| 1 |
recordlabel: LaFace 24200
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #2, US AC #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Secrets
comments: [slow jam]
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 85443
chartposition: RandB #4, US #2, UK #1
writtenby: Mark Morrison and Phil Chill
album: Return of the Mack
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| 3 |
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]
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| 4 |
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]
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| 5 |
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]
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| 6 |
recordlabel: Epic 3678237
chartposition: RandB #41, US #1, UK #5, US AC #1
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Falling into You
comments: [slow jam]
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| 7 |
recordlabel: EastWest 64231
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #5
writtenby: Andrea Martin, Ivan Matias, Marqueze Ethridge and Organized Noize
album: EV3/Set If Off Soundtrack
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| 8 |
recordlabel: Interscope 6343
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8
writtenby: Bizzy Bone (as Bryon McCane II), Krayzie Bone (as Anthony Henderson), Layzie Bone
album: E. 1999 Eternal
comments: [hip hop]
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| 9 |
recordlabel: LaFace 24160
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US AC #9, US dance #1
writtenby: Babyface and Bryce Luvah (as Bryce Wilson)
album: Secrets
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| 10 |
recordlabel: Interscope 6027
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #9
writtenby: Dr. Dre (as Andre Young), Chauncey Black (as Chauncey Hannibal), Teddy Riley, William Stewart
album: Another Level
comments: [hip hop] (featuring Dr. Dre)
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| 11 |
recordlabel: Death Row 00001
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6
weeksinr&bchart: 33
writtenby: Joe Cocker, Woodrow Cunningham, Norman Durham, Mikel Hooks, Ronald Hudson, Christopher Stainton
album: All Eyez on Me
comments: [hip hop]
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| 12 |
recordlabel: Elektra 5859
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #39
writtenby: Keith Sweat, Eric McCaine and Kut Klose
album: Keith Sweat
comments: [slow jam]
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| 13 |
recordlabel: Death Row 4
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #17
writtenby: 2Pac (as Tupac Shakur), Johnny Jackson, Bruce Fisher, Leon Ware, Stanley Richardson and Quincy Jones
album: All Eyez on Me
comments: [hip hop]
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| 14 |
recordlabel: Elektra 64245
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #30
writtenby: Keith Sweat and Fitzgerald Scott
album: Keith Sweat
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: DreamWorks 59000
chartposition: RandB #22, US #7, UK #1, US AC #6
writtenby: George Michael
album: Older
|
| 16 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 1
chartposition: RandB #4, US #3, UK #7
writtenby: LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) and Al B. Sure!
album: Mr. Smith
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 17 |
recordlabel: Arista 13293
chartposition: RandB #4, US #4, UK #16, US AC #2
writtenby: Sandy Linzer and David Wolfert
album: The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [slow jam]
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| 18 |
recordlabel: Arista 12989
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #39
writtenby: Babyface
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album / Share My World
comments: [slow jam]
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| 19 |
recordlabel: MCA 48014
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #20, US dance #30
writtenby: Bingham, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe, Dyson and Silky
album: Home Again
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| 20 |
recordlabel: London 850 765(UK)
chartposition: UK #2
writtenby: Carl Martin
album: Gabrielle
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| 21 |
recordlabel: Reprise 17621
chartposition: RandB #54, US #5, UK #18, US AC #1
writtenby: Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy and Wayne Kirkpatrick
album: Phenomenon: Music from the Motion Picture
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| 22 |
recordlabel: RCA 64515
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5, UK #13
writtenby: Allen Gordon (as Allstar), Andrea Martin, I. Matias, Tamara Johnson and Coko (as Cheryl Gamble)
album: New Beginning
|
| 23 |
recordlabel: Jive 42373
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #23
