Top R&B Songs of the 2000s Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

featuring Jay-Z
[Columbia 79949]
written by Beyoncé Knowles, Rich Harrison, Shawn Carter & Eugene Record

[Columbia 79493]
written by Beyoncé Knowles, Sam Barnes, Jean-Claude Olivier & Cory Rooney

featuring Sean Paul
[Columbia 76867]
written by Beyoncé Knowles, Scott Storch, Sean Paul Henriques, Robert Waller & Shawn Carter

[Island 005162]
written by Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal Jr., Johnta Austin, Kenneth Edmonds, Darnell Bristol, Sid Johnson, Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten & Sandra Sully

featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris
[Arista 59149]
written by Usher, Lil Jon, Sean Garrett, Patrick J. Que Smith, Ludacris, Robert McDowell, James Phillips & LaMarquis Jefferson

featuring Petey Pablo
[LaFace 57550]
written by Jonathan Smith, Ciara Harris, Sean Garrett, Craig Love & LaMarquis Jefferson

featuring Kelly Rowland
[Fo' Reel 019509]
written by Cornell Haynes Jr., Antoine Macon, Kenny Gamble & Bunny Sigler

[Arista 61107]
written by Usher Raymond, Jermaine Dupri & Bryan-Michael Cox

Academy Award for Best Original Song 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rap Song 2004 [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #166]
[Shady 497815]
written by Marshall Mathers, Jeff Bass & Luis Resto

[Jive 88175]
written by Justin Timberlake, Timbaland & Nate Hills

featuring Jay-Z
MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year 2007
[SRP/Def Jam 008990]
written by Jay-Z, Kuk Harrell, The-Dream & Christopher Stewart

[SRP/Def Jam LP Cut]
written by Shaffer Smith, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen & Tor Erik Hermansen

featuring Ricardo "Rik Rok" Ducent
[MCA 155782]
written by Orville Burrell, Rik Rok, Shaun Pizzonia & Braun Thompson

MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year 2001
[Interscope 497066]
written by Bob Crewe & Kenny Nolan

[UK Record of the Year 2007]
[J Records/SyCo LP Cut]
written by Ryan Tedder & Jesse McCartney

[UK Record of the Year 2009]
[Streamline 012715]
written by Stefani Germanotta & Nadir Khayat

[Def Jam 006190]
written by Shaffer Smith, Tor Erik Hermansen & Mikkel Storleer Eriksen

[3rd Street/J 61888]
written by Scott Storch, Shaffer Smith & Kameron Houff

featuring Busta Rhymes
[A&M 004709]
written by Thomas Callaway, Anthony Ray & Trevor Smith

featuring Rayvon
[MCA 155811]
written by Ahmet Ertegun, Eddie Curtis, Chip Taylor & Steve Miller

[LaFace 24525]
written by André Benjamin, Antwan Patton & David Sheats

[Columbia 79566]
written by Beyoncé Knowles, Anthony Dent & Mathew Knowles

[Interscope digital]
written by will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo, Fergie, David Guetta & Frédéric Riesterer

[Jive 40065]
written by R. Kelly

[Virgin 97522]
written by Wayne Garfield, James Harris III, Janet Jackson, Terry Lewis, Mauro Malavasi & David Roman

[Columbia 79622]
written by Beyoncé Knowles, Rob Fusari, Falonte Moore, Frank Tai & Stevie Nicks

featuring P. Diddy & Enya
[Bad Boy album cut]
written by Mario Winans, Enya, Nicky Ryan, Roma Ryan, Lo Down & Chauncey Hawkins

featuring Jamie Foxx
[Roc-A-Fella 005118]
written by Kanye West, Ray Charles & Renald Richard

[Downtown 70002]
written by Brian Burton, Thomas Callaway, Gian Franco Reverberi & Gian Piero Reverberi

featuring Colby O'Donis
[Streamline 011524]
written by Lady Gaga, RedOne & Aliaune Thiam

