| CASH BOX Top R&B Singles | ||||||
| Black square = bullet (strong upward move) | Week ending JANUARY 20, 1990 | |||||
| TW | TITLE (Label) | .... Artist | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | RHYTHM NATION (A&M 1455) ...... Janet Jackson |
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| 2 | I’LL BE GOOD TO YOU (Qwest/Warner Bros. 22697) ...... Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles & Chaka Khan | 10 | 11 | |||
| 3 | LET’S GET IT ON (Island 99162) ...... By All Means | 5 | 14 | |||
| 4 | SILKY SOUL (Warner Bros. 22738) ...... Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly | 8 | 11 | |||
| 5 | TENDER LOVER (Solar 74003) ...... Babyface | 2 | 13 | |||
| 6 | ALL OF MY LOVE (Capitol 44418) ...... Gap Band | 1 | 13 | |||
| 7 | PUMP UP THE JAM (SBK 07311) ...... Technotronic Featuring Felly | 6 | 10 | |||
| 8 | REAL LOVE (Atlantic 88816) ...... Skyy | 49 | 13 | |||
| 9 | WHATCHA GONNA DO (RCA 9094) ...... Tyler Collins | 9 | 14 | |||
| 10 | MAKE IT LIKE IT WAS (Columbia 73022) ...... Regina Belle | 52 | 11 | |||
| 11 | WALK ON BY (Next Plateau 50111) ...... Sybil | 21 | 8 | |||
| 12 | ALL NITE (Vintertainment/Elektra 69260) ...... Entouch (featuring Keith Sweat) | 65 | 11 | |||
| 13 | I WANNA BE RICH (Solar 74005) ...... Calloway | 24 | 11 | |||
| 14 | NO FRIEND OF MINE (Warner Bros. 22769) ...... Club Nouveau | 23 | 11 | |||
| 15 | YOUR SWEETNESS (Motown 1976) ...... Good Girls | 26 | 11 | |||
| 16 | SCANDALOUS! (Warner Bros. 22824) ...... Prince | 27 | 8 | |||
| 17 | BLAME IT ON THE RAIN (Arista 9904) ...... Milli Vanilli | 17 | 12 | |||
| 18 | DON’T CHA’ THINK (Virgin 99143) ...... After 7 | 19 | 11 | |||
| 19 | SPECIAL (Motown 2004) ...... Temptations | 20 | 11 | |||
| 20 | SERIOUS HOLD ON ME (EMI 50230) ...... O’Jays | 15 | 14 | |||
| 21 | KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR (Warner Bros. 22865) ...... Randy Crawford | 11 | 17 | |||
| 22 | TURN IT OUT (Go Base) (Profile 5275) ...... Rob Base | 42 | 8 | |||
| 23 | AIN’T NUTHIN’ IN THE WORLD (Atlantic 88826) ...... Miki Howard | 4 | 17 | |||
| 24 | IT’S THE REAL THING (Mercury 876 008) ...... Angela Winbush | 7 | 16 | |||
| 25 | FOOLISH HEART (Wing 889 878) ...... Sharon Bryant | 13 | 17 | |||
| 26 | SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOU (Reprise/King Jay 22713) ...... Michael Cooper | 32 | 9 | |||
| 27 | CAN WE SPEND SOME TIME (Columbia 73028) ...... Surface | 40 | 8 | |||
| 28 | OWWWW! (MCA 53736) ...... Chunky A | 30 | 9 | |||
| 29 | NO MORE LIES (Ruthless/Atco 99149) ...... Michel’le | 46 | 7 | |||
| 30 | FRIENDS B-4 LOVERS (Columbia 73025) ...... Full Force | 35 | 11 | |||
| 31 | IT’S GONNA BE ALRIGHT (Jive 1317) ...... Ruby Turner | 55 | 6 | |||
| 32 | OPPOSITES ATTRACT (Virgin 99158) ...... Paula Abdul (with Wild Pair) | 37 | 6 | |||
| 33 | JAZZIE’S GROOVE (Virgin 99145) ...... Soul II Soul | 58 | 5 | |||
| 34 | HERE AND NOW (Epic 73029) ...... Luther Vandross | 12 | 15 | |||
| 35 | I JUST WANNA LOVE YOU (Polydor 889 910) ...... Main Ingredient | 14 | 16 | |||
