Hot off the heels of her smash hit single Motivation, which features Lil’ Wayne, Rowland is poised to set the charts on fire with her third studio release Here I Am.

Keri Hilson’s been a songwriter for the biggest names in R&B — now she’s joining them in the spotlight.

According to Amazon.com, the release of Ciara’s new album, Basic Instinct, has been delayed to December 14, just in time for the holiday shopping season.

I had this dream that I would have a place that offers up nice Caribbean fusion in an entertainment complex where we could have R&B, reggae and jazz artists.” With her business partners, Blake-Sutherland created the concept for Rozz in 2008, but it didn’t materialize until this past summer, when the doors finally swung open.

This album was inspired by my love of old-school soul music. I recorded it over a three year period, so the final product and release of the album was a long time coming. During the last few years, there were a lot of different R&B vibes happening and I really didn’t want to get locked into one of the sounds you were hearing on the radio. So I took my time.

Peter and Paul Okoye, better known as Nigerian R&B duo, P-Square, kick off their North American Tour tonight at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto. The identical twins are leading the way in Nigeria’s flourishing music industry, the subject of a CNN report last year.

Armed with a unique fusion of acoustic soul, jazz and R&B, the singer-songwriter, producer and recent business owner is ready to once again make her mark in the music business, but in a much different way.

To say things are going well for Toronto R&B singer-songwriter Melanie Fiona would be an understatement. When Sway magazine caught up with Fiona in the midst of her whirlwind schedule, she was in New York City. It was not long after the Grammys, and Fiona scored a nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for the song It Kills Me. She lost to BeyoncŽ’s Single Ladies — no shame there — she was just happy to be nominated.