| 1 |
record label: Arista 9598
chart position: RandB #2, UK #1, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #1
written by: George Merrill & Shannon Rubicam
album: Whitney
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| 2 |
record label: Arista 74321
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #1
written by: Dolly Parton
album: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
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| 3 |
record label: CBS 1593
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US dance #1
written by: Robert Clivilles & Freedom Williams
album: Gonna Make You Sweat
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| 4 |
record label: Columbia 04839
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1, US Rock #27, US Country #76,
written by: Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie
album: We Are the World: U.S.A. for Africa
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| 5 |
record label: Avco 4653
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US dance #3, US AC #2
written by: Van McCoy
album: Disco Baby
comments: [disco]
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| 6 |
record label: LaFace
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #1, US dance #3
written by: will.i.am
album: Raymond v. Raymond
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| 7 |
record label: Motown 1745
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: The Woman in Red: Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 8 |
record label: Epic 50225
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US dance #12
written by: Robert Parissi
album: Wild Cherry
comments: [funk]
|
| 9 |
record label: Arista 9381
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Gerry Goffin
album: Whitney Houston
comments: [ballad]
|
| 10 |
record label: Philles 124
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #1
written by: Phil Spector, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
album: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 11 |
record label: Jive 88175
chart position: RandB #11, US #1, UK #1, US dance #1
written by: Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Danja
album: FutureSex/LoveSounds
|
| 12 |
record label: LaFace 59149
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
written by: Usher, Lil Jon, Sean Garrett, J. Que, Ludacris, Rob McDowell, LRoc and LaMarquis Jefferson
album: Confessions
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| 13 |
record label: Virgin 38
chart position: RandB #20, US #1, UK #6, US AC #1
written by: Peter Lord
album: Spellbound
|
| 14 |
record label: Epic 07253
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Bad
|
| 15 |
record label: Gordy 7105
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8, US AC #33
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Sky's the Limit / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
| 16 |
record label: Tamla 54321
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #2, US AC #4
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: Being with You / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 17 |
record label: LaFace
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
written by: Usher, Jermaine Dupri and Bryan Michael Cox
album: Confessions
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 18 |
record label: Mercury 71394
chart position: RandB #1, US #3
written by: Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks and Clyde Otis
album: It's Just a Matter of Time
comments: [ballad]
|
| 19 |
record label: AandM 004709
chart position: RandB #8, US #2, UK #1, US dance #1
written by: Cee Lo Green, Anthony Ray and Busta Rhymes
album: PCD
|
| 20 |
record label: Geffen
chart position: RandB #22, US #1, UK #3, US dance #1
written by: Nelly Furtado, Timothy Clayton, Danja and Timbaland
album: Loose
|
| 21 |
record label: Arista 9434
chart position: RandB #1, UK #5, US #1, US dance #3, US AC #1
written by: George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam & Narada Michael Walden
album: Whitney Houston
comments: [disco dance]
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| 22 |
record label: Soul City 772
chart position: RandB #6, US #1, UK #11, US AC #1
written by: Galt MacDermot, James Rado & Gerome Ragni
album: The Age of Aquarius
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 23 |
record label: Jive 02049
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #2, US dance #15
written by: Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Danja and T.I.
album: FutureSex/LoveSounds
|
| 24 |
record label: LaFace 4259
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #1
written by: Usher (as Usher Raymond) and Jermaine Dupri
album: My Way
|
| 25 |
record label: Elektra 47031
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #7, US dance #2
written by: John Deacon
album: The Game
|
| 26 |
record label: Arista 15036
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #5
written by: Bryan Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri and Usher (as Usher Raymond)
album: 8701
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 27 |
record label: Epic 3678237
chart position: RandB #41, US #1, UK #5, US AC #1
written by: Diane Warren
album: Falling into You
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 28 |
record label: Qwest 15005 (UK)
chart position: RandB #9, US #1, UK #11, US AC #1
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Every Home Should Have One
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 29 |
record label: Atlantic 88020
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
written by: Sean Paul and Steven Marsden
album: Dutty Rock
comments: [reggae dancehall]
|
| 30 |
record label: Puff Daddy Records 1
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #6
weeksinr&bchart: 29
written by: Edwards, Mase, Nile Rodgers, Stevie J, Diddy, The Notorious B.I.G.
