Billboard #1 R&B Songs Of 1999 Rankdown (COMPLETE)

[Soulsista]

Today's extra is from their Things Fall Apart album. It peaked at #19 on the rap chart, #11 on the R&B chart, and #39 on the Hot 100. Features Erykah Badu and Eve, and won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance By a Duo Or Group.

You Got Me - The Roots


The original version features vocals by co-writer Jill Scott.

[beyoncelover]

"You Got Me" by The Roots is so good! Love that song!

[Soulsista]

LAST CALL!

Participants:
1. Soulsista
2. jenglisbe
3. wyckyd
4. #LisaRinna
5. B-Boy
6. .indulgecountry
7. • Господин Умљеновић •
8. singingrulebritannia
9. beyoncelover
10. ilikemilk
11. 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲
12. alexcuse
13. jtd Thee Stallion
14. Ivy Leegue™
15. Mirago
16. PREDS PRIDE
17. Lukas
18. 312999
19. CF15
20. emerald
21. mamooshka
22. Private Dancer
23. samo🦕
24. rowellfarm490
25. BB🌕
26. gonecountry
27. newpower
28. Mayman


STILL WANT TO PARTICIPATE? BETTER HURRY, SUBMISSIONS WILL CLOSE AT NOON EASTERN TOMORROW!

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[Soulsista]

Today's extras are from her album The Boy Is Mine. The follow-up to "The First Night" topped the Hot 100 and peaked at #2 on the R&B chart. It was originally recorded by the British group Eternal in 1997.

Angel Of Mine - Monica

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Her next single in the US was written and produced by Dallas Austin. It peaked at #50 R&B and features the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

Street Symphony - Monica

[divasummer]

I’ll send now.
Sorry.

[beyoncelover]

The Boy Is Mine was such an iconic era/album for Monica. I reallly love "Angel of Mine" a ton. It's a shame this just missed out making #1 on the R&B charts as I certainly would have ranked it high (at least a Top 5 position). "Street Symphony" is also great and super underrated/deserved better on the charts.

[Soulsista]

SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED!

R&B Class Of 1999:
1. Soulsista
2. jenglisbe
3. wyckyd
4. #LisaRinna
5. B-Boy
6. .indulgecountry
7. • Господин Умљеновић •
8. singingrulebritannia
9. beyoncelover
10. ilikemilk
11. 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲
12. alexcuse
13. jtd Thee Stallion
14. Ivy Leegue™
15. Mirago
16. PREDS PRIDE
17. Lukas
18. 312999
19. CF15
20. emerald
21. mamooshka
22. Private Dancer
23. samo🦕
24. rowellfarm490
25. BB🌕
26. gonecountry
27. newpower
28. Mayman
29. divasummer
30. SHOOTER

[#LisaRinna]

LET'S GO!

[Soulsista]

Today's extras are from her album Never Say Never. The third single topped the Hot 100 and peaked at #2 on the R&B chart, and also hit #1 in New Zealand. Written by Diane Warren and produced by David Foster.

Have You Ever? - Brandy

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This song was never officially released as a single, but still managed a #10 peak on the R&B airplay chart and a #17 peak on the main R&B chart.

Angel In Disguise - Brandy

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Her next single peaked at #16 on the R&B and Hot 100 charts and received a Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. It was covered the following year by Mark Wills, whose version reached the Top 20 on the country chart.

Almost Doesn't Count - Brandy

[SHOOTER]

Soulsista yell louder next time.

[Soulsista]

Jan 7, 2024 15:20:57 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

Soulsista yell louder next time.

Chile I gave you multiple reminders. But if you have time today to turn in a list I'll accept it.

[beyoncelover]

I loved Brandy's Never Say Never album/era too! My favorite songs of those extras are "Have You Ever?" and "Almost Doesn't Count."

[Soulsista]

Welcome to the Billboard #1 R&B Songs Of 1999 Rankdown!

As a reminder, here are the eleven songs you were asked to rank:

Heartbreak Hotel - Whitney Houston feat. Faith Evans & Kelly Price
What's It Gonna Be?! - Busta Rhymes feat. Janet Jackson
No Scrubs - TLC
Fortunate - Maxwell
Bills, Bills, Bills - Destiny's Child
Never Gonna Let You Go - Faith Evans
Spend My Life With You - Eric Benét feat. Tamia
We Can't Be Friends - Deborah Cox feat. R.L.
Heartbreaker - Mariah Carey
Satisfy You - Puff Daddy feat. R. Kelly
U Know What's Up - Donell Jones


We kick off the rankdown with twenty perfect rankings. This is the only song that has no Top 5s, and it has the 3rd lowest SD.

