1 |
recordlabel: Arista 74321
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Dolly Parton
album: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
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2 |
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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3 |
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
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4 |
recordlabel: J Records 61888
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Scott Storch, Ne Yo and Kameron Houff
album: Turning Point
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5 |
recordlabel: Mercury 70893
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
writtenby: Georges Boulanger and Jimmy Kennedy
album: The Platters
comments: [ballad]
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6 |
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]
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7 |
recordlabel: Arista 9598
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #1, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #1
writtenby: George Merrill & Shannon Rubicam
album: Whitney
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8 |
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
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9 |
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
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10 |
recordlabel: 20th Century 2140
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Carl Douglas
comments: [disco dance]
|
11 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10487
chartposition: RandB #1 (5 weeks) US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 21
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Impressions
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12 |
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]
|
13 |
recordlabel: Fo' Reel 19509
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Nelly, Antoine Macon, Kenny Gamble and Bunny Sigler
album: Nellyville
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14 |
recordlabel: Arista 13774
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6
writtenby: Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis, Carlos Santana, Karl Perazzo and Raul Rekow
album: Supernatural
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15 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71565
chartposition: RandB #1 (10 weeks), US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 17
writtenby: Clyde Otis, Murray Stein & Brook Benton
album: The Two Of Us
comments: [jazz RnB]
|
16 |
recordlabel: Arista 9381
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Gerry Goffin
album: Whitney Houston
comments: [ballad]
|
17 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71289
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
writtenby: Morty Nevins, Al Nevins, Artie Dunn and Buck Ram
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18 |
recordlabel: Polydor 14508
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #1, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #9
writtenby: Freddie Perren & Dino Fekaris
album: Love Tracks
comments: [disco]
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19 |
recordlabel: Warner 22924
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US dance #1, US alt. #18
writtenby: Prince
album: Batman
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20 |
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]
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21 |
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]
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22 |
recordlabel: Fury 1023
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1
writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: Kansas City
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23 |
recordlabel: Polydor 14547
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #4, US #1, US AC #4
writtenby: Dino Fekaris & Freddie Perren
album: 2 Hot
comments: [Sweet Soul]
|
24 |
recordlabel: Work 79163
chartposition: RandB #6, US #1, UK #4, US dance #5
writtenby: LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins and Cory Rooney
album: On the 6
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25 |
recordlabel: Roc A Fella
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Kanye West, Ray Charles and Renald Richard
album: Late Registration
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26 |
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
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27 |
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.)
|
28 |
recordlabel: Imperial 107
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #6
writtenby: Vincent Rose, Al Lewis and Larry Stock
album: This Is Fats Domino!
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29 |
recordlabel: 20th Century 2133
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #1, US dance #2
writtenby: B. White, P. S. Radcliffe, T. Sepe
album: Can't Get Enough
comments: [disco dance]
|
30 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros.
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US dance #1
writtenby: Prince
album: Parade
|
31 |
recordlabel: Scepter 1274
chartposition: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #6, UK #9, US AC #7
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Burt Bacharach
album: Make Way for Dionne Warwick
comments: [pop soul ballad]
|
32 |
recordlabel: Mercury 70753
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1
writtenby: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
|
33 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10018
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #9
writtenby: Harold Logan and Lloyd Price
album: Mr. 'Personality'
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34 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7022
chartposition: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Doxier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Heat Wave
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
35 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7093
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #13
writtenby: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Puzzle People / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
36 |
recordlabel: Virgin 96528
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #2, US dance #24, US AC #45
writtenby: Oliver Leiber
album: Forever Your Girl
|
37 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7105
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8, US AC #33
writtenby: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Sky's the Limit / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
38 |
recordlabel: Maverick/Sire 18000
chartposition: RandB #40, US #1, UK #16, US AC #1
writtenby: Babyface and Madonna
album: Bedtime Stories
|
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: Mercury 1109
chartposition: RandB #1 (9 weeks), US #7, UK #41
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Brook Benton & Clyde Otis
album: Golden Hits
|
41 |
recordlabel: Virgin 38
chartposition: RandB #20, US #1, UK #6, US AC #1
writtenby: Peter Lord
album: Spellbound
|
42 |
recordlabel: Fo' Reel 019279
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
writtenby: Nelly, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo
album: Nellyville
|
43 |
recordlabel: Arista 54962
chartposition: RandB #9, US #1, UK #3, US alt. #16
writtenby: André 3000
album: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
|
44 |
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
|
45 |
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
|
46 |
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
|
47 |
recordlabel: Collipark Digital
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
album: souljaboytellem.com
|
48 |
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'
|
49 |
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]
|
50 |
recordlabel: Arista 2013
chartposition: RandB #4, US #2, UK #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Michael Münzing, Luca Anzilotti and D. Butler
album: World Power
|
51 |
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
|
52 |
recordlabel: RSO 918
chartposition: RandB #44, UK #1, US #1, US dance #22, US AC #19
writtenby: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
album: Spirit Having Flown
comments: [disco]
|
53 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71394
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3
writtenby: Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks and Clyde Otis
album: It's Just a Matter of Time
comments: [ballad]
|
54 |
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
|
55 |
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]
|
56 |
recordlabel: 20th Century 2069
chartposition: RandB #10, US #1, UK #10, US AC #1
writtenby: Barrry White
album: Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited
comments: Instrumental
|
57 |
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
|
58 |
recordlabel: Ruffhouse 7935
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #1, US AC #30, US dance #48
writtenby: Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel
album: The Score
comments: [neo soul]
|
59 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7038
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #43
writtenby: Smokey Robinson & Ronald White
album: The Temptations Sing Smokey / David Ruffin At His Best
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
60 |
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]
|
61 |
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.
