| 1 |
record label: Fo Reel 019279
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
written by: Nelly, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo
album: Nellyville
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| 2 |
record label: Columbia 77614
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #4, US dance #22
written by: Ini Kamoze, Chris Kenner, Kenton Nix and Salaam Remi
album: Here Comes the Hotstepper
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| 3 |
record label: Casablanca 978
chart position: RandB #3, UK #11, US #1, US dance #1
written by: Pete Bellotte, Harold Faltermeyer & Keith Forsey
album: Bad Girls
comments: [disco]
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| 4 |
record label: Big Tree 16047
chart position: RandB #6, US #3, UK #2
written by: Errol Brown & Tony Wilson
album: Hot Chocolate [1975 album]
comments: [pop soul]
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| 5 |
record label: Doggystyle 003574
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #10
written by: Chad Hugo, Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams
album: RandG (Rhythm and Gangsta) The Masterpiece
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| 6 |
record label: Epic 5 10497
chart position: RandB #3, US #2
written by: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)
album: Greatest Hits
|
| 7 |
record label: De lite 802
chart position: RandB #3, UK #23 US #5, US AC #11
written by: George Brown & Kool & the Gang
|
| 8 |
record label: Arista 13613
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #142, US dance #1
written by: Soulshock, Kenneth Karlin and Tamara Savage
album: My Love Is Your Love
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 9 |
record label: Capitol 84997
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #18
written by: Mims
album: Music Is My Savior
|
| 10 |
record label: J Records 56053
chart position: RandB #6, US #4, UK #3
written by: R. Kelly, Cassidy, Swizz Beatz, Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
album: Split Personality
|
| 11 |
record label: Elektra 6170
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, UK #18
written by: Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Nas, Eve (as Eve Jeffers) and Q Tip (as Kamaal Fareed)
album: Da Real World
|
| 12 |
record label: Universal 0121577432
chart position: RandB #5, US #7, UK #7
written by: Nelly (as Cornell Haynes Jr.) and Jason Epperson
album: Country Grammar
|
| 13 |
record label: Soul 35008
chart position: RandB #1, US #4
written by: Jr. Walker (as Autry DeWalt)
album: Shotgun
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 14 |
record label: EastWest 63850
chart position: RandB #2, US #5, UK #22
weeksinr&bchart: 27
written by: Missy Elliott, Timbaland (as Tim Mosley) and A. Richards
album: Make It Hot
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 15 |
record label: Mercury 72055
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Leon Carr & Earl Shuman
album: Golden Hits, Volume 2
comments: [released 1962, charted 1963]
|
| 16 |
record label: Big Tree 16096
chart position: UK #1, RandB #82, US #31
written by: Russ Ballard
album: Every 1's A Winner
|
| 17 |
record label: Infinity 50002
chart position: RandB #7, UK #12, US #6
written by: Errol Brown
album: Every 1's a Winner
|
| 18 |
record label: Big Tree 16085
chart position: RandB #29, US #6, US AC #8
written by: Herbert Clayton Ivey, Terrence Woodford & Tom Brasfield
album: Hot
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 19 |
record label: LaFace Digital
chart position: RandB #11, US #21, UK #104
written by: Usher, Ester Dean, Jay Z and Polow da Don
album: Versus
|
| 20 |
record label: RSO 409
chart position: RandB #33, US #1, UK #9
written by: Bob Marley
album: 461 Ocean Boulevard
|
| 21 |
record label: Capitol 11299
chart position: RandB #3, US #5
written by: Kenneth St. Lewis & Freddie Perren
album: Something Special
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 22 |
record label: Def Jam 31
chart position: RandB #16, US #20, UK #2
written by: Bob Marley and Warren G
album: Take a Look Over Your Shoulder
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 23 |
record label: People 2501
chart position: RandB #1, US #15, UK #51
written by: James Brown & Fred Wesley
album: Hot Pants
comments: [funk]
|
| 24 |
record label: Tommy Boy 718
chart position: RandB #31, US #24, UK#9
written by: Coolio, Brian Dobbs, Robert Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown, Robert Mickens, Gene Redd
album: Gangsta's Paradise
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 25 |
record label: Motown 1432
chart position: RandB #1, US #24, UK #38
written by: Lionel Richie, Milan Williams, Ronald LaPread, Thomas McClary, Walter Orange & William King
album: The Commodores Live!
