[Best of 2012] Top 40 R&B Songs

That’s My Jam’s R&B Chart was packed to the brim with 2012′s soundtrack for the streets, the bedroom and the dance floor. From R&B rookies to soul veterans, the songs filling the top 40 spots on this year-end countdown will have you nodding your head in approval!

1. Usher - “Climax”
2. Miguel - “Adorn”
3. Anita Baker - “Lately”
4. EMiL – “Deadwood”
5. Alicia Keys - “Girl On Fire”
6. Trey Songz – “Heart Attack”
7. Usher feat. Rick Ross - “Lemme See”
8. R. Kelly - “Share My Love”
9. Mary J. Blige feat. Drake – “Mr. Wrong”
10. Jennifer Hudson & Ne-Yo feat. Rick Ross – “Think Like a Man”
11. Keyshia Cole feat. Lil Wayne - “Enough of No Love”
12. Trey Songz - “Sex Ain’t Better Than Love”
13. Elle Varner - “Refill”
14. Jill Scott – “Blessed”
15. Esperanza Spalding feat. Algebra Blesset - “Black Gold”
16. The Weekend - “Wicked Games”
17. Kelly Rowland feat. Lil Wayne – “Ice”
18. Tamia - “Beautiful Surprise”
19. Beyoncé feat. J. Cole - “Party”
20. Chris Brown feat. Kevin McCall – “Strip”
21. Emeli Sandé – “Next to Me”
22. Beyoncé – “Love On Top”
23. Usher - “Scream”
24. Chris Brown - “Don’t Judge Me”
25. Chris Brown - “Don’t Wake Me Up”
26. Tank – “Next Breath”
27. Brian Culbertson feat. Vivian Green – “Still Here”
28. Leah LaBelle – “Sexify”
29. R. Kelly - “Feelin’ Single”
30. Robin Thicke – “Love After War”
31. Rihanna feat. Chris Brown - “Birthday Cake”
32. Avant feat. KeKe Wyatt - “You & I”
33. Cee-Lo feat. Melanie Fiona – “Fool For You”
34. Keyshia Cole – “Trust and Believe”
35. Usher – “Numb”
36. Beyoncé – “Dance for You”
37. Trey Songz – “Dive In”
38. Mary J. Blige – “Don’t Mind”
39. Frank Ocean - “Thinking ‘Bout You”
40. Drake feat. Rihanna – “Take Care”

[CHART] That’s My Jam Top 10 – December 2012

Merry Xmas, Swedish House Mafia! Here’s a No. 1 hit!

This month’s slugfest resulted in shutouts of chart-toppers by Ke$ha and The Weekend, but the trio proved too strong! Other tracks that stayed out of the fray (for now) include a slew of debuts. Click here to learn more about how the charts work.

1. Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin - “Don’t You Worry Child” (4)
2. Ke$ha - “Die Young” (8)
3. The Weekend - “Wicked Games” (-)
4. Rihanna - “Diamonds” (10)
5. Kelly Rowland feat. Lil Wayne – “Ice” (-)
6. Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch - “Sweet Nothing” (-)
7. Ne-Yo - “Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)” (-)
8. Alicia Keys - “Girl On Fire” (2)
9. Bruno Mars - “Locked Out of Heaven” (-)
10. A*M*E – “Play the Game Boy” (-)

[CHART] R&B – December 2012

The Weekend‘s wicked work earned him a No. 1 hit!

The Canadian crooner turns up the heat with “Wicked Games,” which snatches the top slot on this month’s R&B Chart from Alicia Keys. Kelly Rowland rockets upward with her latest, while Avant, Keyshia Cole and Frank Ocean debut new entries. Click here to learn more about how the charts work.

1. The Weekend - “Wicked Games” (4)
2. Kelly Rowland feat. Lil Wayne – “Ice” (6)
3. Alicia Keys - “Girl On Fire” (1)
4. Avant feat. KeKe Wyatt - “You & I” (-)
5. Chris Brown - “Don’t Judge Me” (9)
6. Keyshia Cole – “Trust and Believe” (-)
7. Trey Songz – “Dive In” (10)
8. Frank Ocean - “Thinking ‘Bout You” (-)
9. Miguel - “Adorn” (2)
10. Anita Baker - “Lately” (3)

[CHART] R&B – November 2012

Alicia Keys is on fire!

