New R&B Releases RD: October 2024 (Due December 8th)

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18. Honey Bxby - "Fkn Him Too"
(79 Points; 3rd-Highest SD)

.indulgecountry : 2
newpower : 8
samo🦕 : 8
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 10

BB🌕 : 15

singingrulebritannia : 17
HamedM1 💔 : 17
wheatsquares33 : 18
jtd Thee Stallion : 19
wrip : 19
SHOOTER : 20
Soulsista : 20

After her viral success helped her land a deal with Atlantic, Jersey singer/songwriter Honey Bxby flips SWV's 90s smash I'm So Into You for her new single Fkn Him Too.

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Apr 3, 2024 22:59:46 GMT -5 singingrulebritannia said:

I can't believe that was the #20...so robbed

I feel bad cuz I liked it enough to include it but it just didn't stick with me like some of his other singles.

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17. Usher x Pheelz - "Ruin"
(84 Points; 8th-Highest SD)

jtd Thee Stallion : 1
SHOOTER : 8

Soulsista : 12
newpower : 13
samo🦕 : 14
wrip : 15

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 16
wheatsquares33 : 16
BB🌕 : 18
singingrulebritannia : 18
.indulgecountry : 18
HamedM1 💔 : 19

Ruin is the second single from Usher's latest album, COMING HOME, and his 66th single to enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

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16. Usher - "I Am the Party"
(88 Points; 7th-Highest SD)

newpower : 6
samo🦕 : 6
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 7

jtd Thee Stallion : 11
.indulgecountry : 12
SHOOTER : 14
wheatsquares33 : 14

HamedM1 💔 : 18
wrip : 18
BB🌕 : 19
Soulsista : 19
singingrulebritannia : 20

I Am the Party is one of the more acclaimed tracks from Usher's latest album COMING HOME.

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15. Dizzy Fae - "I Can't Lend You My Heart"
(91 Points; 2nd-Lowest SD)

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 5
samo🦕 : 9

Soulsista : 11
newpower : 12
singingrulebritannia : 14
.indulgecountry : 14
jtd Thee Stallion : 14

HamedM1 💔 : 16
SHOOTER : 16
wrip : 16
BB🌕 : 17
wheatsquares33 : 17

After almost cracking the top-10 in November with Backseat, singer/songwriter Dizzy Fae falls a bit shorter with latest single I Can't Lend You My Heart. Her debut album is expected later this year.

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14. Hailey Knox - "Stranger"
(95 Points; 9th-Lowest SD)

HamedM1 💔 : 6
wheatsquares33 : 7
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 8
.indulgecountry : 10

wrip : 11
BB🌕 : 13
singingrulebritannia : 15

newpower : 16
samo🦕 : 17
Soulsista : 17
jtd Thee Stallion : 18
SHOOTER : 19

Hailey Knox is a singer/songwriter hailing from New York. Initially signed to S-Curve Records, she released two projects before leaving and moving to 10K Projects. Stranger is her first single release of 2024.

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13. Yaya Bey - "chasing the bus"
(103 Points; 4th-Lowest SD)

wrip : 7
newpower : 9
HamedM1 💔 : 9
wheatsquares33 : 9
SHOOTER : 10
BB🌕 : 11

singingrulebritannia : 13
jtd Thee Stallion : 13
Soulsista : 15

.indulgecountry : 17
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 18
samo🦕 : 18

Multi-hyphenate Yaya Bey almost hits the top-12 with chasing the bus, the lead single from her third album - Ten Fold - out May 10th. She previously made the top-10 in June 2022 with her single keisha.

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New R&B: February 2024 (Top-12)

Anytime (Mýa)

Bloom (Aqyila)

CAROUSEL! (Adanna Duru)
Commas (Ayra Starr)

Ellipsis (serpentwithfeet x Orion Sun)

Gangsta (Free Nationals x A$AP Rocky x Anderson .Paak)

Home Alone (Erika de Casier)
How Your Hands Feel (Ryan Destiny)

Illusions (Jalen Ngonda)

Perfect Stranger (Ledisi feat. Kenny Lattimore)
Probably (Andra Day)

Saturn (SZA)

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12. Ayra Starr - "Commas"
(116 Points; 4th-Highest SD)

wheatsquares33 : 4
singingrulebritannia : 6
.indulgecountry : 6
wrip : 6
BB🌕 : 7
samo🦕 : 10

Soulsista : 13

HamedM1 💔 : 15
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 15
SHOOTER : 15

newpower : 19
jtd Thee Stallion : 20

Nigerian singer/songwriter Ayra Starr collects her fourth consecutive top-10 in this series with latest single Commas. Her sophomore album is expected later this year.

