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Bigger R&B Classic: Be Without You vs Shake It Off


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Mary J. Blige - Be Without You


Mariah Carey - Shake It Off

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We've been too strong for too long
And I can't be without you, baby :bam:

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Mary easily . it is one of her best songs . Mariah has alot better songs than that.

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Be Without You. Shake It Off is a cute little bop, but that pretty much sums it up. 

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4 minutes ago, Taste of Honey said:

Be Without You. Shake It Off is a cute little bop, but that pretty much sums it up. 

A strong bop > WBT knockoff 

 

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Be Without You easily like that's a classic that when you hear it again for the first time in a really long time, it just ignites nostalgia in you 

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"Be Without You," for sure. The release of that song, and the overall album release, was such a great moment.

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11 minutes ago, jdanton2 said:

Mary easily . it is one of her best songs . Mariah has alot better songs than that.

the way i almost did WBT but then that woulda been unfair to mary. :skull:

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By God, for a second I thought the "Shake It Off" in question was Taylor Swift's.

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19 minutes ago, Devin said:

the way i almost did WBT but then that woulda been unfair to mary. :skull:

Be Without You was bigger than We Belong Together on the R&B charts though?

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5 minutes ago, Stankonia said:

Be Without You was bigger than We Belong Together on the R&B charts though?

not u saying this like WBT wasnt sitting at the top of BBH100 for 14 wks. :deadbanana:

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Be Without You is the #1 R&B song of All-Time according to Billboard

 

"Shake It Off" was cute but "Be Without You" outsold in year-end positions, worldwide peaks

 

 

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Be Without You, but that song was a straight up We Belong Together rip-off.

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Be Without You is one of MJB's signature hits.

 

Shake It Off was a hit, but not even one of Mimi's biggest.

 

Mary J Blige GIF by BET Awards

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I mean why are we not comparing it to We Belong Together

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40 minutes ago, suburbannature said:

A strong bop > WBT knockoff 

 

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This

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11 minutes ago, Devin said:

not u saying this like WBT wasnt sitting at the top of BBH100 for 14 wks. :deadbanana:

Girl. You asked what's the biggest R&B classic. Be Without You spent 15 weeks at #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, We Belong Together 14 weeks.

 

And BWY had a lot more longevity than WBT. It broke the record for the longest-running single in the existence of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, where it spent a total of 75 weeks on that chart. (Only surpassed by Miguel's Sure Thing since then)

 

75 weeks – "Be Without You" – Mary J. Blige (2005)

52 weeks – "We Belong Together" – Mariah Carey (2005)

 

Be Without You is ranked at #1 on Billboard's list of the biggest songs of all time on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs. We Belong Together is #11.

 

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10 minutes ago, Stankonia said:

Girl. You asked what's the biggest R&B classic. Be Without You spent 15 weeks at #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, We Belong Together 14 weeks.

 

And BWY had a lot more longevity than WBT. It broke the record for the longest-running single in the existence of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, where it spent a total of 75 weeks on that chart. (Only surpassed by Miguel's Sure Thing since then)

 

75 weeks – "Be Without You" – Mary J. Blige (2005)

52 weeks – "We Belong Together" – Mariah Carey (2005)

 

Be Without You is ranked at #1 on Billboard's list of the biggest songs of all time on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs. We Belong Together is #11.

 

Love And Hip Hop Reaction GIF by I'm So Jonathan

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Be Without You has double the streams so that

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25 minutes ago, Stankonia said:

Girl. You asked what's the biggest R&B classic. Be Without You spent 15 weeks at #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, We Belong Together 14 weeks.

 

And BWY had a lot more longevity than WBT. It broke the record for the longest-running single in the existence of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, where it spent a total of 75 weeks on that chart. (Only surpassed by Miguel's Sure Thing since then)

 

75 weeks – "Be Without You" – Mary J. Blige (2005)

52 weeks – "We Belong Together" – Mariah Carey (2005)

 

Be Without You is ranked at #1 on Billboard's list of the biggest songs of all time on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs. We Belong Together is #11.

 

tenor.gif

 

Darling!

 

 We Belong Together was an R&B Song that was named Song of the Decade by Billboard. Mariah's comeback paved the way for Mary's comeback. 

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Be Without You is a classic, the other is forgotten and was left in 2005.

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51 minutes ago, Stankonia said:

Girl. You asked what's the biggest R&B classic. Be Without You spent 15 weeks at #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, We Belong Together 14 weeks.

 

And BWY had a lot more longevity than WBT. It broke the record for the longest-running single in the existence of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, where it spent a total of 75 weeks on that chart. (Only surpassed by Miguel's Sure Thing since then)

 

75 weeks – "Be Without You" – Mary J. Blige (2005)

52 weeks – "We Belong Together" – Mariah Carey (2005)

 

Be Without You is ranked at #1 on Billboard's list of the biggest songs of all time on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs. We Belong Together is #11.

 

tenor.gif

 

Because WBT crossed over. It's an R&B song that became song of the decade. :rip: 

 

let's use our brain, dear.

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