[Columbia 05024]
written by Beyoncé, Ne-Yo, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Espen Lind & Amund Bjørklund

featuring Juelz Santana
[Jive 71831]
written by Scott Storch, Sean Garrett & LaRon James

featuring T.I.
[Jive 02049]
written by Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Nate Hills & Clifford Joseph Harris

featuring Jamie Foxx & Kanye West
[Atlantic 88288]
written by C.C. Mitchell, Kanye West, Burt Bacharach & Hal David

featuring LL Cool J
[Epic LP Cut]
written by DJ Ron G., William Jeffrey, Jennifer Lopez, Lisa Peters, Curtis Richardson & Makeba Riddick

MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year 2004 [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #180]
[Arista 54962]
written by André Benjamin

MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year 2002
[Web/Aftermath Album Cut ]
written by Marshall Mathers

[will.i.am digital]
written by will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Fergie & Taboo

featuring Bun-B & Slim Thug
[Columbia 80277]
written by Beyoncé Knowles, Kasseem Dean, Sean Garrett, Angela Beyincé & Stayve Thomas

[VP/Atlantic 88020]
written by Sean Paul Henriques & Steven "Lenky" Marsden

featuring Ludacris
[Mercury 014302]
written by Taio Cruz & Fraser T. Smith

[Beluga Heights 05578]
written by J. R. Rotem, Kisean Anderson, Sly Jordan, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller & Ben E. King

featuring Rihanna
[Grand Hustle 516201]
written by Clifford Harris, J. Smith, Makeba Riddick & B.D. Mihai

[Roc Nation 522671]
written by Shawn Corey Carter, Al Shuckburgh, Jane't Sewell-Ulepic, Angela Hunte, Alicia Keys, Bert Keyes & Sylvia Robinson

featuring Kesha
[Poe Boy 517992]
written by Flo Rida, Dr. Luke, Allan Grigg, Justin Franks, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Aaron Bay-Schuck, Peter Burns, Stephen Coy, Michael Percy & Timothy Lever

[Star Trak 61026]
written by Pharrell Williams & Chad Hugo

[Roc-A-Fella LP Cut]
written by Kanye West, Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo & Edwin Birdsong

Grammy Award for Song of the Year 2002
[J 21041]
written by Alicia Keys

[Shady 497856]
written by Mike Elizondo, Curtis Jackson & Andre Young

featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake
[Mosley/Blackground 008759]
written by Timbaland, Nate Hills, Timothy Clayton, Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake

featuring Ja Rule
[Epic LP Cut]
written by Jennifer Lopez & Cory Rooney

featuring Krayzie Bone
[Universal 006026]
written by Hakeem Seriki, Juan Salinas, Oscar Salinas & Anthony Henderson

[Arista 13992]
written by Anita McCloud & Edmund "Butter" Clement

[Collipark LP Cut]
written by DeAndre Cortez Way

featuring Jay-Z
[Columbia 88435]
written by John Webb Jr., Beyoncé, Shawn Corey Carter, Keli Nicole Price, Makeba Riddick & Delisha Thomas

featuring T-Pain
[Poe Boy 346620]
written by Flo Rida, Montay Humphrey & Faheem Rasheed Najm

featuring Rihanna & Kanye West
[Roc Nation 521199]
written by Shawn Carter, Robyn Fenty, Kanye West, Ernest Wilson, Jeff Bhasker & Alatas Athanasios

[Murder Incorporated 588986]
written by 7 Aurelius, Mark DeBarge, Ashanti, Etterlene Jordan & Irv Gotti

featuring Timbaland
[Mosley/Geffen 006818]
written by Nelly Furtado, Timothy Clayton, Danja & Timbaland

[Fo' Reel 019279]
written by Nelly, Pharrell Williams & Chad Hugo

[Def Jam 004809]
written by Vada Nobles, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers, Alisha Brooks & Robyn Fenty

featuring Eminem
[SRC 007877]
written by Eminem, Akon, Mike Strange & Luis Resto

[SRP/Def Jam 011653]
written by Brian Seals, Robert Allen [Robert Lamont Allen], Andre Merritt & Chris Brown

