The Roots Music Report's
Top R&B Song Chart
for the Year of 2020
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | Sub Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blinding Lights | The Weeknd | Soul |
| 2 | In Your Eyes | The Weeknd | Soul |
| 3 | Till I Hear It from You | The James Hunter Six | Soul |
| 4 | Say So | Doja Cat | Soul |
| 5 | Know Your Worth | Khalid | R&B |
| 6 | Heartless | The Weeknd | Soul |
| 7 | Me + You | Monica | Soul |
| 8 | Rolling | Michael Kiwanuka | Soul |
| 9 | Something to Talk About | JamesDavis | Neo-Soul |
| 10 | Before I Let Go (Homecoming Live Bonus Track) | Beyoncé | Soul |
| 11 | Change | Mavis Staples | Soul |
| 12 | Best Thing | Inayah | Soul |
| 13 | Anything for You | Ledisi | Soul |
| 14 | Steady Love | India.Arie | Neo-Soul |
| 15 | Commitment | Monica | Soul |
| 16 | Can't Fight | Lianne La Havas | Soul |
| 17 | Soul of a Woman | Johnny Gill | R&B |
| 18 | Over Now | Calvin Harris | R&B |
| 19 | Talk | Khalid | Soul |
| 20 | Sleep on It | Gallant | R&B |
| 21 | Enough | Fantasia | R&B |
| 22 | Time Machine | Alicia Keys | Soul |
| 23 | Crazy Kind of Love (From "True to the Game 2") | Tamar Braxton | Soul |
| 24 | Up All Night | Khalid | Soul |
| 25 | You Are Not Alone | Emeli Sandé | Soul |
| 26 | Like That (feat. Gucci Mane) | Doja Cat | Soul |
| 27 | You | Nicole Bus | Soul |
| 28 | Work to Do | Marc Cohn | Soul |
| 29 | That Magic | India.Arie | Soul |
| 30 | SPIRIT (From Disney's "The Lion King") | Beyoncé | Soul |
| 31 | None for You | Lola Young | Soul |
| 32 | LOVE AGAIN | Daniel Caesar | Soul |
| 33 | Come Thru | Summer Walker | Soul |
| 34 | Sweeter (feat. Terrace Martin) | Leon Bridges | Soul |
| 35 | Triggered (freestyle) | Jhené Aiko | Soul |
| 36 | Temperature Rising | Tory Lanez | Soul |
| 37 | Between Us (feat. Snoh Aalegra) | dvsn | Soul |
| 38 | Hard Place | H.E.R. | R&B |
| 39 | Dinosaur | Angie Stone | Soul |
| 40 | Back Together (feat. Rick James) | Anthony Hamilton | R&B |
| 41 | Shade | Alex Lucero & Live Again | Soul |
| 42 | Heard It All Before | Dinah Jane | Soul |
| 43 | Vigilante Man | Ry Cooder | R&B |
| 44 | One I Got | Charlie Wilson | Soul |
| 45 | Strong Womxn (Stripped) | Poppy Ajudha | Soul |
| 46 | I Need Never Get Old | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Soul |
| 47 | Hero | Michael Kiwanuka | Soul |
| 48 | Congo Square | Sonny Landreth | R&B |
| 49 | If It Feels Good (Then It Must Be) | Leon Bridges | Soul |
| 50 | Cabin Fever | Jaden | Soul |
| 51 | Wake Up Love (feat. Iman) | Teyana Taylor | Soul |
| 52 | Playing Games | Summer Walker | Soul |
| 53 | Turntables (from the Amazon Original Movie "All In: the Fight for Democracy") | Janelle Monae | Soul |
| 54 | U 2 Luv | Ne-Yo | Soul |
| 55 | My Way | Aloe Blacc | Soul |
| 56 | Greatest Love | Ciara | Soul |
| 57 | Take Care of You (feat. Syd) | Charlotte Day Wilson | Soul |
| 58 | Baby Mama (feat. Chance the Rapper) | Brandy | Soul |
| 59 | Back Home (feat. Summer Walker) | Trey Songz | Soul |
| 60 | Show Me Your Love | Season Ammons | R&B |
| 61 | With You | Mariah Carey | Soul |
| 62 | B.S. (feat. H.E.R.) | Jhené Aiko | Soul |
| 63 | Sparrow | Emeli Sandé | Soul |
| 64 | Who Sang It First | Benny Turner | R&B |
| 65 | Invisible | Yuna | Soul |
| 66 | Testify | Robin Thicke | Soul |
| 67 | Coming Home | Leon Bridges | Soul |
| 68 | Bad Habits | Usher | Soul |
| 69 | Where is Our Love Song (feat. Gary Clark Jr.) | Stevie Wonder | Soul |
