And just like that, it’s a new year!

2015 brought us tons of great music from the rap world thanks to likes of Drake, Future, Fetty Wap, etc., as well as a sort of re-birth of R&B thanks to The Weeknd, Chris Brown, Bryson Tiller and more.

However, with the new year upon us, we think it’s time for you to put the mainstream artists aside for a quick minute and give some other talent a listen or two these upcoming months. Examining the scene, we have a few artists whom we think will breakthrough this year in the R&B world, making them worthy of landing on your 2016 playlist.

With that being said, click the following pages to see who we came up with and be sure to add your own picks in the comments section below.