| 1 |
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]
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| 2 |
record label: Atlantic 85443
chart position: RandB #4, US #2, UK #1
written by: Mark Morrison and Phil Chill
album: Return of the Mack
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| 3 |
record label: Columbia 78276
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US AC #2, US dance #6
written by: Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri and Manuel Seal
album: Daydream
comments: [slow jam]
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| 4 |
record label: Ruffhouse 7935
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #1, US AC #30, US dance #48
written by: Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel
album: The Score
comments: [neo soul]
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| 5 |
record label: Jive 42422
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #1, US AC #3
written by: R. Kelly
album: Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
comments: [slow jam]
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| 6 |
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]
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| 7 |
record label: EastWest 64231
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #5
written by: Andrea Martin, Ivan Matias, Marqueze Ethridge and Organized Noize
album: EV3/Set If Off Soundtrack
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| 8 |
record label: Interscope 6343
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8
written by: Bizzy Bone (as Bryon McCane II), Krayzie Bone (as Anthony Henderson), Layzie Bone
album: E. 1999 Eternal
comments: [hip hop]
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| 9 |
record label: LaFace 24160
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US AC #9, US dance #1
written by: Babyface and Bryce Luvah (as Bryce Wilson)
album: Secrets
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| 10 |
record label: Interscope 6027
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #9
written by: Dr. Dre (as Andre Young), Chauncey Black (as Chauncey Hannibal), Teddy Riley, William Stewart
album: Another Level
comments: [hip hop] (featuring Dr. Dre)
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| 11 |
record label: Death Row 00001
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6
weeksinr&bchart: 33
written by: Joe Cocker, Woodrow Cunningham, Norman Durham, Mikel Hooks, Ronald Hudson, Christopher Stainton
album: All Eyez on Me
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 12 |
record label: Elektra 5859
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #39
written by: Keith Sweat, Eric McCaine and Kut Klose
album: Keith Sweat
comments: [slow jam]
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| 13 |
record label: Death Row 4
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #17
written by: 2Pac (as Tupac Shakur), Johnny Jackson, Bruce Fisher, Leon Ware, Stanley Richardson and Quincy Jones
album: All Eyez on Me
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 14 |
record label: Elektra 64245
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #30
written by: Keith Sweat and Fitzgerald Scott
album: Keith Sweat
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 15 |
record label: DreamWorks 59000
chart position: RandB #22, US #7, UK #1, US AC #6
written by: George Michael
album: Older
|
| 16 |
record label: Def Jam 1
chart position: RandB #4, US #3, UK #7
written by: LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) and Al B. Sure!
album: Mr. Smith
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 17 |
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]
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| 18 |
record label: Arista 12989
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #39
written by: Babyface
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album / Share My World
comments: [slow jam]
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| 19 |
record label: MCA 48014
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #20, US dance #30
written by: Bingham, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe, Dyson and Silky
album: Home Again
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| 20 |
record label: London 850 765(UK)
chart position: UK #2
written by: Carl Martin
album: Gabrielle
|
| 21 |
record label: Reprise 17621
chart position: RandB #54, US #5, UK #18, US AC #1
written by: Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy and Wayne Kirkpatrick
album: Phenomenon: Music from the Motion Picture
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| 22 |
record label: RCA 64515
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, UK #13
written by: Allen Gordon (as Allstar), Andrea Martin, I. Matias, Tamara Johnson and Coko (as Cheryl Gamble)
