Billboard #1 R&B Songs Of 1994 Rankdown (COMPLETE)

[rnb]

perfect top two! thanks for hosting this!

[Ivy Leegue™]

Thank you for hosting, as always! I thought I would do better than I did, but at least I picked the winner! I am still in shock that Back and Forth, produced by [redacted] made it that far.

[bat1990]

If I had swapped Brandy and Aaliyah, I would have had a perfect 9. So close!!!

Thanks as always Soulsista!

[Soulsista]

Perfect Rankings:


bat1990 - 8
aerodynamite / mamooshka - 6
emerald / annoymous1 - 5
singingrulebritannia / SHOOTER / Kelly's 10th Fan / 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 / Mirago / BB🌕 / rowellfarm490 / Soulsista - 4
Ivy Leegue™ / ccarter1023 / Gonza'90 / rnb / chanman / CF15 - 3
jenglisbe / Jay D83 / B-Boy / Private Dancer / ilikemilk / Lukas / gonecountry / newpower / theyaintready / samo🦕 / .indulgecountry / divasummer / Ky - 2
312999 / wyckyd / beyoncelover / #LisaRinna - 1
Troublemaker - 0


I'll leave you with two final extras by two R&B legends. This song, co-written and co-produced by Babyface, peaked at #5 on the R&B chart and #26 on the Hot 100.

Willing To Forgive - Aretha Franklin

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And this song was co-written and co-produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. It topped the dance chart and peaked at #8 R&B.

The Right Kinda Lover - Patti LaBelle

[Private Dancer]

Right Kind Of Lover slaps!!! I still hear that on the radio today!!!

Willing To Forgive, on the other hand, is one of my favorite Aretha songs. You can really feel every word of the song! She was giving us something we can feel...

[CF15]

So close to a perfect top 5, but I'll take a perfect top 3! Very happy with this result! Thanks for hosting again, Soulsista!

[theyaintready]

Great result. "Creep" deserved and is TLC's best song. I'm surprised "Any Time, Any Place" was only 4, I had it at #2 and honestly debated between it and "Creep" as my #1.

[beyoncelover]

Catching up on what I missed now!

10. Bump N' Grind - R. Kelly: Yeah this was obviously coming in last so this ranking is not a surprise. Wow at 21 #10 rankings... that is quite ouch but was to be expected. I do/did really like the song hence it being my #6 but yeah it has aged horribly now so the rankings makes sense.

9. Cry For You - Jodeci: Ooh aww this was my #8. While I'm okay with it coming in this spot, I would have preferred one of my Bottom 2 songs to show up first but oh well, this is okay.

8. Practice What You Preach - Barry White: Hmm interesting how this is the song with the highest SD but I guess I am not too surprised. I figured this song would be either really loved/liked or not liked by the rankers so the polarizing rankings make sense.

7. Understanding - Xscape: Oooh nicee, I got a perfect ranking with this song! I like and enjoy this song. I liked this the most of the songs I wasn't all that familiar with.

6. I'll Make Love To You - Boyz II Men: Ugh nooooo, gross at this showing up already. I was doing so well until now. Dang, I really don't get how this song misses out from making the Top 5? It's so timeless, iconic and such an amazing song. Definitely my favorite song of Boyz II Men's and up there amongst my all-time favorite songs. I really wish this could have made the Top 5 but oh well. :(


No surprises that it's an all female Top 5. I do think "And On and One" could have missed out but oh well, lol.

[beyoncelover]

5. And On And On - Janet Jackson: I love Janet of course, but I'm bummed this still beat out "I'll Make Love to You" though. But this is a really cute, fun and catchy song. I ranked it 9th as I just happen to have liked most of the other songs more. Interesting how this song has no #1s and almost had no #10 rankings.

4. Any Time, Any Place - Janet Jackson: Ooh I thought I ranked this at 4th for some reason but ok I see I ranked this at #5, which is fine. I love this song and am pleased with its ranking here. I have my 2-5 songs left so this was the song I was hoping to see show up next. Great, classic, sext song from Janet.

3. I Wanna Be Down - Brandy: I love this song from Brandy and it's another classic for me. Such a smooth jam and a great debut single from Brandy. But of the songs remaining, this was my lowest rank at #4 so I was hoping for this to show up and it did!

2. Back & Forth - Aaliyah: LOL I just keep missing all of these perfect ranks by just one spot as this was my #3, lmaoo. But yess, I really love "Back and Forth" and think this song is such a jam! Also such a great and classic debut single from Aaliyah. Very happy to see this rank so well, which I was expecting it to do.

1. Creep - TLC: Danggg "Creep" ran away with the competition here, wowzers! Danng 19 #1 rankings is also really incredible too. But this is again, such a timeless and classic song and it deserves this top ranking. This is up there as one of my favorites from TLC. I do really adore this song and if my #1 couldn't win, I'm glad this pulled out the win!


Wonderful job hosting this game once again, Soulsista! I can't wait for the 1995 rankdown.