| 1 |
recordlabel: EMI 78
chartposition: RandB #39
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Mikki Bleu
album: I Promise
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Ms.B 4505
chartposition: RandB #39
writtenby: Betty Wright
album: 4U2NJOY
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Polydor 871 548
chartposition: RandB #39
writtenby: Dianne Quander, Jackie Jackson and Robert Brookins
album: Be the One
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| 4 |
recordlabel: Cutting Records 223
chartposition: US dance #26
writtenby: George Anthony Mauro and Gus Rodriguez
comments: [dance, house, freestyle]
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| 5 |
recordlabel: Motown 1949
chartposition: RandB #37
writtenby: Georgio
album: Georgio
comments: [slow jam]
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| 6 |
recordlabel: Columbia 68975
chartposition: RandB #36, US dance #45
writtenby: Full Force
album: Smoove
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| 7 |
recordlabel: Next Plateau 50086
chartposition: RandB #62, US Dance #37
writtenby: Claytoven Richardson and S. Alexander
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: AandM 647
chartposition: RandB #37
writtenby: Brenda Russell
album: Get Here
comments: [ballad]
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Aegis 68699
chartposition: RandB #39
writtenby: Marcus Lewis
album: Sing Me a Song
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: MCA 53615
chartposition: RandB #39
writtenby: Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy
album: Let It Be Me
comments: [new jack swing]
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Jump Street 1022
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Fred McFarlane and Timmy Gatling
album: All Our Love
comments: [new jack swing]
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Zebra 53619
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Ricky Lawson, Lori Perry and Dennis Matkosky
album: The Flight
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| 13 |
recordlabel: AandM 17968
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Morris Rentie (as Morris Rentie Jr.)
album: Perpetrators
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| 14 |
recordlabel: Sleeping Bag 40143
chartposition: RandB #40
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: MC Marvelous (as Marvin Berryman)
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: Capitol 607
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: MC Hammer
album: Let's Get It Started
|
| 16 |
recordlabel: Gold City 68947
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Chris Jasper and M. Jasper
album: Time Bomb
|
| 17 |
recordlabel: Orpheus 72678
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Arthur Zamora, Michael Carpenter and Wayne Carpenter
album: Take U Back to My Place
|
| 18 |
recordlabel: Columbia 08510
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Brian Morgan and Shelly Morgan
album: Secrets of Flying
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| 19 |
recordlabel: Warner 27583
chartposition: RandB #36
writtenby: Steve Harvey, Daryl Simmons and Karyn White
album: Karyn White
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 20 |
recordlabel: Profile 1269
chartposition: RandB #36
writtenby: Sweet Tee (as Toi Jackson) and Finger Prints
album: It's Tee Time
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| 21 |
recordlabel: Cooltempo 186
chartposition: UK #99
writtenby: Jolley, Harris, Jolley
|
| 22 |
recordlabel: Mercury 872 922
chartposition: RandB #33
writtenby: Alvin Moody and Vinnie Bell
album: On a Mission
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| 23 |
recordlabel: Virgin 96545
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: Gene Griffin, Bernard Belle and Preston Middleton
album: Big Hat
|
| 24 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 1364
chartposition: UK #100
writtenby: Marshall Jefferson and Ce Ce Rogers
album: Ce Ce Rogers
comments: [dance, garage house]
|
| 25 |
recordlabel: Rawsome 3333
chartposition: RandB #33
writtenby: D'LaVance
album: Move on You
comments: [new jack swing]
|
| 26 |
recordlabel: CBS 8 (UK)
chartposition: UK #97
writtenby: T. Swain, S. Jolley
album: Personal
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| 27 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 1285
chartposition: RandB #33
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Heeme
album: Kwame the Boy Genius featuring a New Beginning
comments: [novelty]
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| 28 |
recordlabel: Honey Bee 10 (UK)
chartposition: UK #100
writtenby: Dee Vaz and Leee John
album: All the Hits: Hot Sensational Re Mixes
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 29 |
recordlabel: Motown 1967
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: Gene Griffin, Wesley Adams, Larry Singletary, Big Bub and Larry McCain
album: Today
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| 30 |
recordlabel: Columbia 68545
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: David Frank, Mic Murphy and Radiant
album: Catch The Glow
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| 31 |
recordlabel: Capitol 15478
chartposition: US dance #23
writtenby: Robert Clivillés and David Cole
comments: [dance,house]
|
| 32 |
recordlabel: Orpheus 72702
chartposition: RandB #35
weeksinr&bchart: 12
album: Cold Fresh Groove
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| 33 |
recordlabel: MCA 53620
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Eugene Wilde
album: I Choose You (Tonight)
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| 34 |
recordlabel: Columbia 68748
chartposition: RandB #70, US Dance #35
writtenby: Dean Pitchford and Rhett Lawrence
album: June Pointer
|
| 35 |
recordlabel: First Priority Music 99170
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: MC Lyte (as Lana Moorer)
album: Eyes on This
|
| 36 |
recordlabel: EMI 16 (UK)
chartposition: UK #79
writtenby: Derek Bramble and Jimmy Scott
album: From Now On
comments: [ballad]
|
| 37 |
recordlabel: AandM 12317
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: Barry White , Jack Perry and William Jones
album: The Man Is Back!
