| 1 |
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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| 2 |
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
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| 3 |
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]
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| 4 |
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.
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| 5 |
recordlabel: Columbia 77224
chartposition: RandB #5, US #1, UK #7, US AC #2
writtenby: Mariah Carey
album: Music Box
comments: [ballad]
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| 6 |
recordlabel: LaFace 74321
chartposition: RandB #4, US #3, UK #2, US AC #4
writtenby: Babyface
album: Toni Braxton
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 7 |
recordlabel: RCA 07863 62585
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #33
writtenby: Brian Alexander Morgan
album: It's About Time
comments: [slow jam]
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| 8 |
recordlabel: Elektra 64654
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #72
writtenby: Roy Murray and Keith Sweat
album: Lose Control
comments: [slow jam]
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| 9 |
recordlabel: Arista 12527
chartposition: RandB #4, US #4, UK #3, US AC #1
writtenby: David Foster and Linda Thompson (as Linda Thompson Jenner)
album: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [ballad]
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| 10 |
recordlabel: Arista 74321
chartposition: RandB #5, US #4, UK #4, US AC #26, US dance #1
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
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| 11 |
recordlabel: Big Beat 10110
chartposition: RandB #7, US #5, UK #6, US dance #1
writtenby: Allen George and Fred McFarlane
album: Show Me Love
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| 12 |
recordlabel: Virgin 17446
chartposition: RandB #3, US #4, UK #14, US dance #1
writtenby: Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) and Terry Lewis
album: janet
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| 13 |
recordlabel: Life 79001
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #34
writtenby: Steve Roll'n (as Stephen Gibson) and DC The Brain Supreme (as Cecil Glenn)
album: Whoomp! There It Is
comments: [hip hop]
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| 14 |
recordlabel: Interscope Records 53816
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #31, US dance #22
writtenby: Dr. Dre (as Andre Young), Snoop Dogg (as Calvin Broadus) and Eric Collins
album: The Chronic
comments: [hip hop] (featuring Snoop Dogg)
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| 15 |
recordlabel: Epic 1979
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #54
writtenby: Jermaine Dupri and Manuel Seal (as Manuel Seal Jr.)
album: Hummin' Comin' at 'Cha
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| 16 |
recordlabel: RCA 74321 14497
chartposition: RandB #2, US #6, UK #17
writtenby: Brian Alexander Morgan
album: It's About Time
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| 17 |
recordlabel: RCA 07863626147
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2
writtenby: Brian Alexander Morgan, G. Parker, G. Gomez and K. Ortiz
album: It's About Time
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| 18 |
recordlabel: Go Beat 99
chartposition: UK #1, US Dance #1, US #26
writtenby: Gabrielle and Tim Laws
album: Find Your Way
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| 19 |
recordlabel: LaFace 74321 16350
chartposition: RandB #2, US #7, UK #15, US AC #8
writtenby: Babyface and Daryl Simmons
album: Toni Braxton
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| 20 |
recordlabel: Epic 1950
chartposition: RandB #3, US #6, UK #26, US dance #2
writtenby: Abdullah Bahr, Treach, Kay Gee, Vinnie Brown
album: Pronounced Jah Nay
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| 21 |
recordlabel: Epic 77060
chartposition: RandB #53, US #7, UK #9, US AC #5
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Dangerous
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| 22 |
recordlabel: FFRR 234
chartposition: RandB #3, US 4, UK #29
writtenby: Cheryl
album: Very Necessary
comments: [hip hop]
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| 23 |
recordlabel: Jive 335
chartposition: RandB #21, US #13, UK #1, US dance #36
writtenby: Will Smith
album: Code Red
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| 24 |
recordlabel: Luke 161
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3
writtenby: Shazam, Dino, GI, Stick and Roger (as Roger Troutman)
album: Fever for da Flavor
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| 25 |
recordlabel: Giant 18630
chartposition: RandB #55, US #3, US AC #1
writtenby: John Keller and Tonio K (as Steve Krikorian)
album: Beverly Hills, 90210: The Soundtrack
comments: [ballad]
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| 26 |
recordlabel: Deconstruction 74321 16616 7
chartposition: UK #2, US #34, US Dance #1
writtenby: Mike Pickering and Paul Heard
album: Elegant Slumming
comments: [dance, house]
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| 27 |
recordlabel: JMJ 74882
chartposition: RandB #11, US #4, UK #31
writtenby: Sticky Fingaz (as Kirk Jones), Jam Master Jay (as Jason Mizell), Chylow Parker, Fredro Starr
album: Bacdafucup
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| 28 |
