About r&b
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to African Americans, at a time when "rocking, jazz based music ... [with a] heavy, insistent beat" was starting to become more popular.
In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s, the bands usually consisted of a piano, one or two guitars, bass, drums, one or more saxophones, and sometimes background vocalists. R&B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African-American history and experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy, as well as triumphs and failures in terms of societal racism, oppression, relationships, economics, and aspirations.
| # |
Title |
Artist |
Year |
Spotify |
| 1 |
30 For 30 (with Kendrick Lamar)
|
SZA |
2024 |
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| 2 |
A Woman's Worth
|
Alicia Keys |
2001 |
|
| 3 |
Adorn
|
Miguel |
2012 |
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| 4 |
Angel Numbers / Ten Toes
|
Chris Brown |
2023 |
|
| 5 |
Are You That Somebody?
|
Aaliyah |
2002 |
|
| 6 |
Ayo
|
Chris Brown |
2015 |
|
| 7 |
Back & Forth
|
Aaliyah |
1994 |
|
| 8 |
Beautiful People
|
Chris Brown |
2011 |
|
| 9 |
Blended Family (What You Do For Love) (feat. A$AP Rocky)
|
Alicia Keys |
2016 |
|
| 10 |
BMF
|
SZA |
2024 |
|
| 11 |
Bow Wow (That's My Name) (feat. Snoop Dogg)
|
Bow Wow, Snoop Dogg |
2000 |
|
| 12 |
Bump n' Grind
|
R. Kelly, Wysin, Yandell |
1993 |
|
| 13 |
Burn
|
USHER |
2004 |
|
| 14 |
Burn It Up (feat. Wysin & Yandell)
|
R. Kelly, Wysin, Yandell |
2005 |
|
| 15 |
Caught Up
|
USHER |
2004 |
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| 16 |
Come Through and Chill (feat. J. Cole & Salaam Remi)
|
Miguel |
2017 |
|
| 17 |
Confessions Part II
|
USHER |
2004 |
|
| 18 |
Crawl
|
Chris Brown |
2009 |
|
| 19 |
damned
|
Miguel |
2015 |
|
| 20 |
Deuces (feat. Tyga & Kevin McCall)
|
Chris Brown |
2011 |
|
| 21 |
DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (feat. Pitbull)
|
USHER |
2010 |
|
| 22 |
Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down
|
Alicia Keys |
2009 |
|
| 23 |
Fallin'
|
Alicia Keys |
2001 |
|
| 24 |
Forever
|
Chris Brown |
2008 |
|
| 25 |
Free Yourself (feat. Missy Elliott)
|
Fantasia |
2004 |
|
| 26 |
Full Moon
|
Brandy |
2002 |
|
| 27 |
Garden (Say It Like Dat)
|
SZA |
2017 |
|
| 28 |
Gimme That
|
Chris Brown |
2005 |
|
| 29 |
Girl on Fire
|
Alicia Keys |
2012 |
|
| 30 |
Girl You Loud
|
Chris Brown |
2015 |
|
| 31 |
Good Days
|
SZA |
2020 |
|
| 32 |
Grind With Me
|
Pretty Ricky |
2005 |
|
| 33 |
Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)
|
USHER |
2010 |
|
| 34 |
Holy Blindfold
|
Chris Brown |
2025 |
|
| 35 |
How Many Drinks?
