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

[Soulsista]

SUBMISSIONS DUE TODAY!

Participants:
1. Soulsista
2. singingrulebritannia
3. • Господин Умљеновић •
4. B-Boy
5. jenglisbe
6. khan
7. beyoncelover
8. newpower
9. Gonza'90
10. rowellfarm490
11. .indulgecountry
12. 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲
13. jtd Thee Stallion
14. SHOOTER
15. 312999
16. ilikemilk
17. Ivy Leegue™
18. alexcuse
19. Mayman
20. #LisaRinna
21. BB🌕

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[wyckyd]

other rankdowns & life stuff held me back for a bit, but I'm working on mine rn! I'll have it in today but it might be very last minute.

[erosthegreekgod]

Soulsista, what time are submissions due?

[Soulsista]

Mar 15, 2024 18:18:47 GMT -5 erosthegreekgod said:

Soulsista, what time are submissions due?

Even though I have today as the due date, I usually leave it open an extra day for any last-minute lists. Submissions will officially close on Sunday around noon Eastern.

[Soulsista]

LAST CALL!

Participants:
1. Soulsista
2. singingrulebritannia
3. • Господин Умљеновић •
4. B-Boy
5. jenglisbe
6. khan
7. beyoncelover
8. newpower
9. Gonza'90
10. rowellfarm490
11. .indulgecountry
12. 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲
13. jtd Thee Stallion
14. SHOOTER
15. 312999
16. ilikemilk
17. Ivy Leegue™
18. alexcuse
19. Mayman
20. #LisaRinna
21. BB🌕
22. Private Dancer
23. Mirago


SUBMISSIONS WILL CLOSE AT NOON EASTERN TOMORROW, SO GET YOUR LIST IN NOW IF YOU STILL WANT TO PARTICIPATE!

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{Tags}312999 aerodynamite alexcuse annoymous1 anthony11554 bat1990 PREDS PRIDE BB🌕 beyoncelover Linnethia Monique Private Dancer ccarter1023 chanman CF15 Verisimilitude craziaskowboi Unhinged divasummer DJDaveMick69 Glove Slap Doc Indie Party Rock Enyasurvivor 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 erosthegreekgod Troublemaker singingrulebritannia God gonecountry Gonza'90 newpower Sambalada ilikemilk .indulgecountry Jay D83 jenglisbe Juanca emerald jtd Thee Stallion khan peacebone Ky legend1982 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 Lukas mamooshka #LisaRinna Sir Benji Mayman SHOOTER Kelly's 10th Fan razorshark Red • Господин Умљеновић • rnb rowellfarm490 samo🦕 sergejdordij stallie Rose "Payola" Nylund Ivy Leegue™ theyaintready toomuchboy Mirago Ty Mic Technique B-Boy walt91 wavey. wyckyd

[erosthegreekgod]

I will submit later today! :)

[Soulsista]

SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED!

Final List Of Participants:
1. Soulsista
2. singingrulebritannia
3. • Господин Умљеновић •
4. B-Boy
5. jenglisbe
6. khan
7. beyoncelover
8. newpower
9. Gonza'90
10. rowellfarm490
11. .indulgecountry
12. 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲
13. jtd Thee Stallion
14. SHOOTER
15. 312999
16. ilikemilk
17. Ivy Leegue™
18. alexcuse
19. Mayman
20. #LisaRinna
21. BB🌕
22. Private Dancer
23. Mirago
24. erosthegreekgod
25. wyckyd
26. samo🦕

[beyoncelover]

Yayy I'm excited for this! Can't wait to see the results. Although I fear I'm gonna do bad here, lol.

[Soulsista]

Reveals will begin tomorrow! In the meantime, feel free to make some predictions.

What songs do you think will make the top 10?

What songs do you think will make the bottom 10?

What song will have the highest SD? Lowest SD?

What song will rank the highest from these artists:
Mariah Carey?
Janet Jackson?
Whitney Houston?
TLC?

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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🦕

[312999]

I can't really answer the questions because I have no idea how this Rankdown will go unfortunately. :( I will predict maybe that Fantasy will be top 5 or wins, otherwise the rest I really have no idea.

[Soulsista]

Welcome to the Billboard #1 R&B Songs: Best Of The '90s Rankdown!