|
| 38 |
recordlabel: FFRR 886 681
chartposition: US Dance #23
comments: (featuring Einstein and Lonnie Gordon)
|
| 39 |
recordlabel: Motown 1957
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Gerald Alston, James Varner and Stan Sheppard
album: Gerald Alston
|
| 40 |
recordlabel: Mercury 872 066
chartposition: US dance #28
writtenby: Nia Peebles and J. Paris
album: Nothin' but Trouble
|
| 41 |
recordlabel: Manhattan 44476
chartposition: RandB #51
writtenby: Liz Jackson and Narada Michael Walden
album: D'atra Hicks
comments: [ballad]
|
| 42 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 8681
chartposition: US Dance #34
writtenby: David Wolinski and James Newton Howard
|
| 43 |
recordlabel: EMI 2314
chartposition: RandB #52
album: Good to Be Back
|
| 44 |
recordlabel: Motown 43084
chartposition: RandB #51
writtenby: Sami McKinney, Lori Perry (as Lorraine Perry) and Michael O'Hara
comments: [from the movie Do the Right Thing]
|
| 45 |
recordlabel: Profile 262
chartposition: RandB #51
|
| 46 |
recordlabel: Virgin 99243
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy and Lia
album: Lia
|
| 47 |
recordlabel: AandM 1439
chartposition: US dance #33
writtenby: Lotti Golden and Tommy Faragher
album: Lace Around the Wound
|
| 48 |
recordlabel: MCA 53683
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Gerald Levert and Marc Gordon
album: I Choose You (Tonight)
|
| 49 |
recordlabel: Polydor 889 659
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Jon Bendich and Thor Baldursson
album: Never Too Late
|
| 50 |
recordlabel: Motown 1969
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Glenn Frey, Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit
album: Gerald Alston
|
| 51 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 1273
chartposition: RandB #54
writtenby: Bunny D. (as Elana Cager), Joe Stone, Larry Julian, Paul Klein and Lady Tigra (as Rachel DeRougemont)
album: Grab It!
|
| 52 |
recordlabel: Mika 835 713
chartposition: RandB #74, US AC 11
album: Spell
|
| 53 |
recordlabel: Warlock 7069
chartposition: RandB #55
weeksinr&bchart: 13
album: Sweet and Saxy
|
| 54 |
recordlabel: MCA 53730
chartposition: RandB #53
writtenby: James
|
| 55 |
recordlabel: MCA 53281
chartposition: RandB #53
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Attala Zane Giles, Debbie Allen and Ray Grady
album: Debbie Allen
|
| 56 |
recordlabel: Atlanta Artists 874 050
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Gregory Mangus and Larry Blackmon
album: Machismo
|
| 57 |
recordlabel: Orpheus 72669
chartposition: RandB #53
writtenby: Aleese Simmons (as Arlene Aleese Simmons)
album: I Want It
|
| 58 |
recordlabel: Orpheus 72686
chartposition: RandB #53
writtenby: Johnny Flippin and Michael Walker
|
| 59 |
recordlabel: AandM 1266
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Jeffrey Osborne and Robert Brookins
album: One Love: One Dream
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| 60 |
recordlabel: Jive 210
chartposition: RandB #48
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: KRS One (as Lawrence Krisna Parker)
album: The Blueprint of Hip Hop
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 61 |
recordlabel: EMI 56142
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: R.J. Rice and DeDe Leitta
album: Tangled in Love
|
| 62 |
recordlabel: Mega Jam 7277
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Lloyd E. Smith and Leon Hitchens
album: A Woman's Touch
|
| 63 |
recordlabel: Capitol 79530
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Donnell Spencer
album: Just in Time
|
| 64 |
recordlabel: Dangerous Music 1163
chartposition: RandB #43
album: Life Is...Too $hort
|
| 65 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 88879
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy and Glen Bolton
|
| 66 |
recordlabel: Arista 612252 (UK)
chartposition: UK #84
writtenby: Albert Hammond and Diane Warren
album: Indestructible
|
| 67 |
recordlabel: Island 99249
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: Dwight Wyatt, Isaac Scott, Jake Carter, Joe Sayles and Kevin Scott
album: D.O.A (Def on Arrival)
|
| 68 |
recordlabel: SBK 07314
chartposition: UK #83, US dance #43
writtenby: Eddie Stockley and Kenny Bobien
|
| 69 |
recordlabel: Polydor 889 360
chartposition: RandB #44
writtenby: M. Alfred, Gordon Worthy, Larry Wedgeworth (as Larry Woo) and Leo Okeke
album: Make That Move
|
| 70 |
recordlabel: Tabu 68915
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Dezi Phillips (as Grover Phillips), Bernard Terry and John Lee
