Billboard #1 R&B Songs: Best Of The '90s RD (COMPLETE)

[Soulsista]

Girl you got me wide open
Waitin' all day and I'm hoping
So baby don't front
Backseat Jeep, you know what I want



39. U Know What's Up - Donell Jones


Points: 543
Average: 30.12
Standard Deviation: 14.345 (15th highest)

1999 Rank: #4

312999 - 6
wyckyd - 8

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 11
Private Dancer - 11
erosthegreekgod - 11
alexcuse - 17
rowellfarm490 - 18
singingrulebritannia - 19
newpower - 19

SHOOTER - 23
B-Boy - 28
ilikemilk - 28
Soulsista - 30

beyoncelover - 36
jtd Thee Stallion - 36
Gonza'90 - 38
BB🌕 - 38
.indulgecountry - 40
Mirago - 40

khan - 42
samo🦕 - 42
Ivy Leegue™ - 47
Mayman - 47
jenglisbe - 48
• Господин Умљеновић • - 50
#LisaRinna - 50

[Soulsista]

#38 PREVIEW

Top 10s: 4
Bottom 10s: 9
Perfect Rankings: 1
SD Rank: 7th highest

Movements:
singingrulebritannia + • Господин Умљеновић • – 48
B-Boy – 42
jenglisbe – 38
khan – 40
beyoncelover – 43
newpower – 46
Gonza'90 – 43
rowellfarm490 – 42
.indulgecountry – 37
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 39
jtd Thee Stallion – 40
SHOOTER – 39
312999 – 42
ilikemilk – 46
Ivy Leegue™ – 46
alexcuse – 47
Mayman – 47
#LisaRinna – 47
BB🌕 – 46
Private Dancer – 45
Mirago – 42
erosthegreekgod – 44
wyckyd – 41
samo🦕 – 41
Soulsista – 38


Of those four Top 10s, three are Top 5s.

[Soulsista]

Everytime that I let you in
You take away something deep within
A fool for love is a fool for pain
But I refuse to love you again



38. How Can I Ease The Pain - Lisa Fischer


Points: 548
Average: 29.92
Standard Deviation: 15.359 (7th highest)

1991 Rank: #3

Soulsista - 3
Private Dancer - 3
wyckyd - 4
.indulgecountry - 10

Mirago - 13
Gonza'90 - 15
SHOOTER - 18
jenglisbe - 19
B-Boy - 20

BB🌕 - 23
khan - 28

jtd Thee Stallion - 32
rowellfarm490 - 34
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 34
samo🦕 - 34
• Господин Умљеновић • - 38
singingrulebritannia - 40

#LisaRinna - 42
Mayman - 44
ilikemilk - 45
Ivy Leegue™ - 45
erosthegreekgod - 45
312999 - 46
alexcuse - 46
beyoncelover - 47
newpower - 50

[Soulsista]

#37 PREVIEW

#1s: 1
Other Top 10s: 1
Bottom 10s: 8
Perfect Rankings: 0

Movements:
singingrulebritannia + • Господин Умљеновић • – 23
B-Boy – 10
jenglisbe – 26
khan – 27
beyoncelover – 30
newpower – 37
Gonza'90 – 37
rowellfarm490 – 40
.indulgecountry – 35
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 37
jtd Thee Stallion – 42
SHOOTER – 44
312999 – 45
ilikemilk – 45
Ivy Leegue™ – 44
alexcuse – 44
Mayman – 45
#LisaRinna – 40
BB🌕 – 44
Private Dancer – 41
Mirago – 38
erosthegreekgod – 39
wyckyd – 39
samo🦕 – 37
Soulsista – 37

[Soulsista]

I used to cry myself to sleep at night
But that was all before he came
I thought love had to hurt to turn out right
But now he's here, it's not the same
It's not the same



37. All The Man That I Need - Whitney Houston

Apologies to • Господин Умљеновић •...


