| 1 |
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
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| 2 |
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.)
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| 3 |
record label: Jive 42557
chart position: RandB #5, US #1, UK #3, US AC #1
written by: R. Kelly
album: R.
comments: [slow jam]
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| 4 |
record label: Columbia 78804
chart position: RandB #6, US #1, UK #3
written by: Nas (as Nasir Jones), Sam Barnes, Bernard Edwards, Joe Robinson, Nile Rodgers and Will Smith
album: Big Willie Style
comments: [hip hop]
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| 5 |
record label: Warner Bros. 17119
chart position: US #1, UK #1 US dance #1
written by: Brian Higgins, Stuart McLennan, Paul Barry, Steven Torch, Matthew Gray and Timothy Powell
album: Believe
comments: [disco dance]
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| 6 |
record label: Columbia 78822
chart position: RandB #4, US #1, UK #4, US AC #18, US dance #5
written by: Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff
album: Butterfly
comments: [slow jam]
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| 7 |
record label: Ruffhouse 41015
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #3
written by: Lauryn Hill
album: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
comments: [hip hop]
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| 8 |
record label: MCA 152
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8, US AC #26
written by: Rory Bennett and JoJo (as JoJo Hailey)
album: Love Always
comments: [slow jam]
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| 9 |
record label: Arista 3575
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #55, US AC #6
written by: Rhett Lawrence and Travon Potts
album: The Boy Is Mine
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 10 |
record label: Arista 3435
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #24
written by: Kay Gee, T Low (as Terry Brown), R.L. (as Robert Huggar) and Tweet (as Raphael Brown)
album: Rated Next
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| 11 |
record label: Arista 3544
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #55, US dance #1
written by: Montell Jordan and Shep Crawford (as Anthony
album: One Wish
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 12 |
record label: Atlantic 84198
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #13, US AC #25
written by: Diane Warrenu
album: Never Say Never
comments: [slow jam]
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| 13 |
record label: LaFace 4307
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #24
written by: Brian Casey, Manuel Seal (as Manuel Seal Jr.), Jermaine Dupri and Usher (as Usher Raymond)
album: My Way
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 14 |
record label: Epic 69338
chart position: RandB #19, US #4, UK #2
written by: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham, Diddy (as Sean Combs) and Mark Curry
album: Godzilla: The Album
|
| 15 |
record label: Virgin 38631
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #5, US dance #10
written by: Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis and René Elizondo Jr.
album: The Velvet Rope
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 16 |
record label: Red Ant 108
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #52, US dance #46
written by: Will Baker, Christopher Kelly and Pete Woodruff
album: Fairy Tales
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 17 |
record label: Def Jam 280
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #9
written by: Rick Cousins, Tamar Ruffin, Warryn Campbell, Sisqó (as Mark Andrews) and Redman (as Reggie Noble)
album: Enter the Dru
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| 18 |
record label: Arista 13613
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #142, US dance #1
written by: Soulshock, Kenneth Karlin and Tamara Savage
album: My Love Is Your Love
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 19 |
record label: Def Jam 568 665
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #25
written by: Montell Jordan, Master P (as Percy Miller) and Vyshonn Miller
album: Let's Ride
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 20 |
record label: Ruffhouse 665871
chart position: RandB #9, US #7, UK #3
written by: Wyclef Jean
album: Wyclef Jean Presents the Carnival Featuring the Refugee Allstars
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| 21 |
record label: Elektra 63844
chart position: RandB #7, US #10, UK #2
written by: Al Green and Busta Rhymes (as Trevor Smith Jr.)
album: When Disaster Strikes
|
| 22 |
record label: MJJ Music 6562
chart position: RandB #5, US #6, UK #6
written by: Donald Fagen, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, Peter Pankey, Rodney Jerkins, Sean Hamilton
album: Kiss the Sky
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| 23 |
record label: LaFace 4323
chart position: RandB #4, US #2
written by: Jermaine Dupri, Usher (as Usher Raymond) and Manuel Seal (as Manuel Seal Jr.)