Ayra Starr: New R&B RD History
#2 My Love (Leigh-Anne feat. Ayra Starr) [September 2023]
#6 Girl Next Door (Tyla feat. Ayra Starr) [May 2023]
#8 Bloody Samaritan (Remix) [September 2021]
#10 Commas (February 2024)

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11. serpentwithfeet feat. Orion Sun - "Ellipsis"
(122 Points; 8th-Lowest SD)

wheatsquares33 : 3
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 6
Soulsista : 6
jtd Thee Stallion : 7
newpower : 10

BB🌕 : 12
singingrulebritannia : 12
HamedM1 💔 : 13
SHOOTER : 13
samo🦕 : 15

.indulgecountry : 16
wrip : 17

After crashing and burning upon impact at #20 last October, serpentwithfeet redeems himself with Ellipsis, the third and final pre-release track released ahead of this third album - GRIP - out now.

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10. Ledisi feat. Kenny Lattimore - "Perfect Stranger"
(140 Points; 9th-Highest SD)

Soulsista : 2
.indulgecountry : 5
wrip : 5
BB🌕 : 8
singingrulebritannia : 8
HamedM1 💔 : 10

SHOOTER : 11
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 12
wheatsquares33 : 15

newpower : 16
samo🦕 : 16
jtd Thee Stallion : 17

Ledisi gets a second top-10 in this series with Perfect Stranger, a duet with Kenny Lattimore from her 11th studio album - Good Life - out now. She previously peaked at #3 in the January 2023 series with its lead single, I Need to Know.

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9. Adanna Duru - "CAROUSEL!"
(140 Points; 5th-Lowest SD)

HamedM1 💔 : 3
wrip : 3
.indulgecountry : 8
Soulsista : 8
BB🌕 : 9
jtd Thee Stallion : 9
SHOOTER : 9

singingrulebritannia : 11
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 11
samo🦕 : 11

wheatsquares33 : 13

newpower : 17

Influencer-turned-singer/songwriter (or maybe vice versa) Adanna Duru makes a second top-10 appearance with CAROUSEL!, one of six new tracks on her NAPPY HOUR II EP out now. POP!, from the first EP, also made it to #9 in November 2022.

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8. Ryan Destiny - "How Your Hands Feel"
(142 Points; 5th-Highest SD)

samo🦕 : 1
jtd Thee Stallion : 2
BB🌕 : 6
SHOOTER : 6
singingrulebritannia : 7
HamedM1 💔 : 7
.indulgecountry : 9

wheatsquares33 : 11
wrip : 12
newpower : 14

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 17
Soulsista : 18

Triple threat Ryan Destiny stalled at #15 in December 2022 with her single How Many but rebounds into the top-10 with her second attempt. How Your Hands Feel is the first taste of her new EP expected this summer.

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7. Mýa - "Anytime"
(146 Points; 3rd-Lowest SD)

SHOOTER : 1
Soulsista : 5
.indulgecountry : 7
samo🦕 : 7
HamedM1 💔 : 8
singingrulebritannia : 9
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 9
BB🌕 : 10
wheatsquares33 : 10

jtd Thee Stallion : 12
wrip : 13
newpower : 15

Now some respect is put on Mýa's name as new single, Anytime, has a far better showing than the #23 placement of Whine last August. Per the artist herself, she has two brand new albums recorded and ready for release but decided to give her fans a Valentine's Day treat with a new song. It was also released in celebration of the 26th anniversary of her debut single, It's All About Me, released on V-Day in 1998.

