We’re nearly at the end of 2023, so that means it’s once again time to drop our Top 100 Best R&B Songs of the Year List. We’ve linked up with our friend Edward Bowser of SoulInStereo.com once again to put together this year end list for an 11th straight year!
Plenty of great R&B music continues to be made despite the fact that much of it does not reach the mainstream. It’s definitely an interesting time for the genre as we witness some exciting new talents while some of our greats continue to solidify their legacy.
It goes without saying that there was more great music being made than just what is highlighted on this list, but from what we were able to listen to all year, this is what we felt was deserving. We as a trio always attempt to get our hands on and lend our ears to as many release as possible. In fact we pride ourselves on it.
The picks below are a culmination of the choices of Tom and Kyle of YouKnowIGotSoul.com, and Edd of SoulInStereo.com. We each selected our favorite songs of the year, combined our lists, and put them all together into one big list and ranked accordingly.
If there is a song below you haven’t heard below, it’s definitely worth your attention. Please take a few minutes to listen.
Without further ado, YouKnowIGotSoul.com and SoulInStereo.com present the Top 100 R&B Songs of 2022! (Listen to any song in the Spotify playlist below)
1) Kevin Ross – Look My Way
2) Victoria Monet – Good Bye
3) Victoria Monet – How Does It Make You Feel
4) Beyonce – Cuff It (Wetter Remix)
5) Chris Brown – Moonlight
6) Omarion – Serious
7) Usher – Good Good (featuring Summer Walker & 21 Savage)
8) Victoria Monet – On My Mama
9) Musiq Soulchild – Your Love is Life
10) Musiq Soulchild – I Remember You My Ex
11) LAYA – Need 2 Know
12) Usher – GLU
13) Lucky Daye – That’s You
14) Avery Wilson – Kiss the Sky
15) Muni Long – Made For Me
16) SZA – Snooze
17) FLO – Fly Girl (featuring Missy Elliott)
18) Alex Vaughn – IYKYK (featuring Muni Long)
19) FLO – Change
20) LAYA – F’ed Up
21) Musiq Soulchild – Between Love & War
22) Diddy – I Like (featuring Mary J. Blige)
23) Kiana Lede – Same Type
24) The Shindellas – Last Night Was Good For My Soul
25) Kenyon Dixon – 2000’s R&B (featuring RL)
26) Queen Naija – Self Love
27) Leela James – Good on Me
28) Musiq Soulchild – Victims & Villains
29) Jon B. – Waiting On You (featuring Tank)
30) Tori Kelly – Missin U (R&B Edit)
31) Kevin Ross – Show & Prove
32) Raheem DeVaughn – All Night
33) The Shindellas – Juicy
34) Tyrese – Don’t Think You Ever Loved Me
35) Ciara – How We Roll (featuring Chris Brown)
36) Ledisi – I Need To Know
37) Mahalia – Cheat (featuring JoJo)
38) Jai’Len Josey – Good Soup
39) IAmChelseaIAm – Nano
40) Usher – Risk It All (featuring H.E.R.)
41) Vedo – Celebrate
42) Maeta – Control Freak (featuring Ambre)
43) Snoh Aalegra – Sweet Tea
44) The Amours – Before I Met You
45) Louis York – Alone A Lot (featuring Anthony Hamilton)
46) J. Brown – My Whole Heart
47) Kimberly Brewer – Don’t Make Me Wait Too Long (featuring Joe & Stevie Wonder)
48) Tone Stith – Lonely
49) Jai’Len Josey – Southern Delicacy
50) Musiq Soulchild – Is It Love Is It Lies
51) Musiq Soulchild – We Were Just Binging
52) Mary J. Blige – Still Believe in Love (featuring Vado)
53) The Shindellas – Somethin That I Wanna Say
54) Victoria Monet – Cadillac (A Pimp’s Anthem)
55) Hailey Kilgore – Three
56) Goapele – Complicated
57) Diddy – Closer to God (featuring Teyana Taylor)
58) Goapele – Ojai
59) Sidibe – All Your Love Inside
