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

[#LisaRinna]

312999 you betrayed me!

[#LisaRinna]

VISION OF GOD deserved much more than a lazy #12! #shame

[Soulsista]

#10 PREVIEW

Top 10s: 5
Bottom 20s: 5
Perfect Rankings: 0
SD Rank: 6th lowest

Movements:
singingrulebritannia + • Господин Умљеновић • – 4
B-Boy – 15
jenglisbe – 24
khan – 13
beyoncelover – 7
newpower – 14
Gonza'90 – 17
rowellfarm490 – 17
.indulgecountry – 7
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 8
jtd Thee Stallion – 10
SHOOTER – 10
312999 – 11
ilikemilk – 12
Ivy Leegue™ – 8
alexcuse – 9
Mayman – 8
#LisaRinna – 8
BB🌕 – 11
Private Dancer – 8
Mirago – 8
erosthegreekgod – 8
wyckyd – 7
samo🦕 – 8
Soulsista – 10


First song with no bottom 10s.

[Soulsista]

Must you do the things you do?
You keep on acting like a fool
You need to know it's me, not you
And if you didn't know it, girl it's true



10. The Boy Is Mine - Brandy


Points: 789
Average: 20.65
Standard Deviation: 11.178 (6th lowest)

1998 Rank: #1

beyoncelover - 2
• Господин Умљеновић • - 3
.indulgecountry - 4
Private Dancer - 5
Ivy Leegue™ - 9

khan - 11
Mirago - 12
Mayman - 14
erosthegreekgod - 14
SHOOTER - 16
rowellfarm490 - 17
alexcuse - 19
312999 - 20

singingrulebritannia - 24
ilikemilk - 25
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 26
samo🦕 - 26
Gonza'90 - 27
jtd Thee Stallion - 27
BB🌕 - 27
#LisaRinna - 29

B-Boy - 31
newpower - 33
wyckyd - 38
Soulsista - 39
jenglisbe - 39

[Soulsista]

#9 PREVIEW

#1s: 1
Other Top 10s: 5
Bottom 5s: 3
Perfect Rankings: 1

Movements:
singingrulebritannia + • Господин Умљеновић • – 13
B-Boy – 7
jenglisbe – 5
khan – 3
beyoncelover – 6
newpower – 8
Gonza'90 – 7
rowellfarm490 – 9
.indulgecountry – 14
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 18
jtd Thee Stallion – 11
SHOOTER – 7
312999 – 6
ilikemilk – 5
Ivy Leegue™ – 6
alexcuse – 3
Mayman – 3
#LisaRinna – 2
BB🌕 – 5
Private Dancer – 6
Mirago – 9
erosthegreekgod – 12
wyckyd – 11
samo🦕 – 11
Soulsista – 9

[Soulsista]

Do you remember
When we fell in love?
We were young and innocent then



9. Remember The Time - Michael Jackson

Congrats to BB🌕 and erosthegreekgod for clearing your bottom 10.

Apologies to jtd Thee Stallion...


Points: 792
Average: 20.54
Standard Deviation: 14.323 (16th highest)

1992 Rank: #3

jtd Thee Stallion - 1
Mayman - 2
alexcuse - 3
SHOOTER - 6
jenglisbe - 7
ilikemilk - 9

B-Boy - 11
Ivy Leegue™ - 11
samo🦕 - 11
312999 - 14
Soulsista - 15
• Господин Умљеновић • - 15
Gonza'90 - 16
khan - 18
#LisaRinna - 18
wyckyd - 19
newpower - 20

singingrulebritannia - 26
rowellfarm490 - 27

beyoncelover - 32
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 36
.indulgecountry - 38
Private Dancer - 38

BB🌕 - 46
erosthegreekgod - 47
Mirago - 48

[Soulsista]