I know this was a very tough list to rank, so thanks to everyone who sent in a list. As a reminder, here are the 50 songs you were asked to rank:

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
All The Man That I Need - Whitney Houston
How Can I Ease The Pain - Lisa Fischer
Romantic - Karyn White
Running Back To You - Vanessa Williams
My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) - En Vogue
Real Love - Mary J. Blige
Remember The Time - Michael Jackson
Baby-Baby-Baby - TLC
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
Can We Talk - Tevin Campbell
Creep - TLC
Back & Forth - Aaliyah
I Wanna Be Down - Brandy
Any Time, Any Place - Janet Jackson
And On And On - Janet Jackson
Fantasy - Mariah Carey
This Is How We Do It - Montell Jordan
One More Chance/Stay With Me - The Notorious B.I.G.
I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need To Get By - Method Man feat. Mary J. Blige
Exhale (Shoop Shoop) - Whitney Houston
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
If Your Girl Only Knew - Aaliyah
Don't Let Go (Love) - En Vogue
Hypnotize - The Notorious B.I.G.
You Make Me Wanna... - Usher
On & On - Erykah Badu
I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat. 112
The Boy Is Mine - Brandy & Monica
I Get Lonely - Janet Jackson
Too Close - Next
The First Night - Monica
Nobody's Supposed To Be Here - Deborah Cox
No Scrubs - TLC
Heartbreaker - Mariah Carey
Heartbreak Hotel - Whitney Houston feat. Faith Evans & Kelly Price
U Know What's Up - Donell Jones
Bills, Bills, Bills - Destiny's Child


#50 PREVIEW

#1s: 1
Other Top 10s: 0
Bottom 10s: 17
Perfect Rankings: 1

Movements:
singingrulebritannia + • Господин Умљеновић • – 50
B-Boy – 50
jenglisbe – 50
khan – 50
beyoncelover – 49
newpower – 50
Gonza'90 – 49
rowellfarm490 – 49
.indulgecountry – 49
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 49
jtd Thee Stallion – 50
SHOOTER – 50
312999 – 50
ilikemilk – 50
Ivy Leegue™ – 50
alexcuse – 50
Mayman – 50
#LisaRinna – 50
BB🌕 – 50
Private Dancer – 50
Mirago – 50
erosthegreekgod – 50
wyckyd – 50
samo🦕 – 50
Soulsista - 50


A first in this series: someone will be losing their #1 on the first song out.

[jenglisbe]

Wow. Not only will someone lose a #1 on the first song out, but 65% of voters had it at the bottom.

[Soulsista]

Boy, hope you see before to late
I won't play the fool, no, not this time
And I'll show you just how wrong you are
To think I just can't get you out of my mind



50. Running Back To You - Vanessa Williams

Apologies to Private Dancer...


Points: 302
Average: 39.38
Standard Deviation: 11.967 (12th lowest)

1991 Rank: #5

Private Dancer - 1

.indulgecountry - 19

Gonza'90 - 21
312999 - 22

#LisaRinna - 32
Mirago - 33
samo🦕 - 33
khan - 38
ilikemilk - 38

• Господин Умљеновић • - 41
Soulsista - 42
beyoncelover - 44
Ivy Leegue™ - 44
singingrulebritannia - 45
jenglisbe - 45
Mayman - 46
rowellfarm490 - 47
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 47
jtd Thee Stallion - 47
SHOOTER - 47
alexcuse - 48
BB🌕 - 48
erosthegreekgod - 48
B-Boy - 49
newpower - 49
wyckyd - 50

[Soulsista]

#49 PREVIEW

Top 10s: 0
Top 20s: 0
Top half rankings: 5
Bottom 10s: 8
Perfect Rankings: 2
SD Rank: Lowest

Movements:
singingrulebritannia + • Господин Умљеновић • – 42
B-Boy – 49
jenglisbe – 49
khan – 49
beyoncelover – 50
newpower – 48
Gonza'90 – 48
rowellfarm490 – 48
.indulgecountry – 50
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 50
jtd Thee Stallion – 49
SHOOTER – 49
312999 – 49
ilikemilk – 49
Ivy Leegue™ – 49
alexcuse – 49
Mayman – 48
#LisaRinna – 49
BB🌕 – 48
Private Dancer – 49
Mirago – 49
erosthegreekgod – 49
wyckyd – 49
samo🦕 – 49
Soulsista – 49

[Soulsista]

Never will you stop this love that you feel
And I'll do the same with you every day
I will always be right here by your side
I don't want nobody else



