D’Angelo’s Biggest Billboard Chart Hits: ‘Lady,’ ‘Untitled’ & More

Despite a shorter songbook than galore of his peers, D’Angelo enshrined a highly regarded, quality-rich discography into the R&B catalog.

The Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and producer, who died Tuesday (Oct. 14) astatine property 51, joined contemporaries including Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill and Maxwell astatine the forefront of the neo-soul movement, which focused connected recapturing live, heavy instrumentation, affluent songwriting and weighted, passionate transportation successful the vein of its nominal predecessor. With the acts’ ascent successful nationalist and planetary prominence, neo-soul joined caller jack swing, the quiet-storm ballads and hip-hop-inspired samples and collaborations arsenic cardinal pillars of the 1990s R&B canon.

D’Angelo, calved Michael Archer, made his Billboard illustration breakthrough successful 1994 arsenic a co-writer and co-producer of the Jason’s Lyric soundtrack chopped “U Will Know.” The azygous was performed by B.M.U. oregon Black Men United, a one-time corporate that included Boyz II Men, Brian McKnight, and Usher, and reached No. 5 connected the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs illustration and No. 28 connected the Billboard Hot 100.

Two years later, helium arrived arsenic a solo performer with “Brown Sugar,” different No. 5 occurrence connected the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs illustration and a No. 27 Hot 100 hit. The track’s genitor medium of the aforesaid name, meanwhile, exceeded the song’s highs — pushing to a No. 4 champion connected Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and No. 22 connected the Billboard 200 — connected the spot of 3rd azygous “Lady,” his sole apical 10 Hot 100 deed (No. 10).

His commercialized mightiness peaked with 2000’s Voodoo, which opened astatine No. 1 connected some the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The Prince-like pb azygous “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” raced to No. 2 connected Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, fueled by large vigor enactment and its steamy, sensual euphony video that features the shirtless vocalist performing the way direct-to-camera successful a astir unbroken edit. To complement the illustration wins, Voodoo won a Grammy Award for champion R&B medium and “Untitled” took the prize for champion antheral R&B vocal performance.

Following a astir 15-year-hiatus, a clip marked by idiosyncratic issues and reduced philharmonic activity, mostly constricted to occasional touring and features, D’Angelo returned with his 3rd album, Black Messiah, successful 2014. It introduced the last Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs illustration deed successful his lifetime, the No. 43-peaking “Really Love.”

As fans and manufacture associates retrieve and bespeak connected D’Angelo’s philharmonic legacy, here’s a countdown reappraisal of his 10 biggest hits connected the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

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