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{R&B Class Of '99}jenglisbe wyckyd #LisaRinna B-Boy .indulgecountry • Господин Умљеновић • singingrulebritannia beyoncelover ilikemilk 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 alexcuse jtd Thee Stallion Ivy Leegue™ Mirago PREDS PRIDE Lukas 312999 CF15 emerald mamooshka Private Dancer samo🦕 rowellfarm490 BB🌕 gonecountry newpower Mayman divasummer SHOOTER

[Soulsista]

11. Satisfy You - Puff Daddy feat. R. Kelly

"Satisfy You" was the second single from Puffy's album Forever. Featuring Robert and built on a sample of Club Nouveau's "Why You Treat Me So Bad", it was a Top 5 hit on the Hot 100. Also features backing vocals by Kelly Price and received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Performance By a Duo Or Group.


Stats
Chart Entry: September 4, 1999
Peak Date: October 30, 1999
Weeks At #1: 2
Weeks In Top 10: 6
Weeks On Chart: 20
Hot 100 Peak: #2

Points: 60
Average: 10.00
Standard Deviation: 1.702 (3rd lowest)

CF15 - 6
gonecountry - 6
divasummer - 6
beyoncelover - 7
wyckyd - 8
• Господин Умљеновић • - 9
alexcuse - 9
samo🦕 - 9
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 10
PREDS PRIDE - 10

Soulsista - 11
jenglisbe - 11
#LisaRinna - 11
B-Boy - 11
.indulgecountry - 11
singingrulebritannia - 11
ilikemilk - 11
jtd Thee Stallion - 11
Ivy Leegue™ - 11
Mirago - 11
Lukas - 11
312999 - 11
emerald - 11
mamooshka - 11
Private Dancer - 11
rowellfarm490 - 11
BB🌕 - 11
newpower - 11
Mayman - 11
SHOOTER - 11


The next reveal has the 2nd lowest SD. Only one of you will lose a Top 5, nine others will get a perfect ranking.

[PREDS PRIDE]

this collab has gotta be one of the most terribly aged things ever

[Soulsista]

10. We Can't Be Friends - Deborah Cox feat. R.L.

"We Can't Be Friends" was the third release from Deborah's album One Wish. Featuring R.L. of Next, it reached the Top 10 on the Hot 100 and is certified gold. Produced and co-written by Shep Crawford.


Stats
Chart Entry: June 26, 1999
Peak Date: October 2, 1999
Weeks At #1: 2
Weeks In Top 10: 11
Weeks On Chart: 34
Hot 100 Peak: #8

Points: 95
Average: 8.83
Standard Deviation: 1.663 (2nd lowest)

• Господин Умљеновић • - 4

samo🦕 - 6
.indulgecountry - 7
gonecountry - 7
Mayman - 7
divasummer - 7
jenglisbe - 8
ilikemilk - 8
jtd Thee Stallion - 8
PREDS PRIDE - 8
312999 - 8
mamooshka - 8
B-Boy - 9
Ivy Leegue™ - 9
Private Dancer - 9
newpower - 9
SHOOTER - 9
Soulsista - 10
#LisaRinna - 10
singingrulebritannia - 10
Mirago - 10
Lukas - 10
CF15 - 10
emerald - 10
rowellfarm490 - 10
BB🌕 - 10

wyckyd - 11
beyoncelover - 11
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 11
alexcuse - 11


Five Top 5s go down with the next reveal. Seven more will get a perfect ranking.

[Soulsista]

9. Never Gonna Let You Go - Faith Evans

"Never Gonna Let You Go" was the third single from her album Keep The Faith. Co-written and co-produced by Babyface, it was a Top 20 hit on the Hot 100.


Stats
Chart Entry: May 15, 1999
Peak Date: September 11, 1999
Weeks At #1: 1
Weeks In Top 10: 6
Weeks On Chart: 32
Hot 100 Peak: #17

Points: 126
Average: 7.80
Standard Deviation: 2.074 (5th lowest)

jenglisbe - 4
.indulgecountry - 4
ilikemilk - 4
samo🦕 - 4
Lukas - 5

312999 - 6
emerald - 6
• Господин Умљеновић • - 7
Ivy Leegue™ - 7
Mirago - 7
PREDS PRIDE - 7
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 8
alexcuse - 8
Private Dancer - 8
rowellfarm490 - 8
BB🌕 - 8
newpower - 8
Soulsista - 9
#LisaRinna - 9
singingrulebritannia - 9
beyoncelover - 9
jtd Thee Stallion - 9
CF15 - 9
mamooshka - 9
wyckyd - 10
B-Boy - 10
Mayman - 10
SHOOTER - 10

gonecountry - 11
divasummer - 11


The next reveal has the highest SD. Two people lose their #1, six others get a perfect ranking.