album: New Beginning
|
| 23 |
record label: Jive 42373
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #23
written by: R. Kelly
album: R. Kelly
comments: [slow jam] (featuring Ronald Isley)
|
| 24 |
record label: Epic 8668
chart position: RandB #2, US #6, UK #12
written by: Howard Hewett and Dana Meyers
album: The Day
|
| 25 |
record label: Elektra 64346
chart position: RandB #35, US #3, UK #127, US AC #3
written by: Tracy Chapman
album: New Beginning
|
| 26 |
record label: DreamWorks 4894
chart position: RandB #44, UK #1, US #8, US AC #8
written by: Jon Douglas and George Michael
album: Older
|
| 27 |
record label: Epic 664128
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #16
written by: Woody Cunningham, Dr. Dre, Norman Durham, Roger (as Roger Troutman) and 2Pac
album: Ginuwine...The Bachelor
|
| 28 |
record label: Tommy Boy 721
chart position: RandB #24, US #5, UK #13
written by: Coolio (as Artis Ivey Jr.) and Adrian Sear
album: Gangsta's Paradise
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 29 |
record label: Big Beat 2279
chart position: RandB #15, US #3, UK #117
written by: Barry White, C.C. Orange (as C.C. Lemonhead), Jay McGowan (as Jay Ski McGowan) and Mike Phillips
album: Get on up and Dance
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| 30 |
record label: Arista 12976
chart position: RandB #7, US #8, UK #12, US AC #4
written by: Babyface, Whitney Houston and Michael Houston
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [ballad]
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| 31 |
record label: Elektra 66028
chart position: RandB #6, US #8, UK #8
written by: Busta Rhymes (as Trevor Smith) and Galt MacDermot
album: The Coming
comments: [rap]
|
| 32 |
record label: LaFace 24181
chart position: RandB #1, US #9, UK #21
written by: Babyface (as Kenny Edmonds) and Keith Andes
album: Az Yet
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 33 |
record label: Jive 402
chart position: RandB #1, US #5
written by: R. Kelly
album: R. Kelly
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 34 |
record label: Def Jam 15
chart position: RandB #7, US #9, UK #15
written by: LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)
album: Mr. Smith
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 35 |
record label: Atlantic 6859 (UK)
chart position: RandB #44, US #10, UK #13, US AC #9
written by: Steve Miller
album: Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
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| 36 |
record label: Interscope 6177
chart position: RandB #1, UK #6, US #12
written by: Chauncey Black (as Chauncey Hannibal), Etterlene Jordan and Teddy Riley
album: Another Level
comments: [slow jam]
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| 37 |
record label: MCA 55278
chart position: RandB #7, US #7
written by: Chucky Thompson, Daron Jones, Heavy D, Slim , Michael Keith, Q [Quinnes Parker], Diddy, Jimmy Jam
album: Home Again
|
| 38 |
record label: Rowdy 35072
chart position: RandB #3, US #7
written by: Daryl Simmons
album: Miss Thang
|
| 39 |
record label: EastWest 5830
chart position: RandB #3, US #10, UK #39
written by: Jermaine Dupri, MC Lyte and Michael Jackson
album: Sunset Park: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 40 |
record label: Interscope 97008
chart position: RandB #36, UK #2. US #32
written by: Terry Britten and Graham Lyle
album: Supercop: Music from and Inspired by the Dimension Motion Picture
comments: [hip hop]
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| 41 |
record label: Geffen 1063
chart position: UK #1, RandB #27, US #46
written by: LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) and David Wolinski (as Hawk Wolinski)
album: Beavis and Butt Head Do America: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 42 |
record label: Mushroom (UK)
chart position: UK #2
written by: Peter Andre, Bubbler Ranx, Ollie Jacobs and Glen Goldsmith
album: Natural
comments: [reggae]
|
| 43 |
record label: Ruffhouse 8462
chart position: UK #1, RandB #22, US #69
written by: Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras (as Pras Michel)
album: The Score
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 44 |
record label: Atlantic 6818
chart position: RandB #1, US #11, UK #21
written by: Missy Elliott and Timbaland (as Tim Mosley)
album: One in a Million
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| 45 |
record label: Arista 13312
chart position: UK #1, RandB #29, US #15, US dance #35, US AC #12
written by: Annie Len nox
album: The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
|
| 46 |
record label: EMI 58532
chart position: RandB #2, US #10, UK #21
written by: D'Angelo and Raphael Saadiq
album: Brown Sugar
comments: [neo soul]
|
| 47 |
record label: Elektra 63974
chart position: RandB #5, US #11, UK #15
written by: MC Lyte (as Lana Moore) and Rashad Smith
