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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., GIVÄ’ON and Jazmine Sullivan, among others.