[Soulsista]

8. Fortunate - Maxwell

Written and produced by Robert, "Fortunate" is from the soundtrack to the movie Life. It's Maxwell's biggest hit, peaking inside the Top 5 on the Hot 100 and was named Billboard's top R&B single for 1999. It won a Soul Train Award for Best Male R&B/Soul Single and received a Grammy nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.

According to Robert, Maxwell wanted to sing "Life" instead. Robert turned it down because he felt Maxwell wouldn't be believable singing from the perspective of an inmate, and gave "Life" to K-Ci & JoJo.

Apologies to wyckyd and ilikemilk...


Stats
Chart Entry: March 13, 1999
Peak Date: May 15, 1999
Weeks At #1: 8
Weeks In Top 10: 22
Weeks On Chart: 42
Hot 100 Peak: #4

Points: 133
Average: 7.57
Standard Deviation: 2.555 (Highest)

wyckyd - 1
ilikemilk - 1
jenglisbe - 5
SHOOTER - 5

jtd Thee Stallion - 6
Ivy Leegue™ - 6
rowellfarm490 - 6
BB🌕 - 6
newpower - 6
B-Boy - 7
singingrulebritannia - 7
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 7
emerald - 7
Private Dancer - 7
Soulsista - 8
#LisaRinna - 8
.indulgecountry - 8
beyoncelover - 8
Mirago - 8
Mayman - 8
Lukas - 9
gonecountry - 9
alexcuse - 10
312999 - 10
mamooshka - 10
divasummer - 10

• Господин Умљеновић • - 11
PREDS PRIDE - 11
CF15 - 11
samo🦕 - 11


The next reveal has the 3rd highest SD. Someone will lose their #1, and four perfect rankings will be handed out.

[#LisaRinna]

The way I won! >

[SHOOTER]

The way y'all hate the men who can actually sing is ridiculous.

[Soulsista]

7. Spend My Life With You - Eric Benét feat. Tamia

"Spend My Life With You" was the second release from Eric's album A Day In The Life. Featuring Tamia, it reached the Top 25 on the Hot 100 and received a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance By a Duo Or Group.

Apologies to jenglisbe...


Stats
Chart Entry: June 5, 1999
Peak Date: September 18, 1999
Weeks At #1: 2
Weeks In Top 10: 19
Weeks On Chart: 42
Hot 100 Peak: #21

Points: 136
Average: 7.47
Standard Deviation: 2.389 (3rd highest)

jenglisbe - 1
gonecountry - 2
CF15 - 4
#LisaRinna - 5
.indulgecountry - 5
ilikemilk - 5
samo🦕 - 5

Lukas - 6
Soulsista - 7
wyckyd - 7
alexcuse - 7
mamooshka - 7
B-Boy - 8
• Господин Умљеновић • - 8
singingrulebritannia - 8
SHOOTER - 8
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 9
Mirago - 9
PREDS PRIDE - 9
312999 - 9
emerald - 9
rowellfarm490 - 9
BB🌕 - 9
Mayman - 9
divasummer - 9
beyoncelover - 10
jtd Thee Stallion - 10
Ivy Leegue™ - 10
Private Dancer - 10
newpower - 10


The last song to miss the Top 5 will see someone lose their #1. There will also be seven perfect rankings.

[Soulsista]

6. What's It Gonna Be?! - Busta Rhymes feat. Janet Jackson

"What's It Gonna Be?!" was the fourth and final single from Busta's album Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front. Featuring Janet Jackson, it topped the rap chart and was a Top 5 hit on the Hot 100. It also received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Performance By a Duo Or Group.

The music video remains one of the most expensive videos ever made.

Apologies to jtd Thee Stallion...


