| 1 |
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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| 2 |
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]
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| 3 |
record label: Columbia 74197
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #2, US dance #13
written by: Treach (as Anthony Ciss)
album: Totally Krossed Out
comments: [hip hop]
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| 4 |
record label: Wing 865 136
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US AC #1
written by: Phil Galdston, Wendy Waldman and Jon Lind
album: The Comfort Zone
comments: [ballad]
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| 5 |
record label: Columbia 74330
chart position: RandB #11, US #1, UK #2, US AC #1
written by: Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis and Willie Hutch
album: MTV Unplugged
comments: [ballad]
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| 6 |
record label: EastWest 98586
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #4, US dance #8
written by: Thomas McElroy and Denzil Foster
album: Funky Divas
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| 7 |
record label: Def American 18947
chart position: RandB #27, US #1, US dance #5
written by: Sir Mix a Lot
album: Mack Daddy
comments: [hip hop]
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| 8 |
record label: Epic 74200
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #3, US dance #2
written by: Michael Jackson, Bernard Belle, Teddy Riley, John Lennon and Paul McCartney
album: Dangerous
comments: [new jack swing]
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| 9 |
record label: Columbia 74751
chart position: RandB #21, US #1, UK #12, US AC #1
written by: Alan Menken and Tim Rice
album: Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [ballad]
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| 10 |
record label: Giant 18686
chart position: RandB #2, US #4, UK #7
written by: Vassal Benford and Ron Spearman (as Ronald Spearman)
album: Jade to the Max
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| 11 |
record label: Cooltempo 265
chart position: RandB #2, UK #2. US #8, US dance #6
written by: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart) and Speech (as Todd Thomas)
album: 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of…
comments: [hip hop]
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| 12 |
record label: Chrysalis 04674
chart position: RandB #6, US #6, UK #4, US dance #1
written by: Arrested Development
album: 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of…
comments: [hip hop] charted as Mr Wendal / Revolution in UK charts
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| 13 |
record label: Arista 115 309
chart position: US #5, UK #1, US Dance #1
written by: Michael Münzing (as Benito Benites) and Luca Anzilotti
album: The Madman's Return
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 14 |
record label: Gasoline Alley 2436
chart position: RandB #2, US #2, UK #36
written by: Carl Martin
album: If I Ever Fall in Love
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 15 |
record label: Next Plateau 50187
chart position: US #6, UK #1
written by: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) and Richard Finch
|
| 16 |
record label: LaFace 24032
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #55
written by: L.A. Reid, Babyface and Daryl Simmons
album: Ooooooohhh....On the TLC Tip
|
| 17 |
record label: Perspective 7400
chart position: RandB #1, US #10, UK #2, US dance #3
written by: Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson
comments: [disco dance] (with BBD and Ralph Tresvant)
|
| 18 |
record label: MCA 54388
chart position: RandB #3, US #2, UK #24, US dance #9
written by: Markell Riley, Aqil
album: Hard or Smooth
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 19 |
record label: Gee Street 39
chart position: RandB #16, US #3, UK #30
written by: Prince Be (as Attrell Cordes)
album: The Bliss Album...?
