| Cover | | Date
  | Title
Album | Points
| US
peak | UK
peak | US
AC
peak | US
dance
peak | US
R&B
peak | Comment |
|---|
 | 1. | 10/1978 | | 137
 | 21
US | 11
UK | | 30
dance | ✫1
R&B | [artist #2 hit]
[Warner 8683]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson |
| 2. | 1979 | | 2
| | | | | 40
R&B | [Warner 8740]
written by Gavin Christopher |
| 3. | 1980 | | 2
| | | | | 48
R&B | [Warner 49571]
written by Anderson, Chase, Haberman & Jacobson |
| 4. | 1980 | | 8
| | | | 31
dance | 22
R&B | charted as Clouds / Papillon (Aka Hot Butterfly) in US dance charts
[Warner 49256]
written by Gregg Diamond |
| 5. | 05/1980 | | 15
| 103
US | | | 31
dance | 10
R&B | charted as Clouds / Papillon (Aka Hot Butterfly) in US dance charts
[Warner 49216]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson |
| 6. | 1981 | | 1
| | | | | 68
R&B | [Warner 49804]
written by Andy Fraser, Danny Ironstone, Alfred McCrary & Linda McCrary |
 | 7. | 1981 | | 8
| | | | 22
dance | 34
R&B | charted as What Cha' Gonna Do for Me / I Know You, I Like You / We Can Work It Out in US dance charts
[Warner 49759]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
| 8. | 05/1981 | | 39
| 53
US | | | 22
dance | ✫1
R&B | charted as What Cha' Gonna Do for Me / I Know You, I Like You / We Can Work It Out in US dance charts
[Warner 49692]
written by Ned Doheny & Hamish Stuart |
| 9. | 1982 | | 6
| | | | 26
dance | 48
R&B | [Warner 29745]
written by Bunny Sigler & Jane Lumibao |
 | 10. | 01/1983 | | 22
| 67
US | | | | 5
R&B | [Warner 29881]
written by Elliot Willensky |
|
 | 11. | 09/1984 | | 300
| 3
US | ✫1
UK | | ✫1
dance | ✫1
R&B | [artist #1 hit]
featuring Stevie Wonder & Grandmaster Melle Mel
[Warner 29195]
written by Prince |
| 12. | 01/1985 | | 75
| 60
US | 14
UK | | ✫1
dance | 11
R&B | [artist #3 hit]
[Warner 29098]
written by Mic Murphy & David Frank |
| 13. | 04/1985 | | 39
| | 16
UK | | | | written by Freeman, Sembello, Sembello & Sembello |
| 14. | 04/1985 | | 29
| 60
US | 77
UK | 16
AC | | 15
R&B | co-produced by David Foster
[Warner 29025]
written by David Foster, Tom Keane & Cynthia Weil |
| 15. | 10/1985 | | 13
| | 80
UK | | 30
dance | 18
R&B | [Warner 28923]
written by Charlie Midnight & Dan Hartman |
| 16. | 12/1985 | | 11
| 57
US | | | | 66
R&B | [MCA 52730]
written by Franne Golde, Mary Lauria & Marti Sharron (as Marty Sharron) |
| 17. | 1986 | | 1
| | | | | 93
R&B | written by Joshua Fried, Reggie Griffin, Arif Mardin, Charlie Singleton & Jeremy Wolff |
| 18. | 1986 | | 1
| | | | | 81
R&B | [Atlantic 89449]
written by B. A. Robertson & Mike Rutherford |
| 19. | 1986 | | 3
| | | | | 28
R&B | [Warner 28576]
written by Bunny Sigler & Marvin Morrow |
| 20. | 07/1986 | | 31
| 53
US | 52
UK | | 11
dance | 21
R&B | [Warner 28671]
written by David Gamson & Green Gartside |
| 21. | 1988 | | 8
| | | | | 12
R&B | written by Holly Knight & Billy Steinberg |
| 22. | 01/1989 | | 19
| | 71
UK | | | 5
R&B | [Warner 27678]
written by Womack & Womack |
| 23. | 05/1989 | | 60
| | 8
UK | | | | [artist #5 hit]
[R]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson |
| 24. | 09/1989 | | 18
| | | | ✫1
dance | | |
 | 25. | 10/1989 | | 10
| | 45
UK | | | | [R]
written by Prince |
| 26. | 1992 | | 2
| | | | | 62
R&B | [Warner 18699]
written by Donald D. Bowden, Janice Dempsey & James McKinney |
| 27. | 1992 | | 11
| | | | | 8
R&B | written by Braithwaite & Goodman |
| 28. | 03/1992 | | 61
| 68
US | 49
UK | | ✫1
dance | 2
R&B | [artist #4 hit]
[Warner 18987]
written by Klarmann & Weber |
| 29. | 07/1993 | | 6
| | 73
UK | | | | written by Diane Warren |
| 30. | 1996 | | 1
| | | | | 66
R&B | [R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[from the movie Waiting to Exhale]
[Arista album cut] |
| 31. | 11/1996 | | 33
| 102
US | 59
UK | | ✫1
dance | 36
R&B | featuring Me'shell Ndegéocello
[Reprise 17503]
written by Gerry DeVeaux & Charlie Mole |
| 32. | 08/2004 | | 5
| | 80
UK | | | | written by Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson & David Wolinski (as Hawk Wolinski) |
| 33. | 2007 | | 1
| | | | | 63
R&B | featuring Michael McDonald
[Burgundy album cut] |
| 34. | 10/2007 | | 7
| 121
US | | | | 26
R&B | [Burgundy album cut] |
| 35. | 10/2007 | | 20
| | | | ✫1
dance | | |
| 36. | 2008 | | 3
| | | | | 35
R&B | [Burgundy album cut] |
| Top 100 hits | 9 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 29 | |
| Top 40 hits | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 20 | |
| Top 10 hits | 1 | 2 | | 6 | 8 | |
| ✫ #1 hits | | 1 | | 6 | 3 | |
| US | UK | AC | dance | R&B | |
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