49. And On And On - Janet Jackson


Points: 349
Average: 37.58
Standard Deviation: 9.248 (Lowest)

1994 Rank: #5

Mayman - 22
samo🦕 - 22
newpower - 23
312999 - 24
wyckyd - 24

singingrulebritannia - 32
alexcuse - 32
jtd Thee Stallion - 34
.indulgecountry - 35
#LisaRinna - 35
erosthegreekgod - 36
• Господин Умљеновић • - 37
SHOOTER - 37
Gonza'90 - 39
rowellfarm490 - 39
BB🌕 - 39
ilikemilk - 40
Private Dancer - 40

khan - 44
Mirago - 47
Ivy Leegue™ - 48
Soulsista - 49
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 49
B-Boy - 50
jenglisbe - 50
beyoncelover - 50

[Soulsista]

#48 PREVIEW

Top 10s: 3
Bottom 10s: 14
Perfect Rankings: 0
SD Rank: 6th highest

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


Two people will be losing a Top 5.

[Soulsista]

One glad morning
When this life is over
I know I'll see your face



48. I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat. 112


Points: 365
Average: 36.96
Standard Deviation: 15.503 (6th highest)

1997 Rank: #5

312999 - 3
ilikemilk - 4
alexcuse - 8

jtd Thee Stallion - 11
beyoncelover - 17

• Господин Умљеновић • - 28

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 32
khan - 35
jenglisbe - 37
#LisaRinna - 39
B-Boy - 40
newpower - 40

Mirago - 41
wyckyd - 42
Mayman - 45
samo🦕 - 45
.indulgecountry - 47
singingrulebritannia - 49
rowellfarm490 - 49
erosthegreekgod - 49
Soulsista - 50
Gonza'90 - 50
SHOOTER - 50
Ivy Leegue™ - 50
BB🌕 - 50
Private Dancer - 50

[Soulsista]

#47 PREVIEW

Top 10s: 3
Bottom 10s: 15
Perfect Rankings: 1

Movements
singingrulebritannia + • Господин Умљеновић • – 39
B-Boy – 47
jenglisbe – 48
khan – 48
beyoncelover – 48
newpower – 49
Gonza'90 – 50
rowellfarm490 – 50
.indulgecountry – 47
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 47
jtd Thee Stallion – 48
SHOOTER – 48
312999 – 48
ilikemilk – 48
Ivy Leegue™ – 48
alexcuse – 48
Mayman – 49
#LisaRinna – 48
BB🌕 – 49
Private Dancer – 48
Mirago – 48
erosthegreekgod – 48
wyckyd – 47
samo🦕 – 47
Soulsista – 47

[Ivy Leegue™]

Bye Diddy! I'm OK with all these being out. This batch of songs was extremely strong.

[Soulsista]

Kiss me, I feel waves of steamy passion
I'm burnin' with desire
Baby, free me from the heat, my heart's on fire
'Cause I still need your love



47. Romantic - Karyn White


Points: 399
Average: 35.65
Standard Deviation: 14.472 (13th highest)

1991 Rank: #4

.indulgecountry - 3
Private Dancer - 7
wyckyd - 7

#LisaRinna - 17

• Господин Умљеновић • - 21
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 21
Mirago - 25

312999 - 31
newpower - 34
samo🦕 - 37
Mayman - 39

Ivy Leegue™ - 41
Soulsista - 43
jenglisbe - 43
Gonza'90 - 44
SHOOTER - 44
erosthegreekgod - 44
BB🌕 - 45
singingrulebritannia - 46
rowellfarm490 - 46
ilikemilk - 46
alexcuse - 47
B-Boy - 48
beyoncelover - 48
khan - 50
jtd Thee Stallion - 50

[Ivy Leegue™]

I feel like a couple of these (particularly Karyn and Vanessa) are out primarily due to lack of recognition. Those songs were classics from my childhood, but the odds were definitely stacked against them.

[Soulsista]

#46 PREVIEW

Top 10s: 2
Bottom 10s: 9
Perfect Rankings: 0

Movements:
singingrulebritannia + • Господин Умљеновић • – 27
B-Boy – 27
jenglisbe – 18
khan – 23
beyoncelover – 36
newpower – 39
Gonza'90 – 39
rowellfarm490 – 41
.indulgecountry – 40
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 – 36
jtd Thee Stallion – 38
SHOOTER – 42
312999 – 46
ilikemilk – 43
Ivy Leegue™ – 43
alexcuse – 43
Mayman – 44
#LisaRinna – 45
BB🌕 – 45
Private Dancer – 44
Mirago – 45
erosthegreekgod – 45
wyckyd – 45
samo🦕 – 45
Soulsista – 46

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

Karyn White is so underrated.

