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Seven 2000s Female R&B Artists That Have Made Their Return

Keri Hilson, Elle Varner and more have dropped new music after years away.

Y2K influences are ever-present in 2025 fashion and culture, but bringing the feeling back to music are female R&B vocalists that have recently made strong comebacks. R&B legend and author Amerie, who last released two EPs in 2018, gets intimate on her quiet storm-influenced new single, “Mine.” If this is the tone that the D.C. native is setting in 2025, we need her fourth album immediately. After starting as an R&B vocalist on her 2008 debut, “16 @ War,” Karina Pasian has embraced more experimental sounds since her 2020 project, “Something Warm to Wear.” On the new song, “Rent Free,” she brushes off the haters with attitude and ease.

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