| 1 |
recordlabel: Epic 78400
chartposition: RandB #5, US #52, UK #14
writtenby: Luther Vandross and Reed Vertelney
album: Your Secret Love
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Deconstruction (UK)
chartposition: UK #60
writtenby: Barry Jamieson, Jon Sutton and Lisa Millett
comments: [dance, house]
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Six By Six Records 127
chartposition: UK #28
writtenby: Neil Howard, Tracy Howard, Ann Saunderson, Kevin Saunderson and Michael Wilson
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| 4 |
recordlabel: MCA 11350
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Your Heart's in Good Hands
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| 5 |
recordlabel: RCA 64515
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5, UK #13
writtenby: Allen Gordon (as Allstar), Andrea Martin, I. Matias, Tamara Johnson and Coko (as Cheryl Gamble)
album: New Beginning
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| 6 |
recordlabel: LaFace 24160
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US AC #9, US dance #1
writtenby: Babyface and Bryce Luvah (as Bryce Wilson)
album: Secrets
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| 7 |
recordlabel: Relativity 1532
chartposition: RandB #84, US #113
weeksinr&bchart: 4
album: Politics and Bullshit
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| 8 |
recordlabel: Magnet 1834
chartposition: UK #76
writtenby: Billie Ray Martin, Brian Nordhoff, Joseph Stevens, Leslie Fleming and Robert Cimarosti
album: Deadline for My Memories
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| 9 |
recordlabel: Warner 17753
chartposition: RandB #29, US #105
album: Somethin' for the People
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Island 854630
chartposition: RandB #33, US #83
writtenby: Rachel Oden, Flex and Sabrina Sapp
album: 11 20 79
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Gasoline Alley 55276
chartposition: RandB #71
album: From I Extreme II Another
comments: [hip hop]
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| 12 |
recordlabel: MCA 55278
chartposition: RandB #7, US #7
writtenby: Chucky Thompson, Daron Jones, Heavy D, Slim , Michael Keith, Q [Quinnes Parker], Diddy, Jimmy Jam
album: Home Again
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| 13 |
recordlabel: Rap a Lot 38571
chartposition: RandB #49, US #104
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Marco Ennis, Raymond Scott and Simon Cullins
album: Doomsday: Forever RSO
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| 14 |
recordlabel: Universal 56001
chartposition: RandB #11, US #32
writtenby: Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard and Jack Irons
album: Moods...Moments
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: Payday 120100
chartposition: RandB #57, US #105
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Jeru the Damaja and DJ Premier
album: Wrath of the Math
|
| 16 |
recordlabel: Big Beat 98045
chartposition: RandB #40, US #60, US Dance #11
weeksinr&bchart: 17
album: High School High OST
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| 17 |
recordlabel: Wreck 20161
chartposition: RandB #95
weeksinr&bchart: 4
album: Dah Shinin'
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| 18 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 111
chartposition: RandB #40
weeksinr&bchart: 11
album: T.H.U.G.S.
