RnB · 2000s

RnB loudness in the 2000s

-10.2 Median integrated LUFS
-19.9 to -7.6 Range
42 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-20 to -19 LUFS: 2 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 2 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 7 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 3 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 1 track-15 to -14 LUFS: 1 track-14 to -13 LUFS: 0 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 0 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 0 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 7 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 10 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 6 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 3 tracks -20 LUFS -14 LUFS -7 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

9 to 10 DR: 1 track10 to 11 DR: 2 tracks11 to 12 DR: 10 tracks12 to 13 DR: 8 tracks13 to 14 DR: 4 tracks14 to 15 DR: 1 track15 to 16 DR: 2 tracks16 to 17 DR: 8 tracks17 to 18 DR: 3 tracks18 to 19 DR: 2 tracks19 to 20 DR: 0 tracks20 to 21 DR: 1 track 9 DR 15 DR 21 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Fill Me In Pt. 2
Craig David
-7.6 LUFS
Quietest: Let's Go Get Stoned
Ray Charles
-19.9 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Doug Sax
n=16 · median -17.3 LUFS
Dick Beetham
n=14 · median -9.7 LUFS
Chaz Harper
n=12 · median -8.8 LUFS

Other decades

← RnB in the 1990s

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 42 measured tracks, not a survey of every RnB release from the 2000s.