recordlabel: AandM 580388(UK)
chartposition: UK #3
writtenby: Coral Gordon and Geoff Gurd
album: So Close
comments: [ballad]
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| 29 |
recordlabel: Uptown 54652
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Uptown MTV Unplugged
comments: [slow jam]
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| 30 |
recordlabel: Tommy Boy 554
chartposition: RandB #1, US #8, UK #22, US dance #9
writtenby: Vincent Brown, Treach (as Anthony Criss), Kay Gee (as Kier Gist), Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley
album: 19 Naughty III
comments: [hip hop]
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| 31 |
recordlabel: Capitol 077771649165
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4
writtenby: Chris Jackson, E. Jay Turner and Tracy Carter
album: Gangsta Lean
comments: [slow jam]
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| 32 |
recordlabel: Parlophone 6346
chartposition: RandB #51, US #9, UK #7, US AC #1
writtenby: Lulu, Billy Lawrie and Steve DuBerry
album: What's Love Got to Do with It
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| 33 |
recordlabel: Arista 74321 10696
chartposition: UK #2, US Dance #29
writtenby: Michael Münzing (as Benito Benites), Luca Anzilotti
album: The Madman's Return
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| 34 |
recordlabel: Outburst 2461
chartposition: RandB 4, US #7, UK #33
writtenby: Domino [American rapper] (as Shawn Ivy) and Battlecat (as Kevin Gilliam)
album: Domino
comments: [hip hop]
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| 35 |
recordlabel: Death Row 5439
chartposition: RandB #8, US #8, UK #20, US dance #43
writtenby: Dr. Dre (as Andre Young), George Clinton, Gary Shider, Snoop Dogg and David Spradley
album: Doggystyle
comments: [hip hop]
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| 36 |
recordlabel: Big Beat 10131
chartposition: UK #3, RandB #73, US #16
writtenby: Ian Lewis and Roger Lewis
album: Bad Boys
comments: [Reggae]
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| 37 |
recordlabel: EMI 1st Avenue 283
chartposition: RandB #13, US #19, UK #4, US dance #12
writtenby: Mark Stevens and Bobby Khozouri
album: Always and Forever
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| 38 |
recordlabel: Capitol 15892
chartposition: RandB #21, US #9, UK #23, US alt. #29
writtenby: Rahsaan Kelly, Mel Simpson, Geoff Wilkinson and Herbie Hancock (sample)
album: Hand on the Torch
comments: [hip hop] (featuring Rashaan and Gerrard Prescencer)
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| 39 |
recordlabel: Big Life 105
chartposition: UK #3, RandB #42, US #18
writtenby: K7 and Joey Gardner
album: Swing Batta Swing
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 40 |
recordlabel: Columbia 38 77341
chartposition: RandB #1, US #8
writtenby: Manuel Seal (as Manuel Seal Jr.)
album: Hummin' Comin' at 'Cha
comments: [slow jam]
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| 41 |
recordlabel: Qwest 18346
chartposition: RandB #1, US #9
writtenby: Babyface and Daryl Simmons
album: I'm Ready
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| 42 |
recordlabel: EMI United Kingdom 353(UK)
chartposition: UK #4
writtenby: Tommy Faragher and Lotti Golden
album: Always and Forever
comments: [slow jam]
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| 43 |
recordlabel: Wing 859 056
chartposition: RandB #8, US #7, US dance #45
writtenby: Juan Bautista, Will Harris and Raphael Saadiq (as Raphael Wiggins)
album: Sons of Soul
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| 44 |
recordlabel: Mango 806
chartposition: UK #3
writtenby: E. Bonnor, J. Taylor, J. Bonner, L. Willis, Robbie Shakespeare, S. Dunbar
album: All She Wrote
comments: [Reggae]
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| 45 |
recordlabel: Wing 859 566
chartposition: RandB #2, US #10
writtenby: Raphael Saadiq (as Raphael Wiggins) and Carl Wheeler
album: Sons of Soul
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| 46 |
recordlabel: MCA 54596
chartposition: RandB #4, US #10
writtenby: Carl Martin, Marc Gay and Darnell Van Rensalier
album: ...If I Ever Fall in Love
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 47 |
recordlabel: Big Beat 98426
chartposition: RandB #58, US #8, UK #52
writtenby: Inner Circle
album: Bad Boys
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 48 |
recordlabel: Gasoline Alley 54574
chartposition: RandB #19, US #10
writtenby: Carl Martin and Marc Gay
album: ...If I Ever Fall in Love
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| 49 |
recordlabel: Mango 810
chartposition: UK #4
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield and Dino Fekaris
album: Tease Me
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 50 |
recordlabel: Columbia 5628
chartposition: RandB #98, US #18, UK #23, US AC #9
writtenby: Johnny Nash
album: Cool Runnings: Music from the Motion Picture
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| 51 |
recordlabel: Epic 659069(UK)
chartposition: UK #2
writtenby: Michael Jackson and Bill Bottrell
album: Dangerous
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| 52 |
recordlabel: Wrap 93 286
chartposition: RandB #7, US #11
writtenby: C.C. Orange (as C.C. Lemonhead) and Jay McGowan (as Jay Ski)
album: Quad City Knock
|
| 53 |
recordlabel: MCA 54511
chartposition: RandB #3, US #14, US dance #31
writtenby: Teddy Riley, Bernard Belle, T. Haynes, Bobby Brown and Louis Silas Jr.
