1 |
recordlabel: Juana 3422
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Frederick Knight
album: Sons Of Love
comments: [disco dance]
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2 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 84089
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Brandy (as Brandy Norwood), Rodney Jerkins, Japhe Tejeda, Fred Jerkins III and LaShawn Daniels
album: The Boy Is Mine
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3 |
recordlabel: Avco 4653
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #3, US dance #3, US AC #2
writtenby: Van McCoy
album: Disco Baby
comments: [disco]
|
4 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10487
chartposition: RandB #1 (5 weeks) US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 21
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Impressions
|
5 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10330
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Don Gibson
album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
|
6 |
recordlabel: ABC 9972
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7
writtenby: traditional, Harold Logan and Lloyd Price
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #456]
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7 |
recordlabel: Columbia 79493
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Beyoncé (as Beyoncé Knowles), Sam Barnes, Jean Claude Olivier and Cory Rooney
album: Charlie's Angels: Music from the Motion Picture
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8 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54176
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: In The Groove / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
9 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 008990
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Jay Z, Thaddis Harrell, The Dream and Tricky Stewart
album: Good Girl Gone Bad
|
10 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02860
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1, US rock #34
writtenby: Paul McCartney
album: Tug of War
|
11 |
recordlabel: Arista 74321
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Dolly Parton
album: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
|
12 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78075
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #6, US AC #1
writtenby: Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff, Wanya Morris, Nathan Morris, Shawn Stockman and Michael McCary
album: Daydream
comments: [slow jam]
|
13 |
recordlabel: Columbia 79949
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Beyoncé, Rich Harrison, Jay Z and Eugene Record
album: Dangerously in Love
|
14 |
recordlabel: LaFace 24200
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #2, US AC #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Secrets
comments: [slow jam]
|
15 |
recordlabel: Island 005162
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2, US AC #3, US dance #1
writtenby: Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, Johnta Austin, Babyface, Darnell Bristol and Sid Johnson
album: The Emancipation of Mimi
comments: [slow jam]
|
16 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54046
chartposition: RandB #1 (7 weeks), US #1
weeksinr&bchart: 23
writtenby: Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman & Freddie Gorman
album: Please Mr. Postman
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
17 |
recordlabel: Bad Boy 79097
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Sting (as Gordon Sumner), Sauce Money (as Todd Gaither) and Faith Evans
album: No Way Out
|
18 |
recordlabel: MCA 52770
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US AC #2
writtenby: Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager
album: Winner in You
|
19 |
recordlabel: LaFace
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #1, US dance #3
writtenby: will.i.am
album: Raymond v. Raymond
|
20 |
recordlabel: Columbia 04839
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1, US Rock #27, US Country #76,
writtenby: Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie
album: We Are the World: U.S.A. for Africa
|
21 |
recordlabel: Arista 9598
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #1, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #1
writtenby: George Merrill & Shannon Rubicam
album: Whitney
|
22 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54199
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby (as Hank Cosby) & Smokey Robinson
album: Make It Happen / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
23 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2071
chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #1, UK #2
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
album: Save The Last Dance For Me
|
24 |
recordlabel: LaFace 6155
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
writtenby: Kevin
album: FanMail
|
25 |
recordlabel: Columbia 05024
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #1, US AC #10
writtenby: Beyoncé, Ne Yo, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Espen Lind and Amund Bjørklund
album: B'Day
|
26 |
recordlabel: Casablanca 2233
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #2, US #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Steven Greenberg
album: Mouth to Mouth
comments: [disco]
|
27 |
recordlabel: AFO 302
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3
writtenby: Barbara George
album: I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)
|
28 |
recordlabel: Giant 19382
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #1
writtenby: Dr. Freeze
album: C.M.B.
