| 1 |
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]
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| 2 |
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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| 3 |
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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| 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]
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| 5 |
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
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| 6 |
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
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| 7 |
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]
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| 8 |
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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| 9 |
record label: Epic 823
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #9
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Thriller
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| 10 |
record label: Warner 22924
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US dance #1, US alt. #18
written by: Prince
album: Batman
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| 11 |
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]
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| 12 |
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]
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| 13 |
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]
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| 14 |
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
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| 15 |
record label: Arista 9381
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Gerry Goffin
album: Whitney Houston
comments: [ballad]
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| 16 |
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]
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| 17 |
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]
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| 18 |
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]
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| 19 |
record label: Epic 976
chart position: RandB #8, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
written by: George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley
album: Make It Big
comments: [ballad]
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| 20 |
record label: Virgin 96528
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #2, US dance #24, US AC #45
written by: Oliver Leiber
album: Forever Your Girl
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| 21 |
record label: Warner Bros.
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US dance #1
written by: Prince
album: Parade
|
| 22 |
record label: Epic 3258
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US rock #14
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Thriller
|
| 23 |
record label: Epic 07253
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Bad
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| 24 |
record label: Tamla 1808
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #1
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: In Square Circle
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 25 |
record label: EMI Manhattan 50146
chart position: RandB #11, UK #2, US #1, US AC #7
written by: Bobby McFerrin
album: Spontaneous Inventions
comments: [reggae style pop]
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| 26 |
record label: Columbia 06191
chart position: RandB #1, UK #6, US #1, US AC #2
written by: Gregory Abbott
album: Shake You Down
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| 27 |
record label: RCA 12357
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8, US dance #1 US AC #12, US rock #28
written by: Daryl Hall, John Oates & Sara Allen
album: Private Eyes
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| 28 |
record label: Parlophone 6062
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #2, US dance #2, US AC #3, US rock #24
written by: Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
album: Pipes of Peace
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| 29 |
record label: Virgin 265
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #4, US dance #1
written by: Jazzie B, Caron Wheeler, Nellee Hooper & Simon Law
album: Club Classics, Volume One
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| 30 |
record label: De lite 807
chart position: RandB #1, UK #7, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #34
written by: Donna Johnson, Claydes Charles Smith, Earl Eugene Toon Jr., James
album: Celebrate!
comments: [disco funk]
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| 31 |
record label: Jive 1672
chart position: RandB #6, UK #1, US #2, US AC #2, US dance #31,
written by: Wayne Anton Braithwaite, Barry Eastmond (as Barry James Eastmond), Robert John
album: The Jewel of the Nile: Music from the 20th Century Fox Motion Picture Soundtrack
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| 32 |
record label: Columbia 07773
chart position: RandB #1, UK #8, US #1, US AC #1
written by: George Michael
album: Faith
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| 33 |
record label: RCA 5347
chart position: US #1, UK #1, US Dance #1, US AC #1
written by: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: Whenever You Need Somebody
comments: [BRIT Awards Best British Single 1988]
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| 34 |
record label: Motown 1284 (UK)
chart position: RandB #2, UK #6, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Cochrane & Lionel Richie
album: Lionel Richie
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad] Â
|
| 35 |
record label: King Jay 28430
chart position: RandB #2, UK #3, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #31
written by: Bill Withers
album: Life, Love & Pain
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| 36 |
record label: Elektra 47031
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #7, US dance #2
written by: John Deacon
album: The Game
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| 37 |
record label: WEA 377
chart position: RandB #38, UK #2, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: A New Flame
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| 38 |
record label: Columbia 04417
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2, US dance #1, US AC #3
written by: Tom Snow & Dean Pitchford
album: Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture
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| 39 |
record label: MCA 53383
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US dance #7
written by: Bobby Brown, Gene Griffin & Teddy Riley
album: Don't Be Cruel
comments: [dance]
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| 40 |
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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| 41 |
record label: Warner 28455
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Jonathan Lewis, David Lewis & Wayne Lewis
album: All in the Name of Love
comments: [love ballad]
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| 42 |
record label: CBS 6300 (UK)
chart position: US #1, UK #4, US AC #1
written by: D. Hall
album: The Secret Of Association
comments: [blue-eyed soul]
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| 43 |
record label: RCA 13354
chart position: US #1, RandB #78, UK #6, US dance #18, US AC #14, US rock #18
written by: Sara Allen, Daryl Hall & John Oates
album: H2O
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| 44 |
record label: Tamla 54317
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #5, US dance #10
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Hotter Than July
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 45 |
record label: Arista 612 693
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #3, US dance #1, US AC #7
written by: Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney & Andy Morris
album: Affection
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| 46 |
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
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| 47 |
record label: Atlantic 89256
chart position: UK #1, US Dance #1
written by: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterma
album: F.L.M.