|
62 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7101
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #3
writtenby: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: War and Peace / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
63 |
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]
|
64 |
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…
|
65 |
recordlabel: RSO 853
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #5, US AC #25, US dance #1
writtenby: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
album: Children of the World
comments: [disco]
|
66 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71383
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Otto Harbach and Jerome Kern
album: Remember When?
comments: [ballad]
|
67 |
recordlabel: Music World
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US dance #1
writtenby: Tricky Stewart, The Dream, Thaddis Harrell and Beyoncé
album: I Am... Sasha Fierce
|
68 |
recordlabel: Rebel Rock 524312
chartposition: RandB #5, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: B.o.B, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine
album: B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray
|
69 |
recordlabel: J Records 20102
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US AC #10
writtenby: Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers Jr. and Dirty Harry
album: As I Am
comments: [neo soul]
|
70 |
recordlabel: Imperial 5428
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #19
writtenby: Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew
album: Here Stands Fats Domino
|
71 |
recordlabel: Mercury 014302
chartposition: US #1, UK #1, AC #24, RandB #121
writtenby: Taio Cruz and Fraser T. Smith
album: Rokstarr
mpcode: ddgcdagdbwI
|
72 |
recordlabel: Blackground 38722
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #5
writtenby: Static Major (as Steve Garrett) and Timbaland (as Timothy Mosley)
album: Romeo Must Die: The Album
|
73 |
recordlabel: J Records 21041
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US AC #24
writtenby: Alicia Keys
album: Songs in A Minor
comments: [neo soul]
|
74 |
recordlabel: Elektra 47031
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #7, US dance #2
writtenby: John Deacon
album: The Game
mpcode: rY0WxgSXdEE
|
75 |
recordlabel: Laurie 3152
chartposition: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #1, UK #16
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Ronnie Mack
album: The Chiffons
|
76 |
recordlabel: Warner 28455
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Jonathan Lewis, David Lewis & Wayne Lewis
album: All in the Name of Love
comments: [love ballad]
|
77 |
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]
|
78 |
recordlabel: Mercury 70633
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5
writtenby: Buck Ram (as Ande Rand)
|
79 |
recordlabel: RCA 13354
chartposition: US #1, RandB #78, UK #6, US dance #18, US AC #14, US rock #18
writtenby: Sara Allen, Daryl Hall & John Oates
album: H2O
|
80 |
recordlabel: Arista 15036
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #5
writtenby: Bryan Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri and Usher (as Usher Raymond)
album: 8701
comments: [slow jam]
|
81 |
recordlabel: Verve 10383
chartposition: RandB #13, US #1, UK #15
writtenby: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
album: Soul & Inspiration
|
82 |
recordlabel: Interscope 6610
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Kool Moe Dee (as Moe DeWese), Rob Fusari, Will Smith and Stevie Wonder
album: Wild Wild West: Music Inspired by the Motion Picture
|
83 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55166
chartposition: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #15
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Lena Agree
album: Jackie Sings The Blues
|
84 |
recordlabel: Arista 612 693
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #3, US dance #1, US AC #7
writtenby: Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney & Andy Morris
album: Affection
|
85 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55462
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #3
writtenby: Barbara Acklin & Eugene Record
album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
86 |
recordlabel: Puff Daddy Records 1
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #6
weeksinr&bchart: 29
writtenby: Edwards, Mase, Nile Rodgers, Stevie J, Diddy, The Notorious B.I.G.
album: Life After Death
comments: [hip hop]
|
87 |
recordlabel: Universal 006026
chartposition: RandB #7, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Chamillionaire, Juan Salinas, Oscar Salinas and Krayzie Bone
album: The Sound of Revenge
|
88 |
recordlabel: Rush 314 579 580
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #11
writtenby: Montell Jordan, Oji Pierce and Slick Rick (as Ricky Walters)
album: This Is How We Do It
|
89 |
recordlabel: Gee Street 33
chartposition: RandB #16, UK #3, US #1, US dance #6
writtenby: Prince Be (as Attrell Cordes) and Gary Kemp
album: Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience
|
90 |
recordlabel: Arista 9212
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US dance #6, US AC #9, US rock #38
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr
album: Ghostbusters: Original Soundtrack Album
|
91 |
recordlabel: Ruffhouse 41015
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #3
writtenby: Lauryn Hill
album: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
comments: [hip hop]
|
92 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10244
chartposition: RandB #1 (5 weeks), US #1, UK #6
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Percy Mayfield
album: Ray Charles Greatest Hits
|
93 |
recordlabel: Shady Records 9880635
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
writtenby: 50 Cent
album: The Massacre
|
94 |
recordlabel: Fury 1053
chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #7
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Lee Dorsey, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson & Morris Levy
|
95 |
recordlabel: RCA 07863 62585
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #33
writtenby: Brian Alexander Morgan
album: It's About Time
comments: [slow jam]
|
96 |
recordlabel: Aftermath
chartposition: RandB #13, US #2, UK #1, US alt. #15
writtenby: Eminem
album: The Eminem Show
comments: [hip hop]
|
97 |
recordlabel: Sire 27539
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #20, UK #1, US #1, US AC #3
writtenby: Madonna & Patrick Leonard
album: Like a Prayer
|
98 |
recordlabel: RCA Victor 0232
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #6, US AC #12
writtenby: Wally Holmes (as Waldo Holmes)
album: Freedom for the Stallion
comments: [pop soul disco]
|
99 |
recordlabel: Elektra 69564
chartposition: RandB #29, UK #2, US #1
writtenby: Mick Hucknall & Neil Moss
album: Picture Book
|
100 |
recordlabel: RSO 885
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #4, US AC #28, US dance #3
writtenby: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
album: Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track
comments: [disco]
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