| 1 |
record label: Keen 34013
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #29
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Sam Cooke / The Best of Sam Cooke
|
| 2 |
record label: MCA 52770
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US AC #2
written by: Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager
album: Winner in You
|
| 3 |
record label: Tamla 54046
chart position: RandB #1 (7 weeks), US #1
weeksinr&bchart: 23
written by: Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman & Freddie Gorman
album: Please Mr. Postman
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 4 |
record label: Motown 1519
chart position: RandB #1, UK #7, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Endless Love: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
|
| 5 |
record label: Mercury 70893
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
written by: Georges Boulanger and Jimmy Kennedy
album: The Platters
comments: [ballad]
|
| 6 |
record label: Epic 823
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #9
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Thriller
|
| 7 |
record label: Columbia 05024
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #1, US AC #10
written by: Beyoncé, Ne Yo, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Espen Lind and Amund Bjørklund
album: B'Day
|
| 8 |
record label: Siren 111
chart position: RandB #2, UK #3, US #1, US dance #3, US AC #39
written by: Elliot Wolff
album: Forever Your Girl
comments: [dance]
|
| 9 |
record label: Bad Boy 79097
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
written by: Sting (as Gordon Sumner), Sauce Money (as Todd Gaither) and Faith Evans
album: No Way Out
|
| 10 |
record label: Motown 1098
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Reach Out
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 11 |
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]
|
| 12 |
record label: Tamla 54176
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: In The Groove / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 13 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10487
chart position: RandB #1 (5 weeks) US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 21
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Impressions
|
| 14 |
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]
|
| 15 |
record label: Motown 1074
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #7
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: More Hits By The Supremes
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 16 |
record label: 20th Century 2140
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
written by: Carl Douglas
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 17 |
record label: J Records 61888
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
written by: Scott Storch, Ne Yo and Kameron Houff
album: Turning Point
|
| 18 |
record label: Motown 1494
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US dance #1, US 31, US AC #18
written by: Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards
album: Diana / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 19 |
record label: Columbia 79493
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US dance #1
written by: Beyoncé (as Beyoncé Knowles), Sam Barnes, Jean Claude Olivier and Cory Rooney
album: Charlie's Angels: Music from the Motion Picture
|
| 20 |
record label: Motown 374631191
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #5, US AC #1
written by: Babyface
album: II
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 21 |
record label: Tamla 54199
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
written by: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby (as Hank Cosby) & Smokey Robinson
album: Make It Happen / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 22 |
record label: LaFace
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #1, US dance #3
written by: will.i.am
album: Raymond v. Raymond
|
| 23 |
record label: Juana 3422
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US dance #1
written by: Frederick Knight
album: Sons Of Love
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 24 |
record label: Virgin 1460
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, US AC #16, UK #2, US dance #1
written by: Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) and Terry Lewis
album: Janet
|
| 25 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10330
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #1
written by: Don Gibson
album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
|
| 26 |
record label: Columbia 02860
chart position: RandB #8, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1, US rock #34
written by: Paul McCartney
album: Tug of War
|
| 27 |
record label: Virgin 97522
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US dance #1
written by: Wayne Garfield, Jimmy Jam, Janet Jackson , Terry Lewis, Mauro Malavasi and David Roman
album: All for You
|
| 28 |
record label: CBS 8852
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US AC #12
written by: Winfred Lovett
album: The Manhattans featuring Kiss and Say Goodbye
comments: [ballad]
|
| 29 |
record label: LaFace 24200
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #2, US AC #1, US dance #1
written by: Diane Warren
album: Secrets
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 30 |
record label: Atlantic 2071
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #1, UK #2
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
album: Save The Last Dance For Me
|
| 31 |
record label: Hi 2202
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US AC #36
written by: Al Green, Willie Mitchell & Al Jackson Jr.
