Joe Budden unpacks Billboard Top 75 RNB Artist Of All Time. Aaliyah at 40?R Kelly at 9?Marvin at 10 smh

[Still Benefited]

The 75 Best R&B Artists of All Time (Full List): Staff Picks

The 75 best R&B singers of all-time, according to Billboard staff.

www.billboard.com

H.E.R ahead of Keyshia Cole


Top ten

10.) Marvin Gaye
9.) R Kelly
8.) Mariah Carey
7.) Prince
6.) James Brown
5.) Whitney Houston
4.) Beyoncé
3.) Michael Jackson
2.) Aretha Franklin
1.) Stevie Wonder



Top 10 damn near looks backwards for me. Donnnie Hathaway and Smokey was somewhere in the teens irrc smh. Not sure how the hell Whitney is so high. And Beyonce is damn near blashemous over half this list. How is there 40 spots between her and Aaliyah?

 

[kingofnyc]

i don’t mean to be rude
I’m just not a R&B dude


BUT sorry , it’s no way Beyoncé should be ahead of Whitney and Mariah

 

[blockburna420]

i don’t mean to be rude
I’m just not a R&B dude


BUT sorry , it’s no way Beyoncé should be ahead of Whitney and Mariah

Nostalgia got you tripping.

I ain't never heard nobody say put that Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey on

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Mary J needs to move down a few spots. That's my only issue with the list since Beyonce wasn't #1 like what was originally rumored

 

[kingofnyc]

Nostalgia got you tripping.

I ain't never heard nobody say put that Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey on

the majority of Beyoncé songs are pop. This is supposed to be a R&B list.

 

[Amo Husserl]

I don't expect white people to represent black culture with the knowledge and passion of black people.

 

[TheDarkCloud]

Mary J needs to move down a few spots. That's my only issue with the list since Beyonce wasn't #1 like what was originally rumored

Mary is actually too low. If we're taking impact into consideration, that woman was pivotal to the 90s. She's the foundation. #16 was too low for the impact she had.

Aaliyah should have also been higher than 40.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

the majority of Beyoncé songs are pop. This is supposed to be a R&B list.

The problem with that is you could apply that to a lot of the names on the list and their greatest hits/songs.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Mary is actually too low. If we're taking impact into consideration, that woman was pivotal to the 90s. She's the foundation. #16 was too low for the impact she had.

Aaliyah should have also been higher than 40.

The criteria is based on more than just the 90s. I just can't put her over Luther.

Originally I thought that Aliyah was rated wayyy too high, but I looked at the ones behind her and couldn't find someone that I thought deserved it over her.

 

[TheDarkCloud]

The criteria is based on more than just the 90s.

But there are 90s artists above her. Thats the point. You have an issue with her placement when she's arguably more influential to music than Usher, who's higher than her. She lowkey should be above Mariah, too.

 

[King Harlem]

Y'all can't be serious about complaining about Beyonce out of all people from this list.
Even if you don't like her, she's a cultural phenomenon who has consistently put out projects for the last 30 years. She should be rewarded for that.

 

[8WON6]

In the end, Billboard staffers agreed on the following criteria: vocal prowess, body of work, career longevity, industry achievements, game-changing influence and enduring generational/cultural impact.

It's not based purely on who's the best singers, so some of these make sense.

 

[King Harlem]

I don't expect white people to represent black culture with the knowledge and passion of black people.

You're basing this on it being a Billboard magazine list. More than likely, everyone who participated was Black.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

But there are 90s artists above her. Thats the point. You have an issue with her placement when she's arguably more influential to music than Usher, who's higher than her. She lowkey should be above Mariah, too.

Usher a few spots too high as well.

The fundamental problem with that list is a lot of those artist biggest hits and it's impact weren't even in the R&B space and that goes to those Motown artist on that list as well.

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

y'all letting the one hit wonder get to you with his opinion

I doubt some kids even know he ever rapped

ask him to create his own playlist