Paula Julie Abdul (born June 19, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality. Abdul scored a string of hits in the the US and UK pop charts in the late 1980s and early 1990s several of which became R&B hits also, the biggest of which was "Straight Up" which topped the the Billboard US Hot 100 chart in 1988 and reached number 2 in the R&B chart, and number 3 in the UK chart . Her six number one singles on the Hot 100 tie her with Diana Ross for seventh among the female solo performers who have topped the chart. She won a Grammy for "Best Music Video - Short Form" for "Opposites Attract" and twice won the "Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography".
Below is a list of Paula Abdul songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on

to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.
(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)