album: My Way
comments: [hip hop] (featuring Jermaine Dupri)
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| 24 |
record label: EastWest 63850
chart position: RandB #2, US #5, UK #22
weeksinr&bchart: 27
written by: Missy Elliott, Timbaland (as Tim Mosley) and A. Richards
album: Make It Hot
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 25 |
record label: Motown 422860768
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #48
written by: Brandon Barnes and Brian McKnight
album: Anytime
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 26 |
record label: Bad Boys 79142
chart position: RandB #3, US #6, UK #15
written by: Mase (as Mason Betha), Diddy (as Sean Combs)
album: Harlem World
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 27 |
record label: Interscope 143
chart position: RandB #8, US #15, UK #2
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: P. Michael, Wyclef Jean, R. Jones, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, J. Brown and B. Byrd
album: Ghetto Supastar
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 28 |
record label: AandM 588 589
chart position: RandB #4, US #5, UK #38
written by: Feloney Davis, Euclid Gray and Monica Gray
album: All Work, No Play
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 29 |
record label: Roc A Fella 283
chart position: RandB #10, US #15, UK #2
written by: Jay Z, Martin Charnin, Mark James [Mark Howard James] and Charles Strouse
album: Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 30 |
record label: Yab Yum 3487
chart position: RandB #2, US #7, UK #32
written by: Tim Kelley, Bob Robinson and Jon B
album: Cool Relax
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 31 |
record label: Interscope 6383
chart position: RandB #2, US #6, US dance #29
weeksinr&bchart: 27
written by: Sisqo (as Mark Andrews) and Darryl Pearson (as Darryl
album: Mýa
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 32 |
record label: Bad Boy 9116
chart position: RandB #2, US #7, UK #24
written by: Diddy, Schon Jamel Crawford, Clarence Emery, Faith Evans, R. Lawrence, Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edward
album: Keep the Faith
|
| 33 |
record label: Columbia 78788
chart position: RandB #4, US #7, UK #46
written by: Diane Warren
album: Traces of My Lipstick
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 34 |
record label: Columbia 666520
chart position: RandB #33, US #15, UK #4, US AC #3
written by: Stephen Schwartz, Babyface and Mariah Carey
album: My Love Is Your Love
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 35 |
record label: Epic 79025
chart position: RandB #10, UK #4, US #12
written by: TQ (as Terrance Quaites)
album: They Never Saw Me Coming
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 36 |
record label: Big Beat 2481
chart position: RandB #40, US #102
weeksinr&bchart: 11
album: Don Cartagena
comments: [rap]
|
| 37 |
record label: Bad Boy 9180
chart position: RandB #3, US #7
written by: Missy Elliott, D. Pearson, Timbaland (as Tim Mosley), K. Spivey and J. Raynor
album: Kima, Keisha, and Pam
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| 38 |
record label: Sm:)e 9065
chart position: UK #1, US dance #14, RandB #90, US #113
written by: DMC (as Darryl McDaniels), DJ Run (as Joseph Simmons) and Jam Master Jay (as Jason Mizell)
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 39 |
record label: Columbia 666209
chart position: RandB #17, US #20, UK #2
written by: Will Smith, Bill Withers, Ralph MacDonald and William Salter
album: Big Willie Style
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 40 |
record label: Columbia 41314
chart position: UK #3, RandB #73, US #17
written by: Will Smith, Ryan Toby, Sam Barnes (as Samuel Barnes), William Shelby, Stephen Shockley and Leon Sylver
album: Big Willie Style
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 41 |
record label: So So Def 41348
chart position: RandB #30, US #6
weeksinr&bchart: 19
written by: Cyndi Lauper and Rob Hyman
album: Ready for the World
|
| 42 |
record label: Island 572 482
chart position: RandB #5, UK #4, US #21
written by: Damon Thomas and Babyface (as Kenneth Edmonds)
album: Enter the Dru
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 43 |
record label: Maverick 9385
chart position: UK #3, RandB #51, US #26
written by: Cleopatra Madonna Higgins, Zainam Higgins, Yonah Higgins, Tim Scrafton and Kenny Hayes
album: Comin' Atcha!
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| 44 |
record label: So So Def 79078
chart position: RandB #2, US #9
written by: Jermaine Dupri, L. Scott and Manuel Seal (as Manuel Seal Jr.)
album: Traces of My Lipstick
comments: [slow jam]
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| 45 |
record label: H.O.L.A. 423
chart position: RandB #10, US #10
written by: Raymond Basora, Steve Morales and Gerard McKetney
album: Voices of Theory
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 46 |
record label: Uptown 1328
chart position: RandB #9, US #9, UK #29
written by: Albert Charles, Tijuan Frampton, John Guildberg and Tim Stahl
album: Mo'hogany
comments: (featuring Jack Knight)
|
| 47 |
record label: Def Jam 314 566 494
chart position: RandB #3, US #10
written by: Joe (as Joe Thomas)
album: Personal Conversation
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 48 |
record label: WEA 159
chart position: UK #4, US #81
written by: Cleo Higgins, Zainam Higgins, Yonah Higgins, Cziz Hall, Paul Eastman and Steve Christian
album: Comin' Atcha!