comments: [Motown Sound] [funk]
|
| 26 |
record label: Island 273 (UK)
chart position: RandB #14, UK #6
written by: Roy C (as Roy Hammond)
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 27 |
record label: Bluestar Digital
chart position: RandB #6, US #12, UK #115
written by: Diamond Smith, J.R.Smith, S.Smith, Corey Mathis, Pleasure P, Static Major and Herby Azor
album: Late Night Special
|
| 28 |
record label: Dash 5050
chart position: RandB #4, US #21, US dance #26
written by: Ish Ledesma (as Ishmael Ledesma)
album: Hot Numbers
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 29 |
record label: Profile 7367
chart position: RandB #33, US #14
written by: Johnny Zunino, Jay Tee (as James Trujillo) and Tim Lyon
album: Back to the Hotel
comments: [rap]
|
| 30 |
record label: Big Tree 16038
chart position: RandB #40, US #28, UK #11
written by: Errol Brown & Tony Wilson (as Anthony Wilson)
album: Cicero Park
|
| 31 |
record label: West End 1211
chart position: RandB #24, UK #34, US #67, US dance #1
written by: Andy Kahn & Kurt Borusiewicz
album: Hot Shot
comments: [disco]
|
| 32 |
record label: Big Tree 16060
chart position: UK #11, RandB #43, US #42
written by: Errol Brown
album: Man To Man
|
| 33 |
record label: Cotillion 46022
chart position: RandB #6, US dance #21, US #91
written by: Mark Adams, Steve Arrington, Charles Carter, Jimmy Douglass & Floyd Miller
album: Show Time
comments: [funk]
|
| 34 |
record label: RAK 149
chart position: UK #7
written by: Errol Brown and Tony Wilson
album: Cicero Park
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 35 |
record label: UK 4549012
chart position: UK #8
written by: Roy C (as Roy Hammond)
album: The Best Of The Roy C
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 36 |
record label: Gold Mind
chart position: RandB #26, US #59, UK #22
written by: Craig Brockman, Missy Elliott and Timbaland
album: This Is Not a Test
|
| 37 |
record label: RAK 63 962
chart position: RandB #50, UK #17
written by: Errol Brown
album: Class
|
| 38 |
record label: Paisley Park 28288
chart position: RandB #14, US dance #4, US #63
written by: Prince
album: Sign 'O' The Times
|
| 39 |
record label: RSO 1053
chart position: RandB #43, US Dance #1
written by: Isaac Hayes and Mignon Hayes
album: I'm Yours
|
| 40 |
record label: Epic 50959
chart position: RandB #2, UK #44, US #22
weeksinr&bchart: 17
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Triumph
|
| 41 |
record label: Quality 7044
chart position: RandB #25, US Dance #1
written by: Walter Becker, Donald Fagen and Michael Jackson
|
| 42 |
record label: Epic 73950
chart position: RandB #54, US dance #1, US #72
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Rolf Ellmer and B.G. the Prince of Rap
album: The Power of Rhythm
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 43 |
record label: Motown 1194
chart position: US dance #2, UK #32
written by: Jermaine Jackson , Jim Foelber and Phyllis Molinary
album: Let's Get Serious / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
|
| 44 |
record label: RAK 118 (UK)
chart position: UK #8
written by: Errol Brown and Tony Wilson
|
| 45 |
record label: Warner Bros.