[Private Dancer]

Mar 18, 2024 10:32:59 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

Boy, hope you see before to late
I won't play the fool, no, not this time
And I'll show you just how wrong you are
To think I just can't get you out of my mind



50. Running Back To You - Vanessa Williams

Apologies to Private Dancer ...


Points: 302
Average: 39.38
Standard Deviation: 11.967 (12th lowest)

1991 Rank: #5

Private Dancer - 1

.indulgecountry - 19

Gonza'90 - 21
312999 - 22

#LisaRinna - 32
Mirago - 33
samo🦕 - 33
khan - 38
ilikemilk - 38

• Господин Умљеновић • - 41
Soulsista - 42
beyoncelover - 44
Ivy Leegue™ - 44
singingrulebritannia - 45
jenglisbe - 45
Mayman - 46
rowellfarm490 - 47
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 47
jtd Thee Stallion - 47
SHOOTER - 47
alexcuse - 48
BB🌕 - 48
erosthegreekgod - 48
B-Boy - 49
newpower - 49
wyckyd - 50

HUHHHHHHHH OUT OF ALL THE SONGS ON THE LIST THIS IS THE FIRST TO GO??????? ARE WE FR?????

[Private Dancer]

Mar 18, 2024 11:22:07 GMT -5 Ivy Leegue™ said:

I feel like a couple of these (particularly Karyn and Vanessa) are out primarily due to lack of recognition. Those songs were classics from my childhood, but the odds were definitely stacked against them.

I'm going to agree!!! They aren't the easily recognizable amongst the list, but def the best amongst this list. 

[Soulsista]

If you're searching for a place you know
A familiar face, somewhere to go
You should look inside yourself
You're halfway there



46. Exhale (Shoop Shoop) - Whitney Houston


Points: 456
Average: 33.46
Standard Deviation: 12.947 (23rd lowest)

1995 Rank: #5

• Господин Умљеновић • - 6
jenglisbe - 8

ilikemilk - 14
.indulgecountry - 16

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 23
Private Dancer - 23
B-Boy - 26
alexcuse - 27

Gonza'90 - 31
#LisaRinna - 31
Mirago - 31
Ivy Leegue™ - 33
wyckyd - 33
khan - 34
jtd Thee Stallion - 35
erosthegreekgod - 35
SHOOTER - 40

newpower - 42
beyoncelover - 45
Soulsista - 47
samo🦕 - 47
singingrulebritannia - 48
312999 - 48
Mayman - 48
BB🌕 - 49
rowellfarm490 - 50

[Soulsista]

The remaining 45 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
All The Man That I Need - Whitney Houston
How Can I Ease The Pain - Lisa Fischer

My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) - En Vogue
Real Love - Mary J. Blige
Remember The Time - Michael Jackson
Baby-Baby-Baby - TLC
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
Can We Talk - Tevin Campbell

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
One More Chance/Stay With Me - The Notorious B.I.G.
I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need To Get By - Method Man feat. Mary J. Blige

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
If Your Girl Only Knew - Aaliyah

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
Nobody's Supposed To Be Here - Deborah Cox

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


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🦕

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

Wow...very shocked at Whitney. Thought she would ranked much higher than this. 😳 It totally should be "Heartbreak Hotel" in its place.

[Ivy Leegue™]

Not surprised Exhale is out this early at all, but I LOVE that song. That said, the right Whitney song is definitely still in.

[jenglisbe]

Mar 18, 2024 11:25:56 GMT -5 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 said:

Karyn White is so underrated.

I agree, but I prefer the singles from her first and third albums (and even "The Way I Feel About You") to "Romantic." I was sad to rank her in the 40s, but that specific single among this group just wasn't one of my favorites.

Apparently 1991 was not the year, as we've already lost 2 songs from that 5 in these first few reveals.

I am shocked at "Exhale" being so low. It was top 5 in its year so it isn't disliked, but to me it's one of her best R&B vocals.

Soulsista What do the numbers by our usernames in the "Preview" posts mean?