album: Bad as I Wanna B
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 48 |
record label: Epic 78264
chart position: RandB #10, US #30, UK #4, US dance #27
written by: Michael Jackson
album: HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
|
| 49 |
record label: Columbia 67147
chart position: RandB #58, UK #2, US #38
written by: Vincent Ford and Bob Marley (uncredited)
album: The Score
|
| 50 |
record label: Bad Boy 9061
chart position: RandB #3, US #13
written by: Diddy, Stevie J, Slim, Q [Quinnes Parker], Michael Keith, DJ Rogers and H. Casey
album: 112
|
| 51 |
record label: Arista 12950
chart position: RandB #12, US #17, UK #31, US dance #1
written by: Vassal Benford and Larry Campbell
album: Deborah Cox
|
| 52 |
record label: Island 854 552
chart position: RandB #2, US #11, UK #34
written by: Joe, Joshua Thompson and Michele Williams
album: All That I Am
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 53 |
record label: Perspective 00282
chart position: RandB #2, US #17, UK #38
written by: Vassal Benford
album: Definition of a Band
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 54 |
record label: EMI 7243(UK)
chart position: UK #4
written by: Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
album: Before the Rain
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 55 |
record label: Bad Boy 9057
chart position: RandB #6, US #12, UK #29
written by: Julian Jackson, Raphael Saadiq, Janice Johnson and Brian James
album: Total
|
| 56 |
record label: Hip Hop Remixes 604
chart position: RandB #4, US #14, UK #26
written by: Scott Alexander, Rodney Browning, Kolanek, George Pendergast and J.R. Richards
album: Case
|
| 57 |
record label: RCA 64492
chart position: RandB #5, US #24, UK #12, US dance #35
written by: Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris
album: I Will Survive (Doin' It My Way)
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 58 |
record label: MCA 48010
chart position: RandB #4, US #22, UK #20, US dance #10
written by: [MCA 55123] written by Dalvin DeGrate, K Ci (as K Ci Hailey) and JoJo (as JoJo Hailey)
album: The Show, the After Party, the Hotel
|
| 59 |
record label: Columbia 78408
chart position: RandB #18, UK #12, US #22
written by: R. Kelly, Nas, Tone and Poke
album: It Was Written
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 60 |
record label: Virgin 38550
chart position: RandB #34, US #20, UK #15
written by: Gary Benson, Maxi Priest (as Max Elliott), Robert Livingston, Shaun Pizzonia, Shaggy
album: Mr. Lover Lover: The Best of Shaggy...Part 1
|
| 61 |
record label: MJJ Music 78366
chart position: UK #2, RandB #71
weeksinr&bchart: 5
written by: Babyface (as Kenneth Edmonds)
album: Brotherhood
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 62 |
record label: Island 7235
chart position: RandB #5, US #18, UK #30
written by: Stanley Brown, Myron and Alex Cantrall
album: Dru Hill
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 63 |
record label: LaFace 24178
chart position: RandB #5, US #12
written by: André 3000 (as André Benjamin) and Big Boi (as Antwan André Patton)
album: ATLiens
comments: [rap]
|
| 64 |
record label: Blackground 6936
chart position: RandB #1, US #25, US dance #2
written by: Missy Elliott and Timbaland (as Tim Mosley)
album: One in a Million
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 65 |
record label: So So Def 78358
chart position: RandB #18, US #13
written by: Carl Mo (as Carlton Mahone Jr.) and Rodney Terry
|
| 66 |
record label: EastWest 1938
chart position: RandB #95, US dance #6, UK #4
written by: Carolyn Franklin and Sonny Saunders
album: Greatest Hits
|
| 67 |
record label: Big Beat 2270
chart position: RandB #4, US #17, UK #63
written by: Junior M.A.F.I.A. and Clark Kent
album: Conspiracy
comments: [rap]
|
| 68 |
record label: Def Jam 19
chart position: RandB #11, US #28, UK #24
written by: Montell Jordan and Ricky Waters
album: More…
|
| 69 |
record label: NPG 724388356121(UK)
chart position: RandB #10, UK #11, US #31
written by: Thom Bell and Linda Creed
album: Emancipation
|
| 70 |
record label: Epic 78012
chart position: UK #4, RandB #50, US #91
written by: Michael Jackson
album: HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
|
| 71 |
record label: Big Beat 2315
chart position: RandB #9, US #18, UK #45
written by: Lil' Kim (as Kimberly Jones) and Stevie J (as Steven Jordan)
album: Hard Core
comments: [rap]
|
| 72 |
record label: Mercury 461
chart position: RandB #17, UK #17, US #39, US AC #5
written by: Lionel Richie, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris) and Terry Lewis
album: Louder Than Words
comments: [ballad]
|
| 73 |
record label: Universal 56008
chart position: RandB #10, US #18
written by: Stanley Brown, Myron and Alex Cantrall (as Alex
album: The Final Tic
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 74 |
record label: Mercury 1(UK)
chart position: UK #3
