See related stories at bottom for links to playlists 1-8.
R&B playlist #9 goes full-on purple with a generous serving of
Prince, not to mention
Rick James,
The Time and a lot more.
Janet Jackson,
Mary J. Blige,
Bobby Brown and other '80s chart-toppers dominate #10.
Neo-soul giants
Erykah Badu,
D'Angelo and
Lauryn Hill kick off playlist #11, leading to
Alicia Keys,
Usher,
Beyoncé,
Rihanna and other genre leaders of the millennium and beyond.
Our final playlist features some of the biggest hitters of the new school: The Weeknd, Summer Walker, SZA, H.E.R., GIVĒON and Jazmine Sullivan, among others.