comments: [hip hop] [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts]
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| 19 |
recordlabel: Elektra 66028
chartposition: RandB #6, US #8, UK #8
writtenby: Busta Rhymes (as Trevor Smith) and Galt MacDermot
album: The Coming
comments: [rap]
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| 20 |
recordlabel: Wreck 20161
chartposition: RandB #95, US #116
album: Dah Shinin'
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| 21 |
recordlabel: Jellybean 2513
chartposition: US Dance #3
writtenby: Gavin Christopher and Mike
comments: [dance, house]
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| 22 |
recordlabel: Warner 17681
chartposition: RandB #34, US #98
writtenby: E. Baker, R. Holiday, Curtis
album: Somethin' for the People
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| 23 |
recordlabel: Perspective 587550
chartposition: RandB #56, US #86
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Nathan Morris and Stephen Stills
album: Kazaam OST
comments: samples 'For What It's Worth' by The Buffalo Springfield
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| 24 |
recordlabel: Island
chartposition: RandB #62
weeksinr&bchart: 2
comments: [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts] [album cut]
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| 25 |
recordlabel: Arista
chartposition: UK #53
writtenby: Shaun Labelle, Stevie Bensusen and G. Strober
mpcode: Jrx0chrHOFQ
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| 26 |
recordlabel: Virgin 38529
chartposition: RandB #52, UK #11, US #108
writtenby: Shaggy (as Orville Burrell), Robert Livingston, M. Dixon and Bob Marley
album: Boombastic
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| 27 |
recordlabel: Rowdy 35072
chartposition: RandB #3, US #7
writtenby: Daryl Simmons
album: Miss Thang
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| 28 |
recordlabel: Arista 13213
chartposition: RandB #22, US #26, US AC #6
writtenby: Babyface
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [ballad]
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| 29 |
recordlabel: MJJ Music 78366
chartposition: UK #2, RandB #71
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Babyface (as Kenneth Edmonds)
album: Brotherhood
comments: [slow jam]
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| 30 |
recordlabel: Maverick 8318
chartposition: RandB #34, US dance #1, UK #83
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Bill Withers and Stan McKenny
album: Peace Beyond Passion
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| 31 |
recordlabel: Arista 12950
chartposition: RandB #12, US #17, UK #31, US dance #1
writtenby: Vassal Benford and Larry Campbell
album: Deborah Cox
|
| 32 |
recordlabel: Island 531055
chartposition: RandB #96
weeksinr&bchart: 2
album: Where There Is Life
|
| 33 |
recordlabel: Wrap 349
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: John Guldberg and Tim Stahl
album: Get This Party Started
|
| 34 |
recordlabel: Suave House 1562
chartposition: RandB #87
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Mr. Mike (as Mike Walls)
|
| 35 |
recordlabel: MCA 55096
chartposition: RandB #88, US #108
writtenby: Kevin Irving, Passion
album: Baller's Lady
|
| 36 |
recordlabel: Mercury 3145781027
chartposition: RandB #90, US #71, UK #162, US AC #5
writtenby: David Foster, E. Kopelson, Douglas Pashley and Linda Thompson
album: Greatest Hits: The First Ten Years
comments: [ballad]
|
| 37 |
recordlabel: Arista 13223
chartposition: RandB #28, US #48
writtenby: Deborah Cox and Lascelles Stephens
album: Deborah Cox
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 38 |
recordlabel: Perspective 31458 7512
chartposition: RandB #8, US #50, UK #45
album: Solo
|
| 39 |
recordlabel: Bad Boy 79074
chartposition: RandB #28, US #50
writtenby: Tammy Lucas, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, Q, Slim, Keisha Spivey, Pamela Long
album: Total
|
| 40 |
recordlabel: Parlophone 2
chartposition: UK #23
writtenby: Arthur Baker, Taylor Dayne and Fred Zarr
album: Wildest Dreams
|
| 41 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 314 574 027 1
chartposition: RandB #18
writtenby: Redman (as Reggie Noble) and Erick Serman
album: Muddy Waters
|
| 42 |
recordlabel: Qwest 17721
chartposition: RandB #92
weeksinr&bchart: 3
album: Intertwine Da' Fold
|
| 43 |
recordlabel: Interscope 97008
chartposition: RandB #36, UK #2. US #32
writtenby: Terry Britten and Graham Lyle
album: Supercop: Music from and Inspired by the Dimension Motion Picture
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 44 |
recordlabel: AM:PM 581 735 2
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Kenny Thomas and Steve Mac