60) Goapele – Time Heals
61) Keke Wyatt – Water Into Wine
62) SZA – Too Late
63) Tyla – Water
64) Wanmor – Must Be Love
65) Babyface – Sometimes (featuring Genevieve)
66) Chris Brown – Stutter
67) Chloe – How Does It Feel (featuring Chris Brown)
68) K. Michelle – Blame Yourself
69) Kenyon Dixon – “98 Vibes (Do You Right)” (featuring Tiffany Gouche)
70) Sabrina Claudio – Homegirl
71) Lalah Hathaway – The Energy
72) Jeff Bradshaw – Make Some Time (featuring Eric Roberson)
73) Angie Stone – The Gym (featuring Musiq Soulchild)
74) Tanya Nolan – Pace Yourself (featuring Raheem DeVaughn)
75) NxWorries – Daydreaming
76) Raheem DeVaughn – Love Around the Clock (featuring Goapele)
77) Ella Mai – Our Song
78) Janelle Monae – A Dry Red
79) Noel Gourdin – Getcha
80) Ari Lennox – Get Close
81) Timbaland – My Way (featuring Anna Margo)
82) Jesse Boykins III – Kind and Nasty
83) Mahalia – Isn’t It Strange
84) Ruben Studdard – Masterpiece
85) Eric Roberson – Things Meant For Me
86) Musiq Soulchild – Beat of a Slow Dance
87) Tyrese – Love Transaction
88) H.E.R. – The Journey
89) Victoria Monet – Party Girls (featuring Buju Banton)
90) Jacquees – Pick It Up (featuring Jermaine Dupri)
91) Kiana Lede – LMK
92) Daniel Caesar – Homisexual (featuring Ty Dolla $ign)
93) PJ Morton – Good Morning (featuring Susan Carol)
94) BJ the Chicago Kid – Liquor Store in the Sky (featuring Freddie Gibbs)
95) Chloe – Worried
96) BJ the Chicago Kid – Spend the Night (featuring Coco Jones)
97) Amber Navran – Away from the Noise
98) Babyface – As a Matter of Fact
99) Shawn Stockman – I’ll Be On My Way
100) Brent Faiyez – Moment of your Life (featuring Coco Jones)
VICTORIA <3
Heres my take Top 100 2023 :
100 February : DJwheelup : More Life feat. Abacus & Victoria Port
99 : May : Envee, Ania Szarmach : Sum Luv (Original Version)
98 : May : Nicolay : No More Waiting
97 : August : Jonas Rendbo : Be the Light : Burning Up With You
96 : February : Will Downing : Love on You
95 : August : A.S.K.:Rewind
94 : May : Nao Yoshioka and Blue Lab Beats : Stuck Wit U
93 : August : Tissa Rahim : Cloud 9
92 : April : Kaleem Taylor : Embers : Wrong Time
91 : February : Loie : Standing
90 : February : Raheem DeVaughn Vandell Andrew : The Colleagues : Love Euphoria : Love around the clock
89 : September : SearchlightFeat. Manny : Long Time
88 : September : JELISA, Noflik, .multibeat : My Way, Anyway feat. Noflik, .multibeat
87 : April : Raelle : Bloodlines : Falling
86 : July : Em Cee : Comfortable
85 : October : Mothers Favorite Child & Saeeda Wright : Dance For Me (Ezel Remix) [Only Good Stuff]
84 : September : J.Paul : Post2020 : U4Me
83 : March : Dragonfruit : Honeymoon Phase : Honeymoon Phase/Flashing Lights
82 : October : Soulpersona & Princess Freesia : Lucky 7 : Taste The Fruit
81 :March : AdiOasis ft Aaron Taylor : Lotus Glow : FourSixty/Multiply
80 : November : Sheree Louise Hicks Deep Soul Syndicate : The End (Original Mix)
79 : June : Vahn Black : Petrichor : Too Soon
78 :October : House Gospel Choir : Angels (Original Vocal Mix)
77 : January : Jane Handcock : World of Women : Wanna Thank Me 2.0 (with Snoop Dogg)
76 : September : Victoria Monét : Jaguar 2 :Good Bye/Hollywood (feat. Earth, Wind & Fire and Hazel Monet)
75 : March : Kia Jena : Knew It
74 : March : Maleke O’Ney: Woman
73 :June : Destiny – La Vibe Music : Bad Boy
72 : May : Krishawna Sadé : Do For You
71 : Helen Bruner and Terry Jones : 2nd Overture : I Can’t Call It/ Deeper/You Got Me Feeling
70 : October : Miranda Joan feat Carttoons : Bada Bing!
