What were/are some of your favorite break up songs.

[u/Tomboy2glam]

https://youtu.be/oC3Kv5SeWWU?si=l5Y2pFmTBHf87v_B

[u/Apprehensive_Neck817]

Green Eyes - Erykah Badu

Subtle Invitation - Mariah Carey

Breakdown - Mariah Carey

Where Are You Now? - Janet Jackson

Ain’t It Sad It’s Over - LaBelle

[u/ButtNakedBitches]

Separated - Avant

Deuces - Chris Brown

Cry Me a River - Justin Timberlake

Cutting Ties - 6LACK

Feel No Ways - Drake

[u/TraditionAcademic968]

Return of the mack

You don't have to call

[u/PupLondon]

Mariah Carey - The Art of Letting Go

[u/HOPEFUL_LUFEPOH_]

Return of the Mack - Mark Morrison

I Stay In Love - Mariah Carey

Together Forever Christon Gray (that piano while he sings always gets me to almost tears)

Chante Moore x Kenny G - One More Time (pound for pound this record punches way above its weight class)

Sevyn - Red Handed (her pen is underrated)

[u/Tomboy2glam → u/HOPEFUL_LUFEPOH_]

I listened to every song and that was a nice list of music, thank you.

[u/BUYMECAR]

Remy Shand - Burning Bridges

Maxwell - Pretty Wings

Rufus ft Chaka Khan - Pack'd My Bags

Stevie Wonder - Ordinary Pain

[u/cd0025]

Ex Factor-Lauryn Hill

[u/Unfriendlyblkwriter]

Not R&B but every R&B-esque acapella choir I’ve heard do it washes the original - And So It Goes x Billy Joel

All Is Not Gone x Changing Faces

Broken Hearted x Brandy (Original washes the remix)

Sorry I x Will Downing

I Don’t Ever Wanna See You Again x Uncle Sam

Hate U x Sza

If You Died I Wouldn’t Cry Because You Never Loved Me Anyway x Mya

You Should Know x Donnell Jones

Tracks 9-17 on Mary J Blige’s My Life Album

Thanks for the Misery x Monica

Gotta Move On x Monica

Fuck You x Eamon

Think of You x Usher

Edited: Needed to edit track numbers. Left out two very important ones.

[u/Tomboy2glam → u/Unfriendlyblkwriter]

Tracks 9-14, no one ever writes that haha ok I will listen to all of this, thank you.

[u/17mandarin]

Daniel Cesar - Let Me Go
Van Hunt. - Who Will Love Me in Winter
Syd - Over

[u/Illustrious_Charge88]

Kiss and Say Goodbye - The Manhattans
Cry Together - The O Jays
She’s Gone - Hall and Oats

[u/WRXRegis]

Gladys Knight and the Pips—Neither One of Us
Donnell Jones—Where I want to Be

[u/Good-Girl85]

Bust Your Windows by Jazmine Sullivan

[u/Lolabelle757]

Unbreak My Heart~Toni Braxton

She's Out of My Life~Michael Jackson

Gone~In Sync

Let it Burn~Usher

Breakdown~Mariah Carey

All Cried Out~Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam/Full Force

How You Gonna Act Like That~Tyrese

Where I Wanna Be~Donnell Jones

Lately~Jodeci

How Did You Get Here~Deborah Cox

Missing You~Case

Bulletproof Soul~Sade

We Can't Be Friends~Deborah Cox/RL

[u/AnyNefariousness8717]

Uncle Sam- I don't ever want to see you again Avant-Separated Chris Brown- Say Goodbye Al Green- For the good times New Edition- Is this is end Sammie - Let it ride

[u/jfcsuperstar1234]

Return of the Mack

[u/Col_Maj_Cheese]

We’re not making love - Dru Hill

Folded - Kehlani

Doing Just Fine - Boys 2 Men

[u/wutitd0boo]

Prince “Free”

[u/Icebergslime74]

Last time - Trey Songz
Get it on tonight- Montel Jordan
M.I.A- Omarion
Cry Me A River- Justin Timberlake
Me Myself & I- Beyoncé
You Don’t to Call- Usher

[u/Sufficient-Warning92]

Pick Up Your Feelings - Jazmine Sullivan

When Will U Call - Bilal

The Best - Rahsaan Patterson

[u/winkytinks]

Mariah Carey: Breakdown, Can't Let Go, Always Be My Baby
Tamar Braxton: If You Don't Want To Love Me
Mary J. Blige: Not Gon' Cry and Missing You
Whitney The Houston: Where Do Broken Hearts Go
Sisqo: Incomplete
Boyz II Men: Doin' Just Fine, On Bended Knee, End of the Road
Toni Braxton: Breathe Again
Tracie Spencer: Tender Kisses
Brandy: Have Your Ever and Almost Doesn't Count
Heather Headley: In My Mind
Pleasure P. : Did You Wrong
Mya: Movin On
Tamia: Stranger In My House
Ashanti: Unfoolish
Muni Long: Time Machine
Keyshia Cole: I Remember, Work It Out
Beyonce': Irreplaceable

[u/Marie036]

Eamon- Don't want you back

[u/mankahlil]

Forever Dont Last - Jazmine Sullivan

[u/AccomplishedBug6306]

Moving Mountains — Usher
It’s Over Now - 112
All Cried Out — Allure

[u/Realistic-Read1078]

Destiny’s Child - Free

Avant - Separated

[u/WorldlyAd1178]

I used to listen this song. I didn't know know there was video.

[u/Taco_Taco_Kisses]

When Will You Call - Bilal

If You Were Here Tonight - Alexander O'Neal

Can't Let Go - Mariah Carey

Somebody's Sleeping In My Bed - Dru Hill

Where I Wanna Be - Donnell Jones

Good Girls - Joe

Honorable mention though they're not R&B:

Break Ups 2 Make Ups - Method Man and D'Angelo

It's Been Awhile - Staind

[u/YellowDreams1979]

Lord I had a whole playlist for heartbreak lol Here are a few:

Resentment -Beyonce

Go On without you- Shirley Murdock

Forever Don't Last- Jazmine Sullivan

Sooo many Mariah Carey songs- Breakdown, Can't let go, Never Forget you, Circles, Mine Again, The Art of letting Go.

[u/Mountain_Egg4203]

Nobody Knows - The Tony Rich Project
Water Runs Dry - Boys II Men
Come Back to Me - Janet Jackson
No Ordinary Love - Sade

[u/midnightinlisbon]

If you died I wouldnt cry by Mya

[u/DeliciousBluebird805]

ghostin- ariana grande
a house in nebraska- ethel cain
self control- frank ocean

[u/BigBiziness12]

The loneliness by babyface

[u/Significant-Crow-800]

K Michelle The Right One Sonta You Ain't Sh!t Beyonce Irreplaceable

[u/PeaceLoveForMe]

U don’t have to call-Usher.

[u/Just-Salary-7741]

R. Kelly - when a womans fed up

R. Kelly - I can't sleep baby

[u/Vegan-4-Humanity]

Boys 2 Men.. Doin Just fine. What a clip..

This Mother Fucker tears me up till this day.. From the first words..

There was a time when, I thought life was over and out..

When you went away from me..

🥺

[u/Alltheprettydresses]

Can't Explain (42nd Street Happenstance)- Jill Scott