Stats
Chart Entry: January 30, 1999
Peak Date: April 3, 1999
Weeks At #1: 1
Weeks In Top 10: 10
Weeks On Chart: 26
Hot 100 Peak: #3

Points: 196
Average: 5.47
Standard Deviation: 2.224 (6th highest/lowest)

jtd Thee Stallion - 1
wyckyd - 2
SHOOTER - 2
Ivy Leegue™ - 3
Mirago - 3
CF15 - 3
emerald - 3
Soulsista - 4
beyoncelover - 4
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 5
312999 - 5
mamooshka - 5
newpower - 5
Mayman - 5

#LisaRinna - 6
B-Boy - 6
• Господин Умљеновић • - 6
singingrulebritannia - 6
alexcuse - 6
PREDS PRIDE - 6
Private Dancer - 6
Lukas - 7
samo🦕 - 7
rowellfarm490 - 7
BB🌕 - 7
gonecountry - 8
divasummer - 8
jenglisbe - 9
.indulgecountry - 9
ilikemilk - 10

[Soulsista]

The Top 5:

Heartbreak Hotel - Whitney Houston feat. Faith Evans & Kelly Price
No Scrubs - TLC
Bills, Bills, Bills - Destiny's Child
Heartbreaker - Mariah Carey
U Know What's Up - Donell Jones


We've got repeat winners Whitney, TLC, and Mariah back in the Top 5...will one of them claim another victory? Or will we see Destiny's Child or Donell Jones take the crown?

Find out tomorrow!

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{R&B Class Of '99}jenglisbe wyckyd #LisaRinna B-Boy .indulgecountry • Господин Умљеновић • singingrulebritannia beyoncelover ilikemilk 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 alexcuse jtd Thee Stallion Ivy Leegue™ Mirago PREDS PRIDE Lukas 312999 CF15 emerald mamooshka Private Dancer samo🦕 rowellfarm490 BB🌕 gonecountry newpower Mayman divasummer SHOOTER

[312999]

Very glad and happy to see my 1 make the top 5. I didn’t expect it.

[PREDS PRIDE]

my top 5 is the top 5 oh we are WINNING

[beyoncelover]

11. Satisfy You - Puff Daddy feat. R. Kelly: I'm not really surprised seeing this getting 20 #11 rankings, which is yikes, so I get that. I am sad to see it come in last as I did rank this at #7 and have always really liked this song. It's interesting that this has the 3rd lowest SD - I wonder which songs has a lower SD.

10. We Can't Be Friends - Deborah Cox feat. R.L.: This is a really nice and lovely song. But it's the song I least remember and it least stands out to me, hence it being my #11. I'm pleased it showed up here since #11 was always going to be #11.

9. Never Gonna Let You Go - Faith Evans: Yayyy I'm very pleased to get a perfect ranking here as this was my #9! This is a really beautiful and stunning song from Faith Evans. I do really like this a lot but sadly this list is stacked so I couldn't put it any higher than this.

8. Fortunate - Maxwell: Ooh wow it's crazy seeing this song getting the highest SD. But ooo yayy another perfect ranking here! This was also my #8 so I am pleased with this coming in 8th. This is a really smooth and gorgeous song from Maxwell. It's interesting seeing this getting multiple #1s and #11s and then a whole bunch of rankings from #6 to #10.

7. Spend My Life With You - Eric Benét feat. Tamia: Oooh phew, yayy I was really hoping for this song to show up as this is my #10. This is another beautiful soulful duet and I do really like this. But it's one of those songs I'm least connected with hence my low ranking. But it's nice there are no #11sfor this. Now my Top 6 makes the actual Top 6, which I absolutely lovee to see happen!

6. What's It Gonna Be?! - Busta Rhymes feat. Janet Jackson: Aww I'm sad to see my perfect Top 6 get ruined but it was to be expected. :'( This is such a great and fire jam from Busta & Janet. Such a great collabo and a fun memorable song with a great video to it. Absolutely love this and enough so to give it in my #4 ranking. Also one of my favorite songs from Busta.

I have my #1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 all remaining! I LOVE all of these songs so I'm happy to see them all make it through to the Top 5, even though I'm sad to lose my #4. This is still a fantastic and strong Top 5. Hoping one of my Top 3 can take it.

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

Only four from my ranking made it into the top 5. ..4/5 ain't bad.

[Ivy Leegue™]

I'm actually shocked at Donell Jones' ranking so high. Solid song though, but y'all are dead wrong for getting Bussa Buss and Janet out so quickly. I keep forgetting how many virgins are on Pulse.

[Soulsista]

First extra for today was the final single from his album Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life. It peaked at #23 on the R&B chart and features Amil and Big Jaz. Produced and co-written by Timbaland.

Jigga What, Jigga Who - Jay-Z

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This song originally appeared on the soundtrack to the movie Blue Streak and later appeared on Vol. 3... Life And Times Of S. Carter. Produced and co-written by Swizz Beatz, it peaked at #19 R&B and features vocals by Mashonda. Contains a sample of "Keep It Comin' Love" by KC & The Sunshine Band.

Girls' Best Friend - Jay-Z

[beyoncelover]

Really like both "Jigga What, Jigga Who" and "Girls' Best Friend" from Jay-Z!