Number 1 R&B Songs & Historical R&B Charts
Track soulful chart-toppers from the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
Browse R&B Number 1 Songs by Year
- 2018Rockstar— Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage
- 2017Starboy— The Weeknd Featuring Daft Punk
- 2016Hotline Bling— Drake
- 2015I Don't F**k With You— Big Sean Featuring E-40
- 2014The Monster— Eminem Featuring Rihanna
- 2013Diamonds— Rihanna
- 2012Lotus Flower Bomb— Wale Featuring Miguel
- 2011Can't Be Friends— Trey Songz
- 2010It Kills Me— Melanie Fiona
- 2009Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)— Beyonce
- 2008Like You'll Never See Me Again— Alicia Keys
- 2007Irreplaceable— Beyonce
- 2006Be Without You— Mary J. Blige
- 2005Let Me Love You— Mario
- 2004You Don't Know My Name— Alicia Keys
- 2003Love Of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop)— Erykah Badu Featuring Common
- 2002Always On Time— Ja Rule Featuring Ashanti
- 2001Independent Women Part I— Destiny's Child
- 2000Hot Boyz— Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott Featuring NAS, EVE & Q-Tip
- 1999Nobody's Supposed To Be Here— Deborah Cox
- 1998A Song For Mama— Boyz II Men
- 1997I Believe I Can Fly (From "Space Jam")— R. Kelly
- 1996Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (From "Waiting To Exhale")— Whitney Houston
- 1995Creep— TLC
- 1994Can We Talk— Tevin Campbell
- 1993I Will Always Love You— Whitney Houston
- 1992I Love Your Smile— Shanice
- 1991Love Me Down— Freddie Jackson
- 1990Tender Lover— Babyface
- 1989Oasis— Roberta Flack
- 1988The Way You Make Me Feel— Michael Jackson
- 1987Girlfriend— Bobby Brown
- 1986Don't Say No Tonight— Eugene Wilde
- 1985Operator— Midnight Star
- 1984Time Will Reveal— Debarge
- 1983Sexual Healing— Marvin Gaye
- 1982Let's Groove— Earth, Wind & Fire
- 1981Celebration— Kool & The Gang
- 1980Rock With You— Michael Jackson
- 1979Got To Be Real— Cheryl Lynn
- 1978Ffun— ConFunkShun
- 1977Darlin' Darlin' Baby (Sweet, Tender, Love)— The O'Jays
- 1976Walk Away From Love— David Ruffin
- 1975Boogie On Reggae Woman— Stevie Wonder
- 1974Living For The City— Stevie Wonder
- 1973Superstition— Stevie Wonder
- 1972Let's Stay Together— Al Green
- 1971Groove Me— King Floyd
- 1970Someday We'll Be Together— Diana Ross & The Supremes
- 1969I Heard It Through The Grapevine— Marvin Gaye
- 1968I Heard It Through The Grapevine— Gladys Knight And The Pips
- 1967Tell It Like It Is— Aaron Neville
- 1966A Sweet Woman Like You— Joe Tex
- 1965The Jerk— The Larks
- 1964Louie Louie— The Kingsmen
- 1963Release Me— "Little Esther" Phillips
- 1962Unchain My Heart— Ray Charles and his Orchestra
- 1961He Will Break Your Heart— Jerry Butler
- 1960The Clouds— The Spacemen
- 1959Lonely Teardrops— Jackie Wilson
- 1958Rock-in Robin— Bobby Day