Disclaimer: Songs listed are R&B solo hits and songs with high R&B/Soul influence. 

 

2.237.580.128 • John Legend - All Of Me

2.152.402.124 • The Weeknd - The Hills

2.027.125.546 • The Weeknd - Die For You

1.914.771.125 • Bruno Mars - Thats What I Like

1.799.050.975 • Mariah Carey - AIWFCIY

1.640.512.103 • The Weeknd - Call Out My Name

1.622.916.404 • SZA - Kill Bill

1.612.892.455 • Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

1.570.454.203 • The Weeknd - Earned It 

1.526.408.159 • Childish Gambino - Redbone

1.515.706.526 • Drake - Passionfruit 

1.469.928.437 • Beyoncé - Halo

1.452.116.330 • Earth, Wind & Fire - September

1.446.462.688 • Khalid - Young, Dumb, and Broke

1.379.987.494 • Rihanna - Needed Me

1.353.509.951 • Rihanna - Love On The Brain

1.349.810.790 • Bruno Mars - 24K Magic 

1.324.194.203 • Khalid - Location

1.301.028.518 • Rihanna - Diamonds

1.289.920.760 • Khalid - Better

1.227.855.927 • Silk Sonic - Leave The Door Open

1.183.921.042 • Miguel - Sure Thing

1.173.767.288 • Bryson Tiller - Don’t 

1.158.987.142 • Steve Lacy - Dark Red

1.124.252.918 • Chris Brown - Under The Influence

1.082.208.866 • Frank Ocean - Pink + White

1.060.372.682 • Giveon - Heartbreak Anniversary

1.046.025.270 • Kali Uchis - telepatía 

  971.055.464 • Doja Cat - Streets

  965.457.082 • SZA - Good Days

  959.267.820 • Alicia Keys - If I Ain’t Got You

  958.386.274 • TLC - No Scrubs

  907.712.302 • Bryson Tiller - Exchange

  894.538.699 • Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

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Such a beautiful and still underrated genre

I hope it only continues to flourish and push its boundaries in the mainstream, ironically a lot of the songs listed have aged miles better than other hits from their respective years. Timelessness

Don't is at 1B??  a soundcloud era classic 

All of Me and AIWFCIY are considered R&B songs?  is this a case of 'every song released by a black person is r&b/hip hop' bc one is a piano ballad and the other is a literal christmas song

Not you remaking my thread

 

Edit - Oh, okay. It's for solo songs

13 minutes ago, Devin said:

Beyoncé - Halo

6 minutes ago, Mordecai said:

All of Me and AIWFCIY are considered R&B songs?  is this a case of 'every song released by a black person is r&b/hip hop' bc one is a piano ballad and the other is a literal christmas song

All Of Me played on Adult R&B radio before Pop.

1 hour ago, Prodigal Self said:

R&B/Pop hit don’t start its too early. 

here come the genre police 

 

R&B comes in all flavors (e.g. Alt-R&B, Soul, Funk, Trapsoul, Contemporary, etc.)

 

SZA with two entries

1 minute ago, Devin said:

here come the genre police 

 

R&B comes in all flavors (e.g. Alt-R&B, Soul, Funk, Trapsoul, Contemporary, etc.)

 

It’s usually the girls that don’t know much about the genre…no shade to them

21 minutes ago, supertiffany said:

most of the top songs arent even R&B sounding,

 

one of the few that is really R&B is Sza's song

 

20 minutes ago, Mordecai said:

All of Me and AIWFCIY are considered R&B songs?  is this a case of 'every song released by a black person is r&b/hip hop' bc one is a piano ballad and the other is a literal christmas song

There’s more to rnb than contemporary and alternative. Both these songs are pop soul, an R&B subgenre

@Devin you forgot Exchange lol

15 minutes ago, Contessa said:

 

There’s more to rnb than contemporary and alternative. Both these songs are pop soul, an R&B subgenre

then there are a lot of pop songs if we include it due to being an r&b SUBGENRE

1 minute ago, supertiffany said:

then there are a lot of pop songs if we include it due to being an r&b SUBGENRE

if u wanna go there then we can discuss whitewashing in r&b and how #those songs receive more streams & acclaim then what u perceive are actual r&b songs.

 

Just now, Devin said:

if u wanna go there then we can discuss whitewashing in r&b and how #those songs receive more streams & acclaim then what u perceive are actual r&b songs.

 

then do it 

10 minutes ago, Armani? said:

@Devin you forgot Exchange lol

fixed. now dont start nitpicking my thread on this lovely day. 

stream Streets & Good Days

 

also how we questioning All of Me, i can't with y'all 

Oh I see some serious classics there, talent won!

56 minutes ago, Armani? said:

All Of Me played on Adult R&B radio before Pop.

Thank you AOM was already a hit on R&B radio way before he even performed it on da Grammys and it crossed over 

The genre police on atrl is so weird  

 

king of stage Bobby brown is missing

Hi

 

You're missing Bieber’s Peaches, Yummy, Intentions, and some other hits.

 

thank you!

3 hours ago, Devin said:

1.799.050.975 • Mariah Carey - AIWFCIY

…be for real 

Snooze is coming.

Good Days needa be way higher