album: Let's Stay Together
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 32 |
record label: Atlantic 84089
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
written by: Brandy (as Brandy Norwood), Rodney Jerkins, Japhe Tejeda, Fred Jerkins III and LaShawn Daniels
album: The Boy Is Mine
|
| 33 |
record label: Epic 74100
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #1, US AC #23, US dance #2
written by: Michael Jackson and Bill Bottrell
album: Dangerous
|
| 34 |
record label: Def Jam 008990
chart position: RandB #4, US #1, UK #1, US dance #1
written by: Jay Z, Thaddis Harrell, The Dream and Tricky Stewart
album: Good Girl Gone Bad
|
| 35 |
record label: Island 005162
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2, US AC #3, US dance #1
written by: Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, Johnta Austin, Babyface, Darnell Bristol and Sid Johnson
album: The Emancipation of Mimi
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 36 |
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
|
| 37 |
record label: Motown 1056
chart position: RandB #1 (7 weeks), US #1, UK #5
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: William Robinson
album: Mary Wells Sings My Guy
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 38 |
record label: Columbia 78075
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #6, US AC #1
written by: Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff, Wanya Morris, Nathan Morris, Shawn Stockman and Michael McCary
album: Daydream
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 39 |
record label: LaFace 6155
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
written by: Kevin
album: FanMail
|
| 40 |
record label: Enterprise 9038
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #4, US AC #6
written by: Isaac Hayes
album: Shaft: Music from the movie / Stax Greatest Hits
|
| 41 |
record label: Motown 1066
chart position: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #1, UK #1
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Where Did Our Love Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 42 |
record label: ABC 9972
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7
written by: traditional, Harold Logan and Lloyd Price
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #456]
|
| 43 |
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
|
| 44 |
record label: Columbia 79949
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US dance #1
written by: Beyoncé, Rich Harrison, Jay Z and Eugene Record
album: Dangerously in Love
|
| 45 |
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
|
| 46 |
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
|
| 47 |
record label: Fo Reel 19509
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
written by: Nelly, Antoine Macon, Kenny Gamble and Bunny Sigler
album: Nellyville
|
| 48 |
record label: Beltone 1002
chart position: RandB #1 (10 weeks), US #1
weeksinr&bchart: 19
written by: Ritchie Adams & Malou Rene
album: Tossin' & Turnin'
|
| 49 |
record label: Atco 6087
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #30
weeksinr&bchart: 21
written by: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
|
| 50 |
record label: Epic 3121
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #2, US AC #4
written by: Minnie Riperton & Richard Rudolph
album: Perfect Angel
comments: [ballad]
|
| 51 |
record label: Colpix 186
chart position: RandB #1 (2 weeks), US #1, UK #1
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
|
| 52 |
record label: P.I.R. 3521
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #12, US AC #10
written by: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Cary Gilbert
album: 360 Degrees of Billy Paul / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound ballad]
|
| 53 |
record label: Motown 1698
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US dance #5, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Can't Slow Down
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 54 |
record label: Columbia 77080
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #9, US AC #2, US dance #1
written by: Mariah Carey and Dave Hall
album: Music Box
|
| 55 |
record label: Virgin 1670
chart position: RandB #8, US #1, UK #4, US dance #1
written by: Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis and René Elizondo Jr.
album: The Velvet Rope
|
| 56 |
record label: Motown 1097
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: The Supremes A Go Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 57 |
record label: Epic 79639
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #4
written by: Martin Denny, LeShan Lewis, Jennifer Lopez , Troy Oliver and Cory Rooney
album: J. Lo
|
| 58 |
record label: Tamla 54281
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2, US AC #3, US dance #2
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs In The Key Of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 59 |
record label: Gee 1002
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #1
weeksinr&bchart: 17
written by: Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago and George Goldner
album: The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #307]
|
| 60 |
record label: Warner 22924
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US dance #1, US alt. #18
written by: Prince
album: Batman
|
| 61 |
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
|
| 62 |
record label: Motown 1722
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Can't Slow Down
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
| 63 |
record label: Motown 1076
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #23
written by: Brian Holland, Lamount Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Second Album / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 64 |
record label: Jive 9678
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US dance #25, US AC #5
written by: Robert John
album: Tear Down These Walls
|
| 65 |
record label: Casablanca 2233
chart position: RandB #2, UK #2, US #1, US dance #1
written by: Steven Greenberg
album: Mouth to Mouth
comments: [disco]
|
| 66 |
record label: Motown 1171
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US AC #24
