1 |
recordlabel: 20th Century 2140
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Carl Douglas
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: Epic 74100
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #1, US AC #23, US dance #2
writtenby: Michael Jackson and Bill Bottrell
album: Dangerous
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4 |
recordlabel: LaFace 24200
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #2, US AC #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Secrets
comments: [slow jam]
|
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 02860
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1, US rock #34
writtenby: Paul McCartney
album: Tug of War
|
7 |
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
|
8 |
recordlabel: Arista 74321
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Dolly Parton
album: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
|
9 |
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
|
10 |
recordlabel: CBS 1593
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US dance #1
writtenby: Robert Clivilles & Freedom Williams
album: Gonna Make You Sweat
|
11 |
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
|
12 |
recordlabel: Motown 1066
chartposition: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #1, UK #1
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Where Did Our Love Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
13 |
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]
|
14 |
recordlabel: ABC 9972
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7
writtenby: traditional, Harold Logan and Lloyd Price
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #456]
|
15 |
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
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16 |
recordlabel: Motown 1098
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Reach Out
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
17 |
recordlabel: Epic 823
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #9
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Thriller
|
18 |
recordlabel: Keen 34013
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #29
writtenby: Sam Cooke
album: Sam Cooke / The Best of Sam Cooke
|
19 |
recordlabel: MCA 52770
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US AC #2
writtenby: Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager
album: Winner in You
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20 |
recordlabel: Motown 1519
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #7, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Lionel Richie
album: Endless Love: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
|
21 |
recordlabel: Avco 4653
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #3, US dance #3, US AC #2
writtenby: Van McCoy
album: Disco Baby
comments: [disco]
|
22 |
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
|
23 |
recordlabel: Motown 374631191
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #5, US AC #1
writtenby: Babyface
album: II
comments: [slow jam]
|
24 |
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]
|
25 |
recordlabel: Motown 1494
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #2, US dance #1, US 31, US AC #18
writtenby: Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards
album: Diana / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
26 |
recordlabel: J Records 61888
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Scott Storch, Ne Yo and Kameron Houff
album: Turning Point
|
27 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10487
chartposition: RandB #1 (5 weeks) US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 21
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Impressions
|
28 |
recordlabel: Motown 1745
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: The Woman in Red: Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
29 |
recordlabel: Motown 1074
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #7
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: More Hits By The Supremes
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
30 |
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]
|
31 |
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.)
|
32 |
recordlabel: Giant 19382
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #1
writtenby: Dr. Freeze
album: C.M.B.
|
33 |
recordlabel: Fury 1023
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1
writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: Kansas City
|
34 |
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]
|
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: Atlantic 85443
chartposition: RandB #4, US #2, UK #1
writtenby: Mark Morrison and Phil Chill
album: Return of the Mack
|
37 |
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]
|
38 |
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]
|
39 |
recordlabel: Roc A Fella
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Kanye West, Ray Charles and Renald Richard
album: Late Registration
|
40 |
recordlabel: Motown 3746310611
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #35
writtenby: Babyface (as Kenneth Edmonds), L.A. Reid (as Antonio
album: Boomerang: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [slow jam]
|
41 |
recordlabel: Arista 9381
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Gerry Goffin
album: Whitney Houston
comments: [ballad]
|
42 |
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]
|
43 |
recordlabel: Motown 1060
chartposition: RandB #1 (2 weeks), US #1, UK #3
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Where Did Our Love Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
44 |
recordlabel: T.K. 1004
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #19
writtenby: Harry Casey & Richard Finch
album: Rock Your Baby
comments: [disco dance]
|
45 |
recordlabel: Motown 1157
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards, Fonce Mizell
album: Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 2
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
46 |
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
|
47 |
recordlabel: Jive 9678
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US dance #25, US AC #5
writtenby: Robert John
album: Tear Down These Walls
|
48 |
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
|
49 |
recordlabel: Motown 1097
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: The Supremes A Go Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
50 |
recordlabel: Motown 1698
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US dance #5, US AC #1
