R&B number-one hits of 2000 (USA)
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These are the Billboard
R&B singles chart number-one singles of 2000.
Billboard (magazine)
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R&B singles chart number-one singles of 2000.
Chart history
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
| January 1 | U Know What's Up U Know What's Up "U Know What's Up" is a 1999 hit song by singer-songwriter-producer Donell Jones' second studio album, Where I Wanna Be. It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart on November 13, 1999, and stayed at number one for eight consecutive weeks... |
Donell Jones Donell Jones Donell Jones is an American R&B singer, songwriter and record producer.He is most notable for the hits "U Know What's Up," "Where I Wanna Be," and his cover of Stevie Wonder's "Knocks Me Off My Feet"... |
| January 8 | Hot Boyz Hot Boyz "Hot Boyz" is the title of a number-one Hip hop/R&B single by rapper Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott featuring Lil' Mo. The remix version of the song was an urban hit featuring Nas, Eve, and Q-Tip... |
Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott Missy Elliott Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one... featuring Nas, Eve Eve (rapper) Eve Jihan Jeffers , is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer and actress. Her first three albums have reached a total of over 8 million albums sold worldwide. She has also achieved success in fashion as she started a clothing line titled "Fetish." She won a Grammy Award in 2002 for the... and Q-Tip Q-Tip (rapper) Kamaal Ibn John Fareed , better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an American hip hop artist, producer, singer, and actor from St. Albans, Queens, New York, part of the critically acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest... |
| January 15 | Hot Boyz | Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott featuring Nas, Eve and Q-Tip |
| January 22 | Hot Boyz | Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott featuring Nas, Eve and Q-Tip |
| January 29 | Hot Boyz | Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott featuring Nas, Eve and Q-Tip |
| February 5 | Get It on Tonite Get it on Tonite "Get It On Tonite" was the lead single released from Montell Jordan's fourth album, Get It On...Tonite. The song was produced by Brian "Lilz" Palmer and Sergio "PLX" Moore, who used a sample of Claudja Barry's 1976 single "Love for the Sake of Love"... |
Montell Jordan Montell Jordan Montell Jordan is a former American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. Jordan became the main solo male artist on its Def Soul imprint until leaving the label in 2003. Of his live performances it is often regarded that he is a rock oriented musician, with Jordan even going as far as to... |
| February 12 | Get It on Tonite | Montell Jordan |
| February 19 | Get It on Tonite | Montell Jordan |
| February 26 | Thank God I Found You Thank God I Found You "Thank God I Found You" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It features guest vocals from R&B singer Joe and American boy band 98 Degrees. Written and produced by Carey along with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the song was released on January 25, 2000, through Columbia... |
Mariah Carey Mariah Carey Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993... featuring Joe Joe (singer) Joseph Lewis Thomas , usually credited simply as Joe, is an American R&B singer and record producer.-Early life:Joe is a native of Cuthbert, Georgia and later moved to Opelika, Alabama. The son of two preachers, Joe spent much time in church singing, playing guitar, and even directing the choir... |
| March 4 | Hot Boyz | Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott featuring Nas, Eve and Q-Tip |
| March 11 | Hot Boyz | Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott featuring Nas, Eve and Q-Tip |
| March 18 | Say My Name Say My Name "Say My Name" is a song by American R&B group Destiny's Child. The song was the third single from the group's 1999 album The Writing's on the Wall, released through Columbia label in 2000 . The single is the most successful of the four releases from the album and is considered to be one of their... |
Destiny's Child Destiny's Child Destiny's Child was an American R&B girl group whose final line-up comprised lead singer Beyoncé Knowles alongside Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. Formed in 1997 in Houston, Texas, Destiny's Child members began their musical endeavors in their pre-teens under the name Girl's Tyme... |
| March 25 | Say My Name | Destiny's Child |
| April 1 | Say My Name | Destiny's Child |
| April 8 | Maria Maria Maria Maria "Maria Maria" is a song by Santana featuring The Product G&B. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for ten weeks on April 8, 2000... |
Santana Carlos Santana Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion... featuring The Product G&B The Product G&B The Product G&B is an R&B duo made up of Sincere and Money Harm . They were associated with Wyclef Jean's The Refugee Camp and managed by Troy Moet... |
| April 15 | Maria Maria | Santana featuring The Product G&B |
| April 22 | Maria Maria | Santana featuring The Product G&B |
| April 29 | He Wasn't Man Enough He Wasn't Man Enough "He Wasn't Man Enough" is a song from American R&B recording artist and songwriter Toni Braxton, and was released as the lead single from her third studio album, The Heat . The song was released on March 7, 200 by LaFace Records. The song was produced by Rodney 'Darkchild' Jenkins. "He Wasn't Man... |
Toni Braxton Toni Braxton Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide... |
| May 6 | He Wasn't Man Enough | Toni Braxton |
| May 13 | He Wasn't Man Enough | Toni Braxton |
| May 20 | He Wasn't Man Enough | Toni Braxton |
| May 27 | I Wish I Wish (Carl Thomas song) I Wish is the title of a number-one R&B single by singer Carl Thomas. The hit song spent six weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart and also peaked at number twenty on the pop charts.-Remixes:... |