writtenby: R. Kelly
album: R. Kelly
comments: [slow jam] (featuring Ronald Isley)
|
| 24 |
recordlabel: Epic 8668
chartposition: RandB #2, US #6, UK #12
writtenby: Howard Hewett and Dana Meyers
album: The Day
|
| 25 |
recordlabel: Elektra 64346
chartposition: RandB #35, US #3, UK #127, US AC #3
writtenby: Tracy Chapman
album: New Beginning
|
| 26 |
recordlabel: DreamWorks 4894
chartposition: RandB #44, UK #1, US #8, US AC #8
writtenby: Jon Douglas and George Michael
album: Older
|
| 27 |
recordlabel: Epic 664128
chartposition: RandB #1, US #6, UK #16
writtenby: Woody Cunningham, Dr. Dre, Norman Durham, Roger (as Roger Troutman) and 2Pac
album: Ginuwine...The Bachelor
|
| 28 |
recordlabel: Tommy Boy 721
chartposition: RandB #24, US #5, UK #13
writtenby: Coolio (as Artis Ivey Jr.) and Adrian Sear
album: Gangsta's Paradise
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 29 |
recordlabel: Big Beat 2279
chartposition: RandB #15, US #3, UK #117
writtenby: Barry White, C.C. Orange (as C.C. Lemonhead), Jay McGowan (as Jay Ski McGowan) and Mike Phillips
album: Get on up and Dance
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| 30 |
recordlabel: Arista 12976
chartposition: RandB #7, US #8, UK #12, US AC #4
writtenby: Babyface, Whitney Houston and Michael Houston
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [ballad]
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| 31 |
recordlabel: Elektra 66028
chartposition: RandB #6, US #8, UK #8
writtenby: Busta Rhymes (as Trevor Smith) and Galt MacDermot
album: The Coming
comments: [rap]
|
| 32 |
recordlabel: LaFace 24181
chartposition: RandB #1, US #9, UK #21
writtenby: Babyface (as Kenny Edmonds) and Keith Andes
album: Az Yet
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 33 |
recordlabel: Jive 402
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5
writtenby: R. Kelly
album: R. Kelly
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 34 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 15
chartposition: RandB #7, US #9, UK #15
writtenby: LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)
album: Mr. Smith
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 35 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 6859 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #44, US #10, UK #13, US AC #9
writtenby: Steve Miller
album: Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
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| 36 |
recordlabel: Interscope 6177
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #6, US #12
writtenby: Chauncey Black (as Chauncey Hannibal), Etterlene Jordan and Teddy Riley
album: Another Level
comments: [slow jam]
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| 37 |
recordlabel: MCA 55278
chartposition: RandB #7, US #7
writtenby: Chucky Thompson, Daron Jones, Heavy D, Slim , Michael Keith, Q [Quinnes Parker], Diddy, Jimmy Jam
album: Home Again
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| 38 |
recordlabel: Rowdy 35072
chartposition: RandB #3, US #7
writtenby: Daryl Simmons
album: Miss Thang
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| 39 |
recordlabel: EastWest 5830
chartposition: RandB #3, US #10, UK #39
writtenby: Jermaine Dupri, MC Lyte and Michael Jackson
album: Sunset Park: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [hip hop]
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| 40 |
recordlabel: Interscope 97008
chartposition: RandB #36, UK #2. US #32
writtenby: Terry Britten and Graham Lyle
album: Supercop: Music from and Inspired by the Dimension Motion Picture
comments: [hip hop]
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| 41 |
recordlabel: Geffen 1063
chartposition: UK #1, RandB #27, US #46
writtenby: LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) and David Wolinski (as Hawk Wolinski)
album: Beavis and Butt Head Do America: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 42 |
recordlabel: Mushroom (UK)
chartposition: UK #2
writtenby: Peter Andre, Bubbler Ranx, Ollie Jacobs and Glen Goldsmith
album: Natural
comments: [reggae]
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| 43 |
recordlabel: Ruffhouse 8462
chartposition: UK #1, RandB #22, US #69
writtenby: Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras (as Pras Michel)
album: The Score
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 44 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 6818
chartposition: RandB #1, US #11, UK #21
writtenby: Missy Elliott and Timbaland (as Tim Mosley)
album: One in a Million
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| 45 |
recordlabel: Arista 13312
chartposition: UK #1, RandB #29, US #15, US dance #35, US AC #12
writtenby: Annie Len nox
album: The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
|
| 46 |
recordlabel: EMI 58532
chartposition: RandB #2, US #10, UK #21
writtenby: D'Angelo and Raphael Saadiq
album: Brown Sugar
comments: [neo soul]
|
