Top R&B Songs of 1996 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

produced by David Foster
[LaFace 24200]
written by Diane Warren

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #406]
[Jive 42422]
written by R. Kelly

[Columbia 78276]
written by Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri & Manuel Seal Jr.

featuring Lauryn Hill
[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[Ruffhouse LP Cut]
written by Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel

[Atlantic 84868]
written by Mark Morrison & Phil Chill

produced by Babyface ; charted as You're Makin' Me High / Let It Flow in US Hot 100 charts ; charted as Let It Flow in US AC charts ; charted as You're Makin' Me High in US dance charts
[LaFace 24160]
written by Babyface & Bryce Wilson

produced by David Foster
[550 Music/Epic 78237]
written by Diane Warren

featuring Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #346] charted as How Do U Want It / California Love in US Hot 100 charts
[Death Row 854652]
written by Joe Cocker, Woodrow Cunningham, Norman Durham, Mikel Hooks, Ronald Hudson, Chris Stainton, Larry Troutman, Roger Troutman, James Anderson & Tupac Shakur

from the movie Set If Off
[EastWest 64231]
written by Andrea Martin, Ivan Matias, Marqueze Ethridge & Organized Noize

[Ruthless 6335]
written by Bryon McCane II, Anthony Henderson, Steven Howse & Charles Scruggs

featuring Dr. Dre
[Interscope 97007]
written by Andre Young, Chauncey Hannibal, Teddy Riley, William Stewart, Lynise Walters, Richard Vick & Bill Withers

[DreamWorks 59000]
written by George Michael

[DreamWorks 59001]
written by Jon Douglas & George Michael

featuring K-Ci and JoJo
B side to California Love in the US ; charted as How Do U Want It / California Love in US Hot 100 charts
[Death Row 854652]
written by Tupac Shakur, Johnny Jackson, Bruce Fisher, Leon Ware, Stanley Richardson & Quincy Jones

featuring Terri & Monicasup
[Def Jam 575062]
written by James Todd Smith & Al B. Sure!

produced by David Foster ; charted as I Believe in You and Me / Somebody Bigger Than You and I in US R&B charts
[Arista 13293]
written by Sandy Linzer & David Wolfert

featuring Pretty Russ & Kut Klose
[Elektra 64282]
written by Keith Sweat, Eric McCaine & Kut Klose

[MCA 55210]
written by Dinky Bingham, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe, Jeff Dyson & Silky

produced by Babyface
[Arista 12957]
written by Babyface

[RCA 64516]
written by Allstar, Andrea Martin, Ivan Matias, Tamara Johnson & Cheryl Gamble

[Geffen 19410]
written by James Todd Smith & Hawk Wolinski

Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1997 Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1997
[Reprise 17621]
written by Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy & Wayne Kirkpatrick

[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[Interscope album cut]
written by Teddy Riley, Chauncey Black, Roosevelt "Bink" Harrell, Karen Anderson & Bunny DeBarge

featuring Athena Cage
[Elektra 64245]
written by Keith Sweat & Fitzgerald Scott

[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[album cut]
written by Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean & Pras Michel

featuring Ronald Isley and Ernie Isley
[Jive 42373]
written by R. Kelly

featuring L.L. Cool J., Howard Hewett, Jody Watley & Jeffrey Daniels
[Epic 78443]
written by Howard Hewett & Dana Meyers

[550 Music/Epic 78373]
written by Timothy Z. Mosley, Stephen Ellis Garrett & Elgin Lumpkin

Everything Remains Raw charted as b side fom 6th april 1996 in US Hot 100 charts
[Elektra 64335]
written by Trevor Smith & Galt MacDermot

[Tommy Boy 7721]
written by Artis Ivey Jr. & Adrian Sear

produced by Babyface
[Arista 12976]
written by Babyface, Whitney Houston & Michael Houston

featuring Adina Howard
[Interscope 97008]
written by Terry Britten & Graham Lyle

with Stephen Marley
[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[album cut]
written by Vincent Ford & Bob Marley

[Elektra 64346]
written by Tracy Chapman

[Epic 78264]
written by Michael Jackson

featuring Michael Jackson
[MJJ Music 78366]
written by Kenneth Edmonds

[Big Deal 98083]
written by Barry White, C.C. Lemonhead, Jay Ski McGowan & Michael John Phillips

featuring LeShaun
[Def Jam 576120]
written by James Todd Smith

produced by Babyface
[LaFace 24181]
written by Kenny Edmonds & Keith Andes

[ZTT/Warner Sunset 87046]
written by Steve Miller

[Arista 13312]
written by Annie Lennox

[Jive 42377]
written by R. Kelly

featuring Missy Elliott and Puff Daddy
[EastWest 64212]
written by Lana Moore & Rashad Smith

from the movie Set It Off
[EastWest 64223]
written by Carolyn Franklin & Sonny Saunders

[Blackground 98067]
written by Missy Elliott & Tim Mosley

[EMI 58543]
written by D'Angelo & Raphael Saadiq

[Epic 78012]
written by Michael Jackson

[Go!/London 850694]
written by Gabrielle, Ben Wolff, Andy Dean & Benjamin Barson

[Island 854530]
written by Joe, Joshua Thompson & Michele Williams

featuring R. Kelly
(remix only)
[Columbia 78409]
written by R. Kelly, Nas, Tone & Poke

charted as You Don't Have to Worry / Still in Love with You in US E&B charts
[MCA 55264]
written by James Harris III & Terry Lewis