album: Life After Death
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 31 |
record label: Verve 10383
chart position: RandB #13, US #1, UK #15
written by: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
album: Soul & Inspiration
|
| 32 |
record label: LaFace Digital
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
written by: Usher, Polow da Don, Lamar Taylor and Young Jeezy
album: Here I Stand
|
| 33 |
record label: LaFace 64687 1
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #5
written by: Usher, Alicia Keys, Jermaine Dupri, Adonis Shropshire and Manuel Seal
album: Confessions
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| 34 |
record label: Arista 9212
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US dance #6, US AC #9, US rock #38
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Ghostbusters: Original Soundtrack Album
|
| 35 |
record label: Arista 13992
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US dance #41
written by: Anita McCloud and Edmund
album: 8701
|
| 36 |
record label: Arista 9642
chart position: RandB #5, US #1, UK #5, US dance #1, AC #8
written by: Tom Kelly & Billy Steinberg
album: Whitney
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 37 |
record label: Tamla 54278
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #13, US AC #40, US dance #1
written by: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Cary Gilbert
album: Any Way You Like It / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [Motown Sound] [disco]
|
| 38 |
record label: Arista 2108
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK 5, US AC #7, US dance #17
written by: L.A. Reid & Babyface
album: I'm Your Baby Tonight
|
| 39 |
record label: Arista 3715
chart position: RandB #2, US #4, UK #2, US dance #1
written by: Jerry Duplessis and Wyclef Jean
album: My Love Is Your Love
|
| 40 |
record label: Bad Boy 79089
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #10
written by: Diddy, D Dot , Ron Lawrence, The Notorious B.I.G.
album: Life After Death
comments: [hip hop]
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| 41 |
record label: Arista 9466
chart position: RandB #3, UK #8, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Linda Creed & Michael Masser
album: Whitney Houston
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| 42 |
record label: LaFace
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #5
written by: Usher, Jermaine Dupri and Bryan Michael Cox
album: Confessions
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| 43 |
record label: Arista 12527
chart position: RandB #4, US #4, UK #3, US AC #1
written by: David Foster and Linda Thompson (as Linda Thompson Jenner)
album: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [ballad]
|
| 44 |
record label: Soul 35098
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #31, US AC #15
written by: Jim Weatherly
album: Neither One of Us / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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| 45 |
record label: Atco 6463
chart position: RandB #2, US #2, UK #7
written by: Otis Redding, Arthur Conley & Sam Cooke
album: Sweet Soul Music / Best Of Arthur Conley / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul]
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| 46 |
record label: Columbia 79622
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #2, US dance #13
written by: Beyoncé (as Beyoncé Knowles), Rob Fusari, Falonte Moore, Frank Tai and Stevie Nicks
album: Survivor
|
| 47 |
record label: Arista 9743
chart position: RandB #22, UK #1, US #5, US AC #1
written by: Albert Hammond & John Bettis
album: One Moment in Time: 1988 Summer Olympics Album
|
| 48 |
record label: Jive 40068 2
chart position: RandB #11, US #3, UK #2, US dance #2
written by: Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Storch
album: Justified
|
| 49 |
record label: Elektra 45128
chart position: RandB #3, US #2, UK #34, AC #2
written by: Bill Withers, Ralph MacDonald & William Salter
album: Winelight
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 50 |
record label: Gordy 7099
chart position: RandB #2, US #3, UK #7
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 51 |
record label: LaFace 76763
chart position: RandB #51, US #4, UK #7
written by: Usher, Pitbull, Max Martin, Savan Kotecha and Shellback
album: Versus
|
| 52 |
record label: Arista 74321
chart position: RandB #5, US #4, UK #4, US AC #26, US dance #1
written by: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
|
| 53 |
record label: will.i.am
chart position: RandB #41, US #1, UK #6, US dance #1
written by: Fergie, Polow da Don, will.i.am, Blac Elvis and Ludacris
album: The Dutchess
|
| 54 |