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| 49 |
record label: RCA 64972
chart position: RandB #5, US #6
written by: Lamar Johnson, Gerald Baillergeau, Victor Merritt, Chill
album: Raw Sylk
comments: [rap]
|
| 50 |
record label: Interscope 6495
chart position: RandB #10, US #14, UK #7
written by: Teddy Riley, Tamara Savage, Madeline Nelson, Mase (as Mason Betha) and Michael Foster
album: Finally
|
| 51 |
record label: Atlantic 2478
chart position: UK #2, RandB #4, US #44
written by: Mase, LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins, Isaac Phillips and Nycolia TurmanT
album: Never Say Never
comments: (featuring Mase)
|
| 52 |
record label: Jive 052283
chart position: UK #3, RandB #12, US #32
written by: Deon Evans, Bruce Hornsby and 2Pac (as Tupac Shakur)
album: Greatest Hits
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 53 |
record label: Island 572330
chart position: RandB #1, US #12, UK #25
written by: Anthony Dent, S. Jordan, Kelly Price and Jeffrey Walker
album: Soul of a Woman
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 54 |
record label: WEA 3331000028
chart position: UK #4
written by: Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards and Fonce Mizell
album: Comin' Atcha!
|
| 55 |
record label: Bad Boys 9171
chart position: RandB #8, US #8
written by: Mase (as Mason Betha), Diddy (as Sean
album: Harlem World
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 56 |
record label: Interscope 6352
chart position: RandB #1, UK #7, US #32
written by: R. Kelly
album: Sparkle
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 57 |
record label: Virgin 13172
chart position: RandB #11, US #28, UK #13, US dance #1
written by: Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis and René Elizondo Jr.
album: The Velvet Rope
|
| 58 |
record label: Def Jam 33
chart position: RandB #12, US #18, UK #10
written by: LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)
album: Phenomenon
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 59 |
record label: Arista 3455
chart position: RandB #5, US #26, UK #22, US dance #1
written by: Lauryn Hill & Edie Brickell (sample)
album: A Rose Is Still a Rose
|
| 60 |
record label: Atlantic 2475
chart position: RandB #1, US #21, UK #11
written by: Timbaland (as Tim Mosley) and Static Major (as Stephen Garrett)
album: Dr. Dolittle Movie Soundtrack
comments: (featuring Timbaland)
|
| 61 |
record label: Jive 42504
chart position: RandB #10, US #21, UK #12
written by: Robert Caldwell, Kenneth Karlin, Alfons Kettner, Soulshock (as Carsten Schack) and 2Pac
album: R U Still Down? (Remember Me)
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 62 |
record label: EastWest 6110
chart position: RandB #2, US #12, UK #80
written by: Gerald Levert, Darrell Allamby, Link (as Lincoln Browder) and Antoinette Roberson
album: Love and Consequences
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 63 |
record label: Arista 13521
chart position: RandB #4, US #14
written by: Babyface, Darnell Bristol, Tweet, Arkeida Clowers, R.L., Buddy Johnson,Darren Lighty and Tony Tolbert
album: Rated Next
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 64 |
record label: Def Jam 247
chart position: RandB #4, US #14
written by: Montell Jordan
album: Let's Ride
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 65 |
record label: Elektra 63791
chart position: RandB #6, US #12, UK #58
written by: Lee
album: Still in the Game
comments: (featuring Snoop Dogg)
|
| 66 |
record label: Manifesto 46 (UK)
chart position: US dance #1, UK #8
written by: David Morales
comments: [house]
|
| 67 |
record label: 2 Hard 6160
chart position: RandB #15, US #40, UK #10
written by: Moses Davis and Jeremy Harding
album: Many Moods of Moses
comments: [reggae]
|
| 68 |
record label: Bad Boy 9181
chart position: RandB #8, US #17, UK #196
written by: Mase (as Mason Betha), Leslie Brathwaite, Daron Jones, Michael Keith, L. Maxwell, Q [Quinnes Parker]
album: Room 112
|
| 69 |
record label: Jive 42513
chart position: RandB #20, US #25, UK #22
written by: Deric
album: Imajin
|
| 70 |
record label: Priority 30222
chart position: RandB #18, US #16
written by: Master P, Fiend, Mia X, Mystikal and Silkk the Shocker (as The Shocker)
album: Ghetto D
|
| 71 |
record label: Motown 860830
chart position: US #3, UK #36
written by: Anders Bagge
album: 98 Degrees and Rising
|
| 72 |
record label: Relativity 0812
chart position: RandB #14, US #15
album: The Collection: Volume Two
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 73 |
record label: Priority 30256
chart position: RandB #11, US #16
written by: Master P and Sons of Funk
album: The Ghetto Tryin To Kill Me
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 74 |
record label: Bad Boy 79157
chart position: RandB #8, US #17
written by: Sheek Louch, Styles P , DMX, D Dot , Ron Lawrence and, J.Smith
album: Money, Power and Respect
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 75 |
record label: Elektra 1218
chart position: UK #5, RandB #29, US #105
written by: Busta Rhymes
album: Extinction Level Event (The Final World Front)
comments: [rap]
|
| 76 |
record label: Untertainment 78938
chart position: RandB #9, UK #12, US #41
written by: Cam'ron (as Cameron Giles)
album: Confessions of Fire
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 77 |
record label: Mercury 1
chart position: UK #4
written by: Henry Binns, Yoyo Olugbo, JP Esq., Paul Meehan, Steve Levine, Célena Cherry, Mariama Goodman
album: Wonder No. 8
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 78 |
record label: Def Jam 261
chart position: RandB #6, US #55, UK #24
weeksinr&bchart: 31
written by: Jay Z , Ja Rule , Amil, Irv Gotti and Robert Mays
album: Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 79 |
record label: Bad Boy 9150
chart position: RandB #13, US #19
written by: The Notorious B.I.G., Jadakiss , Stevie J , Busta Rhymes and Bill Conti
album: No Way Out
comments: [rap]
|
| 80 |
record label: Jive 42574
chart position: RandB #5, US #22
written by: R. Kelly
album: R.