chart position: UK #7
written by: Craig David, Fraser T. Smith and David Bowie
album: Trust Me
|
| 46 |
record label: GTO 91 (UK)
chart position: UK #12
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Too Hot To Handle
|
| 47 |
record label: Elektra 6305
chart position: RandB #63, US dance #2
written by: Tamia and Anthony Crawford
album: A Nu Day
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 48 |
record label: Chocolate City 3219
chart position: RandB #4, US dance #77
written by: Larry Blackmon and Anthony Lockett
album: Feel Me
|
| 49 |
record label: Next Plateau 50011
chart position: RandB #87, US Dance #5
written by: John Robie
comments: [electronic disco]
|
| 50 |
record label: Violator 566499
chart position: RandB #22, US #91, UK #31
written by: Jay Z, Maduro Hill, Jean Pierre Lawrence, Irv Gotti, Foxy Brown, Robert Mays and Keith Winfield
album: Chyna Doll
|
| 51 |
record label: Columbia 2014
chart position: UK #20
written by: DJ Muggs (as Larry Muggerud), Sen Dog (as Senen Reyes) and Louis Freeze
album: Black Sunday
|
| 52 |
record label: Jive 33983
chart position: RandB #11, US #47
written by: J. Robinson, G.D. Hodge Jr., Dimitry Johnson and R. Jones
album: Get on My Family
|
| 53 |
record label: Trojan 672 (UK)
chart position: UK #21
written by: Gordon, Cook, Robinson
album: Long Shot
comments: [reggae]
|
| 54 |
record label: Swan 4255
chart position: Cashbox RandB #12, US #87
written by: Tom Shannon, Carl Cisco and Nick Ameno
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 55 |
record label: Arista 74321
chart position: UK #25
written by: Soulshock, Kenneth Karlin and Tamara Savage
album: My Love Is Your Love
|
| 56 |
record label: Mercury 73888
chart position: RandB #8, US #74
written by: Michael Beard, Larry Dodson, Harvey Henderson, Lloyd Smith, Frank Thompson, Fred Freeman
album: Too Hot to Stop
comments: [funk]
|
| 57 |
record label: Polydor 14525
chart position: US dance #8
written by: Gregg Diamond
album: Hot Butterfly
|
| 58 |
record label: All Platinum 6146304(UK)
chart position: UK #26
written by: Roger Cook
album: Down To Earth / The Best of All Platinum
|
| 59 |
record label: Jive 131
chart position: RandB #9
written by: Millie Jackson and Timmy Allen
album: An Imitation of Love
|
| 60 |
record label: Polydor 642
chart position: US Dance #6
written by: Curtis Hudson
comments: [dance]
|
| 61 |
record label: RAK 296
chart position: RandB #43, US #53, UK #53
written by: Errol Brown
album: Going Through the Motions
|
| 62 |
record label: Warner 50068
chart position: RandB #16, US #102, US dance #17
written by: Michael Bolotin and Patrick Henderson
album: Sooner or Later
comments: [funk]
|
| 63 |
record label: Columbia 05752
chart position: RandB #20, US Dance #12
written by: Binky Brice, James Mtume and Philip Field
album: You Might Be Surprised
|
| 64 |
record label: Epic 658954
chart position: RandB #46, US #118, UK #38, US dance #11
written by: Elton John, Bernie Taupin and Seth Swirsky
album: Trey Lorenz
|
| 65 |
record label: Liberty 1468
chart position: RandB #17, US #58
written by: Sly Stone
album: Hot Fun
|
| 66 |
record label: Warner 8818
chart position: RandB #13
written by: Bootsy Collins , George Clinton and Phelps Collins
album: This Boot Is Made for Fonk n
|
| 67 |
record label: Ensign 4612(UK)
chart position: UK #40
written by: Bob Marley
album: Light of the World [1980 album]
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 68 |
record label: MCA 54103
chart position: RandB #13
written by: J.T. Taylor, Ross Anderson, Simon Law
album: Feel The Need
|
| 69 |
record label: Columbia 74233
chart position: RandB #89, US #43
written by: Super Cat (as William Maragh)
comments: [reggae dancehall]
|
| 70 |
record label: Soul 35015
chart position: RandB #33, US #44
written by: Jr. Walker (as Autry DeWalt), James Graves and Lawrence Horn
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 71 |
record label: ChiSound 2600
chart position: RandB #15, US Dance #70
written by: Eugene Record
album: Me and You
|
| 72 |
record label: Columbia 10056
chart position: RandB #61, US #50
written by: Charles Stepney and Maurice White
album: Sun Goddess
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 73 |
record label: Atlantic 2069
chart position: US #52
written by: Laura Webb, Jannie Pought, Reather Dixon, Helen Gathers and Emma Pought
|
| 74 |
record label: Cash Money 20013
chart position: RandB #23, US #65
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: Mannie Fresh, Birdman, Juvenile, Lil Wayne, Turk and B.G.