Points: 558
Average: 29.54
Standard Deviation: 13.949 (22nd highest)

1991 Rank: #2

• Господин Умљеновић • - 1
B-Boy - 5

Private Dancer - 12
.indulgecountry - 13
Mirago - 15
samo🦕 - 17

#LisaRinna - 21
wyckyd - 22
alexcuse - 23
khan - 26
ilikemilk - 26
Soulsista - 27
erosthegreekgod - 28
Ivy Leegue™ - 30

beyoncelover - 33
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 33
Gonza'90 - 34
SHOOTER - 35

312999 - 41
jtd Thee Stallion - 42
jenglisbe - 44
newpower - 45
BB🌕 - 47
rowellfarm490 - 48
singingrulebritannia - 50
Mayman - 50

[Soulsista]

#36 PREVIEW

Top 10s: 2
Bottom 10s: 5
Perfect Rankings: 0
SD Rank: 5th lowest

Movements:
singingrulebritannia + • Господин Умљеновић • – 28
B-Boy – 28
jenglisbe – 33
khan – 32
beyoncelover – 40
newpower – 26
Gonza'90 – 29
rowellfarm490 – 28
.indulgecountry – 28
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 28
jtd Thee Stallion – 30
SHOOTER – 28
312999 – 30
ilikemilk – 32
Ivy Leegue™ – 35
alexcuse – 31
Mayman – 32
#LisaRinna – 35
BB🌕 – 33
Private Dancer – 35
Mirago – 34
erosthegreekgod – 36
wyckyd – 36
samo🦕 – 36
Soulsista – 36

[Soulsista]

She would probably leave you alone
She would probably curse you out and unplug her phone
I bet she'd be glad that you was gone
And then she wouldn't have to worry



36. If Your Girl Only Knew - Aaliyah


Points: 566
Average: 29.23
Standard Deviation: 11.101 (5th lowest)

1996 Rank: #5

newpower - 5
SHOOTER - 10

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 14
singingrulebritannia - 16
alexcuse - 18
Mirago - 20

B-Boy - 25
khan - 25
.indulgecountry - 25
wyckyd - 25
Mayman - 27
jenglisbe - 28
rowellfarm490 - 28
BB🌕 - 28
Soulsista - 29

ilikemilk - 32
erosthegreekgod - 34
Gonza'90 - 37
Private Dancer - 37
• Господин Умљеновић • - 39
samo🦕 - 39

beyoncelover - 41
312999 - 43
Ivy Leegue™ - 43
jtd Thee Stallion - 45
#LisaRinna - 47

[Private Dancer]

Mar 20, 2024 11:23:48 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

Everytime that I let you in
You take away something deep within
A fool for love is a fool for pain
But I refuse to love you again



38. How Can I Ease The Pain - Lisa Fischer


Points: 548
Average: 29.92
Standard Deviation: 15.359 (7th highest)

1991 Rank: #3

Soulsista - 3
Private Dancer - 3
wyckyd - 4
.indulgecountry - 10

Mirago - 13
Gonza'90 - 15
SHOOTER - 18
jenglisbe - 19
B-Boy - 20

BB🌕 - 23
khan - 28

jtd Thee Stallion - 32
rowellfarm490 - 34
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 34
samo🦕 - 34
• Господин Умљеновић • - 38
singingrulebritannia - 40

#LisaRinna - 42
Mayman - 44
ilikemilk - 45
Ivy Leegue™ - 45
erosthegreekgod - 45
312999 - 46
alexcuse - 46
beyoncelover - 47
newpower - 50

?????????????????

Clearly, if this song was in ur bottom half you DO NOT UNDERSTAND REAL R&B MUSIC

[312999]

So the first 2 lists was a first place and a last place rank, how funny.

[Ivy Leegue™]

Impeccably sung song, but there were just more impactful songs on this list. Sorry!

[Soulsista]

The remaining 35 songs:

Vision Of Love - Mariah Carey
I'm Your Baby Tonight - Whitney Houston
Rhythm Nation - Janet Jackson
Escapade - Janet Jackson
Poison - Bell Biv DeVoe

Emotions - Mariah Carey

My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) - En Vogue
Real Love - Mary J. Blige
Remember The Time - Michael Jackson
Diamonds And Pearls - Prince & The New Power Generation

That's The Way Love Goes - Janet Jackson
Right Here (Human Nature) - SWV
Nuthin' But a "G" Thang - Dr. Dre (feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg)
Weak - SWV