record label: MCA 52149
chart position: RandB #8, UK #1, US #10, US dance #11
written by: Lloyd Ferguson, Jackie Mittoo & Fitzroy Simpson
album: The Youth of Today
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 55 |
record label: Tamla 54181
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #5
written by: Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong & Janie Bradford
album: M.P.G. / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 56 |
record label: Arista 12885
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #11, US AC #5
written by: Babyface
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 57 |
record label: Arista 9674
chart position: RandB #2, UK #14, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Chuck Jackson & Frank Wildhorn
album: Whitney
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 58 |
record label: RCA 1962
chart position: UK #1, US Dance #6
written by: L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer
album: Hang Together
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 59 |
record label: Bad Boy 9436
chart position: RandB #2, US #2, UK #4
written by: Diddy, Loon, Mario Winans and Michael Carlos Jones
album: We Invented the Remix Vol. 1
|
| 60 |
record label: Invictus 9074
chart position: RandB #8, US #3, UK #3
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. & Ronald Dunbar
album: The Chairmen Of The Board / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits
|
| 61 |
record label: Art Tone 825
chart position: RandB #2 (2 weeks), US #64
weeksinr&bchart: 19
written by: Jimmy McCracklin
album: I Just Gotta Know
|
| 62 |
record label: Island 006059
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #11, US dance #1
written by: Mariah Carey, Johnta Austin, Bryan Michael Cox and Jermaine Dupri
album: The Emancipation of Mimi [ultra platinum edition]
|
| 63 |
record label: Arista 2156
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #13, US AC #1
written by: Dean Pitchford and Michael Gore
album: I'm Your Baby Tonight
comments: [ballad]
|
| 64 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10554
chart position: RandB #1 (2 weeks), US #10
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Keep On Pushing / The Best Impressions... Curtis, Sam and Fred
|
| 65 |
record label: Arista 3641
chart position: RandB #7, US #4, UK #3, US dance #1
written by: LaShawn Daniels, Toni Estes, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III and Isaac Phillips
album: My Love Is Your Love
|
| 66 |
record label: Jive Digital
chart position: RandB #76, US #1, UK #4, US dance #17
written by: Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Danja
album: FutureSex/LoveSounds
|
| 67 |
record label: LaFace 4307
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #24
written by: Brian Casey, Manuel Seal (as Manuel Seal Jr.), Jermaine Dupri and Usher (as Usher Raymond)
album: My Way
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 68 |
record label: Mosley
chart position: RandB #38, US #1, UK #1
written by: Timbaland, Danja, Timothy Clayton, Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake
album: Timbaland Presents Shock Value
|
| 69 |
record label: Arista 9616
chart position: RandB #2, UK #14, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Will Jennings & Michael Masser
album: Whitney
comments: [ballad]
|
| 70 |
record label: AandM
chart position: RandB #63, US #5, UK #1, US AC #29
written by: Franne Golde, Kasia Livingston and Robert D. Palmer
album: PCD
|
| 71 |
record label: Columbia 73687
chart position: RandB #31, UK #4, US #4, US dance #1
written by: Robert Clivillés and Freedom Williams
album: Gonna Make You Sweat
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 72 |
record label: Elektra 6162
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #6
written by: Busta Rhymes (as Trevor Smith), Darrell Allamby and A. Roberson
album: Extinction Level Event (The Final World Front)
|
| 73 |
record label: Rowdy 35041
chart position: RandB #1, US 2, UK #32
written by: Dallas Austin, Monica (as Monica Arnold) and Daryl Simmons
album: Miss Thang
|
| 74 |
record label: Interscope 10196
chart position: UK #2, RandB #49, US #4, US dance #2
written by: Anders Bagge
album: Gotta Tell You
|
| 75 |
record label: Island 002304
chart position: RandB #16, US #5, UK #2, US dance #1
written by: Paul Poli and Teedra Moses
album: It's About Time
|
| 76 |
record label: Philles 129
chart position: RandB #6, US #4, UK #14
written by: Zaret & Alex North
album: Just Once In My Life
comments: [pop soul ballad]
|
| 77 |
record label: Epic 1979
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #54
written by: Jermaine Dupri and Manuel Seal (as Manuel Seal Jr.)