#8 PREVIEW

Top 10s: 6
Bottom 10s: 1
Perfect Rankings: 1
SD Rank: 8th lowest

Movements:
singingrulebritannia + • Господин Умљеновић • – 9
B-Boy – 9
jenglisbe – 21
khan – 29
beyoncelover – 29
newpower – 28
Gonza'90 – 24
rowellfarm490 – 21
.indulgecountry – 17
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 14
jtd Thee Stallion – 18
SHOOTER – 16
312999 – 18
ilikemilk – 13
Ivy Leegue™ – 15
alexcuse – 14
Mayman – 16
#LisaRinna – 15
BB🌕 – 13
Private Dancer – 11
Mirago – 13
erosthegreekgod – 10
wyckyd – 10
samo🦕 – 10
Soulsista – 8

[Soulsista]

Running in and out my life has got me so confused
You gotta make the sacrifice, somebody's got to choose
We can make it if we try, for the sake of you and I
Together we can make it right



8. Don't Let Go (Love) - En Vogue

Congrats to Mirago for clearing your bottom 10.

Saying goodbye to 1997...


Points: 808
Average: 19.92
Standard Deviation: 11.496 (8th lowest)

1997 Rank: #1

erosthegreekgod - 3
BB🌕 - 4
rowellfarm490 - 6
Private Dancer - 8
wyckyd - 9
Soulsista - 10

Gonza'90 - 11
.indulgecountry - 12
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 12
#LisaRinna - 13
• Господин Умљеновић • - 14
ilikemilk - 16
singingrulebritannia - 17
312999 - 19

SHOOTER - 21
alexcuse - 22
B-Boy - 23
Ivy Leegue™ - 25
beyoncelover - 27
newpower - 27
samo🦕 - 30

Mayman - 32
khan - 37
jtd Thee Stallion - 38
jenglisbe - 40

Mirago - 42

[Soulsista]

#7 PREVIEW

Top 10s: 5
Bottom 10s: 1
Perfect Rankings: 0
SD Rank: 10th lowest

Movements:
singingrulebritannia + • Господин Умљеновић • – 19
B-Boy – 16
jenglisbe – 9
khan – 9
beyoncelover – 9
newpower – 9
Gonza'90 – 18
rowellfarm490 – 12
.indulgecountry – 15
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 19
jtd Thee Stallion – 13
SHOOTER – 14
312999 – 9
ilikemilk – 8
Ivy Leegue™ – 9
alexcuse – 10
Mayman – 12
#LisaRinna – 9
BB🌕 – 8
Private Dancer – 9
Mirago – 7
erosthegreekgod – 6
wyckyd – 8
samo🦕 – 9
Soulsista – 7

[Soulsista]

Now, I know I can be faithful
I can be your all in all
I'll give you good lovin' through the summertime, winter, spring, and fall



7. Real Love - Mary J. Blige

Congrats to wyckyd for clearing your bottom 10.

Saying goodbye to 1992...


Points: 814
Average: 19.69
Standard Deviation: 11.599 (10th lowest)

1992 Rank: #2

Mirago - 3
jtd Thee Stallion - 4
rowellfarm490 - 5
#LisaRinna - 8
BB🌕 - 10

singingrulebritannia - 11
Soulsista - 12
B-Boy - 12
SHOOTER - 12
312999 - 12
newpower - 15
ilikemilk - 15
erosthegreekgod - 15
jenglisbe - 16

khan - 21
beyoncelover - 22
Private Dancer - 22
Ivy Leegue™ - 24
Mayman - 26
alexcuse - 28
samo🦕 - 28

.indulgecountry - 34
• Господин Умљеновић • - 35
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 37
Gonza'90 - 40

wyckyd - 45

[Soulsista]

#6 PREVIEW

#1s: 1
Other Top 10s: 7
Bottom 10s: 2
Perfect Rankings: 2

Movements:
singingrulebritannia + • Господин Умљеновић • – 41
B-Boy – 45
jenglisbe – 44
khan – 39
beyoncelover – 27
newpower – 31
Gonza'90 – 27
rowellfarm490 – 25
.indulgecountry – 20
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 11
jtd Thee Stallion – 8
SHOOTER – 9
312999 – 8
ilikemilk – 7
Ivy Leegue™ – 10
alexcuse – 7
Mayman – 6
#LisaRinna – 6
BB🌕 – 7
Private Dancer – 5
Mirago – 4
erosthegreekgod – 4
wyckyd – 4
samo🦕 – 5
Soulsista – 6


Misses the Top 5 by just one point.