comments: [disco dance]
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| 48 |
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]
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| 49 |
record label: Columbia 02536
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US #3, US dance #3
written by: Wayne Vaughn & Maurice White
album: Raise!
|
| 50 |
record label: Capitol 5459
chart position: RandB #1, UK #18, US #18
written by: Paul Laurence
album: Rock Me Tonight
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 51 |
record label: Columbia 08092
chart position: RandB #28, UK #1, US #3, US dance #20
written by: Maurice Starr
album: Hangin' Tough
|
| 52 |
record label: AandM 2861
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #8, US dance #1, US AC #3
written by: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
album: Crash
|
| 53 |
record label: Planet 47929
chart position: RandB #7, UK #10, US #2, US AC #6
written by: John Bettis & Michael Clark
album: Black & White
|
| 54 |
record label: Sire 27539
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #20, UK #1, US #1, US AC #3
written by: Madonna & Patrick Leonard
album: Like a Prayer
|
| 55 |
record label: EMI America 8158
chart position: RandB #14, US dance #1, UK #1, US #1, US rock #8
written by: David Bowie
album: Let's Dance
|
| 56 |
record label: Arista 9870
chart position: RandB #20, UK #2, US #1, US AC #21
written by: Frank Farian, Peter Bischof Fallenstein & Dietmar Kawohl
album: All or Nothing
|
| 57 |
record label: Atlantic 3664
chart position: RandB #5, US #4, UK #4, US dance #50, US AC #3
written by: Sam Cooke & Michael Zager
|
| 58 |
record label: Elektra 69564
chart position: RandB #29, UK #2, US #1
written by: Mick Hucknall & Neil Moss
album: Picture Book
|
| 59 |
record label: Warner 29286
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #1, US rock #31
written by: Prince
album: Purple Rain
|
| 60 |
record label: Columbia 03302
chart position: RandB #1, UK #4, US #3, US dance #12, US AC #34
written by: Marvin Gaye
album: Midnight Love
|
| 61 |
record label: Epic 07645
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #9
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Bad
|
| 62 |
record label: Motown 1819
chart position: RandB #1, UK #8, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Dancing on the Ceiling
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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| 63 |
record label: Arista 9781
chart position: RandB #3, UK #3, US #2, US dance #3
written by: Bill Pettaway Jr., Sean Spencer, Kevin Lyles, Rodney Hollaman & Ky Adeyemo
album: All or Nothing
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 64 |
record label: Portrait 03793
chart position: RandB #18, UK #2, US #2, US dance #6, US rock #12
written by: Eddy Grant
album: Killer on the Rampage
|
| 65 |
record label: Arista 9466
chart position: RandB #3, UK #8, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Linda Creed & Michael Masser
album: Whitney Houston
|
| 66 |
record label: RCA 13479
chart position: RandB #6, UK #4, US #7, AC #2
written by: Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago (uncredited), George Goldner (uncredited) & Morris Levy
album: Why Do Fools Fall in Love
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| 67 |
record label: Columbia 7547
chart position: RandB #6, UK #11, US #1, US dance #13, US AC #3
written by: George Michael
album: Faith
|
| 68 |
record label: SBK 19701
chart position: RandB #10, UK #2, US #2, US dance #1
written by: Ya Kid K (as Manuela Kamosi) & Jo Bogaert (as Thomas de Quincey)
album: Pump Up the Jam: The Album
comments: [disco dance]
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| 69 |
record label: Casablanca 811 440 7
chart position: RandB #2, UK #2, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #4
written by: Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey & Irene Cara
album: Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 70 |
record label: Warner 49505
chart position: RandB #1, UK #7, US #4, US dance #2, US AC #26
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Give Me the Night
|
| 71 |
record label: Columbia 04679
chart position: RandB #3, UK #1, US #2, US dance #7, US AC #15, US rock #5
written by: Philip Bailey, Phil Collins & Nathan East
album: Chinese Wall
|
| 72 |
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]
|
| 73 |
record label: De lite 829
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #2, US AC #2
written by: Charles Smith, James