album: Bobby
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| 54 |
recordlabel: Priority 6654
chartposition: RandB #7, US #15, UK #27
writtenby: Ice Cube (as O'Shea Jackson)
album: The Predator
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 55 |
recordlabel: Interscope 96036
chartposition: RandB #5, US #11
writtenby: 2Pac, Shock G, Larry Troutman, Shirley Murdock and Money B
album: Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 56 |
recordlabel: TMR 3089
chartposition: RandB #19, US #12
writtenby: Duice
album: Dazzey Duks
comments: [rap]
|
| 57 |
recordlabel: Uptown 2796
chartposition: RandB #1, US #15, UK #89
writtenby: DeVante Swing
album: Diary of a Mad Band
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 58 |
recordlabel: Mercury
chartposition: RandB #8, US #13, US AC #16
writtenby: Brian McKnight, B. Barnes and M. Barnes
album: Brian McKnight
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 59 |
recordlabel: 4th and Bway 283
chartposition: RandB #1, US #20, UK #36
writtenby: Ice Cube (as O'Shea Jackson)
album: The Predator
comments: [hip hop]
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| 60 |
recordlabel: Arista 74321 16930 7
chartposition: RandB #47, US #36, UK #14, US dance #1
writtenby: Babyface, Whitney Houston, L.A. Reid and Daryl Simmons
album: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
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| 61 |
recordlabel: Interscope 95972
chartposition: RandB #7, US #12
writtenby: 2Pac (as Tupac Shakur)
album: Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
comments: [hip hop]
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| 62 |
recordlabel: Big Beat 10133
chartposition: RandB #52, US #53, UK #11, US dance #1
writtenby: Allen George and Fred McFarlane
album: Show Me Love
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 63 |
recordlabel: Epic 77264
chartposition: RandB #1, US #15
writtenby: Babyface
album: For the Cool in You
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 64 |
recordlabel: Pendulum 64674
chartposition: RandB #6, US #15, US dance #20
writtenby: Ishmael Butler, Craig Irving and Mary Ann Vieira
album: Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)
comments: [neo soul hip hop]
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| 65 |
recordlabel: CBS/Sony 659353
chartposition: RandB #27, US #19, UK #32, US dance #16
writtenby: B Real, Sen Dog and DJ Muggs
album: Black Sunday
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 66 |
recordlabel: PWL 253
chartposition: US #90, UK #3, US dance #18
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: Doin' It Now
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 67 |
recordlabel: Epic 74321 15297
chartposition: UK #6, US Dance #1, US #125
writtenby: Mike Pickering and Paul Heard
album: Elegant Slumming
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 68 |
recordlabel: Giant 74321 16512
chartposition: RandB #16, US #22, UK #22
writtenby: Vassal Benford and Ron Spearman (as Ronald Spearman)
album: Jade to the Max
comments: [slow jam]
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| 69 |
recordlabel: WEA 4508 (UK)
chartposition: UK #5, US Dance #31
writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
comments: [disco dance] (Sure Is Pure Remix)
|
| 70 |
recordlabel: Arista 07822 12570
chartposition: RandB #31, US #31, UK #15, US AC #9
writtenby: Jud Friedman and Allan Rich
album: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [ballad]
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| 71 |
recordlabel: Columbia 77103
chartposition: RandB #8, US #19, UK #47, US dance #40
writtenby: Jermaine Dupri, William Maraugh, Mark Adams, Mark Hicks, Raye Turner (as Raymond Turner)
album: Da Bomb
comments: [hip hop]
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| 72 |
recordlabel: AandM 580 480(UK)
chartposition: UK #5
writtenby: Don Black, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Christopher Hampton
comments: [ballad]
|
| 73 |
recordlabel: Arista 2565
chartposition: RandB #37, US #25, US AC #1
writtenby: Michael Bolton, Diane Warren and Andy Goldmark
album: Breathless
comments: [RnB Jazz]
|
| 74 |
recordlabel: Jive 01241 42185
chartposition: RandB #8, US #20, UK #75
writtenby: R. Kelly
album: 12 Play
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 75 |
recordlabel: Giant 74321 16899
chartposition: RandB #9, US #23, UK #62
writtenby: Mark Jordan, Bryan Abrams, Kevin Thornton, Mark Calderon, Sam Watters and Mark Denard
album: Time and Chance
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| 76 |
recordlabel: Motown 374631167
chartposition: RandB #7, US #23, UK #74
writtenby: Queen Latifah (as Dana Owens) and J. Sample
