The Roots Music Report's
Top R&B Song Chart
for the Year of 2022
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | Sub Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take My Breath | The Weeknd | Soul |
| 2 | Softly | Arlo Parks | R&B |
| 3 | Out of Time | The Weeknd | R&B |
| 4 | Heartbreak Anniversary | Giveon | R&B |
| 5 | Not Gonna Get Me | Alex Lucero and The Live Again Band | Soul |
| 6 | Hear My Dear | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Soul |
| 7 | Come Back | Trombone Shorty | Neo-Soul |
| 8 | You Made a Fool of Me | Anthony Hamilton | R&B |
| 9 | FREEDOM | Jon Batiste | Soul |
| 10 | Essence (feat. Tems) | WizKid | Soul |
| 11 | I Hate U | SZA | Soul |
| 12 | You Want My Love (feat. Lucky Daye) | Earth, Wind & Fire | Soul |
| 13 | I Just Do | Guordan Banks | Soul |
| 14 | Sacrifice | The Weeknd | R&B |
| 15 | Pressure | Ari Lennox | Soul |
| 16 | Summertime | Satya | Soul |
| 17 | LOST YOU | Snoh Aalegra | Soul |
| 18 | What Makes You Tick | Maggie Rose | R&B |
| 19 | What It Takes (feat. Lauren Daigle) | Trombone Shorty | Neo-Soul |
| 20 | He Don't Know Nothin' Bout It | Jam & Lewis | R&B |
| 21 | Starting Now | Brandy | Soul |
| 22 | Playing with My Emotions | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Soul |
| 23 | The Last Dance | St. Paul & The Broken Bones | Soul |
| 24 | Come Through (feat. Chris Brown) | H.E.R. | Neo-Soul |
| 25 | Good Morning Gorgeous | Mary J. Blige | Soul |
| 26 | OFF | Maxwell | Soul |
| 27 | Not Another Love Song | Ella Mai | Soul |
| 28 | Best of Me | Alicia Keys | Soul |
| 29 | Woman (feat. KIDI) | Stokley | Neo-Soul |
| 30 | For Tonight | Giveon | R&B |
| 31 | Pills | Selah Sue | Soul |
| 32 | Gangster of Love | Aiyana-Lee | R&B |
| 33 | Roster | Jazmine Sullivan | R&B |
| 34 | Patience | AGNEZ MO | Soul |
| 35 | Love Just Hates Me | Taylor | Soul |
| 36 | Scooch | K. Michelle | R&B |
| 37 | Brighter Days | Emeli Sandé | Soul |
| 38 | You're the One | Leela James | Soul |
| 39 | I Deserve | Tank | Soul |
| 40 | You Will Be Found | Sam Smith | Soul |
| 41 | Steam | Leon Bridges | Soul |
| 42 | Complicated | Leela James | Soul |
| 43 | Stuck on You | Kem | Soul |
| 44 | Pick Up Your Feelings | Jazmine Sullivan | R&B |
| 45 | Can't Let It Show | Tank | Soul |
| 46 | Closer (feat. H.E.R.) | Saweetie | Soul |
| 47 | IN YOUR EYES | Snoh Aalegra | Soul |
| 48 | Pantone 17 13 30 | Yuna | Soul |
| 49 | Damage | H.E.R. | Soul |
| 50 | Fair | Normani | Soul |
| 51 | Selfish Soul | Sudan Archives | R&B |
| 52 | Hrs & Hrs | Muni Long | Soul |
| 53 | Roots | Cautious Clay | Soul |
| 54 | No Plans for Love (with Ne-Yo & Kent Jones) | D-Nice | Soul |
| 55 | Somewhat Loved (There You Go Breakin' My Heart) [feat. Mariah Carey] | Jam & Lewis | Soul |
| 56 | Situation | Ruth B. | Soul |
| 57 | LALA (Unlocked) [feat. Swae Lee] | Alicia Keys | Soul |
| 58 | Beautiful | Robin Thicke | Soul |
| 59 | Hope | Arlo Parks | R&B |
| 60 | That's Where It's at | The California Honeydrops | Soul |
| 61 | Poison (feat. the Weeknd) | Aaliyah | Soul |
| 62 | The Way That I Do | Durand Jones & The Indications | Soul |
| 63 | All I Want | SuCh | Soul |
| 64 | I Am | Laura Rain and the Caesars | Soul |
| 65 | Soul Sweet Song | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Soul |
| 66 | Ready to Love | Emeli Sandé | Soul |
| 67 | New Normal | Khalid | Soul |
| 68 | Paddle to the Stars | The Dip | Neo-Soul |
| 69 | What if | Ne-Yo | Soul |
| 70 | All This Love | Trey Songz | Soul |
| 71 | Motorbike | Leon Bridges | Soul |
