| 1 |
recordlabel: Bad Boy 79097
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Sting (as Gordon Sumner), Sauce Money (as Todd Gaither) and Faith Evans
album: No Way Out
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| 2 |
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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| 3 |
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]
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| 4 |
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
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| 5 |
recordlabel: LaFace 4259
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #1
writtenby: Usher (as Usher Raymond) and Jermaine Dupri
album: My Way
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| 6 |
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]
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| 7 |
recordlabel: Bad Boy 9080
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #19
writtenby: Diddy, Stevie J, Carlos Broady, Nashiem Myrick, Mase, Greg Prestopino, Matthew Wilder
album: No Way Out
comments: [hip hop]
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| 8 |
recordlabel: Bad Boy 79089
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #10
writtenby: Diddy, D Dot , Ron Lawrence, The Notorious B.I.G.
album: Life After Death
comments: [hip hop]
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| 9 |
recordlabel: Motown 422860714
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #10, US AC #30
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) and Terry Lewis
album: Evolution
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Columbia 665659
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #5
writtenby: Barry White, Calvin Gaines, Mary Brown, Rob Fusari and Vincent Herbert
album: Destiny's Child
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| 11 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 5437
chartposition: RandB #2, US #4, UK #27, US AC #3
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Island 854 985
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #16
writtenby: Brown, Daryl Simmons and Ralph Stacy
album: Dru Hill
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: Bad Boy 9103
chartposition: RandB #7, US #2, UK #18
writtenby: Diddy, Stephen Jacobs, Jadakiss, DAnny Styles, The Notorious B.I.G, Kim Jones and D Dot
album: No Way Out
comments: [rap] (ft. The Notorious BIG, Lil Kim, The Lox, Dave Grohl, Perfect, Fuzzbubble & Rob Zombie)
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| 14 |
recordlabel: Arista 3405
chartposition: RandB #5, US #5, UK #10
writtenby: Ronald Bell, G. Brown, Lawrence Dermer, Joe Galdo
album: Harlem World
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: Ruthless 6343
chartposition: RandB #4, US #4, UK #16
writtenby: Bone Thugs N Harmony and DJ U Neek
album: The Art of War
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 16 |
recordlabel: LaFace 24223
chartposition: RandB #20, US #8, UK #7, US AC #14
writtenby: Peter Cetera and David Foster
album: Az Yet
comments: [slow jam]
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| 17 |
recordlabel: EastWest 6055
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #21
writtenby: Darrell Allamby, Link (as Lincoln Browder) and Antoinette Roberson
album: Levert.Sweat.Gill
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 18 |
recordlabel: Epic 78485
chartposition: RandB #5, US #6, UK #13, US AC #17
writtenby: Babyface
album: The Day
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 19 |
recordlabel: Big Beat 2419
chartposition: RandB #3, US #6, UK #11
writtenby: Lil' Kim (as Kimberly Jones) and Jermaine Dupri
album: Hard Core
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| 20 |
recordlabel: Warner 8877
chartposition: RandB #2, US #4, UK #64
weeksinr&bchart: 30
writtenby: James Baker, Melvin Lee Wilson, Jeff Young, Tamara Powell, Curtis
album: This Time It's Personal
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 21 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 1006
chartposition: RandB #5, US #7, UK #9
writtenby: Foxy Brown (as Inga Marchand) and Sean Carter
album: Ill Na Na
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 22 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 3023
chartposition: RandB #1, US #8, UK #10
writtenby: R. Kelly
album: All Day, All Night
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 23 |
recordlabel: Puff Daddy Records 21539447
chartposition: RandB #11, US #4, UK #20
writtenby: David Bowie, Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney, Andy Morris, Diddy, Ron Lawrence, Mase
album: No Way Out
comments: [rap]
|
| 24 |
recordlabel: EastWest 3237
chartposition: RandB #5, US #6, UK #14
writtenby: Michael O. Johnson and Javelin Hall