| 70 | Butterflies Pt. 2 | Queen Naija | Soul |
| 71 | Losers Weepers | Kaz Hawkins | Soul |
| 72 | Lie to Me | Kem | Neo-Soul |
| 73 | Something Keeps Calling (feat. Rob Bacon) | Raphael Saadiq | Soul |
| 74 | Bittersweet | Lianne La Havas | Soul |
| 75 | Tell Me | The Devonns | Motown |
| 76 | Secret Garden (feat. Sisqó, Shawn Stockman & Raheem DeVaughn) | Omar Wilson | Soul |
| 77 | Boo'd Up | Ella Mai | Neo-Soul |
| 78 | Miss Pitiful | Kaz Hawkins | Soul |
| 79 | I Don't Wanna Be Without You | The James Hunter Six | Soul |
| 80 | Something's Got a Hold on Me | Kaz Hawkins | Soul |
| 81 | 21 | H.E.R. | R&B |
| 82 | Live out Your Love | Kem | Soul |
| 83 | Whoa | Snoh Aalegra | Soul |
| 84 | Damage | H.E.R. | Soul |
| 85 | Tell Mama | Kaz Hawkins | Soul |
| 86 | 50 Foot Woman | Hannah Williams | Funk |
| 87 | Rebellious Destroyer (feat. Branford Marsalis & Brandee Younger) | The Soul Rebels | Soul |
| 88 | Hurt | Arlo Parks | R&B |
| 89 | Strange Fruit | Bettye LaVette | Soul |
| 90 | I Can't Let This Slip Away | Hannah Williams | Funk |
| 91 | Blank Marquee (feat. G-Eazy) | Yuna | R&B |
| 92 | Missing in Action | The James Hunter Six | Soul |
| 93 | I Just Wanna Make Love to You | Kaz Hawkins | Soul |
| 94 | Agreeable | Cautious Clay | Soul |
| 95 | St Louis Blues | Kaz Hawkins | Soul |
| 96 | I Hold No Grudge | Bettye LaVette | Soul |
| 97 | Pony Up | The Bamboos | R&B |
| 98 | Cross the Track | Maceo Parker | Soul |
| 99 | I Can Change Your Mind | The James Hunter Six | Soul |
| 100 | For What It's Worth | Billy Porter | Soul |
| 101 | EX | Kiana Ledé | Soul |
| 102 | Can't You See | Tomar and the Fcs | Soul |
| 103 | B Side | Cass Clayton Band | R&B |
| 104 | Flowers at My Feet | Cass Clayton Band | R&B |
| 105 | Spoonful | Kaz Hawkins | Soul |
| 106 | Apology | Ne-Yo | R&B |
| 107 | Black Qualls (feat. Steve Lacy, Steve Arrington & Childish Gambino) | Thundercat | Soul |
| 108 | Whoa (feat. Pharrell Williams) [Remix] | Snoh Aalegra | Soul |
| 109 | Shame | Maxwell | R&B |
| 110 | Hold on Tight | Aloe Blacc | Soul |
| 111 | Phunk Jam | Plunky & Oneness | R&B |
| 112 | Security | Kaz Hawkins | Soul |
| 113 | How Will I Feel | Louis York | R&B |
| 114 | Blind Girl | Kaz Hawkins | Soul |
| 115 | Elmira St. Boogie | Danny Gatton | R&B |
| 116 | Show Me Love (feat. Miguel) | Alicia Keys | R&B |
| 117 | Never Enough Money | Martha Wash | Funk |
| 118 | Slide (feat. YG) | H.E.R. | R&B |
| 119 | Save Your Tears | The Weeknd | Soul |
| 120 | At Last | Kaz Hawkins | Soul |
| 121 | Blues for the Weepers | Bettye LaVette | Soul |
| 122 | Black Dog | Arlo Parks | R&B |
| 123 | This is America | Childish Gambino | Soul |
| 124 | In the Rain (feat. Chantae Cann) | Ashleigh Smith | Neo-Soul |
| 125 | Get out and Get It | Devon Gilfillian | Soul |
| 126 | The Real Thing | SuCh | Soul |
| 127 | Talk (feat. Kyle Hippy) | J. Howell | R&B |
| 128 | Doesn't Make Sense | Cass Clayton Band | R&B |
| 129 | U Say (feat. 6LACK) | The BonFyre | R&B |
| 130 | Part of Me | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Soul |
| 131 | Rain | Nicole Bus | R&B |
| 132 | Forever Valentine | Charlie Wilson | R&B |
| 133 | When You Love Somebody | Robin Thicke | R&B |
| 134 | Off the Grid (Neo Soul Mix) [feat. Cornell Cc Carter] | J.D's Time Machine | R&B |
| 135 | Nobody | Brian McKnight | R&B |
| 136 | Memories (feat. John Legend) | Buju Banton | Disco |