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New R&B: February 2024 (Top-6)


Bloom (Aqyila)


Gangsta (Free Nationals x A$AP Rocky x Anderson .Paak)


Home Alone (Erika de Casier)


Illusions (Jalen Ngonda)


Probably (Andra Day)


Saturn (SZA)

[singingrulebritannia]

"CAROUSEL!" is my last non-top-10

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This Ledisi song was easily my favorite from her so far, kinda bummed it missed top 10

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6. Aqyila - "Bloom"
(148 Points; 7th-Lowest SD)

SHOOTER : 2
samo🦕 : 4
BB🌕 : 5
newpower : 5
jtd Thee Stallion : 6
wheatsquares33 : 8
singingrulebritannia : 10

.indulgecountry : 11
HamedM1 💔 : 12
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 13
Soulsista : 14
wrip : 14

Canadian singer/songwriter Aqyila hit the top-10 back in November 2022 with her single OH! and returns to it with latest single, Bloom, from her debut album expected later this year. She's also fresh off a Juno Award win last month for Traditional R&B/Soul Recording of the Year with her single Hello.

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5. Andra Day - "Probably"
(152 Points; 6th-Highest SD)

.indulgecountry : 1
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 2
Soulsista : 4
HamedM1 💔 : 5
newpower : 7
SHOOTER : 7
jtd Thee Stallion : 8
wrip : 8

wheatsquares33 : 12
samo🦕 : 13
BB🌕 : 14

gatesofseattles : 19

Andra Day earns her first top-10 placement here with Probably, the second release from her sophomore album - CASSANDRA (cherith) - May 10th.

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4. Free Nationals x A$AP Rocky x Anderson .Paak - "Gangsta"
(159 Points; 2nd-Highest SD)

singingrulebritannia : 2
newpower : 2
wheatsquares33 : 2
wrip : 2
BB🌕 : 4
HamedM1 💔 : 4
jtd Thee Stallion : 4
Soulsista : 10

SHOOTER : 12
samo🦕 : 12

Wankstas
.indulgecountry : 19
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 20

Free Nationals, who may best be known as the backing band for Anderson .Paak, net their first top-10 in the series with Gangsta, the lead single from the follow-up to their 2019 self-titled debut which earned a Grammy nomination for Best Progressive R&B Album.

They previously peaked at #15 in May 2023 for featuring on Maeta's #1 Adult R&B hit Through the Night.

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3. SZA - "Saturn"
(192 Points; 10th-Highest SD)

BB🌕 : 1
singingrulebritannia : 1
HamedM1 💔 : 1
wrip : 1
jtd Thee Stallion : 3
samo🦕 : 3
newpower : 4
SHOOTER : 4
wheatsquares33 : 6
Soulsista : 7

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 14
.indulgecountry : 15

SZA collects her eighth consecutive top-10 finish in this series with Saturn, the first single from her elusive LANA release that may or may not surface this year.

SZA: New R&B RD History
#1 I Hate U (December 2021)
#1 Shirt (October 2022)
#2 Kill Bill (December 2022)
#3 Saturn (February 2024)
#4 No Love (Summer Walker x SZA) [November 2021]
#4 Persuasive (Doechii x SZA) [July 2022]
#4 Love Language (December 2022)
#9 fue mejor (Kali Uchis feat. SZA) [September 2021]

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With SZA's exit at #3, this means our #1 will be someone's first! Lowest SD vs. 6th-Lowest! With just four #1s, three ranks outside the top-10, and two points between them, the winner is...


Home Alone (Erika de Casier)

VS.


Illusions (Jalen Ngonda)

[singingrulebritannia]

Oh wow that's kind of crazy. incredibly cool that Ngonda is in the top 2! I don't expect him to win but this is a welcome improvement from his first performance, especially beating a Pulse fave like SZA in the process.

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2. Erika de Casier - "Home Alone"
(193 Points; 3rd-Lowest SD)

newpower : 1
HamedM1 💔 : 2
BB🌕 : 3
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 3
singingrulebritannia : 4
wrip : 4
jtd Thee Stallion : 5
SHOOTER : 5
samo🦕 : 5
wheatsquares33 : 5
Soulsista : 9

.indulgecountry : 13

After making it to the top-3 in January's series with her debut appearance, Lucky, Erika de Casier comes close to snatching her first win with Home Alone, the second track on her third album, Still, out now.