written by: Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis & Willie Hutch
album: Third Album / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
| 67 |
record label: Tamla 54080
chart position: RandB #1 (6 weeks), US #1
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Clarence Paul & Henry Cosby
album: The 12 Year Old Genius: Recorded Live
comments: [Motown Sound] [instrumental]
|
| 68 |
record label: AFO 302
chart position: RandB #1, US #3
written by: Barbara George
album: I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)
|
| 69 |
record label: Arista 13774
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6
written by: Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis, Carlos Santana, Karl Perazzo and Raul Rekow
album: Supernatural
|
| 70 |
record label: Blitzz/Atlantic 87243
chart position: RandB #13, US #1, UK #2, US AC #3
written by: Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers
album: All 4 One
|
| 71 |
record label: Volt 157
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
written by: Otis Redding & Steve Cropper
album: The Dock of the Bay / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 72 |
record label: Shady 497856
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
written by: Mike Elizondo, 50 Cent and Dr. Dre
album: Get Rich or Die Tryin'
|
| 73 |
record label: Arista 9559
chart position: RandB #5, UK #1, US #1, US AC #2, US dance #12
written by: Simon Climie & Dennis Morgan
album: Aretha [1986 album]
|
| 74 |
record label: Dimension 1000
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
written by: Gerry Goffin & Carole King
album: Llllloco Motion
|
| 75 |
record label: RCA 13274
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #1, UK #7, US #17
written by: Kashif (as Kashif Saleem)
album: Get Loose
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
| 76 |
record label: Epic 50225
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US dance #12
written by: Robert Parissi
album: Wild Cherry
comments: [funk]
|
| 77 |
record label: Mercury 71565
chart position: RandB #1 (10 weeks), US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 17
written by: Clyde Otis, Murray Stein & Brook Benton
album: The Two Of Us
comments: [jazz RnB]
|
| 78 |
record label: Atlantic 85443
chart position: RandB #4, US #2, UK #1
written by: Mark Morrison and Phil Chill
album: Return of the Mack
|
| 79 |
record label: Polydor 14508
chart position: RandB #4, UK #1, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #9
written by: Freddie Perren & Dino Fekaris
album: Love Tracks
comments: [disco]
|
| 80 |
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
|
| 81 |
record label: Arista 3547
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US dance #1
written by: Jermaine Dupri, Marilyn McLeod, Pam Sawyer and Tamara Savage
album: The Boy Is Mine
comments: (featuring Jermaine Dupri and R.O.C.)
|
| 82 |
record label: Giant 19382
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #1
written by: Dr. Freeze
album: C.M.B.
|
| 83 |
record label: Fury 1023
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
written by: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: Kansas City
|
| 84 |
record label: Roc A Fella
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
written by: Kanye West, Ray Charles and Renald Richard
album: Late Registration
|
| 85 |
record label: Tamla 54232
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #7, US AC #1
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Talking Book / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 86 |
record label: LaFace 24107
chart position: RandB #4, US #1, UK #4, US AC #24
written by: Marqueze Etheridge, Lisa
album: CrazySexyCool
|
| 87 |
record label: Motown 1157
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
written by: Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards, Fonce Mizell
album: Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 2
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 88 |
record label: Work 79163
chart position: RandB #6, US #1, UK #4, US dance #5
written by: LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins and Cory Rooney
album: On the 6
|
| 89 |
record label: Mercury 71289
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
written by: Morty Nevins, Al Nevins, Artie Dunn and Buck Ram
|
| 90 |
record label: Motown 3746310611
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #35
written by: Babyface (as Kenneth Edmonds), L.A. Reid (as Antonio
album: Boomerang: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 91 |
record label: T.K. 1004
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #19
written by: Harry Casey & Richard Finch
album: Rock Your Baby
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 92 |
record label: Polydor 14547
chart position: RandB #1, UK #4, US #1, US AC #4
written by: Dino Fekaris & Freddie Perren
album: 2 Hot
comments: [Sweet Soul]
|
| 93 |
record label: Motown 1060
chart position: RandB #1 (2 weeks), US #1, UK #3
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Where Did Our Love Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 94 |
record label: SBK 18
chart position: RandB #6, US #1, UK #1, US dance #28
written by: Vanilla Ice & Earthquake
album: Hooked
|
| 95 |
record label: Arista 9381
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Gerry Goffin
album: Whitney Houston
comments: [ballad]
|
| 96 |
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]
|
| 97 |
record label: Atlantic 2864
chart position: RandB #4, US #1, UK #14, US AC #1
written by: Ewan MacColl
album: First Take
comments: [ballad]
|
| 98 |
record label: Murder Inc. 588986
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
written by: Channel 7, Mark DeBarge, Ashanti, Etterlene Jordan and Irv Gotti
album: Ashanti
|
| 99 |
record label: Def Jam
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US dance #14
written by: Ne Yo, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen
album: Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
|
| 100 |
record label: Warner Bros.
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US dance #1
written by: Prince
album: Parade
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