album: Black Reign
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 77 |
recordlabel: Profile 391
chartposition: RandB #9, US #21, UK #69
writtenby: DJ Run (as Joseph Simmons), DMC (as Darryl McDaniels), CL Smooth (as Corey Penn) and Pete Rock
album: Down with the King
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 78 |
recordlabel: Mercury 858 163
chartposition: RandB #10, US #64, UK #22, US dance #6
writtenby: J. Dibbs, Brian Allen and Teddy Denslow
album: Everything
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| 79 |
recordlabel: Maxi 2014
chartposition: RandB #54, US #63, UK #25, US dance #3
writtenby: Sagat (as Faustin Lenon)
album: My Poem Is... The World According To Sagat
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 80 |
recordlabel: Cooltempo 269
chartposition: RandB #56, US #89, UK #18, US dance #1
writtenby: Levi Seacer Jr., Monie Love and Prince
album: In a Word or 2
comments: [hip hop]
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| 81 |
recordlabel: Maverick 18564
chartposition: RandB #3, US #29
writtenby: Demetrius Peete, John Clay and John Powe
album: Something's Goin' On
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 82 |
recordlabel: Jive 343
chartposition: RandB #10, US #30
writtenby: Eric White
album: Sister Act 2: Songs from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
|
| 83 |
recordlabel: EastWest 92159
chartposition: RandB #5, US #31
writtenby: Gerald Levert, Edwin Nicholas, Joe Little and Edward D. Banks
album: Men At Large
|
| 84 |
recordlabel: Uptown 2547
chartposition: RandB #11, US #28
writtenby: Chaka Khan and Tony Maiden
album: What's the 411?
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| 85 |
recordlabel: Virgin 12776
chartposition: RandB #96, US #43, UK #35, US dance #4
writtenby: Neneh Cherry, Cameron McVey, Katreese Barnes and Milton Barnes
album: Homebrew
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| 86 |
recordlabel: MCA 54725
chartposition: RandB #6, US #38, UK #60
writtenby: Babyface (as Kenny Edmonds), Daryl Simmons and Darnell Bristol
album: Hootie Mack
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| 87 |
recordlabel: PWL 260
chartposition: UK #5
writtenby: Mike Stock and Pete Waterman
album: Good 'N' Ready
|
| 88 |
recordlabel: Jive 42115
chartposition: RandB #9, US #31
writtenby: R. Kelly
album: Born into the 90's
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 89 |
recordlabel: First Priority 2002
chartposition: RandB #10, US #35, UK #67
writtenby: Aqil
album: Ain't No Other
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 90 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 85728
chartposition: RandB #9, US #33
writtenby: Kenny Greene, Clinton Wike and Neville Hodge
album: Intro
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 91 |
recordlabel: Arista 74321 15896 7
chartposition: US #8, UK #75, US AC #1
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Exposé
comments: [ballad]
|
| 92 |
recordlabel: LaFace 4044
chartposition: RandB #14, US #30
writtenby: Dallas Austin, Lisa
album: Ooooooohhh....On the TLC Tip
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 93 |
recordlabel: Epic 659044
chartposition: RandB #10, US #62, UK #28, US AC #30
writtenby: Luther Vandross and Marcus Miller
album: Never Let Me Go
comments: [ballad]
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| 94 |
recordlabel: Cold Chillin' 40940
chartposition: RandB #23, US #31
writtenby: William Jeffery and Lisa Peters
album: Looks Like a Job For…
comments: [hip hop] (feat. Spinderella, Laree Williams and Karen Anderson)
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| 95 |
recordlabel: London 857 521
chartposition: RandB #52, US #52, UK #26
writtenby: Gabrielle and Jon Douglas
album: Find Your Way
|
| 96 |
recordlabel: LaFace 73008 24064
chartposition: RandB #1, US #48
writtenby: Babyface and L.A. Reid
album: Toni Braxton
|
| 97 |
recordlabel: Mango 812
chartposition: RandB #39, US #57, UK #27
writtenby: Chaka Demus (as John Taylor [Chaka Demus]), E. Banner and Lloyd Oliver Willis
album: All She Wrote
|
| 98 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 87366
chartposition: RandB #5, US #46
writtenby: Gerald Levert, Edwin Nicholas and Terry Scott
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 99 |
recordlabel: RCA 74321 13656
chartposition: RandB #48, US #90, UK #37, US dance #1
writtenby: Brian Alexander Morgan
album: Martha Wash
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| 100 |
recordlabel: EastWest 1977
chartposition: RandB #31, US #36, UK #64
writtenby: Thomas McElroy and Denzil Foster
album: Funky Divas
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