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Class Of

One year. Countless classics. Revisiting the R&B and urban music hits, albums and unforgettable records that defined each generation.
Collage of mid-2000s R&B and pop single and album covers
The Class of 2006 · Turning 20

The Class of 2006: “the R&B and rap #1s turning 20”

Beyoncé twice, Ne-Yo and Rihanna's first, Sean Paul's dancehall takeover: the records that ran the Hot 100 twenty years ago.

RNBEATS0 cover: The Class of 2001, over a still from Alicia Keys' Fallin' video
The Class of 2001 · Turning 25

The Class of 2001: “the R&B #1s turning 25”

Janet's longest run, Usher twice, Alicia's debut, Mary's first: the R&B records that ran the Hot 100 a quarter-century ago.