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1. Jalen Ngonda - "Illusions"
(195 Points; 6th-Lowest SD)

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 1
Soulsista : 1
wheatsquares33 : 1
BB🌕 : 2
samo🦕 : 2
singingrulebritannia : 3
.indulgecountry : 3
SHOOTER : 3
wrip : 9
jtd Thee Stallion : 10

newpower : 11
HamedM1 💔 : 11

Last September, singer/songwriter Jalen Ngonda made the top-10 with Lost, a tune from his debut album Come Around and Love Me. Five months later, he debuted a new song during a performance with the BBC Concert Orchestra, Illusions, which subsequently becomes only the second single by a male artist/act in the history of this series to finish at #1. It has not been accomplished since Silk Sonic came out on top with Smokin Out the Window in November 2021!



New R&B RD: Male Winners
#1 Smokin Out the Window (Silk Sonic) [November 2021]
#1 Iced Tea (Joyce Wrice feat. KAYTRANADA) [March 2022]*
#1 Party Girls (Victoria Monét feat. Buju Banton) [May 2023]*
#1 Illusions (Jalen Ngonda) [February 2024]

Featured artist*

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Rank 1-21 (Due April 30th)
Cinnamon Crush (Jacob Collier feat. Lindsey Lomis)
Keep U in Mind (Ledisi)
Where Have I Been? (Jade Novah)
ZOOM (Machinedrum x Tinashe)
Halfway There (Victor Ray)
Before We Get Started (Tank feat. Fabolous)
sir princess bad bitch (Yaya Bey)
Walk Like This (FLO)
Ghostbuster (Elijah Blake)
In Your Hands (Halle)
QUIET TYPE (KALLITECHNIS x donSMITH)
Breathe Me (Tyla)
Keep It High (Nikka Costa)
One Night Stand (Marsha Ambrosius)
POETRY IN MOTION (SiR x Anderson .Paak)
Make Friends (Hiatus Kaiyote)
Stealin' Love (Leigh-Anne)
Fire (Avery*Sunshine)
Thinking Less (Sinead Harnett)
YA YA (Beyoncé)
TYRANT (Beyoncé x Dolly Parton)

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[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

Great top 2!

[wrip]

Surprised to see this winner but I’m not too upset since it’s something different. Saturn was definitely gonna be my #1 since it’s been on repeat lately and Gangsta is also in my rotation so glad it did well!

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New R&B: March 2024 (10 Days Left)

1. SHOOTER
2. singingrulebritannia
3. jtd Thee Stallion

A lot can happen in 10 days! I believe in you.

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New R&B: March 2024 (3 Days Left)

1. SHOOTER
2. singingrulebritannia
3. jtd Thee Stallion
4. wrip
5. 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲
6. Soulsista

A lot can happen in three days! but we're halfway to our usual so I'm confident the half-dozen of you can pull this together.

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New R&B: March 2024 (2 Days Left)

1. SHOOTER
2. singingrulebritannia
3. jtd Thee Stallion
4. wrip
5. 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲
6. Soulsista

Ahem!

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{R&B Lovers Allowed!}anthony11554 yuh yuh bat1990 BB🌕 Beno Linnethia Monique boysilver400 Private Dancer castleoblivion26 cedric CF15 George g8erboi LBTrocks @crapkuki23 DistrictTwelve Glove Slap Ling-Ling Crimsonio 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 Fancy fearlessarrow Exclusive filthy gabe Troublemaker singingrulebritannia God GP newpower hydraflare Sambalada 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker HamedM1 💔 .indulgecountry @jadenlefranks jamesflame Leo ✔ Juanca Zeebz Kanenrá:ke jtd Thee Stallion kimberly 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 lyhom shootingstar16 #LisaRinna Sir Benji Mayman MoD Mylo13 💜 Caviar netti Nick P owenlovesmusic Kelly's 10th Fan RobbyFlorida samo🦕 sergejdordij rnb Soulsista spitfire stallie tallen2001 Au$tin tinawina toomuchboy trilogy twigs Ty B-Boy walt91 wavey. wheatsquares33 mako willapted33 wrip wyckyd YotamTS Zach