[Soulsista]

Well a scrub checkin' me
But his game is kinda weak
And I know that he cannot approach me
'Cause I'm looking like class, and he's looking like trash
Can't get wit' a deadbeat ass



6. No Scrubs - TLC

Congrats to • Господин Умљеновић • for clearing your bottom 10.

Saying goodbye to 1999 with apologies to 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲...


Points: 848
Average: 18.38
Standard Deviation: 12.306 (16th lowest)

1999 Rank: #1

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 1
alexcuse - 2
beyoncelover - 3
khan - 5
.indulgecountry - 6
Mirago - 6
rowellfarm490 - 9
Mayman - 9

ilikemilk - 11
Gonza'90 - 14
BB🌕 - 15
Private Dancer - 15
jtd Thee Stallion - 17
312999 - 17
wyckyd - 17
SHOOTER - 19

Soulsista - 22
erosthegreekgod - 22
singingrulebritannia - 25
#LisaRinna - 27
samo🦕 - 27

Ivy Leegue™ - 31
B-Boy - 35
newpower - 37

jenglisbe - 42
• Господин Умљеновић • - 44

[Soulsista]

The Top 5:

Rhythm Nation - Janet Jackson
That's The Way Love Goes - Janet Jackson
Creep - TLC
Fantasy - Mariah Carey
I Get Lonely - Janet Jackson


We've got three Janet songs in the Top 5! Will all of them finish in the Top 3? Or will TLC or Mariah take home the crown?

And there's a last place ranking still out there, where will it land?

Find out when the Billboard #1 R&B Songs: Best Of The '90s Rankdown concludes tomorrow!

SPOILER: Click to show

{'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]

10. The Boy Is Mine - Brandy & Monica: Oooh dangg, nooo this is such a terrible way for today's reveals to start with my #2 showing up. :'( Ugh boo. I love this song, it's such a huge and iconic collabo from Brandy & Monica. I love what they both bring to this song. I'm happy that there are no Bottom 10 ranks for this as it doesn't deserve those but ugh I wish this could have been higher.

9. Remember The Time - Michael Jackson: Ooh phew, okay this is my #32 and is my lowest remaining song left, so I'm pleased with this showing up. This is another one of the many great songs from Michael Jackson. But it's just not one of my main favorites from him. Still love it - but sad that this beat out "No Diggity" and "The Boy is Mine."

8. Don't Let Go (Love) - En Vogue: Ooh okay this song is my #27 and also my second lowest remaining rank of this Top 8 so I am good with this showing up. Once again, this is a fantastic song from En Vogue and they kill it on this. I do happen to love a few more songs from them but I still love this and it's probably my 3rd favorite song of theirs. I wish that "My Lovin" would have done better but I understand how this did better.

7. Real Love - Mary J. Blige: Love this and this is such an iconic song from Mary J. I love how Mary brought out the R&B and hip-hop flavor/vibe of this song and how she brought this sound and just slayed with this sound 30 years later. Such a standout song from her. Ugh I hate that I ranked it so low at #22 and really wish I could have ranked it higher. Stacked list made it tough to do so though, ugh.

6. No Scrubs - TLC: Ugh the last three reveals were going soo good and well for me.... and then my #3 shows up and just misses the Top 5. Ugh that is so sad and disappointing. :( Dang. But anyway, this is an iconic jam that I absolutely love and was obsessed with when it was out. I still love and can never get tired of this. This always stands out as one of my very favorite songs from TLC.