|
| 20 |
record label: MCA 54342
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #19, US dance #1
written by: Babyface, Bobby Brown , L.A. Reid and Daryl Simmons
album: Bobby
|
| 21 |
record label: Motown 1415
chart position: RandB #4, US #3, UK #27, US AC 11
written by: Fred Parris
album: Music Inspired by the Jacksons: An American Dream Mini Series
|
| 22 |
record label: Epic 658018
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #8, US dance #1
written by: Michael Jackson and Teddy Riley
album: Dangerous
|
| 23 |
record label: Columbia 74239
chart position: RandB #7, US #5, UK #17, US AC #13, US dance #16
written by: Mariah Carey, David Cole and Robert Clivillés
album: Emotions
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 24 |
record label: Tommy Boy 526
chart position: RandB #14, US #3, UK #32, US dance #17
written by: Everlast
album: House of Pain (Fine Malt Lyrics)
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 25 |
record label: Capitol 673
chart position: UK #1, RandB #59, US #13, US AC #15
written by: Mike Leeson and Peter Vale
album: Duophonic
|
| 26 |
record label: Gordy 7038
chart position: UK #2, US AC #27
written by: Smokey Robinson and Ronald White
album: My Girl OST
comments: re release
|
| 27 |
record label: LaFace 24008
chart position: RandB #2, US #6, UK #13
written by: Dallas Austin and Lisa
album: Ooooooohhh....On the TLC Tip
|
| 28 |
record label: Reprise 19076
chart position: RandB #3, US #3, US AC #2
written by: Kenny Nolan
album: Love Crazy
comments: [ballad]
|
| 29 |
record label: Columbia 657718 (UK)
chart position: UK #4
written by: Thom Bell (as Thomas Bell) and Sherman Marshall
album: Yours Sincerely
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| 30 |
record label: Cooltempo 270
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #18, US dance #34
written by: Speech (as Todd Thomas) and Taree Jones
album: 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of…
comments: [hip hop]
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| 31 |
record label: Columbia 657526
chart position: RandB #3, US #4, UK #43, US dance #36
written by: Jake Carter (as Joe Carter), Joe Sayles (as Joseph Sayles), Nate Sayles, Kevin Scott & Dwight Wyatt
album: Joe Public
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| 32 |
record label: Arista 74321
chart position: RandB #2, US #7, UK #59
written by: Dallas Austin and Lisa
album: Ooooooohhh....On the TLC Tip
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| 33 |
record label: Giant 0148
chart position: RandB #20, US #4, UK #42
written by: Diane Warren
album: Beverly Hills, 90210: The Soundtrack
comments: [ballad]
|
| 34 |
record label: Uptown / MCA 54526
chart position: RandB #6, US #7, UK #31
written by: Kenny Greene (as Kenny
album: What's the 411?
|
| 35 |
record label: EastWest 98560
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #44, US AC #32
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Funky Divas
|
| 36 |
record label: Jive 42103
chart position: RandB #2, US #5, UK #55
written by: Timmy Allen and William Walton
album: Keep It Goin' On
|
| 37 |
record label: MCA 54517
chart position: RandB #5, US #7, UK #41
written by: Babyface (as Kenny Edmonds), L.A. Reid and Daryl Simmons
album: Bobby
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| 38 |
record label: Paisley Park 040574
chart position: RandB #61, US #7, UK #27
written by: Prince, Lowell Fulson (as Lowell Fulsom) and Jimmy McCracklin
album: Love Symbol album
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| 39 |
record label: Epic 4651
chart position: RandB #19, US #9, UK #38, US dance #7
written by: Billie Calvin (as Billie Rae Calvin)
album: Here It Is
comments: [ballad]
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| 40 |
record label: Epic 74708
chart position: UK #2, RandB #62, US #27, US AC #9
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Dangerous
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| 41 |
record label: AandM 878
chart position: RandB #3, US #15, UK #10, US dance #1
written by: Steve
album: Finally
|
| 42 |
record label: Perspective 864
chart position: RandB #3, US #6
written by: Lawrence Waddell, Stokley Williams and Jeff Allen
album: Meant to Be Mint
|
| 43 |
record label: Epic 74406
chart position: RandB #6, US #14, UK #10, US dance #1
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Dangerous
|
| 44 |
record label: AandM 846
chart position: RandB #38, UK #6, US dance #1, US #20
written by: Eric Miller, Jeremiah McAllister and Chantay Savage
album: Finally
comments: [disco dance]
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| 45 |
record label: EastWest 98487
chart position: RandB #23, US #8, UK #16
written by: Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy
album: Funky Divas
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| 46 |
record label: Next Plateau 162 350 012
chart position: RandB #17, US #10