| 72 | Cascade (feat. the Bonfyre) | Stokley | Neo-Soul |
| 73 | I Don't Wanna Be in Love | Keyshia Cole | Soul |
| 74 | When You Lose Someone | The Dip | Neo-Soul |
| 75 | Don't Love Me | Ne-Yo | Soul |
| 76 | Garden of Eden | Kalu & The Electric Joint | Soul |
| 77 | Numb | Marshmello | Soul |
| 78 | Hate Our Love | Queen Naija | Soul |
| 79 | Come on in | Lady Wray | Soul |
| 80 | 50 Foot Woman | Hannah Williams | Funk |
| 81 | I Can't Let This Slip Away | Hannah Williams | Funk |
| 82 | No Stoppin' Us (feat. K-Ci Hailey) | Charlie Wilson | Soul |
| 83 | Bad Habits | Usher | Soul |
| 84 | Real Thing (feat. Tori Kelly) | Pink Sweat$ | Soul |
| 85 | Workin' Man Blues | Eli "Paperboy" Reed | Neo-Soul |
| 86 | Go | Cat Burns | Soul |
| 87 | Make a Move | Yuna | Soul |
| 88 | Pony Up | The Bamboos | R&B |
| 89 | I Am the Moon | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Soul |
| 90 | Love and Hate in a Different Time | Gabriels | Soul |
| 91 | Man on Fire | Earl St. Clair | R&B |
| 92 | Minotaur | St. Paul & The Broken Bones | Soul |
| 93 | Live out Your Love | Kem | Soul |
| 94 | Show Me the Way | Euforquestra | Funk |
| 95 | Diamond in the Rough | Laura Rain and the Caesars | Soul |
| 96 | Somehow | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Soul |
| 97 | WE ARE (feat. St. Augustine High School Marching 100, David Gauthier, Gospel Soul Children Choir, Craig Adams, Braedon Gautier, Brennan Gautier & Autumn Rowe) | Jon Batiste | Soul |
| 98 | Where Are My Friends? | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Soul |
| 99 | Rock Steady | Aretha Franklin | Soul |
| 100 | Good and Ready | Paul Carrack | Disco |
| 101 | Fall in | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Soul |
| 102 | Giving Up | Teddy Grossman | R&B |
| 103 | Lovely Day | Bill Withers | Soul |
| 104 | Respect | Aretha Franklin | Soul |
| 105 | Gravity | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Soul |
| 106 | Superstition | Stevie Wonder | Funk |
| 107 | Here with Me (feat. Anderson .Paak) | Mary J. Blige | Soul |
| 108 | Fire | Brandi & the Alexanders | Soul |
| 109 | Hurt | Arlo Parks | R&B |
| 110 | Leaving Here | PM Warson | Soul |
| 111 | Yes We Will | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Soul |
| 112 | Mama Tried | Eli "Paperboy" Reed | Neo-Soul |
| 113 | Who's Fooling Who | Ann Vriend | Soul |
| 114 | Lighten Up Your Mood | Paul Carrack | Disco |
| 115 | Set Me Free | Paul Carrack | Disco |
| 116 | My Name is the One | Acoustic Soul | Neo-Soul |
| 117 | So Done | Alicia Keys | Soul |
| 118 | What's Going on | Marvin Gaye | R&B |
| 119 | TELL the TRUTH | Jon Batiste | Soul |
| 120 | Use Me | Bill Withers | Soul |
| 121 | Miss Beautiful | Trombone Shorty | Neo-Soul |
| 122 | Another Day | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Soul |
| 123 | Tell Me | The Devonns | Motown |
| 124 | A Long Way to Go | Paul Carrack | Disco |
| 125 | I Can Fly | Laura Rain and the Caesars | Soul |
| 126 | Alien Coast | St. Paul & The Broken Bones | Soul |
| 127 | You're the Man | Marvin Gaye | Motown |
| 128 | Different State of Mind | Laura Rain and the Caesars | Soul |
| 129 | Same Love | Ledisi | Soul |
| 130 | The Weight | Aretha Franklin | Soul |
| 131 | Portra 400 | Arlo Parks | R&B |
| 132 | This is How We Do It | Montell Jordan | Neo-Soul |
| 133 | Baby Get Down | The Burroughs | Funk |
| 134 | Working on Me | The Allergies | Soul |
| 135 | Ready | Teddy Grossman | R&B |
| 136 | Groove Me | Lisa Love | Soul |
| 137 | Crickets | The Dip | Neo-Soul |