The songstress’ latest burns up the R&B Chart and earns her another No. 1! But Alicia shouldn’t get too comfortable — new tracks from The Weekend, Mary J. Blige, Chris Brown and Trey Songz are working hard to snatch it away. Click here to learn more about how the charts work.

1. Alicia Keys - “Girl On Fire” (3)
2. Miguel - “Adorn” (1)
3. Anita Baker - “Lately” (2)
4. The Weekend - “Wicked Games” (-)
5. Tamia - “Beautiful Surprise” (5)
6. Kelly Rowland feat. Lil Wayne – “Ice” (8)
7. Mary J. Blige – “Don’t Mind” (-)
8. Beyoncé – “Dance for You” (9)
9. Chris Brown - “Don’t Judge Me” (-)
10. Trey Songz – “Dive In” (-)

[CHART] R&B – October 2012

Miguel narrowly claims a second month at No. 1!

“Adorn” has duked out the likes of Anita Baker, Alicia Keys, Keyshia Cole and Tamia to remain in the top slot. But next month, he’ll have to contend with those returning hits, and this month’s debuts from Usher, Kelly Rowland and Beyoncé. Click here to learn more about how the charts work.

1. Miguel - “Adorn” (1)
2. Anita Baker - “Lately” (2)
3. Alicia Keys - “Girl On Fire” (5)
4. Keyshia Cole feat. Lil Wayne - “Enough of No Love” (3)
5. Tamia - “Beautiful Surprise” (7)
6. Usher – “Numb” (-)
7. R. Kelly - “Feelin’ Single” (6)
8. Kelly Rowland feat. Lil Wayne – “Ice” (-)
9. Beyoncé – “Dance for You” (-)
10. Anthony Hamilton - “Pray for Me” (10)

The Summer Hit [Best of 2011]

As we say hello to 2012, That’s My Jam would like to reminisce about the songs that rocked our world in 2011.

Every summer, we end up having a fling with a song that makes us feel good, encourages us to dance and becomes an anthem. For 2011, we thank Alex Guadino and Kelly Rowland for giving us “What a Feeling,” which succeeds at all three.

Runners-Up:
“Motivation” by Kelly Rowland and Lil Wayne
“Judas” by Lady Gaga
“Save the World” by Swedish House Mafia
“Party Rock Anthem” by LMFAO
“Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” by Katy Perry

Top Artists of 2011 [Best of 2011]

We’ve seen where their music lands on the list of top 100 songs of 2011, but which artists made the most impact on That’s My Jam’s charts? Based on their songs’ individual  performances, here are the top 10 artists of 2011. Numbers in parentheses are rankings from 2010.

1. Chris Brown (10)
2. Rihanna (3)
3. Katy Perry (4)
4. Britney Spears (-)
5. David Guetta (5)
6. Miguel (-)
7. Kelly Rowland (-)
8. Bruno Mars (-)
9. Lady Gaga (7)
10. LMFAO (-)

Top R&B Artists of 2011 [Best of 2011]

We’ve seen where their music lands on the list of top R&B songs, but which artists made the most impact on That’s My Jam’s R&B Charts? Based on their songs’ individual  performances, here are the top 10 R&B artists of 2011. The numbers in parentheses indicate their rankings from 2010.

1. Chris Brown (4)
2. Miguel (-)
3. Kelly Rowland (-)
4. Beyoncé (-)
5. Cee-Lo (-)
6. Marsha Ambrosius (-)
7. Mary J. Blige (-)
8. Jamie Foxx (-)
9. Ledisi (-)
10. Sunshine Anderson (-)

Top R&B Songs of 2011 [Best of 2011]

That’s My Jam’s R&B Chart was packed to the brim with 2011′s soundtrack for the streets, the bedroom and the dance floor. From tween stars to soul veterans, the songs filling the top 40 spots on this year-end countdown will have you nodding your head in approval!

