Houston. There has never been a voice like hers, and there never will be.

11.02.2026 05:10 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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40 years ago today, Janet Jackson released Control.

• Topped the Billboard 200.
• Produced 5 singles that peaked within the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100, making her the FIRST female artist with 5 top 5 hits from one album.
• Sold 10M copies WW and was certified 5x Platinum.

04.02.2026 06:12 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy Black History Month! ✊🏿

01.02.2026 05:31 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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26 years ago today, D’Angelo released Voodoo.

The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, sold 320K first week, spent 33 weeks on the chart, and found global success. Led by “Untitled (How Does It Feel),” the album won Best R&B Album at the Grammys and has sold over 1.7M copies in the U.S.

25.01.2026 19:14 — 👍 6    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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50 years ago today, “Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)” by Diana Ross reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

24.01.2026 05:07 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Eartha Kitt photographed by Carl Van Vechten, October 1952. 🕊

Today would’ve been her 99th birthday.

17.01.2026 05:01 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy Birthday to two legendary Capricorn Queens, Sade Adu, and Aaliyah Haughton!

16.01.2026 05:04 — 👍 26    🔁 15    💬 0    📌 0
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34 years ago today, the King of Pop, Michael Jackson released “Remember the Time.”

14.01.2026 18:37 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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67 years ago today, Berry Gordy founded Motown Records, changing the musical and cultural landscape in America and abroad forever.

Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, and The Jackson 5, to name a few, were some of the legendary acts signed to the record label.

12.01.2026 20:49 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy 55th Birthday to the legendary Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, the incomparable Mary J. Blige!

11.01.2026 05:04 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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33 years ago, Whitney Houston released “I’m Every Woman.”

05.01.2026 05:24 — 👍 10    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Happy Heavenly Birthday to the undisputed Queen of Disco and Mother of Modern Pop and EDM, Donna Summer! Today, she would have turned 77! 🕊️

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Happy 71st Birthday to one of the greatest actors of all time, Denzel Washington! 🐐

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9 years ago today, we lost a pop culture icon and one of the best-selling musicians of all time, the legendary George Michael. ❤️🕊️

25.12.2025 05:14 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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17 years ago today, we lost the legendary Hollywood diva, Miss Eartha Kitt. May her soul continue to rest in peace. ❤️🕊️

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30 years ago today, Waiting to Exhale, starring Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine & Lela Rochon, was released. Directed by Forest Whitaker in his feature debut, it opened at #1 and grossed $81M worldwide a landmark film centering Black women’s lives in mainstream Hollywood.

22.12.2025 05:08 — 👍 16    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 2
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Reminder: in 1997, Missy Elliott and Destiny’s Child were already doing visuals that are still considered innovative today.

18.12.2025 06:12 — 👍 26    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0
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Donna Summer, 1978 / Janet Jackson, 1993.

17.12.2025 15:00 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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12 years ago today, Beyoncé released her self-titled visual album, BEYONCÉ.

•Reached #1 on the Billboard 200.
•Sold 617,000 copies in the USA & 828,773 copies WW in the first 3 days.
•Revolutionized surprise releases & visual albums.
•Was certified 5× Platinum
•Sold 10M+ copies WW
•Won 3 #GRAMMYs

13.12.2025 05:06 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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29 years ago today, The Preacher’s Wife, starring Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, Jenifer Lewis, Gregory Hines, and Loretta Devine was released in theaters. 🔥

13.12.2025 05:00 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy 68th Birthday to the LEGENDARY Queen of Percussion, Sheila E.! 🔥🥁

12.12.2025 05:08 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy 85th Birthday to the First Black Female Pop Superstar, Ms. Dionne Warwick! 🥀

12.12.2025 05:07 — 👍 39    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 2
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32 years ago today, Janet Jackson’s “Again” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

“Again” received Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song. Then-husband René Elizondo, Jr. directed the accompanying music video.

11.12.2025 06:43 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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47 years ago today, Chic’s “Le Freak” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. 🔥

09.12.2025 05:14 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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29 years ago today, Toni Braxton’s “Un-Break My Heart” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. 🎶

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