Top UK R&B Artists
List of the Best British Female R&B Singers
Surprisingly, the music scene based around UK R&B artists have created a true machine of inspiring and motivating rhythm and blues artists, from Ella Mai to Jorja Smith to Mahalia there is no shortage of British female R&B singers. Already a country that has handed the world the legendary singers of Sade, Seal, and Amy Winehouse, among many others within the rhythm and blues and neo soul genres, it can only make sense on how far music has come for R&B in the U.K.
Being the home of iconic rock and pop stars from oldies like The Beatles, Sting, Spice Girls, Elton John to more modern-day stars like Dua Lipa, Harry Styles, Rita Ora, UK R&B artists have always taken a backseat to the more popular genres of pop and rock music. As the world’s music industry is growing and black and more urban culture is becoming more popularized and marketed to a much wider audiences, British R&B artists are slowly on the verge to become leaders of music within the U.K.
Diversity has also played a major a role in the growth and expansion of rhythm and blues as England, primarily the city of London, consists of cultures and traditions from all over the world. Within the local R&B scene one will find British R&B artists, Afrobeat artists, reggae artists, and neo soul artists, all contributing to the world’s greatest R&B music scene, being only second to the United States.
It is easy for the U.K. to be a leader in the genre when British female R&B singers like Ella Mai dominates music for an entire year with her hit single “Boo’d Up”, or Jorja Smith who began around 2015 and has debuted twice at the number one position on the UK R&B charts, or having the privilege of being the home of one of the world’s top reggae artist Stefflon Don, or somewhat becoming the mecca of the neo soulful sound that has been displayed through artists like Jacob Banks, Lianne La Havas, Michael Kiwanuka, Joy Crookes, or having artists with the modern day rhythm and blues sound like IAM DDB and Bree Runway to be among the world’s best.
Top British Female R&B Singers
1. Ella Mai
Watch on Youtube: Ella Mai and follow on Instagram: @EllaMai
2. Jorja Smith
Watch on Youtube: Jorja Smith and follow on Instagram: @Jorja Smith
3. Stefflon Don (Reggae/R&B)
Watch on Youtube: Stefflon Don and follow on Instagram: @Stefflon Don
4. Mahalia
Watch on Youtube: Mahalia and follow on Instagram: @Mahalia
5. Ella Eyre
Watch on Youtube: Ella Eyre and follow on Instagram: @Ella Eyre
6. Sinead Harnett
Watch on Youtube: Sinead Harnett and follow on Instagram: @Sinead Harnett
7. Lianne La Havas
Watch on Youtube: Lianne La Havas and follow on Instagram: @Lianne La Havas
8. IAM DDB
Watch on Youtube: IAM DDB and follow on Instagram: @IAM DDB
9. Joy Crookes
Watch on Youtube: Joy Crookes and follow on Instagram: @Joy Crookes
10. Celeste
Watch on Youtube: Celeste and follow on Instagram: @Celeste
11. Nao
Watch on Youtube: Nao and follow on Instagram: @Nao
12. Bree Runway
Watch on Youtube: Bree Runway and follow on Instagram: @Bree Runway
13. Greentea Peng
Watch on Youtube: Greentea Peng and follow on Instagram: @Greentea Peng
14. Mae Muller
Watch on Youtube: Mae Muller and follow on Instagram: @Mae Muller
15. Cleo Sol
Watch on Youtube: Cleo Sol and follow on Instagram: @Cleo Sol
16. Grace Carter
Watch on Youtube: Grace Carter and follow on Instagram: @Grace Carter
17. Izzy Bizu
Watch on Youtube: Izzy Bizu and follow on Instagram: @Izzy Bizu
18. Hope Tala
Watch on Youtube: Hope Tala and follow on Instagram: @Hope Tala
19. Biig Piig
Watch on Youtube: Biig Piig and follow on Instagram: @Biig Piig
20. RAY BLK
Watch on Youtube: RAY BLK and follow on instagram: @RAY BLK
21. Ama Lou
Watch on Youtube: Ama Lou and follow on Instagram: @Ama Lou
22. Pip Millett
Watch on Youtube: Pip Millett and follow on Instagram: @Pip Millett
23. Miraa May
Watch on Youtube: Miraa May and follow on Instagram: @Miraa May
24. Olivia Dean
Watch on Youtube: Olivia Dean and follow on Instagram: @Olivia Dean
25. JGrrey
Watch on Youtube: JGrrey and follow on Instagram: @JGrrey
26. Kara Marni
Watch on Youtube: Kara Marni and follow on Instagram: @Kara Marni
27. Poppy Ajudha
Watch on Youtube: Poppy Ajudha and follow on Instagram: @Poppy Ajudha
28. ELIZA
Watch on Youtube: ELIZA and follow on Instagram: @ELIZA
29. Jaz Karis
Watch on Youtube: Jaz Karis and follow on Instagram: @Jaz Karis
30. Lily Moore
Watch on Youtube: Lily Moore and follow on Instagram: @Lily Moore