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 25 |
recordlabel: RCA 64969
chartposition: RandB #44, US #7, UK #8
writtenby: Max Martin and Robyn
album: Robyn Is Here
|
| 26 |
recordlabel: Epic 4349
chartposition: RandB #2, US #6, UK #30
writtenby: Nathan Morris
album: Uncle Sam
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 27 |
recordlabel: Jive 42473
chartposition: RandB #9, US #9, UK #9
writtenby: R. Kelly
album: Batman and Robin: Music from and Inspired by the
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 28 |
recordlabel: Crave 78678
chartposition: RandB #9, US #4
writtenby: Full Force
album: Allure
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 29 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78762
chartposition: RandB #4, US #9, UK #21
writtenby: Walter Becker and Donald Fagen
album: Make It Reign
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 30 |
recordlabel: First Avenue 472 (UK)
chartposition: UK #1
writtenby: BeBe Winans and James
album: The Greatest Hits
|
| 31 |
recordlabel: RCA 64759
chartposition: RandB #2, US #6
writtenby: Jerome Woods and Gerald Baillergeau
album: Rome
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 32 |
recordlabel: RCA 64868
chartposition: RandB #33, US #7, UK #26
writtenby: Denniz Pop, Herbie Crichlow (as Herbert Crichlow), Max Martin and Robyn
album: Robyn Is Here
|
| 33 |
recordlabel: Motown 422860744
chartposition: RandB #1, US #7, UK #34
writtenby: Babyface
album: Evolution
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 34 |
recordlabel: Island 7485
chartposition: RandB #1, US #7
writtenby: Daryl Thomas
album: Dru Hill
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 35 |
recordlabel: Tommy Boy 785
chartposition: RandB #34, US #12, UK #3
writtenby: Dominic Aldridge, Coolio, H. Straughter and M. Straughter
album: My Soul
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 36 |
recordlabel: EMI 465(UK)
chartposition: UK #3
writtenby: Cynthia Biggs, Carolyn Mitchell, Terence Dudley and Christopher Kellum
album: The Greatest Hits
|
| 37 |
recordlabel: Elektra 6057
chartposition: RandB #4, US #9, UK #32
writtenby: Lawrence Dermer, Rashad Smith, Busta Rhymes (as Trevor Smith), Henry Stone and Freddy Stonewall
album: When Disaster Strikes
comments: [rap]
|
| 38 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 31
chartposition: RandB #16, US #20, UK #2
writtenby: Bob Marley and Warren G
album: Take a Look Over Your Shoulder
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 39 |
recordlabel: Epic 78007
chartposition: RandB #19, UK #1, US #42, US dance #10
writtenby: Michael Jackson and Teddy Riley
album: Blood on the Dance Floor
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| 40 |
recordlabel: LaFace 4241
chartposition: RandB #9, US 19, UK #9, US dance #1, US AC #4
writtenby: R. Kelly, Soulshock (as Carsten Schack), Kenneth Karlin, Andrea Martin and Gloria Stewart
album: Secrets
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 41 |
recordlabel: Tony Mercedes 4221
chartposition: RandB #3, US #10, UK #153
writtenby: B Rock, Maurice White and Al McKay
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 42 |
recordlabel: Kedar/Universal 56002
chartposition: RandB #1, US #12, UK #12
writtenby: Erykah Badu and Jaborn Jamal
album: Baduizm
comments: [neo soul reggae]
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| 43 |
recordlabel: MCA 55354
chartposition: RandB #5, US #24, UK #6
writtenby: Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Hachidai Nakamura, Rokusuke Ei, James Brown, Linda Creed, John Starks
album: Share My World
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| 44 |
recordlabel: Blackground 95534
chartposition: RandB #8, US #9, US dance #18
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: One in a Million
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 45 |
recordlabel: Bad Boy 9087
chartposition: RandB #2, US #13
writtenby: Arnold Hennings, Daron Jones, Michael Keith, Q [Quinnes Parker], Slim and C. Stills
album: 112
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 46 |
recordlabel: Elektra 3005
chartposition: RandB #8, US #16, UK #14, US dance #5
writtenby: Babyface, Giuliano Franco and Keith Andes
album: EV3
|
| 47 |
recordlabel: Universal 1153
chartposition: RandB #1, US #61, UK #30
writtenby: Erykah Badu and Tracy Scott
album: Baduizm
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 48 |
recordlabel: Virgin 12732
chartposition: RandB #3, US #36, UK #6, US dance #6
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis, René Elizondo Jr., Joni Mitchell
album: The Velvet Rope
|
| 49 |
recordlabel: EastWest 3890
chartposition: RandB #4, US #12, UK #33
writtenby: Donell Jones
album: Supa Dupa Fly
|
| 50 |
recordlabel: Biv 10 422860648
chartposition: RandB #3, US #10
