The Top 100 R&B Songs of 2017, Presented By Soul In Stereo And YouKnowIGotSoul.com

All month we’ve been looking back at the best – and worst – of 2017.

Missed any posts? Check out the 30 best albums of 2017 here. And don’t forget the seventh annual Playa Please Awards too.

But we couldn’t let 2017 pass without saluting the best R&B had to offer these past 12 months.

I teamed with my partners in rhyme Tom and Kyle at YouKnowIGotSoul.com to compile a list of the 100 best R&B tracks of the year. Each of us nominated roughly 50 songs we believed were worthy of consideration, and then screamed at each other held a healthy debates to narrow the list and rank the cream of the crop.

This isn’t a Stan-complied list filled with our personal favorites (even though Kyle did slip in that “Juicy Booty” nonsense on us). It’s a compilation of what we truly believe are the best produced and performed tracks of the year.

Check ’em out below, listen to them on our official Spotify playlist and share your faves too.

100) Justine Skye – Don’t Think About it

 

99) Shaliek – All This Love

 

98) Trey Songz – The Sheets…Still

 

97) Eric Roberson – Million Dollars

 

96) Jhene Aiko – While We’re Young

 

95) Mary J. Blige – Indestructible

 

94) Karina Pasian – Lately

 

93) Kevin Ross – Look Up (featuring Lecrae)

 

92) Jazmine Sullivan – Insecure (featuring Bryson Tiller)

 

91) La’Porsha Renae – Somebody Does

 

90) Eric Roberson – If Only

 

89) Miguel – Skywalker(featuring Travis Scott)

 

88) Brian McKnight – I Want U

 

87) Tank – Good Thing

 

86) Stokley Williams – Organic

 

85) Johnny Gill – 5000 Miles (featuring Jaheim)

 

84) Sevyn Streeter – Anything U Want (featuring Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla Sign & Jeremih)

 

83) Trey Songz – Come Over

 

82) PJ Morton – Claustrophobic

 

81) Mary J. Blige – Set Me Free

 

80) Mack Wilds – Explore

 

79) Ledisi – All the Way

 

78) K. Avett – The Matter (What Are We Here For?)

 

77) Miguel – Told You So

 

76) Lalah Hathaway – I Cant Wait

 

75) Sammie – Tsunami

 

74) Brian McKnight – 10 Million Stars

 

73) Ledisi – Let Love Rule

 

72) Ne-Yo – Earn Ur Love

 

71) Mack Wilds – Bonnie & Clyde (featuring Wale)

 

70) Kevin Ross – Pick You Up

 

69) Mya – Ready for Whatever

 

68) Chris Brown – Tempo

 

67) Kehlani – Advice

 

66) Ledisi – Hello

 

65) Dondria – Over

 

64) Vanessa White – Good Good

 

63) Chris Brown – Juicy Booty

 

62) Musiq Soulchild – Simple Things

 

61) 112 – Wanna Be

 

60) TLC – Way Back (featuring Snoop Dogg)

 

59) Pleasure P – For A Long Time

 

58) Tone Stith – That Girl

 

57) Mary J. Blige – Love Yourself (featuring Kanye West)

 

56) Vivian Green – Promise

 

55) Adrian Marcel – Thinkin

 

54) Elijah Blake – Occupied

 

53) Syd – Know

 

52) Demetria McKinney – Is This Love

 

51) Letoya Luckett – In the Name

 

50) Ledisi – High

 

49) Tone Stith – Miss California

 

48) 112 – Both Of Us (featuring Jagged Edge)

 

47) Avery Sunshine – Jump

 

46) Luke James – Drip

 

45) Niia/Jazmine Sullivan – Sideline

 

44) Tamar Braxton – Makings of You

 

43) Eric Roberson – Claire

 

42) Demetria Mckinney – Easy

 

41) The Playlist featuring Glenn Lewis – 1995

 

40) Jessie J – Not My Ex

 

39) Daniel Caesar – Get You

 

38) Chris Brown – Heartbreak on a Full Moon

 

37) K. Michelle – Make This Song Cry

 

36) Miguel – Banana Clip

 

35) Lalah Hathaway – Honestly

 

34) Ella Mai – Boo’d Up

 

33) Avery Sunshine – Twenty Sixty Four

 

32) Charlie Wilson – Us Trust (featuring Wiz Khalifa)

 

31) Faye B – Moving On (DJ Soulchild Remix)

 

30) Keyshia Cole – Incapable

 

29) Kevin Ross – Don’t Forget About Me

 

28) Chris Brown – Enemy

 

27) Keyshia Cole – Right Time

 

26) H.E.R. – Every Kind Of Way

 

25) SZA – The Weekend

 

24) Sammie – Too Long

 

23) H.E.R. – Rather Be

 

22) Vivian Green – That’s What Love Can Do

 

21) Trey Songz – Playboy

 

20) The PlayList featuring Glenn Lewis – Faceless

 

19) Musiq Soulchild – Start Over

 

18) Letoya Luckett – My Love

 

17) Ledisi – Add to Me

 

16) BriaMarie – Okay (featuring Musiq Soulchild)

 

15) Kevin Ross – Prototype

 

14) Alex Vaughn – Good Morning

 

13) Tone Stith – Get It Right

 

12) Daniel Caesar – Best Part (featuring H.E.R.)

 

11) Faith Evans & The Notorious B.I.G. – Legacy

 

10) Stokley Williams – Level

 

9) Vivian Green – I Don’t Know

 

8) Tamar Braxton – My Man

 

7) Kevin Ross – Don’t Go

 

6) Cherish Self – Destruction

 

5) Musiq Soulchild – Benefits

 

4) Marsha Ambrosius – Luh Ya

 

3) Letoya Luckett – Grey (featuring Ludacris)

 

2) Mary J. Blige – U + Me (Love Lesson)

 

1) Daley – Until the Pain is Gone (featuring Jill Scott)

Honorable Mention:

-Bel Biv Devoe – I’m Betta
-Musiq Soulchild – Sooner or Later
-Jhene Aiko – Moments (featuring Big Sean)
-Sevyn Streeter – Been A Minute (featuring August Alsina)
-Mack Wilds – Crash
-Dwele – Wanna Dance (featuring Phife Dawg)
-August Alsina – Wait
-Musiq Soulchild – Serendipity (featuring Willie Hyn)
-Keyshia Cole – Best Friend