Remaining numbers:
1, 4, 10
13
28

Hmmm these stats are okay. Sad I lost two of my big favorites but I'll be REALLY happy with my #1 or #4 winning and would be happy for my #10 or #13 too, as I love those.

Janet having 3 songs in the Top 5 is wild, lmao. But I love Janet and happy to see her getting so much (deserved) love here. I think two deserve to be there but the other one isn't quite Top 5 of the decade to me, imo. But others disagree, which is totally fine. Can't wait to see how this all rolls out tomorrow!

[SHOOTER]

1-5
15-20-22

I already know y'all are gonna be predictable AF.

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

I feel really bad for ranking Real Love sooo low. It's one of my faves, but it was a stiff competition.

As a Janet stan, I'm very happy to see the remaining Janet songs in the top 5. Go Janet!!! So Well deserved!! 👏👏👏

[samo🦕]

I think my rank for No Scrubs accidentally became a second wyckyd rank

[jenglisbe]

I love Janet, but 3 of the top 5 in a rankdown loaded with classics is too much tbh.

[• Господин Умљеновић •]

Not sure how Rhythm nation got to top 5. I love Janet, but this song ...

Also, I think it is predictable that Fantasy will be #1. Again, not sure why this song...

TLC in top 5 is the biggest puzzle for me.

But... C'est la vie

[#LisaRinna]

Thank God Sugarmamandi didn't make the top 5.

[Soulsista]

#5 PREVIEW

#1s: 1
Other Top 10s: 7
Bottom 10s: 1
Perfect Rankings: 0

Movements:
singingrulebritannia + • Господин Умљеновић • – 1
B-Boy – 5
jenglisbe – 16
khan – 11
beyoncelover – 15
newpower – 12
Gonza'90 – 19
rowellfarm490 – 19
.indulgecountry – 22
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 15
jtd Thee Stallion – 7
SHOOTER – 5
312999 – 5
ilikemilk – 6
Ivy Leegue™ – 5
alexcuse – 4
Mayman – 5
#LisaRinna – 5
BB🌕 – 4
Private Dancer – 4
Mirago – 5
erosthegreekgod – 7
wyckyd – 6
samo🦕 – 6
Soulsista – 5

[Soulsista]

I still remember to the day
In fact, it was a third Monday
You came along to be the one for me
And now I'm alone



5. I Get Lonely - Janet Jackson

Congrats to Gonza'90 for clearing your bottom 10.

Saying goodbye to 1998 with apologies to SHOOTER...


Points: 849
Average: 18.35
Standard Deviation: 12.728 (20th lowest)

1998 Rank: #2

SHOOTER - 1
• Господин Умљеновић • - 2
jtd Thee Stallion - 2
Soulsista - 4
singingrulebritannia - 7
Ivy Leegue™ - 7
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 8
newpower - 9

rowellfarm490 - 11
BB🌕 - 11
Mayman - 12
samo🦕 - 12
alexcuse - 13
#LisaRinna - 14
ilikemilk - 18
khan - 19

312999 - 25
Mirago - 27
beyoncelover - 28
wyckyd - 30

Private Dancer - 31
.indulgecountry - 33
jenglisbe - 36
B-Boy - 38
erosthegreekgod - 38

Gonza'90 - 41

[Soulsista]

#4 PREVIEW

Top 10s: 13
Bottom 10s: 4
Perfect Rankings: 1
SD Rank: 3rd highest

Movements:
singingrulebritannia + • Господин Умљеновић • – 4
B-Boy – 20
jenglisbe – 35
khan – 22
beyoncelover – 11
newpower – 7
Gonza'90 – 4
rowellfarm490 – 4
.indulgecountry – 3
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 3
jtd Thee Stallion – 4
SHOOTER – 4
312999 – 4
ilikemilk – 4
Ivy Leegue™ – 4
alexcuse – 6
Mayman – 7
#LisaRinna – 7
BB🌕 – 6
Private Dancer – 7
Mirago – 6
erosthegreekgod – 5
wyckyd – 5
samo🦕 – 4
Soulsista – 4

[Soulsista]

Things are getting worse
We have to make them better
It's time to give a damn
Let's work together



4. Rhythm Nation - Janet Jackson

Congrats to alexcuse, B-Boy, Private Dancer, and jenglisbe for clearing your bottom 10.