|
29 |
recordlabel: RCA 13274
chartposition: RandB #1, US dance #1, UK #7, US #17
writtenby: Kashif (as Kashif Saleem)
album: Get Loose
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
30 |
recordlabel: LaFace 59149
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Usher, Lil Jon, Sean Garrett, J. Que, Ludacris, Rob McDowell, LRoc and LaMarquis Jefferson
album: Confessions
|
31 |
recordlabel: Arista 9559
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #1, US #1, US AC #2, US dance #12
writtenby: Simon Climie & Dennis Morgan
album: Aretha [1986 album]
|
32 |
recordlabel: Columbia 77080
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #9, US AC #2, US dance #1
writtenby: Mariah Carey and Dave Hall
album: Music Box
|
33 |
recordlabel: Roc A Fella
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Kanye West, Ray Charles and Renald Richard
album: Late Registration
|
34 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54281
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2, US AC #3, US dance #2
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs In The Key Of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
35 |
recordlabel: Arista 9381
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Gerry Goffin
album: Whitney Houston
comments: [ballad]
|
36 |
recordlabel: LaFace 24107
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #4, US AC #24
writtenby: Marqueze Etheridge, Lisa
album: CrazySexyCool
|
37 |
recordlabel: Warner 22924
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US dance #1, US alt. #18
writtenby: Prince
album: Batman
|
38 |
recordlabel: Blitzz/Atlantic 87243
chartposition: RandB #13, US #1, UK #2, US AC #3
writtenby: Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers
album: All 4 One
|
39 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 85443
chartposition: RandB #4, US #2, UK #1
writtenby: Mark Morrison and Phil Chill
album: Return of the Mack
|
40 |
recordlabel: J Digital
chartposition: RandB #74, US #1, UK #1, US AC #1, US dance #15
writtenby: Ryan Tedder and Jesse McCartney
album: Spirit
|
41 |
recordlabel: Shady 497856
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
writtenby: Mike Elizondo, 50 Cent and Dr. Dre
album: Get Rich or Die Tryin'
|
42 |
recordlabel: Arista 3547
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US dance #1
writtenby: Jermaine Dupri, Marilyn McLeod, Pam Sawyer and Tamara Savage
album: The Boy Is Mine
comments: (featuring Jermaine Dupri and R.O.C.)
|
43 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54080
chartposition: RandB #1 (6 weeks), US #1
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Clarence Paul & Henry Cosby
album: The 12 Year Old Genius: Recorded Live
comments: [Motown Sound] [instrumental]
|
44 |
recordlabel: Arista 13774
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6
writtenby: Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis, Carlos Santana, Karl Perazzo and Raul Rekow
album: Supernatural
|
45 |
recordlabel: Atco 6087
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #30
weeksinr&bchart: 21
writtenby: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
|
46 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54232
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #7, US AC #1
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Talking Book / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
47 |
recordlabel: Columbia 12584
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US dance #39
writtenby: Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, Beyoncé , LeToya Luckett, Kelly Rowland
album: The Writing's on the Wall
|
48 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78276
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US AC #2, US dance #6
writtenby: Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri and Manuel Seal
album: Daydream
comments: [slow jam]
|
49 |
recordlabel: Tamla 1808
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: In Square Circle
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
50 |
recordlabel: Imperial 107
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #6
writtenby: Vincent Rose, Al Lewis and Larry Stock
album: This Is Fats Domino!
