charts discussion Bigger R&B Classic: No Diggity vs All My Life vs Too Close

[GoodGuyGoneGhetto]

Which of these smash-hit R&B anthems released circa. 1997-1998 is the bigger classic?

 

 

 

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[Armani?]

No Diggity wins.

 

My personal favorite is Too Close 

[yamiyuuuu]

Yeah, No Diggity by a huge margin

[Thinking Of You]

No Diggity, I suppose

 

In addition, this version that was in 10 Things I Hate About You was the bigger hit in my book:

 

 

 

[James_Dean]

My favorite is Too Close 

[GoodGuyGoneGhetto]

29 minutes ago, Armani? said:

No Diggity wins.

Spotify + YT streams for all three? 
 

My personal favourite is “All My Life”.

 

26 minutes ago, yamiyuuuu said:

Yeah, No Diggity by a huge margin

Really?

 

A huge margin?

 

I hear the other songs probably more than “ND”. 

[UnanimousBB16]

No Diggity > All My Life > Too Close

 

289M > 241M > 100M (Youtube)

 

583M > 186M > 141M (Spotify)

Edited April 27, 2022 by UnanimousBB16

[pearlmercury]

No Diggity has been referenced the most to this day so her 

[SavagePapi]

Whewwww!! You are taking me all the way back! All masterpieces, but....

 

No Diggity >>> All My Life >>> Too Close as far as success

 

But AML has a special place in my haht! The chokehold!! 

[naval23]

Omg all these classics 

 

All My Life is extremely underrated, so many people from my gen still know the lyrics to it and it's the most global out of all these 

 

But I'd say No Diggity >> Too Close >> All My Life 

 

 

Edited April 27, 2022 by naval23

[CarCAL22]

No Diggity is definitely more of a classic, followed by All My Life and then Too Close.

 

which is interesting given that Too Close was statistically much bigger than the other two at the time, placing at #16 on the decade end Hot 100 (1990-1999) and quite high on the all time chart (#34)

Edited April 27, 2022 by CarCAL22

[Hooligan]

All My Life, no contest!

 

[dreampop]

All My Life is the bigger classic …  a wedding staple 

[NavyBlue]

“All My Life”,  sis and it’s not even close for me. Then “Too Close”   Was never a fan of “No Diggity” tbh. 

[ALA]

All immaculate classics, it's true  

[Devin]

No Diggity is the classic but I love them all.

[dabunique]

Too Close was da number one song of 1998 overall so they win

 

i need y’all to stop dropping streaming numbers on songs dat streaming didn’t exist 

 

Too Close > All My Life (blocked Frozen from number one) > No Diggity (misogynists deserve to be at da bottom for not giving Queen Pen credit on it)

[Kool_Aid_King]

No Diggity is 100%

[Kool_Aid_King]

4 hours ago, dabunique said:

Too Close was da number one song of 1998 overall so they win

 

i need y’all to stop dropping streaming numbers on songs dat streaming didn’t exist 

 

Too Close > All My Life (blocked Frozen from number one) > No Diggity (misogynists deserve to be at da bottom for not giving Queen Pen credit on it)

I''m so confused why she has no credit on the billboard Hot 100 when she does on the YT video, streaming editions and even the Grammy

 

 

[GreatestLoveofAll]

ngl never heard Too Close more than once. That being said: No Diggity is the most remembered and the biggest by AML is by far the best of the bunch for me.

[jdanton2]

No Diggity is the most known though my rankings are

 

1 All My Life

2 No Diggity

3 Too Close

[Soda Pop Queen]

9 hours ago, dabunique said:

Too Close was da number one song of 1998 overall so they win

 

i need y’all to stop dropping streaming numbers on songs dat streaming didn’t exist 

 

Too Close > All My Life (blocked Frozen from number one) > No Diggity (misogynists deserve to be at da bottom for not giving Queen Pen credit on it)

True streaming didn't exist back then but it's a good way to gauge which classic hits have resonated through the years and stood the test of time.