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 45 |
recordlabel: Perspective 00282
chartposition: RandB #2, US #17, UK #38
writtenby: Vassal Benford
album: Definition of a Band
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 46 |
recordlabel: JAD 5001
chartposition: UK #42
writtenby: Jimmy Norman, Joe Vennen, Al Pyfrom
comments: [dance]
|
| 47 |
recordlabel: EastWest 64323
chartposition: RandB #41, US #113
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Thomas McElroy, Denzil Foster and Terry Ellis
|
| 48 |
recordlabel: Blue Thumb 3061
chartposition: RandB #51, UK #105
writtenby: Rex Rideout, Byron Stingily and Phillip Temple
album: Maysa
|
| 49 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 577790
chartposition: RandB #41, US #103
writtenby: Rockwilder (as Dana Stinson) and Erick Sermon
album: Double or Nothing
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 50 |
recordlabel: Mercury 852 665 2
chartposition: UK #51
writtenby: Allan Rich and Brenda Russell
album: Moving On
comments: [ballad]
|
| 51 |
recordlabel: Virgin 19338
chartposition: UK #36
writtenby: Maxi Priest, Harry Hyams and Andrew Saidenberg
album: Man with the Fun
|
| 52 |
recordlabel: Critique 01624155901
chartposition: RandB #95
album: Future Rhythm
|
| 53 |
recordlabel: Priority 53238
chartposition: RandB #89
weeksinr&bchart: 4
album: Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars
|
| 54 |
recordlabel: Rip-It 203-1
chartposition: RandB 102
album: Just For You
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: jImqqOdeNFo
|
| 55 |
recordlabel: Motown 3746313921
chartposition: US AC #28
writtenby: Bettis, Roberts and Stanley
album: Take Me Higher
comments: [ballad]
|
| 56 |
recordlabel: RCA 64606
chartposition: RandB #6, US #22
writtenby: Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams
album: New Beginning
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 57 |
recordlabel: MCA 55199
chartposition: RandB #88
writtenby: Chucky Thompson, Daoud Baptiste and Quasim Baptiste
album: Until the Day
|
| 58 |
recordlabel: Columbia
chartposition: RandB #69
writtenby: Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasief
album: Daydream
|
| 59 |
recordlabel: Jive 397 (UK)
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: Juanita Carter, James Strong
album: Smooth
comments: [ballad]
|
| 60 |
recordlabel: LaFace 24200
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #2, US AC #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Secrets
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 61 |
recordlabel: Chrysalis/EMI 58517
chartposition: RandB #53, US #105
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Bahamadia, Chris Martin and David Willis
album: Kollage
|
| 62 |
recordlabel: Elektra 5859
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #39
writtenby: Keith Sweat, Eric McCaine and Kut Klose
album: Keith Sweat
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 63 |
recordlabel: AandM 00124
chartposition: RandB #32, UK #22
writtenby: Janet Jackson , Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) and Terry Lewis
album: Design of a Decade
|
| 64 |
recordlabel: Columbia 663534(UK)
chartposition: UK #15
writtenby: Simon Climie, Denis Ingoldsby and Oliver Smallman
album: Freaky
|
| 65 |
recordlabel: Hyped International 745301
chartposition: RandB #82
writtenby: Lynell Webster
|
| 66 |
recordlabel: Eternal 1926
chartposition: UK #8
writtenby: Mark Morrison
album: Return of the Mack
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 67 |
recordlabel: RCA 64581
chartposition: RandB #61, US #35
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Ives, Kemo, O.G. Style and Sol Lake (sample)
album: Delinquent Habits
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 68 |
recordlabel: Jive
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: R. Kelly
album: R. Kelly
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 69 |
recordlabel: Rowdy 5089
chartposition: RandB #23, US #40, UK #48
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Dallas Austin
comments: from Fled: From the MGM Motion Picture
|
| 70 |
recordlabel: Hip Hop Remixes 604
chartposition: RandB #4, US #14, UK #26
writtenby: Scott Alexander, Rodney Browning, Kolanek, George Pendergast and J.R. Richards
album: Case
|
| 71 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78275
chartposition: RandB #79, UK #63
writtenby: Maxwell and Hod David
album: Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 72 |
recordlabel: Mo Thugs
chartposition: RandB #27
album: Family Scriptures
|
| 73 |
recordlabel: Tommy Boy 7699
chartposition: UK #49
writtenby: Maurice Thompson, Jasiri Williams, Kenneth Blue, Andre Edwards, Treach, L.V., Stevie Wonder
album: I Am L.V.
