When you think about R&B, you think about a genre of music that touches on a number of different emotions and has a wide variety of sounds. R&B music is synonymous with love, and there is no better place to celebrate love than at a wedding. So it should come as no surprise that there is plenty of R&B music on just about every wedding playlist around the world.

For a unique feature, we were approached by the good folks at My Wedding Songs who are the authority on popular wedding song suggestions. They came to us with a few different lists based on their research and data, to take an interesting look at some of the most popular R&B Wedding Songs. Their team offered the below 3 R&B song lists for planning your wedding songs. You will find songs released over the past few years, songs from the past decade, and top 50 all-time favorites.

Be sure to check out Wedding Songs across all genres on the My Wedding Songs site by clicking here. Without further ado, here are the lists:

20 Recently Released R&B Songs To Add To Your Wedding Playlist

The new songs listed were released in the past 2 years and have yet to make it onto everyone’s wedding playlist.

Andy Stokes – Best Day Ever
Ar’mon & Trey – Forever
Arika Kane feat. Kmelz – Wonderful
Avant feat. KeKe Wyatt – You & I
Chanté Moore feat. Lewis Sky – One Love
Derran Day – My Word
Ella Mai – Boo’d Up
H.E.R. – Every Kind Of Way
India.Arie – Steady Love
Jam & Lewis & Sounds Of Blackness feat. Ann Nesby & Big Jim Wright & Lauren Evans – Til I Found You
Khalid – Better
Kiana Ledé – I Choose You (Acoustic)
Nicole Bus – You
Peabo Bryson – Love Like Yours And Mine
Queen Naija – Butterflies
Rahsaan Patterson – Sent From Heaven
Robin Thicke – That’s What Love Can Do
Tamar Braxton – My Forever
Tamia – Today I Do
The Amours – All The Time

25 Popular R&B Songs from the 2010’s

Almost a complete decade of wedding song suggestions that have been popular for the past 10 years.

Andra Day – Forever Mine
Anthony David – 4evermore
Beyonce – Love on Top
Beyonce 1+1
Beyonce Love On Top
Bruno Mars – Just The Way You Are
Bruno Mars: Marry You
Charlie Wilson: Once and Forever
Jason Derulo – Marry Me
Jennifer Hudson ft. T.I. – I Can’t Describe (The Way I Feel)
John Legend – All Of Me
John Legend & Meghan Trainor: Like I’m Gonna Lose You
John Legend feat. BloodPop® – A Good Night
KEM – Share My Life
Leela James – Fall For You
Leon Bridges – Beyond
Leon Timbo – You’re My Darling
MAJOR. – Why I Love You
Miguel – Adorn
Monica – Everything To Me
Ne-Yo – One In A Million
Pharrell Williams – Happy
Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines ft. T.I., Pharrell
Stacy Barthe feat. John Legend – Angel
Usher – OMG

50 All-time R&B Wedding Song Favorites

Our goal with the list below is to show songs that will live forever in wedding history.

Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
Alicia Keys – No One
Aretha Franklin – Respect
Atlantic Starr – Always
Babyface – Every Time I Close My Eyes
Barry White – Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe
Ben E. King – Stand By Me
Beyonce – Crazy In Love
Boyz II Men – On Bended Knee
Brian McKnight – Love Of My Life
Case – Happily Ever After
Chrisette Michele – A Couple of Forevers
Commodores – Brick House
Earth, Wind & Fire – September
Eric Benet and Tamia – Spend My Life With You
Etta James – At Last
Freddie Jackson – You Are My Lady
George Benson – Love X Love
Heatwave – Always and Forever
Jackson 5 – I’ll Be There
Jagged Edge – Let’s Get Married
Jaheim – Forever
John Legend – All Of Me
K-Ci & JoJo – All My Life
KEM – Share My Life
Kenny Lattimore – For You
Lionel Richie & Diana Ross – Endless Love
Luther Vandross – Here And Now
Marvin Gaye – How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
Montell Jordan – This Is How We Do It
Nat King Cole – L-O-V-E
Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole – Unforgettable
Natalie Cole – This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)
Otis Redding – These Arms Of Mine
Percy Sledge – When A Man Loves A Woman
Sade – By Your Side
Sam Cooke – You Send Me
Sisqo – Incomplete
Stevie Wonder – Isn’t She Lovely
Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours
Teddy Pendergrass – You’re Latest, Greatest Inspiration
The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup
The Four Tops – I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
The Miracles – You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me
The O’Jays – Forever Mine
The Temptations – My Girl
Usher Feat. Lil Jon & Ludacris – Yeah
Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)