album: Hummin' Comin' at 'Cha
|
| 78 |
record label: 20th Century 2018
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #23, US AC #27
written by: Barry White
album: I've Got So Much To Give
|
| 79 |
record label: AandM 000714
chart position: UK #1, RandB #82, US #8
written by: will.i.am, Justin Timberlake, Taboo, Apl.de.ap, Printz Board, Mike Fratantuno and George Pajon Jr.
album: Elephunk
|
| 80 |
record label: Philips 40371
chart position: UK #1, US #4, US AC #8
written by: Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Vicki Wickham and Simon Napier Bell
album: You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
comments: [pop soul ballad]
|
| 81 |
record label: Arista 15060
chart position: RandB #2, US #3, UK #4
written by: Pharrell Williams
album: 8701
|
| 82 |
record label: RCA 74321 14497
chart position: RandB #2, US #6, UK #17
written by: Brian Alexander Morgan
album: It's About Time
|
| 83 |
record label: Def Jam
chart position: RandB #74, US #3, UK #4, US dance #1
written by: Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Frankie Storm and Michael Jackson
album: Good Girl Gone Bad
|
| 84 |
record label: DreamWorks 59000
chart position: RandB #22, US #7, UK #1, US AC #6
written by: George Michael
album: Older
|
| 85 |
record label: J Records 21258
chart position: RandB #2, US #3, UK #3
written by: Busta Rhymes, Rah Digga, Rampage, Rick Rock, Spliff Star and L. Jones
album: It Ain't Safe No More
|
| 86 |
record label: Grand Hustle Digital
chart position: RandB #2, US #2, UK #92
written by: T.I., Justin Timberlake and Robin Tadross
album: Paper Trail
|
| 87 |
record label: Motown 1469
chart position: RandB #1, UK #8, US #9, US dance #2
written by: Lee Garrett & Stevie Wonder
album: Let's Get Serious / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
|
| 88 |
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]
|
| 89 |
record label: Jive
chart position: RandB #45, US #5, UK #2, US dance #1
written by: Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo
album: Justified
|
| 90 |
record label: will.i.am
chart position: RandB #71, US #2, UK #105
written by: will.i.am, Dania Maria Birks, Juana Michelle Burns, Juanita A. Lee, Kim Nazel and Fatima Shaheed
album: The Dutchess
|
| 91 |
record label: MCA 52774
chart position: RandB #4, UK #5, US #3, US dance #4
written by: Jerry Knight & Aaron Zigman
album: The Jets
|
| 92 |
record label: Columbia 11433
chart position: RandB #4, UK #5, US #12, US AC #1
written by: Dana Walden
album: How 'Bout Us
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 93 |
record label: Arista 13293
chart position: RandB #4, US #4, UK #16, US AC #2
written by: Sandy Linzer and David Wolfert
album: The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 94 |
record label: Capitol 839 (UK)
chart position: RandB #4, UK #15, US #10, US AC #36
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Silk Electric
|
| 95 |
record label: United Artists 50910
chart position: RandB #5, US #2, US AC #6
written by: Eddie Cornelius
album: Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 96 |
record label: Atlantic 89560
chart position: RandB #8, US dance #4, UK #12, US #1, US AC #30, US rock #10
written by: Phil Collins
album: No Jacket Required
|
| 97 |
record label: Columbia 73690
chart position: RandB #7, US #3, UK #20, US dance #1
written by: Robert Clivillés and Freedom Williams
album: Gonna Make You Sweat
|
| 98 |
record label: Fire 1008
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #38
weeksinr&bchart: 25
written by: Morris Levy, Clarence Lewis and Waymon Glasco
album: New King Of The Blues
|
| 99 |
record label: Epic 10256
chart position: RandB #9, US #8, UK #7
written by: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)
album: Dance to the Music
|
| 100 |
record label: Def Jam 008678
chart position: RandB #7, US #2, UK #4, US dance #6
written by: Ne Yo, Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel Storleer Eriksen
album: Because of You
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