[Music World LP Cut]
written by Toby Gad & BC Jean

featuring Ja Rule
mix featuring Ja Rule was credited on the chart from sept 8 forward
[Epic 79639]
written by Martin Denny, LeShan Lewis, Jennifer Lopez, Troy Oliver & Cory Rooney

featuring Nate Dogg
[Shady 080739]
written by Curtis Jackson, Kevin Risto, Jimmy Cameron & Vella M. Cameron

[Work 79547]
written by Georgette Franklin, Amille Harris, Greg Lawson, Jeremy Monroe & Damon Sharpe

[Island 011159]
written by Mariah Carey, The-Dream & Crystal Johnson

featuring Olivia
[Shady LP Cut]
written by Curtis James Jackson Jr.

[Columbia 70096]
written by Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Sean Garrett, Shawn Carter & T.I.

[LaFace 65246]
written by Usher Raymond, Alicia Keys, Jermaine Dupri, Adonis Shropshire & Manuel Seal Jr.

featuring Snoop Dogg
[SRC album cut]
written by Akon & Calvin Broadus

In the UK released as a double A side with "My Boo".
[LaFace 64779]
written by Usher Raymond, Jermaine Dupri & Bryan-Michael Cox

featuring Jaheim
charted as My Place / Flap Your Wings in UK charts
[Derrty 003154]
written by El DeBarge, William DeBarge, Randy Edelman, Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Etterlene Jordan, Dorian Moore & Nelly

[Beluga Heights]
written by Keidran Jones, Timothy Thomas, Theron Thomas, Jason Desrouleaux, Kisean Anderson & J. R. Rotem

[Arista 15036]
written by Bryan-Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri & Usher Raymond

MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year 2000
[Aftermath 497334]
written by Eminem, Michael Elizondo, Thomas Coster & Andre Young

featuring Jeezy (as Young Jeezy)
[LaFace 30018]
written by Usher Raymond, Jamal Jones, Lamar Taylor & Jay Jenkins

featuring Tim McGraw
[Derrty/Curb LP Cut]
written by Cornell Haynes & Jayson Bridges

[So So Def 58460]
written by Jerrell Jones, Joe Kent & Mark "Tar Boy" Williams

[Jive 40073]
written by Justin Timberlake, Tim Mosley & Storch

featuring the Product G&B
[Arista 13773]
written by Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis, Carlos Santana, Karl Perazzo & Raul Rekow

featuring Sleepy Brown
[Arista 54962]
written by Antwan Patton, Carl-Mo & Sleepy Brown

[Columbia 10320]
written by Beyoncé, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Amanda Ghost & Ian Dench

first nr. 1 on airplay only
[Blackground 38722]
written by Steve Garrett & Timothy Mosley

[Def Jam 562846]
written by James Harris III, Janet Jackson & Terry Lewis

Grammy Award for Song of the Year 2010 MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year 2009
[Music World LP Cut]
written by Christopher Stewart, Terius Nash, Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell & Beyoncé Knowles

[Universal 000652]
written by Lumidee Cedeño, Edwin Perez, Steven "Lenky" Marsden, Trevor Smith & John Jackson

featuring R. Kelly & Ashanti
[The Incorporation 003482]
written by Jeffrey Atkins, R. Kelly, Irving Lorenzo & Kendred Smith

[SRC album cut]
written by Akon, Bob Marley, R. Kelly & Anthony Lawson

featuring Missy Elliott
[LaFace 66687]
written by Phalon Alexander, Missy Elliott & Ciara Harris

[Jive LP Cut]
written by Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams & Chad Hugo

featuring Ashanti
[Murder Incorporated 588795]
written by Jeffrey Atkins, 7 Aurelius & Irv Gotti

[J 20102]
written by Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers Jr. & Dirty Harry

featuring Spragga Benz
[VP/Atlantic 88374]
written by Arnold Hennings, Daron Jones, Michael Keith, Kevin Lyttle, 112, Quinnes Parker & Marvin Scandrick

[LaFace 24463]
written by Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels & Harvey Mason Jr.

[will.i.am 007809]
written by Stacy Ferguson, Sean Garrett, Mike Hartnett & Jamal Jones