Creep - TLC
Back & Forth - Aaliyah
I Wanna Be Down - Brandy
Any Time, Any Place - Janet Jackson

Fantasy - Mariah Carey
This Is How We Do It - Montell Jordan

No Diggity - Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre
You're Makin' Me High - Toni Braxton
Always Be My Baby - Mariah Carey
California Love - 2Pac feat. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman

Don't Let Go (Love) - En Vogue
Hypnotize - The Notorious B.I.G.
You Make Me Wanna... - Usher
On & On - Erykah Badu

The Boy Is Mine - Brandy & Monica
I Get Lonely - Janet Jackson
Too Close - Next
The First Night - Monica

No Scrubs - TLC
Heartbreaker - Mariah Carey
Heartbreak Hotel - Whitney Houston feat. Faith Evans & Kelly Price


Five more will be revealed tomorrow!

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{'90s R&B Reunion}singingrulebritannia • Господин Умљеновић • B-Boy jenglisbe khan beyoncelover newpower Gonza'90 rowellfarm490 .indulgecountry 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 jtd Thee Stallion SHOOTER 312999 ilikemilk Ivy Leegue™ alexcuse Mayman #LisaRinna BB🌕 Private Dancer Mirago erosthegreekgod wyckyd samo🦕

[beyoncelover]

40. I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need To Get By - Method Man feat. Mary J. Blige: Awww no, sad to see this showing up. I love this song and gave it a #23 ranking.... and ugh, I wish I could have given this a higher ranking. Such a classic collabo between Method Man & Mary J. I love what they both bring to the song.

39. U Know What's Up - Donell Jones: Ahh I love this song too and ugh I hate seeing that I only gave this a #36 ranking. I was close to a perfect rank so yay for that. But this is a song I wish I could have ranked higher and I am sad that I couldn't. Great smooth jam!

38. How Can I Ease The Pain - Lisa Fischer: Aww it's sad to see another 1991 song drop but sadly this was the year of songs I least cared for/connected with. I did like this song but ranked it at #47. I don't really know this song so it was nice to me. It's nice but just didn't stand out much compared to the other songs I love and grew up on.

37. All The Man That I Need - Whitney Houston: I feel like I'm always gonna be surprised when Whitney songs show up early and yeah this is another one I'm surprised to see show up this soon. I did rank this at #33. I do love this song but just happened to have loved and connected more with other songs here. This is a gorgeous song and gorgeous vocal from Whitney. I am shocked to see 2 #50s for this. :o

36. If Your Girl Only Knew - Aaliyah: Aww I do really like this song and kinda surprised that I ranked this only at #41. This is a smooth and very cool track from Aaliyah. It's not one of my very favorites from her but it's still a great jam.

[• Господин Умљеновић •]

Mar 20, 2024 11:37:33 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

I used to cry myself to sleep at night
But that was all before he came
I thought love had to hurt to turn out right
But now he's here, it's not the same
It's not the same



37. All The Man That I Need - Whitney Houston

Apologies to • Господин Умљеновић •...


Points: 558
Average: 29.54
Standard Deviation: 13.949 (22nd highest)

1991 Rank: #2

• Господин Умљеновић • - 1
B-Boy - 5

Private Dancer - 12
.indulgecountry - 13
Mirago - 15
samo🦕 - 17

#LisaRinna - 21
wyckyd - 22
alexcuse - 23
khan - 26
ilikemilk - 26
Soulsista - 27
erosthegreekgod - 28
Ivy Leegue™ - 30

beyoncelover - 33
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 33
Gonza'90 - 34
SHOOTER - 35

312999 - 41
jtd Thee Stallion - 42
jenglisbe - 44
newpower - 45
BB🌕 - 47
rowellfarm490 - 48
singingrulebritannia - 50
Mayman - 50

Shocking in many ways

But to have this kind of song as the last ...

@#-#&$(";";#866@#$

[jenglisbe]

1990 still has all 5 songs in play, while 1991 only has 1 left. What a difference a year makes, I guess?

[#LisaRinna]

Whitney deserved more respect

[Private Dancer]

Mar 20, 2024 13:00:21 GMT -5 #LisaRinna said:

Whitney deserved more respect

Vanessa & Lisa too

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

I'm really sad that Donell and Aaliyah left so soon. Those are my all time faves. Such great bops.