Saying goodbye to 1990...


Points: 857
Average: 18.04
Standard Deviation: 15.828 (3rd highest)

1990 Rank: #3

Ivy Leegue™ - 2
Mirago - 2
samo🦕 - 2
singingrulebritannia - 3
khan - 3
BB🌕 - 3
beyoncelover - 4
SHOOTER - 5
wyckyd - 5
newpower - 6
Gonza'90 - 6
rowellfarm490 - 7
.indulgecountry - 7

Mayman - 15
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 20

erosthegreekgod - 23
• Господин Умљеновић • - 24
#LisaRinna - 24
312999 - 27

ilikemilk - 33
Soulsista - 35
jtd Thee Stallion - 39

alexcuse - 42
B-Boy - 43
Private Dancer - 43
jenglisbe - 46

[Soulsista]

#3 PREVIEW

#1s: 4
Other Top 10s: 5
Bottom 20s: 3
Perfect Rankings: 0
SD Rank: 7th lowest

Movements:
singingrulebritannia + • Господин Умљеновић • – 14
B-Boy – 14
jenglisbe – 10
khan – 10
beyoncelover – 8
newpower – 6
Gonza'90 – 5
rowellfarm490 – 3
.indulgecountry – 4
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 4
jtd Thee Stallion – 3
SHOOTER – 3
312999 – 2
ilikemilk – 2
Ivy Leegue™ – 2
alexcuse – 2
Mayman – 2
#LisaRinna – 4
BB🌕 – 2
Private Dancer – 2
Mirago – 2
erosthegreekgod – 3
wyckyd – 3
samo🦕 – 3
Soulsista – 3

[Ivy Leegue™]

Wow. This is intense and interesting. I knew VOL wouldn't win, but I truly believe it is the best song on this list, especially since it was the debut single that launched such a meteoric rise and a legendary career. Sorry to those who disagree.

[Soulsista]

The 22nd of loneliness, and we've been through so many things
I love my man with all honesty, but I know he's cheating on me



3. Creep - TLC

Saying goodbye to 1994 with apologies to rowellfarm490, Mayman, and BB🌕, I share your pain...


Points: 928
Average: 15.31
Standard Deviation: 11.267 (7th lowest)

1994 Rank: #1

Soulsista - 1
rowellfarm490 - 1
Mayman - 1
BB🌕 - 1
singingrulebritannia - 2
newpower - 4
Mirago - 5
samo🦕 - 7
erosthegreekgod - 10

ilikemilk - 12
beyoncelover - 13
SHOOTER - 15
B-Boy - 16
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 16
312999 - 16
Private Dancer - 16
jenglisbe - 17
.indulgecountry - 20
Ivy Leegue™ - 20

khan - 22
Gonza'90 - 22
jtd Thee Stallion - 22
alexcuse - 26

#LisaRinna - 33
• Господин Умљеновић • - 40
wyckyd - 40

[beyoncelover]

Ooh wow the #50 is still lingering in the Top 2? :o I think I have an idea which song got that (i.e. thinking it was to the song that wins these rankdowns a lot).

[SHOOTER]

Fantasy wins again, huh?

[Soulsista]

vs.




Who will come out on top, Janet or Mariah? And where will that final last place ranking end up?!

The final two are coming up!

SPOILER: Click to show

{'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🦕