writtenby: Lionel Richie
album: Can't Slow Down
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
51 |
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
|
52 |
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]
|
53 |
recordlabel: Fo' Reel 19509
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Nelly, Antoine Macon, Kenny Gamble and Bunny Sigler
album: Nellyville
|
54 |
recordlabel: Beltone 1002
chartposition: RandB #1 (10 weeks), US #1
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Ritchie Adams & Malou Rene
album: Tossin' & Turnin'
|
55 |
recordlabel: Atco 6087
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #30
weeksinr&bchart: 21
writtenby: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
|
56 |
recordlabel: Epic 3121
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #2, US AC #4
writtenby: Minnie Riperton & Richard Rudolph
album: Perfect Angel
comments: [ballad]
|
57 |
recordlabel: Volt 157
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
writtenby: Otis Redding & Steve Cropper
album: The Dock of the Bay / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul]
|
58 |
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]
|
59 |
recordlabel: AFO 302
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3
writtenby: Barbara George
album: I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)
|
60 |
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
|
61 |
recordlabel: Motown 1171
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US AC #24
writtenby: Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis & Willie Hutch
album: Third Album / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
62 |
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
|
63 |
recordlabel: Motown 1722
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Lionel Richie
album: Can't Slow Down
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
64 |
recordlabel: Motown 1076
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #23
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamount Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Second Album / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
65 |
recordlabel: Gee 1002
chartposition: RandB #1, US #6, UK #1
weeksinr&bchart: 17
writtenby: Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago and George Goldner
album: The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #307]
|
66 |
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]
|
67 |
recordlabel: Motown 1239
chartposition: RandB #5, US #1, UK #9, US AC #1
writtenby: Ron Miller, M. Masser
album: Touch Me in the Morning / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
68 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10018
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #9
writtenby: Harold Logan and Lloyd Price
album: Mr. 'Personality'
|
69 |
recordlabel: Jive 42557
chartposition: RandB #5, US #1, UK #3, US AC #1
writtenby: R. Kelly
album: R.
comments: [slow jam]
|
70 |
recordlabel: Motown 1443
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Lionel Richie
album: Natural High / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [ballad]
|
71 |
recordlabel: Poe Boy 346620
chartposition: RandB #9, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Flo Rida, Montay Humphrey and T Pain
album: Mail on Sunday
|
72 |
recordlabel: Epic
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #3, US dance #8
writtenby: Jennifer Lopez and Cory Rooney
album: J. Lo
|
73 |
recordlabel: Epic 07253
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Bad
|
74 |
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]
|
75 |
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]
|
76 |
recordlabel: Mercury 1109
chartposition: RandB #1 (9 weeks), US #7, UK #41
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Brook Benton & Clyde Otis
album: Golden Hits
|
77 |
recordlabel: Jive 71831
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Scott Storch, Sean Garrett and Juelz Santana
album: Chris Brown
|
78 |
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]
|
79 |
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]
|
80 |
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]
|
81 |
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]
|
82 |
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]
|
83 |
recordlabel: MGM 12688
chartposition: US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Carl Sigman and Charles Dawes
album: It's All in the Game
comments: [ballad]
|
84 |
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]
|
85 |
recordlabel: EMI Manhattan 50146
chartposition: RandB #11, UK #2, US #1, US AC #7
writtenby: Bobby McFerrin
album: Spontaneous Inventions
comments: [reggae style pop]
|
86 |
recordlabel: Epic 3258
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US rock #14
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Thriller
|
87 |
recordlabel: Columbia 310544
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #11
writtenby: Maurice White & Al McKay
album: Rejoice
comments: [disco funk]
|
88 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2864
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #14, US AC #1
writtenby: Ewan MacColl
album: First Take
comments: [ballad]
|
89 |
recordlabel: Epic 10902
chartposition: RandB #38, US #1, UK #5, US AC #1
writtenby: Johnny Nash
album: I Can See Clearly Now
comments: [reggae]
|
90 |
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]
|
91 |
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]
|
92 |
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]
|
93 |
recordlabel: Maverick/Sire 18000
chartposition: RandB #40, US #1, UK #16, US AC #1
writtenby: Babyface and Madonna
album: Bedtime Stories
|
94 |
recordlabel: Motown 1169
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US AC #6
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Diana Ross / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
95 |
recordlabel: Imperial 107
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #6
writtenby: Vincent Rose, Al Lewis and Larry Stock
album: This Is Fats Domino!
|
96 |
recordlabel: Epic 976
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley
album: Make It Big
comments: [ballad]
|
97 |
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]
|
98 |
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
|
99 |
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]
|
100 |
recordlabel: Collipark Digital
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
album: souljaboytellem.com
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