For the preliminary round, rank your top 5 artists in this genre from 1-5. The top 8 will advance to the next round. Here are the 32 artists in this genre, Contemporary R&B...


CONTEMPORARY R&B
Aaliyah
Alicia Keys
Amerie
Babyface
BlackSTREET
Bobby Brown
Boyz II Men
Corinne Bailey Rae
Craig David
D'Angelo
Destinys Child
En Vogue
Erykah Badu
Guy
India.Arie
Janelle Monae
Janet Jackson
Jodeci
John Legend
Keith Sweat
Luther Vandross
Macy Gray
Mary J. Blige
Maxwell
Michael Jackson
Montell Jordan
N.E.R.D.
Nenah Cherry
R. Kelly
Raphael Saadiq
Sade
Soul II Soul

1. Janelle Monae
2. John Legend
3. Sade
4. Michael Jackson
5. Raphael Saadiq

1. Michael Jackson
2. Janelle Monae
3. D'Angelo
4. Erykah Badu
5. R. Kelly

I guess I'm not too big on Contemporary R&B. Of these artists, only Michael Jackson and Janelle Monae would make my top 200 artists of all time.

1. Janet Jackson
2. Michael Jackson
3. R. Kelly
4. Nenah Cherry
5. Boyz II Men

Not a favourite genre of mine,however:
1.Michael Jackson
2.Janet Jackson
3.N.E.R.D.
4.Aaliyah
5.Sade

1. Janelle Monae
2. Erykah Badu
3. Michael Jackson
4. Raphael Saadiq
5. Alicia Keys

1. Michael Jackson
2. Janet Jackon
3. Janelle Monae
4. Sade
5. Alicia Keys

1. Michael Jackson
2. Sade
3. Erykah Badu
4. Neneh Cherry
5. Aaliyah

1 Michael Jackson
2 Raphael Saadiq
3 Janelle Monae
4 John Legend

I don't find 5 artist to love in this list ;-)

1. Michael Jackson
2. J Monae
3. R Saadiq
4. E Baduh
5. D'Angelo

1) Michael Jackson
2) N.E.R.D.
3) Janelle Monae
4) Erykah Badu
5) Aaliyah

1. Michael Jackson
2. D'Angelo
3. Janelle Monae
4. Sade
5. John Legend

1. Michael Jackson
2. Janelle Monae
3. Janet Jackson
4. Sade
5. N.E.R.D.

Thanks!

1. Michael Jackson
2. Alicia Keys
3. Miss Jackson (if you're Nasty)
4. Density's Child :)
5. En Vogue

and now it's time for a breakdown...

1. Raphael Saadiq
2. Janelle Monae
3. Boyz II Men
4. Destinys Child
5. Janet Jackson

1. Michael Jackson
2. Raphael Saadiq
3. D'Angelo
4. Janet Jackson
5. Janelle Monae