| 1 |
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
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Hi 2202
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US AC #36
writtenby: Al Green, Willie Mitchell & Al Jackson Jr.
album: Let's Stay Together
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Virgin 1460
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, US AC #16, UK #2, US dance #1
writtenby: Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) and Terry Lewis
album: Janet
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| 4 |
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
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Arista 9598
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #1, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #1
writtenby: George Merrill & Shannon Rubicam
album: Whitney
|
| 6 |
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
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Epic 823
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #9
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Thriller
|
| 8 |
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
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02860
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1, US rock #34
writtenby: Paul McCartney
album: Tug of War
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Virgin 97522
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US dance #1
writtenby: Wayne Garfield, Jimmy Jam, Janet Jackson , Terry Lewis, Mauro Malavasi and David Roman
album: All for You
|
| 11 |
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
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Enterprise 9038
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #4, US AC #6
writtenby: Isaac Hayes
album: Shaft: Music from the movie / Stax Greatest Hits
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: Arista 74321
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Dolly Parton
album: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
|
| 14 |
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]
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: Epic 74100
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #1, US AC #23, US dance #2
writtenby: Michael Jackson and Bill Bottrell
album: Dangerous
|
| 16 |
recordlabel: Siren 111
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #3, US #1, US dance #3, US AC #39
writtenby: Elliot Wolff
album: Forever Your Girl
comments: [dance]
|
| 17 |
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]
|
| 18 |
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
|
| 19 |
recordlabel: Epic 50225
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US dance #12
writtenby: Robert Parissi
album: Wild Cherry
comments: [funk]
|
| 20 |
recordlabel: Virgin 1670
chartposition: RandB #8, US #1, UK #4, US dance #1
writtenby: Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis and René Elizondo Jr.
album: The Velvet Rope
|
| 21 |
recordlabel: Epic 3121
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #2, US AC #4
writtenby: Minnie Riperton & Richard Rudolph
album: Perfect Angel
comments: [ballad]
|
| 22 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 85443
chartposition: RandB #4, US #2, UK #1
writtenby: Mark Morrison and Phil Chill
album: Return of the Mack
|
| 23 |
recordlabel: Giant 19382
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #1
writtenby: Dr. Freeze
album: C.M.B.
|
| 24 |
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
|
| 25 |
recordlabel: Arista 9381
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Gerry Goffin
album: Whitney Houston
comments: [ballad]
|
| 26 |
recordlabel: Jive 88175
chartposition: RandB #11, US #1, UK #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Danja
album: FutureSex/LoveSounds
|
| 27 |
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]
|
| 28 |
recordlabel: Philles 124
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Phil Spector, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
album: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 29 |
recordlabel: Arista 13774
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6
writtenby: Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis, Carlos Santana, Karl Perazzo and Raul Rekow
album: Supernatural
|
| 30 |
recordlabel: Dimension 1000
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Gerry Goffin & Carole King
album: Llllloco Motion
|
| 31 |
recordlabel: Jive 9678
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US dance #25, US AC #5
writtenby: Robert John
album: Tear Down These Walls
|
| 32 |
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.)
|
| 33 |
recordlabel: Epic 79639
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #4
writtenby: Martin Denny, LeShan Lewis, Jennifer Lopez , Troy Oliver and Cory Rooney
album: J. Lo
|
| 34 |
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
|
| 35 |
recordlabel: J Digital
chartposition: RandB #74, US #1, UK #1, US AC #1, US dance #15
writtenby: Ryan Tedder and Jesse McCartney
album: Spirit
|
| 36 |
recordlabel: Colpix 186
chartposition: RandB #1 (2 weeks), US #1, UK #1
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
|
| 37 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 3521
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #12, US AC #10
writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Cary Gilbert
album: 360 Degrees of Billy Paul / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound ballad]
|
| 38 |
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]
|
| 39 |
recordlabel: Murder Inc. 588986
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
writtenby: Channel 7, Mark DeBarge, Ashanti, Etterlene Jordan and Irv Gotti
album: Ashanti
|
| 40 |
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
|
| 41 |
recordlabel: Epic 3258
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US rock #14
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Thriller
|
| 42 |
recordlabel: Epic 976
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley
album: Make It Big
comments: [ballad]
|
| 43 |
recordlabel: EMI Manhattan 50146
chartposition: RandB #11, UK #2, US #1, US AC #7
writtenby: Bobby McFerrin
album: Spontaneous Inventions
comments: [reggae style pop]
|
| 44 |
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]
|
| 45 |
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]
|
| 46 |
recordlabel: Imperial 107
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #6
writtenby: Vincent Rose, Al Lewis and Larry Stock
album: This Is Fats Domino!
|
| 47 |
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]
|
| 48 |
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
|
| 49 |
recordlabel: Virgin 38
chartposition: RandB #20, US #1, UK #6, US AC #1
writtenby: Peter Lord
album: Spellbound
|
| 50 |
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
|
| 51 |
recordlabel: Jive 42557
chartposition: RandB #5, US #1, UK #3, US AC #1
writtenby: R. Kelly
album: R.
