Billboard's 2026 R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players list, led by Above Ground Entertainment's David Ali, honors the top executives driving the genres forward.
Nominated by their companies and chosen by Billboard editors, these are the executives within both genres leading the field this year.
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Thom Duffy
Above Ground Entertainment CEO David Ali leads Billboard’s list of executives across multiple industry sectors pushing the genres forward.
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Billboard staff comes back to the roundtable to break down some of R&B's brightest stars so far in 2026.
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Billboard's Country Power Players event honored Riley Green, Miranda Lambert, Austin Neal, Tucker Wetmore and The Red Clay Strays.
Billboard U.K. has shared its list of Power Players in the U.K.'s music market for 2026.
