chicago soul playlist created by Chosic

Enjoy this playlist of popular chicago soul music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.

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Top artists of chicago soul genre

The Emotions
Curtis Mayfield
Jackie Wilson
Donny Hathaway
The Staple Singers
Fontella Bass
The Five Stairsteps
The Impressions
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List of chicago soul artists

Here is a list of chicago soul artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the chicago soul genre. You can find out what chicago soul genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

                                                                                     
#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
The Emotions
65 2 72 53 33 86 118 454790
2
Curtis Mayfield
64 7 63 71 31 78 117 915062
3
Jackie Wilson
64 0 58 59 44 80 118 365457
4
Donny Hathaway
62 2 54 49 52 51 102 471351
5
The Staple Singers
60 3 68 51 33 72 97 272925
6
Fontella Bass
55 0 60 51 56 76 109 30574
7
The Five Stairsteps
54 0 43 58 36 62 116 63424
8
The Impressions
54 5 56 48 57 54 112 222546
9
The Chi-Lites
50 0 59 55 45 69 124 449347
10
Betty Everett
48 8 58 47 71 79 111 23093
11
Billy Stewart
48 9 58 63 61 70 118 71661
12
Syl Johnson
47 1 69 52 32 72 100 36094
13
Gene Chandler
46 0 54 39 53 62 125 65026
14
Tyrone Davis
46 2 68 53 31 70 107 141535
15
The Dells
45 8 40 46 45 51 134 218392
16
Jerry Butler
43 0 41 41 63 56 123 125886
17
Willie Clayton
39 0 63 63 36 67 139 50727
18
Otis Clay
39 6 64 59 49 68 111 21267
19
Leroy Hutson
39 1 61 61 25 69 95 28754
20
Mel & Tim
37 1 61 57 41 77 129 9338
21
Barbara Acklin
36 4 65 66 46 85 117 6828
22
Major Lance
35 0 73 56 52 89 121 22486
23
Lovelites
34 0 49 63 33 81 128 3309
24
Dee Clark
32 0 64 49 47 79 111 11643
25
Garland Green
29 0 63 61 28 78 126 3477
26
Mitty Collier
29 0 52 54 46 68 120 6052
27
Laura Lee
28 0 48 44 33 64 142 6523
28
Brighter Side of Darkness
27 0 45 48 71 56 143 3664
29
McKinley Mitchell
26 5 44 57 49 64 148 1174
30
The Vibrations
26 3 61 62 42 80 121 4513
31
Billy Butler
26 24 63 49 62 80 120 4182
32
The Radiants
24 0 53 56 52 79 135 1151
33
The Artistics
23 0 56 54 54 86 135 4070
34
Walter Jackson
23 0 51 55 48 65 106 3590
35
Jackie Ross
22 0 59 54 43 76 118 2590
36
The Esquires
21 9 54 42 65 75 130 980
37
Jan Bradley
19 25 74 48 74 90 112 397
38
The Marvelows
14 0 48 52 80 78 140 286
39
Alvin Cash
13 41 69 53 35 86 123 476
40
The Five Du-Tones
11 1 50 77 56 62 99 315
41
Harold Burrage
9 0 64 58 51 85 123 279
42
Holly Maxwell
9 0 59 54 74 73 105 95
43
Otis Leavill
5 0 59 53 51 86 110 108