written by: Mitchell Johnson, David C. Weldonm, Aaron E. Clark, David A. Ferguson, John C. Ferguson
album: The Nine Yards
comments: [hip hop]
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| 47 |
record label: Columbia 74376
chart position: RandB #3, US #13, UK #16, US dance #23
written by: Jermaine Dupri and Toni Colandreo
album: Totally Krossed Out
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 48 |
record label: Giant 18950
chart position: RandB #7, US #16, UK #13
written by: Vassal Benford and Ron Spearman (as Ronald Spearman)
album: Jade to the Max
|
| 49 |
record label: Epic 658360
chart position: RandB #3, US #26, UK #13, US dance #4
written by: Michael Jackson, René Moore, Bruce Swedien and Teddy
album: Dangerous
|
| 50 |
record label: Capitol 683
chart position: RandB #3, US #11, UK #37, US dance #30
written by: Michaelangelo Saulsberry, Eric Kirkland, Irving Washington (as Irving Washington III)
album: Portrait
|
| 51 |
record label: MCA 54175
chart position: RandB #1, US #11
written by: DeVante Swing
album: Forever My Lady
|
| 52 |
record label: Motown 1408
chart position: RandB #1, US #21, UK #33, US AC #3
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Back to Front
|
| 53 |
record label: Arista 74321
chart position: RandB #73, US #18, UK #47, US AC #1
written by: Kenny G
album: Breathless
comments: [Jazz RnB Instrumental]
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| 54 |
record label: RCA 62355
chart position: RandB #13, US #92, UK #3
written by: Brian Alexander Morgan
album: It`s About Time
|
| 55 |
record label: MCA 54278
chart position: RandB #23, US #19, UK #50, US dance #3
written by: Jody Watley, David Morales and Alee Shantzis
album: Affairs of the Heart
|
| 56 |
record label: EastWest 1935
chart position: RandB #16, US #15, UK #22
written by: Thomas McElroy and Denzil Foster
album: Funky Divas
|
| 57 |
record label: Arista 74321
chart position: RandB #44, US #34, UK #17, US dance #1
written by: Bill Withers, David Cole, Michelle Visage, Robert Clivillés, Skip Scarborough and Tommy Never
|
| 58 |
record label: Epic 74734
chart position: RandB #9, US #28, UK #26, US AC #14
written by: Sade Adu and Stuart Matthewman
album: Love Deluxe
|
| 59 |
record label: RCA 62367
chart position: US dance #1, UK #4, RandB #97
written by: Eric Beall
album: Martha Wash
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 60 |
record label: Epic 74482
chart position: RandB #5, US #19, UK #65, US AC #18
written by: Walter Afanasieff, Trey Lorenz and Mariah Carey
album: Trey Lorenz
comments: [slow jam]
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| 61 |
record label: Paisley Park 18817
chart position: RandB #76, US #66, UK #4
written by: Prince, Levi Seacer Jr. and Tony M. (as Tony Mosley)
album: Love Symbol album
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| 62 |
record label: Uptown 54455
chart position: RandB #1, US #57, UK #26, US dance #36
written by: Cory Rooney (as Mark C. Rooney) and Prince Markie Dee (as Mark Morales)
album: What's the 411?
|
| 63 |
record label: Columbia 74390
chart position: RandB #8, US #13
written by: Mad Cobra (as Ewart Brown), C. Dillon and B. Thompson
album: Hard to Wet, Easy to Dry
|
| 64 |
record label: Fontana 11
chart position: UK #4
written by: David Was and Don Was
album: Hello Dad...I'm in Jail
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 65 |
record label: Paisley Park 0091
chart position: RandB #14, US #23, UK #19
written by: Prince
album: Diamonds and Pearls
|
| 66 |
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]
|
| 67 |
record label: Island 67641
chart position: RandB #10, US #14
written by: Darryl Gibson, Janice Johnson, Byron Miller and Roland Bautista
album: The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 68 |
record label: Epic 658772
chart position: RandB #4, US #33, UK #17
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis, Shabba Ranks (as Rexton Gordon), Clifton Dillon
album: X tra Naked
|
| 69 |
record label: Virgin 96172
chart position: RandB #14, UK #4
written by: Jazzie B (as Beresford Romeo) and William Mowatt
album: Vol. III: Just Right
|
| 70 |
record label: Tuff Gong 2
chart position: UK #5, US Alt #11
written by: Bob Marley
album: Songs of Freedom
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 71 |
record label: Columbia 657701
chart position: RandB #83, US #44, UK #15, US dance #1
album: Greatest Remixes Vol. I
|
| 72 |
record label: EastWest 96206
chart position: RandB #5, US #25, US dance #29
written by: Dre (as Andre Weston), Skoob , James Brown , Fred Wesley and Charles
album: Dead Serious
|
| 73 |
record label: Giant 19074
chart position: RandB #31, US #16
written by: Bryan Abrams, Kevin Thornton, Mark Calderon, Sam Watters, Hamza Lee and T. Taylor
album: C.M.B.
|
| 74 |
record label: Uptown 2298
chart position: RandB #1, US #29, UK #48
written by: Eric Milteer
album: Strictly Business Soundtrack / What's the 411?