[khan]

Whitney and TLC are great, but their songs here already being out makes sense. They don't really live up to the potential of their other hits. Nah, what's actually harder for me to believe is an Aaliyah song managed to be this low. I even thought I was ranking it a little too low (but the top half of this was just so damn strong).

[wyckyd]

damn my top 10 took a hit this round. only 15 reveals and half of it is gone lol.

[Soulsista]

#35 PREVIEW

Top 10s: 4
Bottom 10s: 9
Perfect Rankings: 0

Movements:
singingrulebritannia + • Господин Умљеновић • – 29
B-Boy – 18
jenglisbe – 22
khan – 16
beyoncelover – 32
newpower – 30
Gonza'90 – 30
rowellfarm490 – 29
.indulgecountry – 32
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 38
jtd Thee Stallion – 44
SHOOTER – 36
312999 – 39
ilikemilk – 35
Ivy Leegue™ – 32
alexcuse – 30
Mayman – 31
#LisaRinna – 32
BB🌕 – 35
Private Dancer – 37
Mirago – 36
erosthegreekgod – 35
wyckyd – 34
samo🦕 – 32
Soulsista – 35

[Soulsista]

This will be the day
That you will hear me say
That I will never run away



35. Diamonds And Pearls - Prince & The New Power Generation


Points: 600
Average: 27.92
Standard Deviation: 14.246 (17th highest)

1992 Rank: #5

SHOOTER - 3
ilikemilk - 5
B-Boy - 9
samo🦕 - 9

wyckyd - 13
Ivy Leegue™ - 15
khan - 16
alexcuse - 16
erosthegreekgod - 16

Mirago - 24
• Господин Умљеновић • - 25
Gonza'90 - 26
rowellfarm490 - 29
singingrulebritannia - 30
newpower - 30

jenglisbe - 31
#LisaRinna - 37

Soulsista - 41
.indulgecountry - 42
312999 - 42
Mayman - 42
Private Dancer - 42
jtd Thee Stallion - 43
BB🌕 - 43
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 48
beyoncelover - 49

[Soulsista]

#34 PREVIEW

Top 10s: 3
Bottom 10s: 4
Perfect Rankings: 0

Movements:
singingrulebritannia + • Господин Умљеновић • – 31
B-Boy – 39
jenglisbe – 39
khan – 43
beyoncelover – 45
newpower – 40
Gonza'90 – 40
rowellfarm490 – 39
.indulgecountry – 38
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 43
jtd Thee Stallion – 41
SHOOTER – 40
312999 – 44
ilikemilk – 41
Ivy Leegue™ – 41
alexcuse – 36
Mayman – 36
#LisaRinna – 36
BB🌕 – 37
Private Dancer – 33
Mirago – 33
erosthegreekgod – 34
wyckyd – 33
samo🦕 – 35
Soulsista – 34

[erosthegreekgod]

Underrated Prince song.

[Soulsista]

Since you're not around for me
To tell you, baby, face to face
I'm writing you this letter
And this is what I have to say



34. Heartbreak Hotel - Whitney Houston feat. Faith Evans & Kelly Price


Points: 603
Average: 27.81
Standard Deviation: 12.674 (19th lowest)

1999 Rank: #3

alexcuse - 5
Private Dancer - 6
wyckyd - 10

• Господин Умљеновић • - 13
Soulsista - 14
newpower - 14
.indulgecountry - 17
Mirago - 17
ilikemilk - 19

jenglisbe - 24
jtd Thee Stallion - 26
SHOOTER - 27
Mayman - 28
#LisaRinna - 28

Gonza'90 - 33
312999 - 37
Ivy Leegue™ - 37
beyoncelover - 38
B-Boy - 39
khan - 39
BB🌕 - 40
erosthegreekgod - 40

rowellfarm490 - 42
singingrulebritannia - 43
samo🦕 - 43
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 44

[Soulsista]