[Uptown/MCA 55123]
written by Dalvin DeGrate, K-Ci Hailey & JoJo Hailey

[Arista 12950]
written by Vassal Benford & Larry Campbell

featuring Foxy Brown
[Def Jam 854620]
written by Scot Alexander, Rodney Browning, Greg Kolanek, George Pendergast & J.R. Richards

featuring Xscape
[Flavor Unit 64302]
written by Jermaine Dupri, MC Lyte & Michael Jackson

[Bad Boy 79056]
written by Julian Jackson, Raphael Saadiq, Janice Johnson & Brian James

featuring Shaggy
[Virgin 38550]
written by Gary Benson, Max Elliott, Robert Livingston, Shaun Pizzonia, Orville Burrell, Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper & Lewie Steinberg

as The Artist formerly known as Prince
[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[NPG album cut]
written by Thom Bell & Linda Creed

[Rowdy 35072]
written by Daryl Simmons

featuring BLACKstreet
[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[Def Jam album cut]
written by Sam Barnes & Inga Marchand

[Perspective 7558]
written by Vassal Benford

[Island 854660]
written by Stanley Brown, Myron & Alex Cantrall

[Mercury 852857]
written by Lionel Richie, James Harris & Terry Lewis

[Epic/LV 78400]
written by Luther Vandross & Reed Vertelney

[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[Warner Sunset album cut]
written by Artis Ivey Jr., Clifford Smith, James Todd Smith III, Louis Freese, Jean-Claude Olivier, Samuel Barnes & Trevor Tahiem Smith Jr.

[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[album cut]
written by Missy Elliott & Tim Mosley

featuring The Notorious B.I.G.
[Bad Boy 79060]
written by Sean Combs, Steven Jordan, Marvin Scandrick, Q [Quinnes Parker], Michael Keith, Daron Jones, DJ Rogers & Harry Casey

featuring Lauryn Hill
[Columbia 78327]
written by Nasir Jones, Jean-Claude Olivier, Kurtis Walker & Samuel Barnes

[LaFace 24177]
written by André Benjamin & Antwan André Patton

[Motown 0512]
written by Bakardi D. Wildcat, Kevin Deane, Horace Brown, Osten Harvey & Craig Mack

featuring The Notorious B.I.G.
[Undeas 98087]
written by Junior M.A.F.I.A. & Clark Kent

featuring Slick Rick
[Def Jam/RAL 575046]
written by Montell Jordan & Ricky Waters

featuring Diddy (as Puff Daddy)
[Big Beat 95631]
written by Kimberly Jones & Steven Jordan

featuring Grand Puba
[Virgin 38529]
written by Orville Burrell, Robert Livingston, Maxwell Dixon & Bob Marley

[Critique 15608]
written by Wayne Hector, Lorne Tennant, Brian Powell & Subway Soopa Stringz

written by R. Kelly

[Power 0112]
written by Freak Nasty

featuring K-Ci & JoJo
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
written by Delmar Arnaud, Etterlene Jordan, Tupac Shakur & Danny Steward

featuring DJ Quik
[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
b side to Thinking of You
[album cut]
written by David Blake & Raphael Saadiq

featuring Charlie Wilson
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
written by Calvin Broadus, Lonnie Simmons, Rudolph Taylor, Ronnie Wilson & Charles Wilson

[MCA 55075]
written by Raguel Dill, Kapin Ferguson, Andre Harrison, Tonya Pointer, Alonzo Simmons & Dewayne Staten

[Def Jam 575648]
written by Montell Jordan

[Universal 56008]
written by Stanley Brown, Myron & Alex "Cat" Cantrall

from the movie High School High
[Big Beat 98055]
written by Freddie Mercury

[RCA 64607]
written by Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams

featuring Zhané
[Elektra 64268]
written by Luther Vandross & Reed Vertelney

produced by Babyface
[Arista 13213]
written by Babyface

featuring the Cast of Stomp
written by George Johnson, Louis Johnson, Rod Temperton & Valerie Johnson

[LaFace 24175]
written by Tony Rich

[Tommy Boy 7731]
written by Artis Ivey & Fred Lewis

[Columbia 78372]
written by Musze & Itaal Shur

[Biv 10 0530]
written by Chad Elliott, Melissa "Missy" Elliott, George Pearson & Gordon Sumner

[EastWest 64262]
written by Gordon Chambers & Barry Eastmond

[Lench Mob 53227]
written by Sean "Puffy" Combs & Faith Evans

featuring Twista
[Rap-A-Lot 38559]
written by AK 47, Belo Zero & N.A.R.D.

written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson

[Avatar/Polydor 1914]
written by Peter Lord, Jeffrey Smith, Louie De Louie & Kenneth Borland

[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[EastWest 64206]
written by Bryon McCane, Anthony Henderson, Steven Howse & Charles Scruggs

produced by Narada Michael Walden
[Giant 17654]
written by Elliot Wolff & Stacey Piersa

[Work 78430]
written by Phil Galdston, Reed Vertelney & Alan Roy Scott