|
| 75 |
record label: Polydor 213
chart position: RandB #11, US #26, US AC #2
written by: Keith Thomas and Cynthia Weil
album: The Comfort Zone
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 76 |
record label: Arista 74321
chart position: RandB #2, US #33, UK #33
written by: Babyface, Daryl Simmons and Bo Watson
album: Boomerang: Original Soundtrack Album/Toni Braxton
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| 77 |
record label: Epic 658251
chart position: RandB #2, US #40, UK #23
written by: Shabba Ranks, Mikey Bennett and Hopeton Lindo
album: Rough and Ready Volume 1
comments: [reggae dancehall]
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| 78 |
record label: Columbia 4468
chart position: RandB #83, UK #15, US dance #6, US #54
written by: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.
album: Greatest Remixes Vol. I
|
| 79 |
record label: Pyrotech 10079
chart position: UK #6, US dance #1, US #110
written by: Felix. Joanne T, Dwayne R, Derek J, Paul S
comments: [house]
|
| 80 |
record label: Perspective 31458 7410
chart position: RandB #1, US #27
written by: Lance Alexander and Tony Tolbert
album: Where Dey At?
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 81 |
record label: Motown 3746310571
chart position: RandB #56, UK #7, US AC #7
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Back to Front
|
| 82 |
record label: Mercury 866 445
chart position: RandB #44, US #26, US dance #2
written by: Hula, Craig Simpkins (as K. Fingers), Lidell Townsell and Silk E
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 83 |
record label: MCA 2751
chart position: RandB #30, US #32, UK #16
written by: Teddy Riley, Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown and Benard Belle
|
| 84 |
record label: Motown 1406
chart position: RandB #16, US #21
written by: Sharon Davis, Michael Bivins, Rico Anderson, Kevin J. Wales and Tamara Young
album: Loverslane
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 85 |
record label: Warner 5439 18940
chart position: RandB #2, US #68, UK #49, US dance #1
written by: Klarmann and Weber
album: The Woman I Am
|
| 86 |
record label: Pendulum 64813
chart position: RandB #6, US #29, US AC #17
written by: Chris Walker
album: First Time
|
| 87 |
record label: LaFace 24029
chart position: RandB #2, US #29
written by: Bo Watson, Babyface, Daryl Simmons and L.A. Reid
album: Boomerang: Original Soundtrack Album
|
| 88 |
record label: MCA 54555
chart position: RandB #22, US #21
written by: Dr. Freeze
|
| 89 |
record label: EastWest 98577
chart position: RandB #1, US #37
written by: Gerald Levert and Edwin Nicholas (as Edwin
album: Private Line
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 90 |
record label: Capitol 79236
chart position: RandB #15, US #62, UK #14
album: Too Legit to Quit
|
| 91 |
record label: Motown 374632169
chart position: RandB #4, US #31
written by: Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen
album: Inner Child
comments: [ballad] (featuring Johnny Gill)
|
| 92 |
record label: Jive 42063
chart position: RandB #1, US #39
written by: R. Kelly
album: Born into the 90's
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 93 |
record label: MCA 54384
chart position: RandB #1, US #44, UK #56
written by: Hank Shocklee, Gary G Wiz, Floyd F. Fisher and Aaron Hall
album: The Truth
|
| 94 |
record label: Jive 42092
chart position: RandB #1, US #43
written by: . Kelly, Tyrone D. Blatcher and Michael Jefferson
album: Born into the 90's
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 95 |
record label: MCA 2054
chart position: RandB #1, US #41
written by: DeVante Swing
album: Forever My Lady
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 96 |
record label: Warner 40525
chart position: RandB #1, US #47
written by: Al B. Sure! and Kyle West
album: Sexy Versus
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 97 |
record label: Jive 42109
chart position: RandB #3, US #38
written by: R. Kelly
album: Keep It Goin' On
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 98 |
record label: Network Records 58
chart position: UK #8
written by: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) and Richard Finch
album: K.W.S.
|
| 99 |
record label: Epic 658384 7 (UK)
chart position: UK #9
written by: Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Russell (as Bert Berns)
comments: [soul ballad]
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| 100 |
record label: Atlantic 87445
chart position: RandB #1, US #58
written by: Babyface
album: Deepa
comments: [slow jam]
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