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 81 |
record label: Loud/RCA 65478
chart position: RandB #6, US #24
written by: Jerome Foster and Big Punisher (as Christopher Lee Rios)
album: Capital Punishment
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 82 |
record label: Dreamworks 5105
chart position: RandB #69, UK #5
written by: John Deacon
album: Greatest Hits III
|
| 83 |
record label: Breakaway 4000
chart position: RandB #18, US #18
written by: Nate Dogg, Warren G and Harold Johnson
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 84 |
record label: Relativity 0767
chart position: RandB #15, US #23, UK #48
album: Sex Down
|
| 85 |
record label: MCA 55462
chart position: RandB #8, US #26
written by: Nathan Clemons, Aaron Hall III and Manuel Seal (as Manuel Seal Jr.)
album: Inside of You
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 86 |
record label: Priority 81085
chart position: RandB #16, US #19
written by: Snoop Dogg
album: Da Game Is to Be Sold Not to Be Told
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 87 |
record label: Universal 56175
chart position: RandB #13, US #28, UK #35
written by: Canibus (as Germaine Williams), Wyclef Jean and Jerry Wonder
album: Canibus
comments: [rap]
|
| 88 |
record label: Mercury 2
chart position: UK #5
written by: Paul Begaud
album: Wonder No. 8
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 89 |
record label: Interscope 95032
chart position: RandB #4, US #34, US dance #11
weeksinr&bchart: 22
written by: Mark Andrew, Mýa (as Mýa Harrison), Vyshonne Miller, Darryl Pearson and Gary Wright
album: Mýa
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 90 |
record label: So So Def 79010
chart position: RandB #11, US #23
written by: Brandon Casey, Brian Casey, Jermaine Dupri and Manuel Seal (as Manuel Seal Jr.)
album: A Jagged Era
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 91 |
record label: Jive 42559
chart position: UK #17, RandB #22, US #65
written by: R. Kelly, Kelly Price, Keith Murray and George Archie Jr.
album: R.
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 92 |
record label: Manifesto 38
chart position: UK #13, US Dance #1
written by: James Wirrick and Sylvester
album: The Purist
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 93 |
record label: Priority 81141
chart position: RandB #12, US #26
written by: Ice Cube (as O'Shea Jackson)
album: War and Peace: Volume 1 (The War Disc)
comments: [rap]
|
| 94 |
record label: RCA 65378
chart position: RandB #7, US #25
written by: Brian Alexander Morgan and Jaco Pastorius
album: Release Some Tension
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 95 |
record label: Qwest 17194
chart position: RandB #7, US #30
written by: Tim Kelley, Bob Robinson, Lionel Richie, Ronald LaPread and Tamia (as Tamia Hill)
album: Tamia
|
| 96 |
record label: Island 572 251
chart position: RandB #20, US #26
written by: John Barry, Luke (as Luther Campbell) and Darren Rudnick
album: Changin' the Game
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 97 |
record label: Yab Yum 3487
chart position: RandB #9, US #29
written by: 2Pac, Jon B and Johnny J
album: Cool Relax
|
| 98 |
record label: So So Def 3573
chart position: RandB #14, US #29
written by: Larry Blackmon, Da Brat, Jermaine Dupri, Thomas Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant and Charlie Singleton
album: Life in 1472
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 99 |
record label: LaFace 4301
chart position: RandB #14, US #27
written by: Pressha (as David Jones) and Adonis (as Joseph Carn)
album: Don't Get It Twisted
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 100 |
record label: Atlantic 84071
chart position: RandB #23, US #73, UK #51, US dance #1
written by: Charles Pendleton, Cassandra Lucas and Darryl Floyd
album: Flower
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