The singer's last three charting songs have all reached No. 1 on the radio ranking.
"I’d have full-on panic attacks," the R&B star recalled.
"My life and its challenges finally make sense. So so much sense," she wrote.
Billboard's special salute to Black Music Month continues its rollout with the next 25 artists on our all-time top 75 list.
The song launches on multiple charts, making the highest start on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay in 30 years.
Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Aaron Page and Nemzzz.
The Motown singer says his former housekeepers’ strategy is to “let the lawsuit linger publicly” until he gives in to an extortionate $100 million settlement demand.
A new court filing says the disgraced R&B star and convicted sex offender was sent to solitary within hours of claiming that prison officials took out a hit on his life.
The musician deployed a drumming technique that would influence countless funk and hip-hop artists.
The final of the group's three No. 1 singles was a brilliant but bittersweet success.