The Roots Music Report's
Top R&B Song Chart
for the Year of 2021
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | Sub Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Motorbike | Leon Bridges | Soul |
| 2 | I NEED YOU | Jon Batiste | Soul |
| 3 | Blinding Lights | The Weeknd | Soul |
| 4 | Take My Breath | The Weeknd | Soul |
| 5 | Heartbreak Anniversary | Giveon | R&B |
| 6 | Hurt | Arlo Parks | R&B |
| 7 | Damage | H.E.R. | Soul |
| 8 | Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) | Devon Gilfillian | R&B |
| 9 | Roots | Cautious Clay | Soul |
| 10 | Pick Up Your Feelings | Jazmine Sullivan | R&B |
| 11 | Complicated | Leela James | Soul |
| 12 | Hope | Arlo Parks | R&B |
| 13 | Lil Bit | Nelly | Soul |
| 14 | I Don't Wanna Be in Love | Keyshia Cole | Soul |
| 15 | Can't Let It Show | Tank | Soul |
| 16 | Bad Habits | Usher | Soul |
| 17 | Summertime | Satya | Soul |
| 18 | Make It After All | Dumpstaphunk | Funk |
| 19 | Over Now | Calvin Harris | R&B |
| 20 | Cascade (feat. the Bonfyre) | Stokley | Neo-Soul |
| 21 | Pick a Side | Raiche | Neo-Soul |
| 22 | You Made a Fool of Me | Anthony Hamilton | R&B |
| 23 | Situation | Ruth B. | Soul |
| 24 | He Don't Know Nothin' Bout It | Jam & Lewis | R&B |
| 25 | Dying in the Subtlety | Cautious Clay | Soul |
| 26 | Beautiful | Robin Thicke | Soul |
| 27 | Save Your Tears | The Weeknd | Soul |
| 28 | Pack Lite | Queen Naija | Soul |
| 29 | Back Home (feat. Summer Walker) | Trey Songz | Soul |
| 30 | Born Tired | Jhené Aiko | Soul |
| 31 | Same Love | Ledisi | Soul |
| 32 | No Plans for Love (with Ne-Yo & Kent Jones) | D-Nice | Soul |
| 33 | I Just Do | Guordan Banks | Soul |
| 34 | All This Love | Trey Songz | Soul |
| 35 | Live out Your Love | Kem | Soul |
| 36 | Not Another Love Song | Ella Mai | Soul |
| 37 | Butterflies Pt. 2 | Queen Naija | Soul |
| 38 | Starting Now | Brandy | Soul |
| 39 | Girl Like Me (feat. H.E.R.) | Jazmine Sullivan | Soul |
| 40 | Anything for You | Ledisi | Soul |
| 41 | Borderline | Brandy | Soul |
| 42 | Give a Little Love | The Freedom Affair | Soul |
| 43 | One I Got | Charlie Wilson | Soul |
| 44 | Steam | Leon Bridges | Soul |
| 45 | Be the One | Ruff Endz | Soul |
| 46 | Mystery Lady (feat. Don Toliver) [ChopNotSlop Remix] | Masego | Soul |
| 47 | Dance Like Nobody's Watching | Yuna | Soul |
| 48 | You Want My Love (feat. Lucky Daye) | Earth, Wind & Fire | Soul |
| 49 | Born 2 Die | Prince | Soul |
| 50 | Deep End | Fousheé | Soul |
| 51 | In Your Eyes | The Weeknd | Soul |
| 52 | The Last Dance | St. Paul & The Broken Bones | Soul |
| 53 | U 2 Luv | Ne-Yo | Soul |
| 54 | New Normal | Khalid | Soul |
| 55 | B.S. (feat. H.E.R.) | Jhené Aiko | Soul |
| 56 | Shade | Alex Lucero & Live Again | Soul |
| 57 | Essence (feat. Tems) | WizKid | Soul |
| 58 | LOST YOU | Snoh Aalegra | Soul |
| 59 | Secret Garden (feat. Sisqó, Shawn Stockman & Raheem DeVaughn) | Omar Wilson | Soul |
| 60 | Invisible | Yuna | Soul |
| 61 | Back Together (feat. Rick James) | Anthony Hamilton | R&B |
| 62 | Take Care of You (feat. Syd) | Charlotte Day Wilson | Soul |
| 63 | My Way | Aloe Blacc | Soul |
| 64 | Take Me Away (feat. EARTHGANG) | Sinead Harnett | Soul |
| 65 | Don't Blame It on Love (feat. Pink Sweat$) | Yuna | Soul |
| 66 | Come Through (feat. Chris Brown) | H.E.R. | Neo-Soul |
| 67 | Cabin Fever | Jaden | Soul |
| 68 | Walk with Me | Joss Stone | Soul |
| 69 | Whoa | Snoh Aalegra | Soul |
| 70 | Somewhat Loved (There You Go Breakin' My Heart) [feat. Mariah Carey] | Jam & Lewis | Soul |
| 71 | Lie to Me | Kem | Neo-Soul |
| 72 | All I Want | SuCh | Soul |