| 138 | I Need Never Get Old | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Soul |
| 139 | Best of My Love | The Emotions | R&B |
| 140 | Time is Tight | Booker T. & The M.G.'s | R&B |
| 141 | Forever | Elise LeGrow | R&B |
| 142 | Circles 'Round the Sun | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Soul |
| 143 | I NEED YOU | Jon Batiste | Soul |
| 144 | Maybe Your Baby | Stevie Wonder | R&B |
| 145 | Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) | Marvin Gaye | R&B |
| 146 | Hot Summer | Prince | Soul |
| 147 | I Can Feel You Smiling | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Soul |
| 148 | Ain't Too Proud to Beg | The Temptations | Motown |
| 149 | You Haven't Done Nothin' | Stevie Wonder | R&B |
| 150 | Let's Get It on | Marvin Gaye | R&B |
| 151 | Little Birdie | Izo Fitzroy | Soul |
| 152 | Take Me As I Am | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Soul |
| 153 | Into the Mystic | Van Morrison | R&B |
| 154 | Blinding Lights | The Weeknd | Soul |
| 155 | Brownout | Ghost Funk Orchestra | R&B |
| 156 | Girl Like Me (feat. H.E.R.) | Jazmine Sullivan | Soul |
| 157 | CRY | Jon Batiste | Soul |
| 158 | Pack Lite | Queen Naija | Soul |
| 159 | Out of Thin Air | Teddy Grossman | R&B |
| 160 | Leave It on the Line | Teddy Grossman | R&B |
| 161 | Looking for Moses | Mamas Gun | R&B |
| 162 | Baby, Scratch My Back | Booker T. & The M.G.'s | R&B |
| 163 | Papa's Got a Brand New Bag | James Brown | Funk |
| 164 | Rock Me Baby | Otis Redding | Soul |
| 165 | My Girl | The Temptations | Motown |
| 166 | Arizona to Georgia | Euforquestra | Funk |
| 167 | Over Easy | Booker T. & The M.G.'s | R&B |
| 168 | (Don't) Hold Me Down | PM Warson | R&B |
| 169 | Let Them Knock | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Soul |
| 170 | Forgiveness | Trombone Shorty | Neo-Soul |
| 171 | Nobody's Baby | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Soul |
| 172 | One of a Kind (Love Affair) | The Spinners | Soul |
| 173 | Going to the Party (feat. Lyrics Born) | The Allergies | Soul |
| 174 | Bad Luck Soul | King Biscuit Boy | Soul |
| 175 | Power in Pain | Teddy Grossman | R&B |
| 176 | Why I Sing the Blues | Aretha Franklin | Soul |
| 177 | Get Ready | The Temptations | Motown |
| 178 | Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing | Stevie Wonder | R&B |
| 179 | Tell Mama | Kaz Hawkins | Soul |
| 180 | I'll Be Around | The Spinners | Soul |
| 181 | June | Lauren Frihauf & Ben Suyat | Soul |
| 182 | What I Owe | Teddy Grossman | R&B |
| 183 | Love and Happiness | Marc Broussard | Soul |
| 184 | Boogie on Reggae Woman | Stevie Wonder | R&B |
| 185 | Do It with Soul | Tower of Power | R&B |
| 186 | It Ain't Easy (Remastered) | Bettye LaVette | Soul |
| 187 | Uptight (Everything's Alright) | Stevie Wonder | R&B |
| 188 | At Last | Kaz Hawkins | Soul |
| 189 | Might Not Make It Home | Trombone Shorty | Neo-Soul |
| 190 | X Boyfriends | Ali McGuirk | R&B |
| 191 | Music | Leela James | Soul |
| 192 | Bluish | Arlo Parks | R&B |
| 193 | Pusherman | Curtis Mayfield | Soul |
| 194 | Ghetto Child | The Spinners | Soul |
| 195 | Move on Baby | The Allergies | Soul |
| 196 | Shame on You, Shame on Me | Paul Carrack | Disco |
| 197 | Take Love (feat. KT Tunstall) | Gilbert O'Sullivan | Neo-Soul |
| 198 | Chances | Monophonics | Soul |
| 199 | D'Gary | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Soul |
| 200 | Put It Down | Jazmine Sullivan | Neo-Soul |
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