album: In the Heart
comments: Joanna / Tonight was released as a double a side in the UK
|
| 74 |
record label: Atlantic 89446
chart position: RandB #2, UK #2, US #3, US dance #1, S AC #38
written by: John Smith
album: Poolside
|
| 75 |
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]
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| 76 |
record label: MCA 53483
chart position: RandB #54, US #1, UK #5, US dance #1, US alt.# 5
written by: Roland Gift, David Steele & Andy Cox
album: The Raw & the Cooked
|
| 77 |
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
|
| 78 |
record label: Epic 03288
chart position: RandB #1, UK #8, US #2, US AC #1
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Thriller
|
| 79 |
record label: AandM 2216
chart position: RandB #1, UK #6, US #7, US dance #1
written by: Louis Johnson, George Johnson
album: Light Up the Night
comments: [disco funk jazz]
|
| 80 |
record label: Capitol 5354
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #3, US dance #21, US AC #8, US rock #51
written by: Britten & Graham Lyle
album: Private Dancer
|
| 81 |
record label: Columbia 07675
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #7, US AC #44
written by: Terence Trent D'Arby & Sean Oliver
album: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
|
| 82 |
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]
|
| 83 |
record label: De lite 818
chart position: RandB #4, UK #3, US dance #16, US #10
written by: Ronald Bell (as Khalis Bayyan), Kool & the Gang & James
album: Something Special
|
| 84 |
record label: Columbia 68671
chart position: RandB #12, UK #5, US #1, US AC #3
written by: Maurice Starr
album: Hangin' Tough
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 85 |
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]
|
| 86 |
record label: Jive 1754
chart position: RandB #1, UK #12, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Billy Ocean, Wayne Anton Braithwaite & Barry Eastmond (as Barry James Eastmond)
album: Love Zone
|
| 87 |
record label: Arista 9863
chart position: RandB #1, UK #16, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager
album: Friends
comments: [ballad] featuring Elton John, Stevie Wonder & Gladys Knight
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| 88 |
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]
|
| 89 |
record label: Epic 07418
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #33
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Bad
|
| 90 |
record label: Epic 4949
chart position: RandB #12, UK #2, US #1, US dance #7, US AC #4
written by: George Michael
album: Make It Big
|
| 91 |
record label: Manhattan 50047
chart position: RandB #7, UK #3, US #2, US AC #37, US dance #1
written by: Robbie Nevil, Duncan Pain & Mark Holding
album: Robbie Nevil
|
| 92 |
record label: AandM 663
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #22, US dance #1
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: Rhythm Nation 1814
|
| 93 |
record label: Capitol 4953
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, US AC #1
written by: Rokusuke Ei, Hachidai Nakamura, Abraham Quintanilla III (as Abraham Quintanilla Jr.) & Pete Astudill
album: Twice as Sweet
comments: [ballad]
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| 94 |
record label: De lite 880 869
chart position: RandB #1, UK #4, US #2, US AC #1
written by: Robert Bell
album: Emergency
|
| 95 |
record label: Arista 8883 (UK)
chart position: RandB #14, UK #2, US #10, US AC #1
written by: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
album: Heartbreaker
|
| 96 |
record label: Sire 9210 (UK)
chart position: RandB #9, UK #3, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #29
written by: Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly
album: Like a Virgin
|
| 97 |
record label: 20th Century 2460
chart position: RandB #12, UK #4, US #6, US dance #5, US AC #5
written by: James Mtume & Reggie Lucas
album: 11
|
| 98 |
record label: Columbia 07941
chart position: RandB #8, US #1, UK #13, US dance #1
written by: George Michael
album: Faith
|
| 99 |
record label: AandM 2855
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #10, US dance #1, US AC #10
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis & Janet Jackson
album: Control
|
| 100 |
record label: MCA 23957
chart position: RandB #1, UK #4, US #2, US dance #15
written by: Babyface, L.A. Reid & Daryl Simmons
album: Ghostbusters II
comments: [new jack swing]
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