writtenby: Donell Jones
album: No Doubt
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 51 |
recordlabel: Columbia 488537
chartposition: RandB #27, US #16, UK #22, US AC #11, US dance #13
writtenby: Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff
album: Butterfly
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 52 |
recordlabel: React 89 (UK)
chartposition: UK #3
writtenby: Anthony B. Stephens, Arnecia Michelle Harris and John Bellamy
|
| 53 |
recordlabel: Jive 42449
chartposition: RandB #5, US #21, UK #16
writtenby: Joe (as Joe Thomas) and Jolyon Skinner
album: All That I Am
|
| 54 |
recordlabel: WEA 3018
chartposition: UK #3
writtenby: S. LaBelle, S. Bensuson
album: Much Love
|
| 55 |
recordlabel: Blazin' 001
chartposition: RandB #21, US #30, UK #8
writtenby: DJ Kool (as John Bowman), Doug E. Fresh (as Douglas Davis) and Biz Markie
album: (Let Me Clear My Throat)
comments: [rap]
|
| 56 |
recordlabel: LaFace 4294
chartposition: RandB #2, US #13
writtenby: Babyface (as Kenneth Edmonds)
album: Soul Food: Soundtrack
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 57 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2435
chartposition: RandB #4, US #12
writtenby: Timbaland (as Tim Mosley), M. Barcliff, Missy Elliott and Rod Temperton
comments: [hip hop] (featuring AAliyah and Missy Elliott)
|
| 58 |
recordlabel: Motown 1
chartposition: RandB #4, US #17, UK #36
writtenby: Mase (as Mason Betha), J. Brown, Diddy, S. Jordan, Ron Lawrence, Brian McKnight and K. Price
album: Anytime
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 59 |
recordlabel: Logic 48213
chartposition: UK #5, US Dance #1
writtenby: Todd Terry
album: [house]
|
| 60 |
recordlabel: Rap A Lot/Noo Trybe 12271
chartposition: RandB #4, US #12
writtenby: Mike Dean, Scarface (as Brad Jordan) and 2Pac
album: The Untouchable
comments: [hip hop] (featuring 2 Pac & Johnny P)
|
| 61 |
recordlabel: RCA 64893
chartposition: RandB #5, US #19, UK #34
writtenby: Diddy (as Sean Combs), J. Walker, J. Graham, Harve Pierre, R. Price, C. Wallace, C. Martin and T. Shaw
album: Release Some Tension
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 62 |
recordlabel: MCA 3976
chartposition: RandB #5, US #43, UK #15, US dance #1
writtenby: Mary J. Blige, Jimmy Jam (as Jimmy Jam Harris), Rick James and Terry Lewis
album: Share My World
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 63 |
recordlabel: Triad 0112
chartposition: RandB #16, US #15
writtenby: Freak Nasty
album: Controversee...That's Life...And That's the Way It Is
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 64 |
recordlabel: LaFace 4262
chartposition: RandB #4, US #16
writtenby: Timbaland (as Tim Mosley) and Missy Elliott
album: Soul Food: Soundtrack
|
| 65 |
recordlabel: Arista 3375
chartposition: RandB #4, US #16
writtenby: Lance Alexander, Arkeida Clowers, R.L. (as R.L. Huggar), Darren Lighty and Tony Tolbert
album: Rated Next
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 66 |
recordlabel: Work 2380
chartposition: RandB #84, US #78, UK #6, US dance #7
writtenby: Jay Kay (as Jason Kay)
album: Travelling without Moving
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 67 |
recordlabel: MCA 3972
chartposition: RandB #7, US #26, UK #21
writtenby: K Ci (as Cedric Hailey), JoJo (as Joel Hailey) and Gerald Baillergeau
album: Love Always
|
| 68 |
recordlabel: Mercury 1
chartposition: UK #3, RandB #71
writtenby: Wyclef Jean, L. Hill, Pras, S. Anderson, B. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus, Q Tip, J. Forte
album: When We Were Kings
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 69 |
recordlabel: MJJ Music 78496
chartposition: RandB #6, US #39, UK #12, US dance #38
writtenby: Gerald Baillergeau, Nichole Gilbert and Victor Merritt
album: Still Climbing
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 70 |
recordlabel: Bigbang 1
chartposition: UK #4, US dance #6
writtenby: Rosie Gaines , Francis Jules and Dana Bailey
album: Closer Than Close
comments: [house]
|
| 71 |
recordlabel: Interscope 95012
chartposition: UK #7, RandB #17, US #58
writtenby: Clifton Chase, Edward Fletcher, Melle Mel, Chauncey Black, Teddy Riley, Markell Riley
album: Another Level
|
| 72 |
recordlabel: Universal 56039
chartposition: RandB #5, US #18
writtenby: Tony Dofat, Heavy D and Herbert Brown
album: Waterbed Hev
|
| 73 |
recordlabel: Work 78597
chartposition: RandB #68, UK #17, US #38, US dance #8
writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
album: Think Like a Girl
comments: [reggae]
|
| 74 |
recordlabel: Epic 664615
chartposition: RandB #19, UK #5
writtenby: Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) and Terry Lewis
album: Blood on the Dance Floor
|
| 75 |
recordlabel: So So Def 9273
chartposition: RandB #11, US #16