1. Kelly Rowland feat. Lil Wayne – “Motivation”
2. Miguel - “Quickie”
3. Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – “Look at Me Now”
4. Miguel - “Sure Thing”
5. Chris Brown feat. Ludacris – “Wet the Bed”
6. Cee-Lo feat. Melanie Fiona – “Fool For You”
7. Marsha Ambrosius – “Far Away”
8. Ledisi – “Pieces of Me”
9. Sunshine Anderson - “Say Something”
10. Jamie Foxx feat. Drake - “Fall for Your Type”
11. Jill Scott feat. Anthony Hamilton – “So In Love”
12. Chris Brown – “She Ain’t You”
13. Mindless Behavior feat. Diggy Simmons – “Mrs. Right”
14. Usher – “More”
15. Keri Hilson - “Pretty Girl Rock”
16. Jeremih feat. 50 Cent – “Down On Me”
17. Beyoncé feat. J. Cole - “Party”
18. Beyoncé – “Best Thing I Never Had”
19. Tyrese – “Stay”
20. Mary J. Blige feat. Drake – “Mr. Wrong”
21. Trey Songz - “Love Faces”
22. Fantasia – “I’m Doin’ Me”
23. Timothy Bloom feat. V. Bozeman- “‘Til the End of Time”
24. Bei Maejor feat. J. Cole – “Trouble”
25. Mary J. Blige feat. Diddy & Lil Wayne – “Someone to Love Me (Naked)”
26. Mary Mary - “Walking”
27. Chris Brown – “No Bullshit”
28. Jazmine Sullivan - “10 Seconds”
29. Trey Songz – “Can’t Be Friends”
30. Johnny Gill – “In the Mood”
31. Lloyd feat. Andre 3000 - “Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)”
32. Rihanna feat. Drake – “What’s My Name”
33. Robin Thicke – “Love After War”
34. Lloyd – “Lay It Down”
35. T-Pain feat. Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen – “5 O’Clock”
36. Sade feat. Jay-Z - “The Moon and the Sky”
37. Melanie Fiona – “4 AM”
38. Lloyd – “Naked”
39. Charlie Wilson - “You Are”
40. Keri Hilson feat. Chris Brown – “One Night Stand”

Top Dance Songs of 2011 [Best of 2011]

They filled the floors at the hottest dance clubs and burned up the radio with their scorching beats. Most importantly, they charted on That’s My Jam’s Dance Chart throughout 2011. See which songs locked down the top 40 spots.

1. David Guetta feat. Rihanna – “Who’s That Chick”
2. Alex Guadino feat. Kelly Rowland - “What a Feeling”
3. Erika Jayne - “One Hot Pleasure”
4. Alexandra Stan - “Mr. Saxobeat”
5. Mayra Veronica - “Freak Like Me”
6. Swedish House Mafia – “Save the World”
7. Wynter Gordon – “Til Death”
8. Angry Kids feat. Nik Kershaw – “Wouldn’t It Be Good”
9. Rihanna – “S&M”
10. Taio Cruz feat. Travie McCoy - “Higher”
11. Morgan Page, Sultan + Ned Shepard & BT feat. Angela McCluskey – “In the Air”
12. Sak Noel – “Loca People”
13. Jes - “Awaken”
14. David Guetta feat. Usher – “Without You”
15. Afrojack feat. Eva Simons – “Take Over Control”
16. Jennifer Lopez - “Papi”
17. Grace – “Not Over Yet”
18. Benny Benassi feat. Gary Go - “Cinema”
19. Chris Brown feat. Benny Benassi – “Beautiful People”
20. David Guetta feat. Taio Cruz & Ludacris – “Little Bad Girl”
21. Britney Spears – “Till the World Ends”
22. Freemasons feat. Wynter Gordon - “Believer”
23. Alexandra Stan – “Get Back (ASAP)”
24. Medina – “Addiction”
25. Black Eyed Peas - “The Time (Dirty Bit)”
26. Robyn – “Call Your Girlfriend”
27. Lady Gaga – “Born This Way”
28. Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette – “Hello”
29. Britney Spears - “Hold It Against Me”
30. Alexis Jordan – “Hush Hush”
31. Tiësto & Hardwell - “Zero 76″
32. Britney Spears – “I Wanna Go”
33. Jessica Sutta – “Show Me”
34. Richard Vission & Static Revenger feat. Luciana - “I Like That”
35. Selena Gomez & The Scene – “Love You Like a Love Song”
36. Dev – “In the Dark”
37. Cher – “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me”
38. Laidback Luke feat. Example – “Natural Disaster”
39. Nicole Scherzinger – “Don’t Hold Your Breath”
40. RD – “Got Me Burnin’”