album: Kickin' It
|
| 71 |
recordlabel: Luke Skyywalker 205
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Barbara Acklin and Eugene Record
album: Gentle
|
| 72 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 1354
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Randy Muller
album: Start of a Romance
|
| 73 |
recordlabel: Arista 112 728
chartposition: RandB #48
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen
album: Through the Storm
|
| 74 |
recordlabel: Malaco 2157
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: Billy Osborne and Brenda Eager
album: Fire and Ice
|
| 75 |
recordlabel: MCA 53448
chartposition: US AC #23
writtenby: James Horner and Will Jennings
album: The Force Behind the Power
|
| 76 |
recordlabel: MCA 1292 (UK)
chartposition: UK #90
album: The Mac Band featuring the McCampbell Brothers
|
| 77 |
recordlabel: Select 62345
chartposition: RandB #46
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Kid (as Christopher Reid) and Hurby Azor (as Fingerprints)
album: 2 Hype
|
| 78 |
recordlabel: Capitol 44266
chartposition: RandB #46, US dance #40
writtenby: MC Hammer (as M.C. Hammer)
|
| 79 |
recordlabel: Ten Records 292 (UK)
chartposition: UK #97
writtenby: Jermaine Stewart, Ian Curnow and Phil Harding
album: What Becomes a Legend Most
|
| 80 |
recordlabel: Mega Jam 2002
chartposition: RandB #32
writtenby: Howard Redmon Jr., Mark Bynum and Larry Johnson
album: A Woman's Touch
comments: [ballad]
|
| 81 |
recordlabel: Motown 1989
chartposition: UK #80
writtenby: Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
album: If It Don't Kill You, It Just Makes You Stronger
|
| 82 |
recordlabel: RCA 42824
chartposition: UK #78
writtenby: Paul Witts and Robert Manley
mpcode: xcHgvAZhWs8
|
| 83 |
recordlabel: Columbia 69077
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Full Force
album: Straight to the Sky
|
| 84 |
recordlabel: Profile 246
chartposition: UK #79, US Dance #40
writtenby: Finger Prints and Sweet Tee
album: It's Tee Time
comments: [dance, hip hop, house]
|
| 85 |
recordlabel: Mercury 874 787
chartposition: RandB #77, UK #80
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Serious Business
comments: [reggae]
|
| 86 |
recordlabel: EMI 56149
chartposition: US #75
writtenby: Nile Rodgers and Christopher Max
album: More Than Physical
comments: [new jack swing]
|
| 87 |
recordlabel: Warner 22748
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Angela Winbush
album: Spend the Night
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 88 |
recordlabel: Vendetta 7014
chartposition: US Dance #17
album: Nothing Matters without Love
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 89 |
recordlabel: Virgin 99142
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Cheryl Lynn, Keith Lewis and Kim Cage
album: Whatever It Takes
comments: [ballad]
|
| 90 |
recordlabel: Vendetta 1448
chartposition: RandB #84, US #84
writtenby: Richard Darbyshire and Charles Mole
album: Passion
|
| 91 |
recordlabel: Kongo Dance 5
chartposition: UK #82
album: There's Nothing Like This
|
| 92 |
recordlabel: Mercury 874 402
chartposition: RandB #27
writtenby: Chuckii Booker
album: Sweat
|
| 93 |
recordlabel: Warner 22896
chartposition: RandB #27
writtenby: Danny Howard and Jeffrey Prusan
album: We're Movin' Up
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 94 |
recordlabel: Urban 38 (UK)
chartposition: UK #81
album: Get Organized
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 95 |
recordlabel: Urban 35
chartposition: RandB #93, UK #83
writtenby: M. Wells, C. Richards, M. Anderson, Giovanni, K. Thomas and P. Klein
album: Coming Back Hard Again
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 96 |
recordlabel: RCA 8881
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Donnie Woodruff and Leo Hall
album: There's Love Out There
|
| 97 |
recordlabel: Oceana 99213
chartposition: RandB #43, UK #80
writtenby: The Blitz, Donna Allen and Lou Pace
album: Heaven on Earth
|
| 98 |
recordlabel: Fontana 812 (UK)
chartposition: UK #80
writtenby: Andy Connell and Corinne Drewery
album: Kaleidoscope World
comments: [ballad]
|
| 99 |
recordlabel: Capitol 44362
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Keith Thomas and BeBe Winans
album: Heaven
|
| 100 |
recordlabel: Virgin 1417
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Kayo, Don Parks & Daryl Simmons
album: After 7
comments: [new jack swing]
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