69 :June : MekoBely : Carino : The leaves are fallin’
68 : October : Sophia Bromberg: Sesame
67 : October : ZOE KYPRI : Mean
66 : May : rum·gold : U Street Anthology : Forever In A Song/Forever In A Song
65 : May : Lack of Afro : Square One :All Night
64 :January : Birdee feat Kelli Sae : Best There Ever Was (Extended Mix)
63 : October : Sy Smith : Slide
62 : September : Aphrose : Roses : Roses/Good Love/Soft Nuclear
61 : October : Kenyon Dixon : The RnB You Love : Fantasy (feat. Cozz) [Clean]/again/Wait
60 : August : Output Input: Forward Motion : I’m In Love/Time of Our Lives (feat. Antonio McLendon)
59 : October : BJ the Chicago Kid feat Coco Jones : Gravy : Spend The Night/Never Change
58 : November : Lucky Daye : That’s You
57 : June : Keyshia Cole : Forever Is A Thing
55 : July : Cherise : Calling : Different Kinda Love/Calling
55 : January : Carmichael MusicLover : Black Elvis [Western] : Fire Water
54 : October : TMF “The Music Forever” (Chris, Roame, Jubu, Bear, Vance, Calvin, Daniel) : Making Love to the Music
53 : April : The Chocolate Fudge Band : Everything (DJ Fudge Extended Mix)
52 : January : Maysa : Music for your soul : I Don’t Mind/ Beautiful
51: May : Boyan and Nathan Thomas : Sister Switch/ Instant Mistake
50: May : Dana Harper : Daydreaming
49 : October : Natanya : Sorrow At Sunrise : 23/ Raining Tomorrow
48 :August : The 7 Day Weekend : High (feat. Sonya Rae Taylor)
47 :January: Crystal Cheronne : Like a Woman
46 : April : ZOE KYPRI : Evident [Clean]
45: March : Krishawna : I Let Cha 44 : May : V cartier : Private Party (feat. Siaira Shawn)
43 : October : Juanita Wynn : We Need This
42: August : Kingcrowney x Zoe Kypri : KingCrowney x Zoe Kypri : Coat On (Original Mix)
41 : April: Devin Tracy : My Lover
40 : May : Marie Dahlström : A Good Life : Next Time/ Let Me In/ Next Time/Make It Up To You
39 : March : NNAVY music Ben l’Oncle Soul :Trash/Come And Get It
38 : August : Moorea Masa & The Mood : When The Summer Calls
37 : September : Saucy Lady : Why [Carly Simon]
36 : January : Che Sampson : Walk With Me
35 : October : Sweatson Klank : A Free Mind : No Other (feat. Tifanny Paige)/Stop Talking (feat. Steve Spacek)/
34: May : Autumn Jones : 444 : In The Rain
33 : June : Buscrates : On My Way (feat. Soraya Watti)
32 : November : Nialand : What If I
31 : January: Chavonna Adams : Spellbound
30: September : Eva Gadd and Blue Lab Beats : Get It
29 : May : Ariel : Symfonia : Symfonia
28 : April : Ruti : Mix Tea Milk tape : RunAway/ Luh Luh Love.
27 : October : Gregory Hutchinson : Da Bang : New Dawn (feat. Liselotte Ostblom)
26 : April : Leonie : Divine Energy : Best Mistake/Liar
25 : June : Joey Montenegro, Dave Lee ZR : Make A Move On Me (Original Disco Mix)
24 : October : Incognito: Into You : Natalie Duncan and Tony Momrelle : Reconcile the Pieces
23 : May : MLLN : Fly In
22 : May : Bea Anderson : Picture Perfect
21 :June : Destiny La Vibe Music : Drum Roll
20 : February : Brian Power ft Roachford Got To Be Soul Mix
19 : August : Edbl Jackson Method and Sophie Faith : Temperature High : Too Much
18 : August : Sabrina Starke : Love the Mystery
17 : March : Chanel Teabou and Gourty Maxx : Hold On Me
16 : March : Millie Mountain and Spaze Windu :Like Water : Lost Minds/Can You
15 : April : Kikimora : Chase the Wind
14 : May : Kenya Vaun : Summer
13 : April : Nia Sultana : Some Feelings Never Go Away
12 : May : Agyila : For The Better : We Keep On
11 : June : Raahz : Joyride
10 : January : Gene Moore and India Arie : Beautiful
09 : February : Kyle Jason : The Right place : Something New/Lay Back and Love
08 : October : The New Mosaic Working Thru Things
07 : February : October London : The Rebirth of Marvin : Make Me Wanna/Mulholland Drive
06 : October : Avery Wilson : Kiss The Sky
05 : October : Jazzy Shavers : Voyage to Surrender : Cool/You Dont Know
04 : June : Stokes and Machine : Freeway (Urban Electric Mix)
03 : November : Aretha Fontaine : Therapy Notes : Restore my Mind : Restore My Mind/Flowing
02 : October : Sean Jones : Weekend Lover I Want You
01: July : Michelle Tabot : Vibez : Pretty Round Round