| 36 | (I’ll Be Your) DREAM LOVER (SAM 5004) ...... Richard Rogers | 44 | 8 | |||
| 37 | HEAVEN (Island 99136) ...... Miles Jaye | 47 | 7 | |||
| 38 | EXPRESSION (Next Plateau 329) ...... Salt-N-Pepa | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 39 | WHATEVER IT TAKES (Virgin 99142) ...... Cheryl Lynn | 53 | 6 | |||
| 40 | WHAT CAN I DO (EMI 50274) ...... Pieces Of A Dream | 38 | 8 | |||
| 41 | PROMISES, PROMISES (Geffen 22781) ...... Christopher Williams | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 42 | WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE (Motown 2026) ...... Stacy Lattisaw with Johnny Gill | 68 | 5 | |||
| 43 | LOVE HAS GOT TO WAIT (Orpheus 72257) ...... Eric Gable | 16 | 14 | |||
| 44 | YO MISTER (MCA 53728) ...... Patti LaBelle | 18 | 14 | |||
| 45 | HOME (MCA 53712) ...... Stephanie Mills | 22 | 19 | |||
| 46 | JUICY (Sound Of New York 2005) ...... Wrecks-N-Effect | 57 | 5 | |||
| 47 | TOUCH (Atlantic 88841) ...... Chuckii Booker | 72 | 5 | |||
| 48 | (You Make Me Feel Like) A NATURAL MAN (Warner Bros. 22862) ...... James Ingram | 59 | 6 | |||
| 49 | RIGHT AND HYPE (Reprise 22872) ...... Abstrac’ | 25 | 12 | |||
| 50 | JUST CALL MY NAME (Def Jam/Columbia 69072) ...... Alyson Williams | 28 | 18 | |||
| 51 | CAN I? (Geffen 22795) ...... David Peaston | 29 | 15 | |||
| 52 | PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE (Delicious Vinyl 99137) ...... Young M.C. | 50 | 7 | |||
| 53 | LOVE UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT (Atlantic 88766) ...... Miki Howard | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 54 | BUDDY (Tommy Boy 943) ...... De La Soul | 80 | 5 | |||
| 55 | TO KNOW SOMEONE DEEPLY IS TO KNOW SOMEONE SOFTLY (Columbia 73217) ...... Terence Trent D’Arby | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 56 | PIPE DREAMS (OBR/Columbia 73023) ...... Oran “Juice” Jones | 60 | 6 | |||
| 57 | ESCAPADE (A&M 1490) ...... Janet Jackson | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 58 | THIS ONE’S FOR THE CHILDREN (Columbia 73064) ...... New Kids On The Block | 83 | 4 | |||
| 59 | I GET THE JOB DONE (Cold Chillin’/Reprise 22719) ...... Big Daddy Kane | 89 | 4 | |||
| 60 | NOT THRU BEING WITH YOU (Warner Bros. 22797) ...... Michael Jeffries with Karyn White | 62 | 6 | |||
| 61 | YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE (Orpheus 72254) ...... Tamika Patton (with Eric Gable) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 62 | DR. SOUL (Atlantic 88812) ...... Foster/McElroy | 31 | 16 | |||
| 63 | (Don’t U Know) I LOVE U (Atlantic 88831) ...... Chuckii Booker | 33 | 21 | |||
| 64 | PERSONALITY (Arista 9890) ...... Kashif | 34 | 18 | |||
| 65 | YOU MAKE ME WANT TO GIVE IT UP (Manhattan/Capitol 44476) ...... D’altra Hicks | 70 | 6 | |||
| 66 | I NEED YOUR LOVIN’ (Def Jam/Columbia 69072) ...... Alyson Williams | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 67 | EVERYTHING (MCA 53714) ...... Jody Watley | 36 | 20 | |||
| 68 | SOMEBODY FOR ME (Uptown/MCA 53718) ...... Heavy D. & Boyz | 39 | 17 | |||
| 69 | DON’T TAKE IT PERSONAL (Arista 9875) ...... Jermaine Jackson | 41 | 21 | |||