| 73 | Where is Our Love Song (feat. Gary Clark Jr.) | Stevie Wonder | Soul |
| 74 | Sweeter (feat. Terrace Martin) | Leon Bridges | Soul |
| 75 | Can't Fight | Lianne La Havas | Soul |
| 76 | FREEDOM | Jon Batiste | Soul |
| 77 | LALA (Unlocked) [feat. Swae Lee] | Alicia Keys | Soul |
| 78 | Know Your Worth | Khalid | R&B |
| 79 | For Tonight | Giveon | R&B |
| 80 | Between Us (feat. Snoh Aalegra) | dvsn | Soul |
| 81 | Crazy Kind of Love (From "True to the Game 2") | Tamar Braxton | Soul |
| 82 | What if | Ne-Yo | Soul |
| 83 | Love and Hate in a Different Time | Gabriels | Soul |
| 84 | Temperature Rising | Tory Lanez | Soul |
| 85 | I Can't Let This Slip Away | Hannah Williams | Funk |
| 86 | 50 Foot Woman | Hannah Williams | Funk |
| 87 | Tell Me | The Devonns | Motown |
| 88 | FUNKENTOLOGY | Blk Odyssy | R&B |
| 89 | Black Dog Poem (lo Fi Lounge) | Arlo Parks | R&B |
| 90 | Downfall | Kalu & The Electric Joint | Soul |
| 91 | Pony Up | The Bamboos | R&B |
| 92 | Strange Love | Cautious Clay | Soul |
| 93 | Funky Mama | Danny Gatton | R&B |
| 94 | Say So | Doja Cat | Soul |
| 95 | In My Room | Danny Gatton | R&B |
| 96 | Everything Changes (feat. Soul Food Horns) | Daniel Fears | R&B |
| 97 | Forever | Elise LeGrow | R&B |
| 98 | Man on Fire | Earl St. Clair | R&B |
| 99 | Chain of Fools | Aretha Franklin | Soul |
| 100 | United Nations Stomp | Dumpstaphunk | Funk |
| 101 | Cola (lo Fi Lounge) | Arlo Parks | R&B |
| 102 | Lovely Day | Bill Withers | Soul |
| 103 | Superstition | Stevie Wonder | Funk |
| 104 | Baby Mama (feat. Chance the Rapper) | Brandy | Soul |
| 105 | Wake Up Love (feat. Iman) | Teyana Taylor | Soul |
| 106 | I Need Never Get Old | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Soul |
| 107 | Use Me | Bill Withers | Soul |
| 108 | Vigilante Man | Ry Cooder | R&B |
| 109 | Stuck in the Shadows | McKinley James | R&B |
| 110 | Time is Tight | Booker T. & The M.G.'s | R&B |
| 111 | What's Going on | Marvin Gaye | R&B |
| 112 | Rómpelo (feat. Lupe Fiasco) | Cimafunk | Funk |
| 113 | Strange Fruit | Bettye LaVette | Soul |
| 114 | Congo Square | Sonny Landreth | R&B |
| 115 | Stand Up | Joshua Henry | Soul |
| 116 | Hurt (lo Fi Lounge) | Arlo Parks | R&B |
| 117 | Try a Little Tenderness | Otis Redding | R&B |
| 118 | Little Birdie | Izo Fitzroy | Soul |
| 119 | While We Wait | Dominique Fils-Aime | R&B |
| 120 | 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 |
| 121 | OFF | Maxwell | Soul |
| 122 | Agreeable | Cautious Clay | Soul |
| 123 | I Hold No Grudge | Bettye LaVette | Soul |
| 124 | Rise Again | Laura Rain and the Caesars | Soul |
| 125 | For Your Consideration | Maggie Rose | R&B |
| 126 | TELL the TRUTH | Jon Batiste | Soul |
| 127 | Respect | Aretha Franklin | Soul |
| 128 | Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) | Marvin Gaye | R&B |
| 129 | Sunny | Booker T. & The M.G.'s | R&B |
| 130 | Good and Ready | Paul Carrack | Disco |
| 131 | Rock Steady | Aretha Franklin | Soul |
| 132 | Maybe Your Baby | Stevie Wonder | R&B |
| 133 | The Weight | Aretha Franklin | Soul |
| 134 | (You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman | Aretha Franklin | Soul |
| 135 | Turntables (from the Amazon Original Movie "All In: the Fight for Democracy") | Janelle Monae | Soul |
| 136 | I Miss You So | Paul Carrack | Disco |
| 137 | At Last | Kaz Hawkins | Soul |
| 138 | United Nations Stomp (feat. Marcus King) | Dumpstaphunk | Funk |
| 139 | I'll Be Doggone | Marvin Gaye | R&B |
| 140 | Let's Get at It | Dumpstaphunk | Funk |
| 141 | Rolling | Michael Kiwanuka | Soul |
| 142 | Shakey Ground | The Temptations | Motown |