| 47 |
recordlabel: Elektra 63974
chartposition: RandB #5, US #11, UK #15
writtenby: MC Lyte (as Lana Moore) and Rashad Smith
album: Bad as I Wanna B
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 48 |
recordlabel: Epic 78264
chartposition: RandB #10, US #30, UK #4, US dance #27
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
|
| 49 |
recordlabel: Columbia 67147
chartposition: RandB #58, UK #2, US #38
writtenby: Vincent Ford and Bob Marley (uncredited)
album: The Score
|
| 50 |
recordlabel: Bad Boy 9061
chartposition: RandB #3, US #13
writtenby: Diddy, Stevie J, Slim, Q [Quinnes Parker], Michael Keith, DJ Rogers and H. Casey
album: 112
|
| 51 |
recordlabel: Arista 12950
chartposition: RandB #12, US #17, UK #31, US dance #1
writtenby: Vassal Benford and Larry Campbell
album: Deborah Cox
|
| 52 |
recordlabel: Island 854 552
chartposition: RandB #2, US #11, UK #34
writtenby: Joe, Joshua Thompson and Michele Williams
album: All That I Am
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 53 |
recordlabel: Perspective 00282
chartposition: RandB #2, US #17, UK #38
writtenby: Vassal Benford
album: Definition of a Band
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 54 |
recordlabel: EMI 7243(UK)
chartposition: UK #4
writtenby: Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
album: Before the Rain
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 55 |
recordlabel: Bad Boy 9057
chartposition: RandB #6, US #12, UK #29
writtenby: Julian Jackson, Raphael Saadiq, Janice Johnson and Brian James
album: Total
|
| 56 |
recordlabel: Hip Hop Remixes 604
chartposition: RandB #4, US #14, UK #26
writtenby: Scott Alexander, Rodney Browning, Kolanek, George Pendergast and J.R. Richards
album: Case
|
| 57 |
recordlabel: RCA 64492
chartposition: RandB #5, US #24, UK #12, US dance #35
writtenby: Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris
album: I Will Survive (Doin' It My Way)
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 58 |
recordlabel: MCA 48010
chartposition: RandB #4, US #22, UK #20, US dance #10
writtenby: [MCA 55123] written by Dalvin DeGrate, K Ci (as K Ci Hailey) and JoJo (as JoJo Hailey)
album: The Show, the After Party, the Hotel
|
| 59 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78408
chartposition: RandB #18, UK #12, US #22
writtenby: R. Kelly, Nas, Tone and Poke
album: It Was Written
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 60 |
recordlabel: Virgin 38550
chartposition: RandB #34, US #20, UK #15
writtenby: Gary Benson, Maxi Priest (as Max Elliott), Robert Livingston, Shaun Pizzonia, Shaggy
album: Mr. Lover Lover: The Best of Shaggy...Part 1
|
| 61 |
recordlabel: MJJ Music 78366
chartposition: UK #2, RandB #71
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Babyface (as Kenneth Edmonds)
album: Brotherhood
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 62 |
recordlabel: Island 7235
chartposition: RandB #5, US #18, UK #30
writtenby: Stanley Brown, Myron and Alex Cantrall
album: Dru Hill
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 63 |
recordlabel: LaFace 24178
chartposition: RandB #5, US #12
writtenby: André 3000 (as André Benjamin) and Big Boi (as Antwan André Patton)
album: ATLiens
comments: [rap]
|
| 64 |
recordlabel: Blackground 6936
chartposition: RandB #1, US #25, US dance #2
writtenby: Missy Elliott and Timbaland (as Tim Mosley)
album: One in a Million
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 65 |
recordlabel: So So Def 78358
chartposition: RandB #18, US #13
writtenby: Carl Mo (as Carlton Mahone Jr.) and Rodney Terry
|
| 66 |
recordlabel: EastWest 1938
chartposition: RandB #95, US dance #6, UK #4
writtenby: Carolyn Franklin and Sonny Saunders
album: Greatest Hits
|
| 67 |
recordlabel: Big Beat 2270
chartposition: RandB #4, US #17, UK #63
writtenby: Junior M.A.F.I.A. and Clark Kent
album: Conspiracy
comments: [rap]
|
| 68 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 19
chartposition: RandB #11, US #28, UK #24
writtenby: Montell Jordan and Ricky Waters
album: More…
|
| 69 |
recordlabel: NPG 724388356121(UK)
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #11, US #31
writtenby: Thom Bell and Linda Creed
album: Emancipation
|
| 70 |
recordlabel: Epic 78012
chartposition: UK #4, RandB #50, US #91
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
|
| 71 |
recordlabel: Big Beat 2315
chartposition: RandB #9, US #18, UK #45
writtenby: Lil' Kim (as Kimberly Jones) and Stevie J (as Steven Jordan)
album: Hard Core
comments: [rap]
|
| 72 |
recordlabel: Mercury 461
chartposition: RandB #17, UK #17, US #39, US AC #5
writtenby: Lionel Richie, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris) and Terry Lewis
album: Louder Than Words
comments: [ballad]
|
| 73 |
recordlabel: Universal 56008
chartposition: RandB #10, US #18
writtenby: Stanley Brown, Myron and Alex Cantrall (as Alex
album: The Final Tic
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 74 |