#33 PREVIEW

Top 10s: 5
Bottom 10s: 6
Perfect Rankings: 1

Movements:
singingrulebritannia + • Господин Умљеновић • – 49
B-Boy – 46
jenglisbe – 46
khan – 44
beyoncelover – 39
newpower – 42
Gonza'90 – 36
rowellfarm490 – 35
.indulgecountry – 39
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 33
jtd Thee Stallion – 28
SHOOTER – 32
312999 – 25
ilikemilk – 22
Ivy Leegue™ – 28
alexcuse – 27
Mayman – 28
#LisaRinna – 30
BB🌕 – 31
Private Dancer – 31
Mirago – 32
erosthegreekgod – 32
wyckyd – 35
samo🦕 – 34
Soulsista – 33

[Soulsista]

I wonder if she could tell I'm hard right now



33. Too Close - Next


Points: 610
Average: 27.54
Standard Deviation: 14.134 (19th highest)

1998 Rank: #3

312999 - 5
jtd Thee Stallion - 6
beyoncelover - 7
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 10
ilikemilk - 10

khan - 13
Mirago - 14
samo🦕 - 14
Soulsista - 20
Gonza'90 - 20

alexcuse - 24
B-Boy - 27
rowellfarm490 - 30

SHOOTER - 31
Private Dancer - 32
erosthegreekgod - 33
singingrulebritannia - 37
Mayman - 38
.indulgecountry - 39
#LisaRinna - 40

newpower - 41
BB🌕 - 42
• Господин Умљеновић • - 43
Ivy Leegue™ - 46
jenglisbe - 47
wyckyd - 47

[Soulsista]

#32 PREVIEW

Top 10s: 2
Bottom 10s: 3
Perfect Rankings: 3

Movements:
singingrulebritannia + • Господин Умљеновић • – 35
B-Boy – 33
jenglisbe – 40
khan – 37
beyoncelover – 31
newpower – 38
Gonza'90 – 42
rowellfarm490 – 43
.indulgecountry – 43
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 45
jtd Thee Stallion – 45
SHOOTER – 46
312999 – 43
ilikemilk – 42
Ivy Leegue™ – 42
alexcuse – 38
Mayman – 38
#LisaRinna – 37
BB🌕 – 36
Private Dancer – 34
Mirago – 35
erosthegreekgod – 33
wyckyd – 32
samo🦕 – 33
Soulsista – 32

[Soulsista]

Boy, this evening, was it only me
Feeling completely down to be open
Down to be open for some satisfaction
Didn't wanna say yes, 'fraid of your reaction



32. The First Night - Monica


Points: 624
Average: 27.00
Standard Deviation: 12.123 (14th lowest)

1998 Rank: #4

alexcuse - 7
erosthegreekgod - 9

#LisaRinna - 11
312999 - 13
beyoncelover - 15
Soulsista - 16
wyckyd - 16
Private Dancer - 17
• Господин Умљеновић • - 18

.indulgecountry- 21
ilikemilk - 21
khan - 23
samo🦕 - 24

jtd Thee Stallion - 31
B-Boy - 32
jenglisbe - 32
BB🌕 - 32
Mirago - 35
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 38
singingrulebritannia - 39
SHOOTER - 39
Ivy Leegue™ - 39
Mayman - 40

rowellfarm490 - 41
Gonza'90 - 46
newpower - 47

[Soulsista]

#31 PREVIEW

Top 10s: 5
Bottom 10s: 6
Perfect Rankings: 2

Movements:
singingrulebritannia + • Господин Умљеновић • – 33
B-Boy – 37
jenglisbe – 27
khan – 38
beyoncelover – 38
newpower – 33
Gonza'90 – 33
rowellfarm490 – 33
.indulgecountry – 34
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 41
jtd Thee Stallion – 36
SHOOTER – 37
312999 – 35
ilikemilk – 40
Ivy Leegue™ – 37
alexcuse – 32
Mayman – 30
#LisaRinna – 29
BB🌕 – 28
Private Dancer – 24
Mirago – 28
erosthegreekgod – 29
wyckyd – 29
samo🦕 – 27
Soulsista – 31

[jenglisbe]

Whitney already has 2 of her 3 songs out?! I did not see that coming.

Having said that, I liked every one of these 50 songs so no matter what happens I will be like "What?!" lmao. 1990s R&B is IT!