| 137 | Already Knew You | Eric Roberson | Neo-Soul |
| 138 | All About You | Leon Bridges | Soul |
| 139 | Givin' It Up for Your Love (Live) | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men | R&B |
| 140 | Mad at Me. | Kiana Ledé | Neo-Soul |
| 141 | It Wasn't Really Love | The Shindellas | R&B |
| 142 | 53.49 | Childish Gambino | Neo-Soul |
| 143 | Love by Design | Glenn Jones and Regina Belle | R&B |
| 144 | How This Feels | R.Lum.R | R&B |
| 145 | Automatic | Day Kornegay | R&B |
| 146 | I Want You Around | Snoh Aalegra | R&B |
| 147 | Don't You Know That | Rahsaan Patterson | Neo-Soul |
| 148 | Whacha Gonna Bring | The Motet | Funk |
| 149 | What's Going on | Marvin Gaye | R&B |
| 150 | Dance the Night Away | Ashley Scott | R&B |
| 151 | Celebrate Your Body | J.D's Time Machine | R&B |
| 152 | Leave Em Alone (feat. PnB Rock) | Layton Greene, Lil Baby & City Girls | R&B |
| 153 | Don't Waste My Time (feat. Ella Mai) | Usher | R&B |
| 154 | Do It | Toni Braxton | Disco |
| 155 | One in a Million | Will Downing | Disco |
| 156 | Lead Me | Cee Lo Green | Disco |
| 157 | YEARNING for YOUR LOVE | PJ Morton | Neo-Soul |
| 158 | Take Me with U | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Soul |
| 159 | Just Kissed My Baby | Maceo Parker | Soul |
| 160 | She... | Stokley | R&B |
| 161 | What You Did (feat. Ella Mai) | Mahalia | R&B |
| 162 | Hair Down (feat. Kendrick Lamar) | SiR | R&B |
| 163 | Confessions | Sudan Archives | R&B |
| 164 | Different State of Mind | Laura Rain and the Caesars | Soul |
| 165 | You'll See | Cass Clayton Band | R&B |
| 166 | Mr. Big Shot | Nicole Bus | R&B |
| 167 | No Guidance (feat. Drake) | Chris Brown | Soul |
| 168 | Some Things Are Not Known | Euforquestra | Funk |
| 169 | Little Things | Cass Clayton Band | R&B |
| 170 | Make It Better (feat. Smokey Robinson) | Anderson .Paak | R&B |
| 171 | Gone | Alex Isley | R&B |
| 172 | Thing Called Love | Kevin Ross | R&B |
| 173 | Respect | Aretha Franklin | Soul |
| 174 | 45 | Thomas Dybdahl | Soul |
| 175 | Lovely Day | Bill Withers | Soul |
| 176 | BROWN SKIN GIRL | Beyoncé | R&B |
| 177 | She Treats Me Right | The Movers & Shakers | R&B |
| 178 | I Had Some Money (But I Spent It) | Nick Waterhouse | Soul |
| 179 | The Weight | Aretha Franklin | Soul |
| 180 | Don't Leave Your Girl | KIRBY | R&B |
| 181 | Just Right | Raheem DeVaughn | Neo-Soul |
| 182 | Enough is Enough | Tomar and the Fcs | Soul |
| 183 | Know | Mary J. Blige | R&B |
| 184 | Slide Back (feat. PJ Morton & Julian Gosin) | The Soul Rebels | Soul |
| 185 | Look It Here | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Soul |
| 186 | No Use in Crying | Cass Clayton Band | R&B |
| 187 | Take Your Time | Tomar and the Fcs | Soul |
| 188 | The Walk | Mayer Hawthorne | Soul |
| 189 | Let Them Knock | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Soul |
| 190 | If I | After 7 | R&B |
| 191 | Redbone | Childish Gambino | Soul |
| 192 | SAY SO (feat. Jojo) | PJ Morton | Neo-Soul |
| 193 | Forever Yours | J. Brown | R&B |
| 194 | We Don't Funk | KIRBY | R&B |
| 195 | Get Yourself Some | The Allergies | Soul |
| 196 | Hold Me | Joshua Henry | Soul |
| 197 | Take My Love (feat. Marietta Smith) | The Allergies | Soul |
| 198 | Don't Give Up on Me | Emma Donovan & The Putbacks | Soul |
| 199 | Do Right Woman, Do Right Man | Aretha Franklin | Soul |
| 200 | Old Times | Marsha Ambrosius | R&B |
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