|
51 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10018
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #9
writtenby: Harold Logan and Lloyd Price
album: Mr. 'Personality'
|
52 |
recordlabel: Columbia 74197
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #2, US dance #13
writtenby: Treach (as Anthony Ciss)
album: Totally Krossed Out
comments: [hip hop]
|
53 |
recordlabel: EMI Manhattan 50146
chartposition: RandB #11, UK #2, US #1, US AC #7
writtenby: Bobby McFerrin
album: Spontaneous Inventions
comments: [reggae style pop]
|
54 |
recordlabel: Def Jam Digital
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1 UK #2, US dance #1
writtenby: Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Ester Dean, Makeba Riddick, Rob Swire and Rihanna
album: Rated R
|
55 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 3637
chartposition: RandB #6, UK #1, US #2, US dance #8, US AC #5
writtenby: Denny Randell & Sandy Linzer
album: Dancin' And Lovin'
comments: [disco dance]
|
56 |
recordlabel: MCA 088 155 782
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Shaggy (as Orville Burrell), Rik Rok, Shaun Pizzonia and Braun Thompson
album: Hot Shot
|
57 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54174
chartposition: RandB #2, US #2, UK #3
writtenby: Ronald Miller & Orlando Murden
album: For Once in My Life / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
58 |
recordlabel: Maverick/Sire 18000
chartposition: RandB #40, US #1, UK #16, US AC #1
writtenby: Babyface and Madonna
album: Bedtime Stories
|
59 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78043
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, US AC #8, UK #4, US dance #1
writtenby: Mariah Carey, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Dave Hall, Adrian Belew and Steven Stanley
album: Daydream
|
60 |
recordlabel: Columbia 310544
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #11
writtenby: Maurice White & Al McKay
album: Rejoice
comments: [disco funk]
|
61 |
recordlabel: Columbia 76867
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2, US dance #2
writtenby: Beyoncé, Scott Storch, Sean Paul, EST and Jay Z
album: Dangerously in Love / Dutty Rock
comments: [reggae dancehall]
|
62 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2940
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #6, US AC #2
writtenby: Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel
album: Killing Me Softly
comments: [ballad]
|
63 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros.
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US dance #1
writtenby: Prince
album: Parade
|
64 |
recordlabel: Def Jam
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US dance #14
writtenby: Ne Yo, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen
album: Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
|
65 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2864
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #14, US AC #1
writtenby: Ewan MacColl
album: First Take
comments: [ballad]
|
66 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54274
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #5, US AC #23, US dance #2
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs in the Key of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
67 |
recordlabel: Columbia 0786
chartposition: RandB #9, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Terri McFaddin (as Theresa McFaddin), Patrice Rushen and Will Smith
album: Men in Black: The Album
comments: [hip hop]
|
68 |
recordlabel: EastWest 98438
chartposition: RandB #10, US #1, UK #2, US dance #24
writtenby: Snow (as Darrin O'Brien), Marvin Prince, Edmond Leary, MC Shan (as Shawn Moltke) and Terri V. Lowe
album: 12 Inches of Snow
comments: [reggae hip hop]
|
69 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54034
chartposition: RandB #1 (8 weeks), US #2
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Smokey Robinson & Berry Gordy
album: Hi We're The Miracles / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
70 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2326
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
writtenby: Percy Sledge
album: When A Man Loves A Woman / The Best Of Percy Sledge / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
71 |
recordlabel: LaFace
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Usher, Jermaine Dupri and Bryan Michael Cox
album: Confessions
comments: [slow jam]
|
72 |
recordlabel: Shady 497815
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #1, US alt. #14
writtenby: Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto
album: 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
comments: [hip hop]
|
73 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54321
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #2, US AC #4
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Being with You / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
74 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 476 (UK)
chartposition: UK #1, RandB #62, US #2
writtenby: Cee Lo Green, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and Brody Brown
album: The Lady Killer