album: Guerrilla Warfare
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 75 |
record label: 20th Century 2215
chart position: RandB #45, US #55
written by: Bob Crewe and Cindy Bullens
|
| 76 |
record label: Sunshine Sound 1014
chart position: RandB #18
written by: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) and Richard Finch
album: Goin' Home for Love
|
| 77 |
record label: Columbia 11261
chart position: US Dance #12
album: In Love
|
| 78 |
record label: Ariola 7761
chart position: RandB #70, US Dance #19
written by: Tom Bee and Mac Suazo
album: Taka Boom
|
| 79 |
record label: Cooltempo 1 (UK)
chart position: UK #59
written by: Alphonsus Cassell
album: Hot Hot Hot
|
| 80 |
record label: Polydor 885 885
chart position: RandB #78, UK #58, US Dance #30
written by: China Burton and Nick Straker
album: All for Love
|
| 81 |
record label: Cash Money 156546
chart position: RandB #24, US #72
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: D.P. Carter and B. Thomas
album: Tha Block Is Hot
|
| 82 |
record label: LaFace 4368
chart position: RandB #21, US #59
written by: Dallas Austin
album: FanMail
|
| 83 |
record label: Stax 0105
chart position: RandB #19, US #57
written by: Joseph Broussard, Ralph Williams and Carrol Washington
|
| 84 |
record label: BrownStone 4203
chart position: RandB #34, US #85
written by: James Brown
|
| 85 |
record label: Tabu 5514
chart position: RandB #65, US Dance #21
written by: Belita Woods and Trenita Womack
album: Funky Entertainment
|
| 86 |
record label: Motown 1800
chart position: RandB #21, US Dance #33
written by: Keith Harrison, Marlon McClain and Bobby Harris
album: Hot Spot
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 87 |
record label: Big Tree 16099
chart position: RandB #58, US #65, US AC #37
written by: Barbara Wyrick and Kevin Lamb
|
| 88 |
record label: Epic 656010
chart position: UK #68
written by: Doris Pearson and Delroy Pearson
album: Five Star
|
| 89 |
record label: Warner 49256
chart position: RandB #22, US dance #31
written by: Gregg Diamond
album: Naughty
comments: charted as Clouds / Papillon (Aka Hot Butterfly) in US dance charts
|
| 90 |
record label: Island 6235 (UK)
chart position: UK #69
written by: B. Marley, Rondor
album: Burnin'
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 91 |
record label: Bad Boy 001150
chart position: RandB #29, US #70
written by: Ludacris, Diddy,Daron Jones, Stevie J Michael Keith, Q [Quinnes Parker] and Slim
album: Hot and Wet
|
| 92 |
record label: Bell 45305
chart position: US #71
written by: Palmer E. James
album: Al Green
|
| 93 |
record label: Tamla 54270
chart position: RandB #24
written by: Michael Holden and Theodore Life
album: He's a Friend
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 94 |
record label: ARC 03015
chart position: RandB #29, US #103
written by: Thom Bell and Deniece Williams
album: Niecy
|
| 95 |
record label: AandM 2593
chart position: US #77
written by: Howard Massey
album: Blow Your Own Horn
comments: [funk jazz instrumental]
|
| 96 |
record label: T.K. 1010
chart position: RandB #25, US #88
written by: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) and Richard Finch
album: The Sound of Sunshine
|
| 97 |
record label: Chocolate City 3201
chart position: RandB #27
written by: Vernon Burch, Howard Redmon Jr. and James Gadson
album: Get Up
|
| 98 |
record label: 4th and Bway 33 (UK)
chart position: UK #81
written by: Rodney Skipworth and Phil Turner
album: Skipworth and Turner
|
| 99 |
record label: Polydor 817 034
chart position: RandB #60, US Dance #19
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Jon Morales and Mark Berry
comments: [electro dance]
|
| 100 |
record label: Bad Boy 002819
chart position: RandB #35, US #87
written by: Ryan Leslie
album: One Love
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