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Find the top 100 R&B songs for the year of 2018 and listen to them all! Can you guess the number one R&B song in 2018? Find out now!
Dec 26, 2017 · And with several of the genre’s most promising talents percolating just below the surface, the genre’s slow trickle into the 2017 mainstream could lead to a full-on tidal wave in the years to come....
- Janelle Monae “I Like That” The multi-hyphenate artist debuted her most honest project to date, Dirty Computer, revealing a very personal and playful side.
- Kali Uchis feat. Tyler, the Creator and Bootsy Collins, “After the Storm” After netting a Grammy nomination last year with Daniel Caesar on the latter’s ethereal “Get You,” Colombian-American singer-songwriter Uchis swerved skillfully into her own lane with this track from her critically acclaimed debut album Isolation.
- Ella Mai, “Boo’d Up” It’s the little sleeper song that could… and did. Originally released in 2017 from Londoner Mai’s third EP Ready, the song’s steady momentum propelled it to No. 1 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and then into the Hot 100’s top five.
- 6lack feat. J. Cole, “Pretty Little Fears” Many artists have won debut acclaim only to fall victim to the proverbial sophomore slump. Not 6lack: The singer-rapper delivered a second solid body of work with this year’s East Atlanta Love Letter.
- Selena Gomez, “Bad Liar” Imagine reading this headline five years ago: “Selena Gomez Samples Talking Heads’ ‘Psycho Killer’ on Best Song of the Year.”
- Cardi B, “Bodak Yellow” The last few years have seen an increasing number of A-list stars struggle to land lasting hits, while newer artists emerge from the streaming shadows to claim the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100.
- Calvin Harris feat. Frank Ocean & Migos, “Slide” The key to the greatest producer-rapper(s)-singer super-teaming since “Yeah!” is in its subtly palindromic structure: The signature “Empty my bank account…” squawking kicks off the song, before giving way to Frank Ocean’s cool-breeze chorus — then neither are heard in full again until three verses later, when Frank’s hook makes its satisfying return, and the song ends on a final “I might!”
- Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, “Despacito” (Remix) A solo opening guitar line with Caribbean flair. An “Ay” that could only signal the song’s “Latin-ness.”
- Daley – Until the Pain is Gone (featuring Jill Scott)
- Mary J. Blige – U + Me (Love Lesson)
- Letoya Luckett – Grey (featuring Ludacris)
- Marsha Ambrosius – Luh Ya.
The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay and streaming.
The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay and streaming.