written by: Dina Carroll, Nigel Lowis, B. Blue and R. Smith
album: Only Human
|
| 75 |
record label: Rush Associated 574 067(UK)
chart position: UK #1, RandB #10, US #42
written by: Sam Barnes and Foxy Brown (as Inga Marchand)
album: Ill Na Na
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 76 |
record label: Jive 395(UK)
chart position: RandB 7, UK #14
written by: R. Kelly
album: R. Kelly
|
| 77 |
record label: Def Soul 314 575 649
chart position: RandB #8, US #18
written by: Montell Jordan
album: More…
|
| 78 |
record label: RCA 64606
chart position: RandB #6, US #22
written by: Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams
album: New Beginning
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 79 |
record label: MCA 3691
chart position: RandB #8, US #24, UK #44
written by: Raguel Dill, Kapin Ferguson, Andre Harrison, Tonya Pointer, Alonzo Simmons and Dewayne Staten
album: Until the Day
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 80 |
record label: Mercury 128
chart position: RandB #5, US #30, UK #33
written by: DJ Quik (as David Blake) and Raphael Saadiq
album: House of Music
comments: [hip hop] (featuring DJ Quik)
|
| 81 |
record label: Columbia 78327
chart position: RandB #17, US #53, UK #12
written by: Nas (as Nasir Jones), Jean Claude Olivier, Kurtis Blow (as Kurtis Walker) and Sam Barnes
album: It Was Written
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 82 |
record label: Epic 78400
chart position: RandB #5, US #52, UK #14
written by: Luther Vandross and Reed Vertelney
album: Your Secret Love
|
| 83 |
record label: Arista 13213
chart position: RandB #22, US #26, US AC #6
written by: Babyface
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [ballad]
|
| 84 |
record label: Cheeky 12017
chart position: UK #3, US Dance #1, US #63
written by: Rollo (as Rollo Armstrong), Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz
album: Reverence
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 85 |
record label: Priority 53227
chart position: RandB #19, US #21
written by: Diddy
album: Bow Down
comments: [rap]
|
| 86 |
record label: MCA 48003(UK)
chart position: UK #5
written by: Willie Dixon
album: The Genuine Article: The Best of Etta James
comments: Featured in Diet Coke advert in the UK Originally released in 1961 as B side of 'At Last'
|
| 87 |
record label: Motown 374631415
chart position: RandB #14, US #62, UK #12
written by: Horace Brown, Kevin Deane, Robert Graham, Easy Mo Bee (as Osten Harvey) and Craig Mack
album: Horace Brown
|
| 88 |
record label: Rap A Lot 11541
chart position: RandB #15, US #22
written by: AK 47, Belo Zero and N.A.R.D.
album: Picture This
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 89 |
record label: EastWest 9610
chart position: RandB #10, US #25, US AC #30
written by: Gordon Chambers and Barry Eastmond
album: Set It Off: Music from the New Line Cinema Motion Picture
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 90 |
record label: Biv 10 Records 422860557
written by: RandB #12, US #32, UK #41
album: No Doubt
|
| 91 |
record label: EMI 419(UK)
chart position: UK #8
written by: David Frank and Jeff Pescetto (as Jeffrey Pescetto)
album: Power of a Woman
|
| 92 |
record label: Tommy Boy 731
chart position: RandB #47, US #29, UK #34
written by: Coolio (as Artis Ivey) and Fred Lewis
album: Eddie OST
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 93 |
record label: Columbia 78365
chart position: RandB #8, US #36, UK #39
written by: Maxwell (as Musze) and Itaal Shur
comments: [neo soul]
|
| 94 |
record label: ZTT 17708
chart position: RandB #71, US #33, UK #51, US AC #4
written by: Seal
album: Seal [1994 album]
|
| 95 |
record label: Logic 79591 59047
chart position: UK #8
written by: Ken Morris (as Kenneth Morris) and Patrick Adams
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 96 |
record label: Universal 56001
chart position: RandB #11, US #32
written by: Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard and Jack Irons
album: Moods...Moments
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 97 |
record label: Atlantic 2329
chart position: RandB 50, UK #8
written by: Coolio, Method Man, LL Cool, B Real, Jean Claude Olivier, Sam Barnes, and Busta Rhymes
album: Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
comments: (featuring B Real, Busta Rhymes, Coolio, LL Cool J and Method Man)
|
| 98 |
record label: Big Beat 95640
chart position: RandB #45, US #42, UK #21
written by: Freddie Mercury
album: Here We Come
|
| 99 |
record label: Universal 1019
chart position: RandB #63, US #35, US dance #6
written by: Maxwell (as Musze) and Itaal Shur
album: Feels So Good
|
| 100 |
record label: Virgin 38529
chart position: RandB #52, UK #11, US #108
written by: Shaggy (as Orville Burrell), Robert Livingston, M. Dixon and Bob Marley
album: Boombastic
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