recordlabel: Mercury 1(UK)
chartposition: UK #3
writtenby: Dina Carroll, Nigel Lowis, B. Blue and R. Smith
album: Only Human
|
| 75 |
recordlabel: Rush Associated 574 067(UK)
chartposition: UK #1, RandB #10, US #42
writtenby: Sam Barnes and Foxy Brown (as Inga Marchand)
album: Ill Na Na
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 76 |
recordlabel: Jive 395(UK)
chartposition: RandB 7, UK #14
writtenby: R. Kelly
album: R. Kelly
|
| 77 |
recordlabel: Def Soul 314 575 649
chartposition: RandB #8, US #18
writtenby: Montell Jordan
album: More…
|
| 78 |
recordlabel: RCA 64606
chartposition: RandB #6, US #22
writtenby: Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams
album: New Beginning
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 79 |
recordlabel: MCA 3691
chartposition: RandB #8, US #24, UK #44
writtenby: Raguel Dill, Kapin Ferguson, Andre Harrison, Tonya Pointer, Alonzo Simmons and Dewayne Staten
album: Until the Day
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 80 |
recordlabel: Mercury 128
chartposition: RandB #5, US #30, UK #33
writtenby: DJ Quik (as David Blake) and Raphael Saadiq
album: House of Music
comments: [hip hop] (featuring DJ Quik)
|
| 81 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78327
chartposition: RandB #17, US #53, UK #12
writtenby: Nas (as Nasir Jones), Jean Claude Olivier, Kurtis Blow (as Kurtis Walker) and Sam Barnes
album: It Was Written
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 82 |
recordlabel: Epic 78400
chartposition: RandB #5, US #52, UK #14
writtenby: Luther Vandross and Reed Vertelney
album: Your Secret Love
|
| 83 |
recordlabel: Arista 13213
chartposition: RandB #22, US #26, US AC #6
writtenby: Babyface
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [ballad]
|
| 84 |
recordlabel: Cheeky 12017
chartposition: UK #3, US Dance #1, US #63
writtenby: Rollo (as Rollo Armstrong), Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz
album: Reverence
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 85 |
recordlabel: Priority 53227
chartposition: RandB #19, US #21
writtenby: Diddy
album: Bow Down
comments: [rap]
|
| 86 |
recordlabel: MCA 48003(UK)
chartposition: UK #5
writtenby: Willie Dixon
album: The Genuine Article: The Best of Etta James
comments: Featured in Diet Coke advert in the UK Originally released in 1961 as B side of 'At Last'
|
| 87 |
recordlabel: Motown 374631415
chartposition: RandB #14, US #62, UK #12
writtenby: Horace Brown, Kevin Deane, Robert Graham, Easy Mo Bee (as Osten Harvey) and Craig Mack
album: Horace Brown
|
| 88 |
recordlabel: Rap A Lot 11541
chartposition: RandB #15, US #22
writtenby: AK 47, Belo Zero and N.A.R.D.
album: Picture This
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 89 |
recordlabel: EastWest 9610
chartposition: RandB #10, US #25, US AC #30
writtenby: Gordon Chambers and Barry Eastmond
album: Set It Off: Music from the New Line Cinema Motion Picture
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 90 |
recordlabel: Biv 10 Records 422860557
writtenby: RandB #12, US #32, UK #41
album: No Doubt
|
| 91 |
recordlabel: EMI 419(UK)
chartposition: UK #8
writtenby: David Frank and Jeff Pescetto (as Jeffrey Pescetto)
album: Power of a Woman
|
| 92 |
recordlabel: Tommy Boy 731
chartposition: RandB #47, US #29, UK #34
writtenby: Coolio (as Artis Ivey) and Fred Lewis
album: Eddie OST
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 93 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78365
chartposition: RandB #8, US #36, UK #39
writtenby: Maxwell (as Musze) and Itaal Shur
comments: [neo soul]
|
| 94 |
recordlabel: ZTT 17708
chartposition: RandB #71, US #33, UK #51, US AC #4
writtenby: Seal
album: Seal [1994 album]
|
| 95 |
recordlabel: Logic 79591 59047
chartposition: UK #8
writtenby: Ken Morris (as Kenneth Morris) and Patrick Adams
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 96 |
recordlabel: Universal 56001
chartposition: RandB #11, US #32
writtenby: Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard and Jack Irons
album: Moods...Moments
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 97 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2329
chartposition: RandB 50, UK #8
writtenby: Coolio, Method Man, LL Cool, B Real, Jean Claude Olivier, Sam Barnes, and Busta Rhymes
album: Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
comments: (featuring B Real, Busta Rhymes, Coolio, LL Cool J and Method Man)
|
| 98 |
recordlabel: Big Beat 95640
chartposition: RandB #45, US #42, UK #21
writtenby: Freddie Mercury
album: Here We Come
|
| 99 |
recordlabel: Universal 1019
chartposition: RandB #63, US #35, US dance #6
writtenby: Maxwell (as Musze) and Itaal Shur
album: Feels So Good
|
| 100 |
recordlabel: Virgin 38529
chartposition: RandB #52, UK #11, US #108
writtenby: Shaggy (as Orville Burrell), Robert Livingston, M. Dixon and Bob Marley
album: Boombastic
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