|
75 |
recordlabel: Def Jam
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: T.I., J.Smith, Makeba Riddick and B.D. Mihai
album: Paper Trail
|
76 |
recordlabel: King Jay 28430
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #3, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #31
writtenby: Bill Withers
album: Life, Love & Pain
|
77 |
recordlabel: AandM 004709
chartposition: RandB #8, US #2, UK #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Cee Lo Green, Anthony Ray and Busta Rhymes
album: PCD
|
78 |
recordlabel: Columbia 06191
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #6, US #1, US AC #2
writtenby: Gregory Abbott
album: Shake You Down
|
79 |
recordlabel: Parlophone 6062
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #2, US dance #2, US AC #3, US rock #24
writtenby: Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
album: Pipes of Peace
|
80 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 1015 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #5, US #1, UK #3, US dance #20
writtenby: Billy Griffin & Pete Moore (as Warren Moore)
album: City of Angels / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [Motown Sound] [disco]
|
81 |
recordlabel: Smash 1893
chartposition: RandB #2, US #2, UK #2
writtenby: Johnny Roberts & Robert Spencer
album: My Boy Lollipop
comments: [pop soul]
|
82 |
recordlabel: Imperial 5386
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #12
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino), Dave Bartholomew
album: Fats Domino Rock and Rollin'
|
83 |
recordlabel: LaFace 57550
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Lil Jon, Ciara, Sean Garrett, Craig Love and LaMarquis Jefferson
album: Goodies
|
84 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78804
chartposition: RandB #6, US #1, UK #3
writtenby: Nas (as Nasir Jones), Sam Barnes, Bernard Edwards, Joe Robinson, Nile Rodgers and Will Smith
album: Big Willie Style
comments: [hip hop]
|
85 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 17119
chartposition: US #1, UK #1 US dance #1
writtenby: Brian Higgins, Stuart McLennan, Paul Barry, Steven Torch, Matthew Gray and Timothy Powell
album: Believe
comments: [disco dance]
|
86 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2237
chartposition: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #4, UK #45
weeksinr&bchart: 18
writtenby: Arthur Resnick & Kenny Young
album: Under The Boardwalk / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [pop soul]
|
87 |
recordlabel: LaFace 4391
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #6
writtenby: Dallas Austin and T Boz (as Tionne Watkins)
album: FanMail
|
88 |
recordlabel: Columbia 77614
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #4, US dance #22
writtenby: Ini Kamoze, Chris Kenner, Kenton Nix and Salaam Remi
album: Here Comes the Hotstepper
|
89 |
recordlabel: United Artists 629
chartposition: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Bert Russell & Norman Meade
album: Cry Baby And 11 Other Hits
comments: [deep soul]
|
90 |
recordlabel: RCA 12357
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8, US dance #1 US AC #12, US rock #28
writtenby: Daryl Hall, John Oates & Sara Allen
album: Private Eyes
|
91 |
recordlabel: Arista 54962
chartposition: RandB #9, US #1, UK #3, US alt. #16
writtenby: André 3000
album: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
|
92 |
recordlabel: Columbia 07773
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #8, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: George Michael
album: Faith
|
93 |
recordlabel: RCA 5347
chartposition: US #1, UK #1, US Dance #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: Whenever You Need Somebody
comments: [BRIT Awards Best British Single 1988]
|
94 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 354
chartposition: RandB #1 (7 weeks), US #7
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Jerry Butler, Curtis Mayfield & Calvin Carter
album: He Will Break Your Heart
|
95 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78648
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #3, US dance #1
writtenby: Mariah Carey, Puff Daddy, Stevie J, Q Tip (The Ummah), Bobby Robinson, Stephen Hague, Ronald Larkins
album: Butterfly
|
96 |
recordlabel: Roc Nation 522671
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Jay Z, Al Shux, Jane't Sewell Ulepic, Alicia Keys, Bert Keyes & Sylvia Robinson
album: The Blueprint 3
|
97 |
recordlabel: Cameo 212
chartposition: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #2
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Jon Sheldon & Harry Land
album: It's Mashed Potato Time
|
98 |
recordlabel: Collipark Digital
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
album: souljaboytellem.com
|
99 |
recordlabel: Columbia 74037
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #17, US #1, US AC #3, US dance #1
writtenby: Mariah Carey, David Cole and Robert Clivillés
album: Emotions
|
100 |
recordlabel: Arista 2013
chartposition: RandB #4, US #2, UK #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Michael Münzing, Luca Anzilotti and D. Butler
album: World Power
|