|
| 74 |
recordlabel: Intersound 9220
chartposition: RandB #84
writtenby: George Duke, Michael Cooper, Byron Miller, Ndugo Chandler and Charles Icarus Johnson
album: Live For Ya A**
|
| 75 |
recordlabel: Killa Cali/Thug 7003
chartposition: RandB #78
weeksinr&bchart: 2
album: Killafornia Organization
|
| 76 |
recordlabel: Epic 7606
chartposition: RandB #23, US dance #18
writtenby: Michael Jackson , Dallas Austin, The Notorious B.I.G., Bruce Swedien and Rene Moore
album: HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
|
| 77 |
recordlabel: Noo Trybe 38536
chartposition: RandB #84, US #61
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Robert Briggs, Shyheim, Bernard Jackson, Arby Quinn and Ed Townsend
album: The Lost Generation
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 78 |
recordlabel: Epic 8668
chartposition: RandB #2, US #6, UK #12
writtenby: Howard Hewett and Dana Meyers
album: The Day
|
| 79 |
recordlabel: Polydor 575 633 2
chartposition: UK #59
writtenby: Deni Lew, Nicky Graham and Wayne Hector
album: Scarlet
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 80 |
recordlabel: Arista 07822 18796 4
chartposition: RandB #60
writtenby: Babyface and Lisa Lopes
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
|
| 81 |
recordlabel: Motown 374 631 456
chartposition: RandB #40, US #95, UK #27
writtenby: Horace Brown , James Brown, Eddie Ferrell (as Edward Ferrell) and Fred Wesley
album: Horace Brown
|
| 82 |
recordlabel: Epic 78264
chartposition: RandB #10, US #30, UK #4, US dance #27
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
|
| 83 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 6630
chartposition: R&B #109, US #109
writtenby: Frank Joseph Myers and Gary Baker
album: And the Music Speaks
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 84 |
recordlabel: Duck Down 53250
chartposition: RandB #77, US #120
weeksinr&bchart: 6
album: Nocturnal
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 85 |
recordlabel: Rap A Lot 38544
chartposition: RandB #37, US #82, UK #49
writtenby: Scarface, Bushwick Bill and Willie D
album: The Resurrection
|
| 86 |
recordlabel: Virgin 38529
writtenby: Shaggy (as Orville Burrell) and Ken Boothe
album: Boombastic
comments: [reggae dancehall]
|
| 87 |
recordlabel: Mercury 578158
chartposition: RandB #12, US #41
writtenby: Rodney Jerkins, Missy Elliott and Daron Jones
album: Nobody Does It Better
|
| 88 |
recordlabel: Arista 13277
chartposition: RandB #51, US #97
writtenby: Keith Crouch and Kipper Jones
album: Deborah Cox
comments: [ballad]
|
| 89 |
recordlabel: Jive 42405
chartposition: RandB #59, US #114, UK #59
writtenby: Keith Murray, Erick Sermon, Frankie Beverly, DJ Run, DMC
album: Enigma
|
| 90 |
recordlabel: Payday 854518
chartposition: RandB #76, US #109
writtenby: Crazy Toones, WC and Allen Toussaint
album: Curb Servin'
|
| 91 |
recordlabel: Arista 13260
chartposition: RandB #62, US #63, UK #126, US AC #16
writtenby: Kenny G
album: The Moment
comments: [smooth jazz instrumental]
|
| 92 |
recordlabel: Wild Pitch 19397
chartposition: RandB #96
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: William Paul Mitchell and Dave Matthews
|
| 93 |
recordlabel: Loud 64690
chartposition: RandB #85
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Amel Larrieux, Buckwild, Bryce Luvah and Sadat X
album: Wild Cowboys
comments: samples 'Tell Me' by Groove Theory
|
| 94 |
recordlabel: Jellybean 2506
chartposition: UK #22, US Dance #1
writtenby: Carla Bianco and David Morales
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 95 |
recordlabel: Warner 17586
chartposition: RandB #66, US #117
weeksinr&bchart: 10
album: Gravity
|
| 96 |
recordlabel: Island 635
chartposition: UK #137
album: Light to Dark
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 97 |
recordlabel: Virgin 6
chartposition: UK #18
album: VI Return of the Real
|
| 98 |
recordlabel: Loud/RCA 64708
chartposition: RandB #58, US #101
writtenby: Xzibit (as Alvin Joiner)
album: At the Speed of Life
|
| 99 |
recordlabel: London 389
chartposition: UK #17
writtenby: Roland Gift and David Steele
album: The Finest
|
| 100 |
recordlabel: Giant 17654
chartposition: RandB #69, US #21
writtenby: Elliot Wolff and Stacey Piersa
album: Now and Forever
comments: [love ballad]
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