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Best R&B Break-Up Songs

By Mark Edward Nero, About.com

If: your significant other has just broken up with you and you're looking for music that expresses your miserable mood; you're the person ready to call it quits in a relationship and are looking for inspiration, or; you just like music about people being kicked to the curb, then check out this list of some of the best R&B break-up songs ever.

"Cry Me A River," Justin Timberlake

Cover © Jive Records.
This song can be found on J.T.'s debut album, Justified.
"The damage is done, so I guess I'll be leaving."

"So Sick," Ne-Yo

Image © Def Jam.
It doesn't get more real than not changing your answering machine message so that you can still hear the voice of the person who broke your heart.

"Used to Love U," John Legend

Image © Sony Music.
The best song ever for breaking up with someone who has champagne tastes but a lite beer budget.

"Goodbye," Lyfe Jennings

Cover © Sony/Columbia.
"Because sometimes breakin' up is easier than makin' up."
This song is on Lyfe's second album, The Phoenix, which was released in 2006.

"Not Gon' Cry," Mary J. Blige

This is the song that began Mary J.'s push away from Hip-Hop and toward traditional R&B.

"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart," Al Green

This is the kind of song that you want to listen to while drowning your sorrows in a bottle of scotch.

"Unbreak My Heart," Toni Braxton

Sorrow never sounded as good as when Toni sang it on this song.

"Killing Me Softly," Roberta Flack

Not even a version of this song by Lauryn Hill and the Fugees could erase from people's mind's Roberta Flack's sorrowful tale of heartbreak.

"Ex-Factor," Lauryn Hill

"Ex-Factor" is like a modern-day "Killing Me Softly."

"Tyrone," Erykah Badu

Maybe the funniest-ever kiss-off to a triflin' man.

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