| 70 | NEVER TOO FAR (EMI 50242) ...... Dianne Reeves | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 71 | I’M STILL MISSING YOUR LOVE (Tabu 69054) ...... S.O.S. Band | 43 | 20 | |||
| 72 | I THINK I CAN BEAT MIKE TYSON (Jive 1282) ...... D. J. Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince | 45 | 12 | |||
| 73 | HEARTBEAT (Vendetta/A&M 1473) ...... Seduction | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 74 | WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER (Geffen 19950) ...... David Peaston | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 75 | I’M NOT SOUPPED (Atlantic 88818) ...... Troop | 48 | 18 | |||
| 76 | WHATCHA GONNA DO WITH MY LOVIN’ (Virgin 98999) ...... Inner City | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 77 | BABY DON’T FOOL AROUND (Sedona 7611) ...... Cardell | 85 | 4 | |||
| 78 | GYRLZ, THEY LOVE ME (Uptown/MCA 53784) ...... Heavy D. & Boyz | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 79 | YOU ARE MY EVERYTHING (Columbia 69016) ...... Surface | 54 | 22 | |||
| 80 | YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE (Warner Bros. 22748) ...... Isley Brothers Featuring Ronald Isley | 56 | 13 | |||
| 81 | GOING HOME (Arista 9913) ...... Kenny G | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 82 | STAY HERE, STAY NEAR (Tabu 73088) ...... Rhonda Clark | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 83 | EVERY TIME I TRY TO SAY GOODBYE (Virgin 99180) ...... Cheryl Lynn | 61 | 20 | |||
| 84 | SORRY (Baby Can I Hold You) (Pow Wow 452) ...... Foxy Brown | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 85 | BABY COME TO ME (Columbia 68969) ...... Regina Belle | 63 | 24 | |||
| 86 | RICH GIRLS (EMI 56142) ...... R. J.’s Latest Arrival | 64 | 13 | |||
| 87 | SECRET WISH (Tabu 73089) ...... S.O.S. Band | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 88 | ROCK WIT’CHA (MCA 53652) ...... Bobby Brown | 51 | 22 | |||
| 89 | ALL NIGHT LONG (Jive 1307) ...... Kool Moe Dee | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 90 | I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE (Polydor 876 762) ...... Will Clayton (with Audrey Wheeler) | 66 | 7 | |||
| 91 | KISS YOUR TEARS AWAY (Columbia 69077) ...... Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam | 67 | 17 | |||
| 92 | AIN’T NOTHIN LIKE THE LOVIN WE GOT (Malaco 2157) ...... Shirley Brown with Bobby Womack | 69 | 9 | |||
| 93 | LICENCE TO CHILL (Jive 1283) ...... Billy Ocean | 71 | 13 | |||
| 94 | OOH BABY BABY (Reprise 22849) ...... Zapp | 73 | 18 | |||
| 95 | NEW JACK SWING (Motown 1979) ...... Wrecks-N-Effect | 74 | 20 | |||
| 96 | TEST OF TIME (Island 99175) ...... Will Downing | 75 | 13 | |||
| 97 | PERPETRATORS (A&M 1449) ...... Randy & Gypsys | 76 | 15 | |||
| 98 | WHAT YOU NEED (Motown 1978) ...... Stacy Lattisaw | 78 | 14 | |||
| 99 | DIDN’T I (Blow Your Mind) (Columbia 68960) ...... New Kids On The Block | 79 | 13 | |||
| 100 | SUPER LOVER (A&M 1459) ...... Barry White | 81 | 18 | |||
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