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 52 |
recordlabel: Epic 10902
chartposition: RandB #38, US #1, UK #5, US AC #1
writtenby: Johnny Nash
album: I Can See Clearly Now
comments: [reggae]
|
| 53 |
recordlabel: Columbia 310544
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #11
writtenby: Maurice White & Al McKay
album: Rejoice
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 54 |
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]
|
| 55 |
recordlabel: Virgin 96528
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #2, US dance #24, US AC #45
writtenby: Oliver Leiber
album: Forever Your Girl
|
| 56 |
recordlabel: Maverick/Sire 18000
chartposition: RandB #40, US #1, UK #16, US AC #1
writtenby: Babyface and Madonna
album: Bedtime Stories
|
| 57 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2864
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #14, US AC #1
writtenby: Ewan MacColl
album: First Take
comments: [ballad]
|
| 58 |
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]
|
| 59 |
recordlabel: Epic
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #3, US dance #8
writtenby: Jennifer Lopez and Cory Rooney
album: J. Lo
|
| 60 |
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]
|
| 61 |
recordlabel: Jive 71831
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Scott Storch, Sean Garrett and Juelz Santana
album: Chris Brown
|
| 62 |
recordlabel: Epic 07253
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Bad
|
| 63 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 3550
chartposition: RandB #4, US #2, UK #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: The Three Degrees / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
|
| 64 |
recordlabel: Columbia 07773
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #8, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: George Michael
album: Faith
|
| 65 |
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'
|
| 66 |
recordlabel: Columbia 06191
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #6, US #1, US AC #2
writtenby: Gregory Abbott
album: Shake You Down
|
| 67 |
recordlabel: Virgin 1481
chartposition: RandB #7, US #1, UK #6, US AC #4
writtenby: Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) and Terry Lewis
album: janet.
|
| 68 |
recordlabel: King 4950
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2
weeksinr&bchart: 28
writtenby: Bill Doggett, Billy Butler, Clifford Scott and Shep Shepherd
album: Everybody Dance the Honky Tonk
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 69 |
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]
|
| 70 |
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]
|
| 71 |
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]
|
| 72 |
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
|
| 73 |
recordlabel: Virgin 265
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #4, US dance #1
writtenby: Jazzie B, Caron Wheeler, Nellee Hooper & Simon Law
album: Club Classics, Volume One
|
| 74 |
recordlabel: Wing 865 136
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US AC #1
writtenby: Phil Galdston, Wendy Waldman and Jon Lind
album: The Comfort Zone
comments: [ballad]
|
| 75 |
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
|
| 76 |
recordlabel: Jive 1672
chartposition: RandB #6, UK #1, US #2, US AC #2, US dance #31,
writtenby: Wayne Anton Braithwaite, Barry Eastmond (as Barry James Eastmond), Robert John
album: The Jewel of the Nile: Music from the 20th Century Fox Motion Picture Soundtrack
|
| 77 |
recordlabel: King Jay 28430
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #3, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #31
writtenby: Bill Withers
album: Life, Love & Pain
|
| 78 |
recordlabel: Arista 54962
chartposition: RandB #9, US #1, UK #3, US alt. #16
writtenby: André 3000
album: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
|
| 79 |
recordlabel: Interscope 497066
chartposition: RandB #43, US #1, UK #1, US dance #3
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan
album: Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film
|
| 80 |
recordlabel: Arista 2013
chartposition: RandB #4, US #2, UK #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Michael Münzing, Luca Anzilotti and D. Butler
album: World Power
|
| 81 |
recordlabel: De lite 807
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #7, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #34
writtenby: Donna Johnson, Claydes Charles Smith, Earl Eugene Toon Jr., James
album: Celebrate!
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 82 |
recordlabel: Collipark Digital
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
album: souljaboytellem.com
|
| 83 |
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
|
| 84 |
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
|
| 85 |
recordlabel: Laurie 3152
chartposition: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #1, UK #16
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Ronnie Mack
album: The Chiffons
|
| 86 |
recordlabel: Epic 78002
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #7, US dance #3
writtenby: R. Kelly
album: HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
comments: [ballad]
|
| 87 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2025
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2
writtenby: Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson and George Treadwell
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #193]
|
| 88 |
recordlabel: Columbia 74330
chartposition: RandB #11, US #1, UK #2, US AC #1
writtenby: Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis and Willie Hutch
album: MTV Unplugged
comments: [ballad]
|
| 89 |
recordlabel: Invictus 9075
chartposition: UK #1, RandB #20, US #3
writtenby: Brian Holand, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. & Rolland Dunbar
album: Band Of Gold
|
| 90 |
recordlabel: Epic 50797
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US dance #2, US AC #21
writtenby: Rod Temperton
album: Off The Wall
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 91 |
recordlabel: Epic 5 10805
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #15
writtenby: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)
album: There's A Riot Goin' On
comments: [funk]
|
| 92 |
recordlabel: Epic 510407
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #36
writtenby: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)
album: Stand!
|
| 93 |
recordlabel: King 4935
chartposition: RandB #1, US #24
writtenby: Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell (as John Davenport)
album: Fever
|
| 94 |
recordlabel: Imperial 5428
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #19
writtenby: Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew
album: Here Stands Fats Domino
|
| 95 |
recordlabel: Pavilion 20001
chartposition: RandB #2, US #4, UK #2, US AC #22
writtenby: Traditional & Edwin Hawkins
album: Let Us Go into the House of the Lord
comments: [gospel]
|
| 96 |
recordlabel: Jive 42422
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #1, US AC #3
writtenby: R. Kelly
album: Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 97 |
recordlabel: Epic
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: DJ Ron G., William Jeffrey, Jennifer Lopez, L. Peters, Curtis Richardson and Makeba Riddick
album: This Is Me... Then
|
| 98 |
recordlabel: Interscope
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #5
writtenby: Danja, Keri Hilson, Kevin Cossom, Ne Yo, Marcella Araica & Kanye West
album: In a Perfect World…
|
| 99 |
recordlabel: Arista 9434
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #5, US #1, US dance #3, US AC #1
writtenby: George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam & Narada Michael Walden
album: Whitney Houston
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 100 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78822
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #4, US AC #18, US dance #5
writtenby: Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff
album: Butterfly
comments: [slow jam]
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