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat (as Shawntae Harris), El DeBarge, Chuck D, Hank Shocklee, Benjamin Wright
album: Anuthatantrum
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 76 |
recordlabel: LaFace 4263
chartposition: RandB #10, US #23
writtenby: Babyface
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 77 |
recordlabel: Manifesto 37
chartposition: UK #16, US Dance #1
writtenby: Todd Terry and Shannon Greene
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 78 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 135
chartposition: UK #14, RandB #20, US #35
writtenby: The Isley Brothers and Warren G (as Warren Griffin)
album: Take a Look Over Your Shoulder
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 79 |
recordlabel: MCA 3992
chartposition: RandB #12, US #56, US Dance #1
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis and Jimmy Wright (as James
album: Flame
|
| 80 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 33
chartposition: RandB #16, UK #9, US #55
writtenby: LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) and Diddy (as Sean Combs)
album: Phenomenon
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 81 |
recordlabel: Mercury 135
chartposition: RandB #5, US #22
writtenby: R. Saadiq, D. Wiggins, T. Riley
album: House of Music
|
| 82 |
recordlabel: Freakstreet 2006 (UK)
chartposition: UK #4
writtenby: Tom Snow and Nan O'Byrne
album: Much Love
|
| 83 |
recordlabel: WEA 1974
chartposition: UK #7, RandB #50, US #76
writtenby: Mark Morrison
album: Return of the Mack
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 84 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 1004
chartposition: RandB #7, US #21
writtenby: Montell Jordan and DeVante Swing
album: More…
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 85 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 571 441
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #12, US #53
writtenby: Foxy Brown (as Inga Marchand) and Jay Z (as Shawn Carter)
album: Ill Na Na
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 86 |
recordlabel: Crave 40197
chartposition: RandB #17, US #35, UK #18
writtenby: S. Barnes, Mariah Carey, N. Jones, MC Shan (as Shawn Moltke), J.C.
album: Allure
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 87 |
recordlabel: EastWest 63909
chartposition: RandB #25, US #33, UK #20
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: EV3
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 88 |
recordlabel: First Avenue (UK)
chartposition: UK #4
writtenby: Rhett Lawrence and Travon Potts
album: The Greatest Hits
|
| 89 |
recordlabel: EastWest 6047
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #16, US #51
writtenby: Don Bryant (as Donald Bryant), Missy Elliott, Bernard Miller, Timbaland (as Tim Mosley) and Ann Peeble
album: Supa Dupa Fly
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 90 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78602
chartposition: RandB #14, UK #13, US #45
writtenby: John Forté, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Wyclef Jean (as Nelust Jean), Pras and Robinson
album: Wyclef Jean Presents the Carnival Featuring the Refugee Allstars
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 91 |
recordlabel: MCA 3997
chartposition: RandB #2, US #28
writtenby: Mary J. Blige, L. Blige DaCosta, R. Jerkins, K. Jones, C. Brody, Nashiem Myrick and C. Wallace
album: Share My World
|
| 92 |
recordlabel: Epic 664620
chartposition: RandB #45, US #47, UK #10
writtenby: Babyface & Stevie Wonder
album: The Day
|
| 93 |
recordlabel: FFRR 8
chartposition: RandB #20, US #88, UK #11, US dance #24
writtenby: Jan Kincaid and Seidah Garret
album: Shelter
|
| 94 |
recordlabel: Arista 3410
chartposition: RandB #38, US #74, UK #25, US dance #1
writtenby: Barry White
album: Lisa Stansfield
|
| 95 |
recordlabel: EastWest 5889
chartposition: RandB #17, US #25
writtenby: Keith Crouch, Glenn McKinney and Roy Dog Pennon
album: Everything You Want
|
| 96 |
recordlabel: RCA 74321454531
chartposition: UK #6
writtenby: Sheppard Solomon (as Shep Solomon) and Michelle Gayle
album: Sensational
|
| 97 |
recordlabel: Motown 374632029
chartposition: RandB #9, US #39, UK #22
writtenby: Renee Neufville, Kay Gee (as Kier Gist), Darren Lighty, Valerie Simpson and Nickolas Ashford
album: Saturday Night
|
| 98 |
recordlabel: Columbia 9912
chartposition: RandB #2, US #61, UK #18
writtenby: Lauryn Hill
comments: [neo soul]
|
| 99 |
recordlabel: AandM 582 454
chartposition: RandB #20, US #59, UK #17
writtenby: Sting
album: The Very Best of Sting and the Police
comments: Puff Daddy Remix
|
| 100 |
recordlabel: Priority 30185
chartposition: RandB #16, US #25
writtenby: Master P, Pimp C and Silkk the Shocker (as The Shocker)
album: Ghetto D
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