| 143 | Clear Skies (Since You've Been Gone) | McKinley James | R&B |
| 144 | Coming Home | Leon Bridges | Soul |
| 145 | Let Them Knock | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Soul |
| 146 | I'll Still Be True | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Soul |
| 147 | I Say a Little Prayer | Aretha Franklin | Soul |
| 148 | Let's Get It on | Marvin Gaye | R&B |
| 149 | Nobody's Baby | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Soul |
| 150 | Rock Me Baby | Otis Redding | Soul |
| 151 | Collapsed in Sunbeams | Arlo Parks | R&B |
| 152 | Bittersweet (Full Length) | Lianne La Havas | Soul |
| 153 | The Power of the One (feat. George Benson & Williams Singers) | Bootsy Collins | Funk |
| 154 | Never Too Much | Erin Stevenson | Neo-Soul |
| 155 | Better off Dead | Bill Withers | Soul |
| 156 | Ain't Too Proud to Beg | The Temptations | Motown |
| 157 | Spirit in the Dark | Aretha Franklin | Soul |
| 158 | Playing Games | Summer Walker | Soul |
| 159 | 100 Days, 100 Nights | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Soul |
| 160 | Standing in the Shadows of Love | Four Tops | Motown |
| 161 | Ain't That Peculiar | Marvin Gaye | R&B |
| 162 | Rescue Me | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Soul |
| 163 | ADULTHOOD (feat. Hot 8 Brass Band) | Jon Batiste | Soul |
| 164 | Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today) | The Temptations | R&B |
| 165 | Stranger to My Happiness | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Soul |
| 166 | My Favorite Lie | Nicollette Sullivan | R&B |
| 167 | Snow Bunny (feat. Tyshawn Colquitt, Snowbunny & World-Wide-Funkdrive) | Bootsy Collins | Funk |
| 168 | I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Marvin Gaye | R&B |
| 169 | Do It with Soul | Tower of Power | R&B |
| 170 | Elmira St. Boogie | Danny Gatton | R&B |
| 171 | Zero Sum Game | The Burroughs | Neo-Soul |
| 172 | Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) | The Temptations | Motown |
| 173 | Mr. Midnight (feat. the Colleagues) | Raheem DeVaughn | Neo-Soul |
| 174 | Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Soul |
| 175 | Dumpstamental | Dumpstaphunk | Funk |
| 176 | Portra 400 | Arlo Parks | R&B |
| 177 | Knock on Wood | Otis Redding | Soul |
| 178 | You're All I Need to Get by | Aretha Franklin | Soul |
| 179 | My Girl | The Temptations | Motown |
| 180 | Do Right Woman, Do Right Man | Aretha Franklin | Soul |
| 181 | Love and Unity | The Burroughs | Soul |
| 182 | I'll Be Around | The Spinners | Soul |
| 183 | Pusherman (feat. Dru Down, BlvckSeeds & Mr. Talkbox) | Bootsy Collins | Funk |
| 184 | Butter Fried | Tower of Power | R&B |
| 185 | On the Soul Side of Town | Tower of Power | R&B |
| 186 | The Way You Do the Things You Do | The Temptations | R&B |
| 187 | I Can't Get Next to You | The Temptations | Motown |
| 188 | Same Page, Different Book | Prince | Soul |
| 189 | Rock Steady | Maceo Parker | Soul |
| 190 | Lovin' You is Easy | Maysa | R&B |
| 191 | So Many Good Die Young | Will Downing | R&B |
| 192 | Yes We Can Can | Maceo Parker | Soul |
| 193 | Itchy Boo | Dumpstaphunk | Funk |
| 194 | Woman of the World | Marvin Gaye | R&B |
| 195 | I Had Some Money (But I Spent It) | Nick Waterhouse | Soul |
| 196 | Stop | Tower of Power | R&B |
| 197 | Papa's Got a Brand New Bag | James Brown | Funk |
| 198 | Up All Night | Khalid | Soul |
| 199 | Last Dance | Nicollette Sullivan | R&B |
| 200 | Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) | Otis Redding | Soul |
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