Carl Thomas |
| June 3 | I Wish | Carl Thomas |
| June 10 | I Wish | Carl Thomas |
| June 17 | I Wish | Carl Thomas |
| June 24 | I Wish | Carl Thomas |
| July 1 | I Wish | Carl Thomas |
| July 8 | Separated Separated (song) "Separated" is an R&B song recorded by Avant for the album My Thoughts. It was released as the album's first single. It spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart and reached #23 on the pop chart.The remix features Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child.... |
Avant Avant Myron Avant , better known as Avant is an American R&B singer-songwriter. He is best known for hits such as "Separated" , "My First Love," which one version features KeKe Wyatt, and "Read Your Mind"... |
| July 15 | Let's Get Married | Jagged Edge Jagged Edge (band) Jagged Edge is an American R&B group, with the lead singers, Brandon & Brian, born in Hartford, CT on October 13, 1975, Kyle Norman of Decatur, GA born on February 26,1976 and Richard Wingo of College Park, GA born on September 3, 1975. Wingo was a late addition to the group, added after Kandi... |
| July 22 | Let's Get Married | Jagged Edge |
| July 29 | Let's Get Married | Jagged Edge |
| August 5 | Incomplete Incomplete (Sisqó song) "Incomplete" is a 2000 number-one single recorded by Sisqó for Def Soul Records. Written by Def Soul artist Montell Jordan and Anthony "Shep" Crawford, and produced by Crawford, the song was Sisqó's biggest solo single, and his only number-one hit... |
Sisqó Sisqó Mark Durrell Andrews , known by his stage name Sisqó, is an American R&B singer and actor. He is best known as the lead singer of R&B group Dru Hill, and also for "Thong Song", a song from his first solo LP, Unleash the Dragon, that became an international hit. - Biography :Sisqó was born Mark... |
| August 12 | Incomplete | Sisqó |
| August 19 | Incomplete | Sisqó |
| August 26 | Incomplete | Sisqó |
| September 2 | No More | Ruff Endz Ruff Endz Ruff Endz is an American R&B duo, consisting of members David "Davinch" Chance and Dante "Chi" Jordan from Baltimore, Maryland. They are best known for their hit songs "No More" and "Someone to Love You". Originally part of a quartet, the two left the group in 1994 to form the duo.-Biography:They... |
| September 9 | Wifey | Next Next (band) Next is an American R&B musical group, popular during the late 1990s. They are best known for their hit singles "Too Close" and "Wifey".-History:... |
| September 16 | Bounce with Me Bounce With Me "Bounce with Me" is a hip hop-R&B single by American rapper Lil' Bow Wow and features former So So Def Recordings girl group Xscape. It is the first single from Bow Wow's album Beware of Dog. The single spent one week at number one on the U.S. Rap Chart and number twenty on Billboard Hot 100... |
Lil Bow Wow featuring Xscape Xscape (band) Xscape, was a female American R&B group that originally started out as a quintet and then became a quartet. The group had a string of hit songs during the 1990s... |
| September 23 | Incomplete | Sisqó |
| September 30 | Liar Liar (Profyle song) "Liar" is the title of a number-one R&B single by group Profyle. The hit song spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number fourteen on the US Pop chart.... |
Profyle Profyle Profyle was an American R&B group, best known for their one major hit, "Liar", produced by Teddy Riley. The video for "Liar" was a staple of MTV2 and BET in the fall of 2000.Signed to Motown Records they had two albums... |
| October 7 | Bag Lady Bag Lady "Bag Lady" is the first single from singer Erykah Badu's 2000 album Mama's Gun. The song is about a woman trying to begin anew in a relationship, but who has too much emotional "baggage" and can't get close to people. The message of the song is to "pack light" and have hope for the future... |
Erykah Badu Erykah Badu Erica Abi Wright , better known by her stage name Erykah Badu , is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Her work includes elements from R&B, hip hop and jazz. She is best known for her role in the rise of the neo soul sub-genre, and for her eccentric, cerebral musical... |
| October 14 | Bag Lady | Erykah Badu |
| October 14 | Bag Lady | Erykah Badu |
| October 21 | Bag Lady | Erykah Badu |
| October 28 | Bag Lady | Erykah Badu |
| November 4 | Bag Lady | Erykah Badu |
| November 11 | Bag Lady | Erykah Badu |
| November 18 | I Wish I Wish (R. Kelly song) "I Wish" is an R&B song recorded by R. Kelly for the album TP-2.com. It was released as the album's first single. It spent three weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number fourteen on the US pop chart... |
R. Kelly R. Kelly Robert Sylvester Kelly , better known by his stage name R. Kelly, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. A native of Chicago, Kelly began performing during the late 1980s and debuted in 1992 with the group Public Announcement. In 1993, Kelly went solo with the album 12 Play... |
| November 25 | I Wish | R. Kelly |
| December 2 | I Wish | R. Kelly |
| December 9 | I Just Wanna Luv U (Give It 2 Me) | Jay-Z Jay-Z Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010... |
| December 16 | Ms. Jackson Ms. Jackson "Ms. Jackson" is a song by OutKast and the second single from their fourth album Stankonia. It topped the U.S. charts for the week of February 17, 2001, and won a 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. It also reached number one in Germany and number two in the United... |
OutKast OutKast Outkast is an American hip hop duo based in East Point, Georgia, consisting of Atlanta native André "André 3000" Benjamin and Savannah, Georgia-born Antwan "Big Boi" Patton. They were originally known as Two Shades Deep but later changed the group's name to OutKast... |
| December 23 | Independent Women Part I Independent Women Part I "Independent Women" is a song by American girl group Destiny's Child. The song first appeared as the soundtrack to the 2000 film adaption of Charlie's Angels, and later included in the group's third studio album, Survivor... |
Destiny's Child |
| December 30 | Independent Women Part I | Destiny's Child |