|
Miguel |
2012 |
|
| 36 |
I Can Transform Ya (feat. Swizz Beatz & Lil' Wayne)
|
Chris Brown |
2009 |
|
| 37 |
I Love U
|
Chris Brown |
2009 |
|
| 38 |
If I Ain't Got You
|
Alicia Keys |
2003 |
|
| 39 |
Indigo
|
Chris Brown |
2019 |
|
| 40 |
It Depends (feat. Bryson Tiller)
|
Chris Brown |
2025 |
|
| 41 |
Juiciest - Mixtape Version
|
Alicia Keys |
2001 |
|
| 42 |
Just a Friend 2002 - Radio Edit
|
Mario |
2002 |
|
| 43 |
Kill Bill
|
SZA |
2022 |
|
| 44 |
Kill Bill (feat. Doja Cat)
|
SZA |
2023 |
|
| 45 |
Kiss Kiss (feat. T-Pain)
|
Chris Brown |
2007 |
|
| 46 |
Lemme See
|
USHER |
2012 |
|
| 47 |
Let Me Love You
|
Mario |
2004 |
|
| 48 |
Let Me Love You - Radio Edit
|
Mario |
2020 |
|
| 49 |
Little More (Royalty)
|
Chris Brown |
2015 |
|
| 50 |
Look At Me Now (feat. Lil' Wayne & Busta Rhymes)
|
Chris Brown |
2011 |
|
| 51 |
Love in This Club (feat. Young Jeezy)
|
USHER |
2008 |
|
| 52 |
Low
|
SZA |
2022 |
|
| 53 |
Loyal (feat. Lil Wayne & Tyga)
|
Chris Brown |
2014 |
|
| 54 |
Missing You
|
Brandy |
1996 |
|
| 55 |
More Than A Woman
|
Aaliyah |
2001 |
|
| 56 |
My Boo
|
USHER |
2004 |
|
| 57 |
My Way
|
USHER |
1997 |
|
| 58 |
Next To You (feat. Justin Bieber)
|
Chris Brown |
2011 |
|
| 59 |
No One
|
Alicia Keys |
2007 |
|
| 60 |
Nobody Gets Me
|
SZA |
2022 |
|
| 61 |
Obvious
|
Chris Brown |
2026 |
|
| 62 |
OMG (feat. will.i.am)
|
USHER |
2010 |
|
| 63 |
One In A Million
|
Aaliyah |
1996 |
|
| 64 |
Open Arms (feat. Travis Scott)
|
SZA |
2022 |
|
| 65 |
Party (feat. Usher & Gucci Mane)
|
Chris Brown |
2017 |
|
| 66 |
Press Me
|
Chris Brown |
2023 |
|
| 67 |
Remember Me (Dúo)
|
Miguel |
2017 |
|
| 68 |
Rock The Boat
|
Aaliyah |
2001 |
|
| 69 |
Run It!
|
Chris Brown |
2005 |
|
| 70 |
Saturn
|
SZA |
2024 |
|
| 71 |
Say Goodbye
|
Chris Brown |
2005 |
|
| 72 |
Snooze
|
SZA |
2022 |
|
| 73 |
Snooze (Acoustic) (feat. Justin Bieber)
|
SZA |
2023 |
|
| 74 |
Strip
|
Chris Brown |
2012 |
|
| 75 |
Superwoman
|
Alicia Keys |
2007 |
|
| 76 |
Sure Thing
|
Miguel |
2010 |
|
| 77 |
Sure Thing - Live
|
Miguel |
2023 |
|
| 78 |
Take You Down
|
Chris Brown |
2007 |
|
| 79 |
The Boy Is Mine
|
Brandy |
1998 |
|
| 80 |
The Other Side (from Trolls World Tour)
|
SZA |
2020 |
|
| 81 |
The Weekend
|
SZA |
2017 |
|
| 82 |
The World's Greatest
|
R. Kelly, Wysin, Yandell |
2012 |
|
| 83 |
There Goes My Baby
|
USHER |
2010 |
|
| 84 |
This Christmas
|
Chris Brown |
2007 |
|
| 85 |
Till The Wheels Fall Off (feat. Lil Durk & Capella Grey)
|
Chris Brown |
2022 |
|
| 86 |
Try Again
|
Aaliyah |
2001 |
|
| 87 |
Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart
|
Alicia Keys |
2009 |
|
| 88 |
Turn Up the Music
|
Chris Brown |
2012 |
|
| 89 |
U Got It Bad
|
USHER |
2001 |
|
| 90 |
U Remind Me
|
USHER |
2001 |
|
| 91 |
U-Turn
|
USHER |
2001 |
|
| 92 |
Under The Influence
|
Chris Brown |
2019 |
|
| 93 |
Underdog
|
Alicia Keys |
2020 |
|
| 94 |
Wall To Wall
|
Chris Brown |
2007 |
|
| 95 |
When I See U
|
Fantasia |
2006 |
|
| 96 |
Wild Horses (feat. Adam Levine) - Unplugged Live at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY - July 2005
|
Alicia Keys |
2005 |
|
| 97 |
With You
|
Chris Brown |
2007 |
|
| 98 |
Wrist (feat. Solo Lucci)
|
Chris Brown |
2015 |
|
| 99 |
Yeah 3x
|
Chris Brown |
2011 |
|
| 100 |
Yeah! (feat. Lil Jon & Ludacris)
|
USHER |
2004 |
|
| 101 |
Yeah! - T4 Performance
|
USHER |
2008 |
|
| 102 |
You Don't Know My Name
|
Alicia Keys |
2003 |
|
| 103 |
You Make Me Wanna...
|
USHER |
1997 |
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