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Genre
instrumental soul
Parent Genre: R&B

Top artists of instrumental soul genre

Booker T. & the M.G.'s
The Meters
The Budos Band
El Michels Affair
Ramsey Lewis
The Quantic Soul Orchestra
Young-Holt Unlimited
MFSB
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Similar Genres to instrumental soul

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A look at the history of instrumental soul

Lists of instrumental soul songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view its songs.

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instrumental soul playlist created by Chosic

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List of instrumental soul artists

Here is a list of instrumental soul artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the instrumental soul genre. You can find out what instrumental 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
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
60 75 66 37 32 59 129 184830
2
The Meters
52 41 66 54 29 67 118 239034
3
The Budos Band
50 86 63 78 5 76 101 154033
4
El Michels Affair
50 52 60 54 28 37 117 141512
5
Ramsey Lewis
47 52 63 57 40 55 111 84487
6
The Quantic Soul Orchestra
42 45 71 83 8 78 115 56526
7
Young-Holt Unlimited
41 40 66 51 48 75 101 12876
8
MFSB
41 52 64 72 16 70 115 69031
9
Booker T. Jones
35 29 65 74 14 83 113 17823
10
Eddie Harris
35 20 59 38 61 57 134 30606
11
Willie Mitchell
33 84 71 58 50 84 126 14096
12
The Mar-Keys
33 66 82 49 43 89 112 25876
13
Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm
32 19 55 66 69 84 128 6416
14
David Axelrod
32 50 39 43 28 42 120 30658
15
Richard "Groove" Holmes
29 70 63 60 52 73 125 15238
16
Cliff Nobles
28 52 69 68 16 84 124 1648
17
Lefties Soul Connection
28 67 58 90 2 90 116 12317
18
The Rugged Nuggets
28 89 61 69 47 73 117 1728
19
Dennis Coffey
26 63 65 67 21 75 117 11936
20
Mickey & The Soul Generation
22 50 65 76 34 76 114 2437
21
The Soul Searchers
22 19 71 85 22 90 124 4223
22
Chocolate Snow
18 41 52 53 36 67 144 553
23
Soul Partners
16 10 60 65 26 66 116 110
24
Billy Larkin & The Delegates
14 52 63 56 57 69 131 1197
25
Alvin Cash
10 32 69 52 29 83 121 507
26
Eddie Ray
10 22 54 72 31 61 122 845
27
The Soulful Strings
9 59 60 45 47 69 122 531
28
Jesus Acosta & The Professionals
7 88 69 80 11 92 132 120
29
Deep Heat
6 38 51 87 37 76 113 283
30
Los Nombres
5 23 46 66 29 79 125 209
31
Black Sunshine
4 9 42 87 1 47 138 1125
32
The Fabulous Rhythm Makers
4 88 65 83 28 63 125 31
33
Harmonic Sounds Band
4 93 68 69 49 82 108 109
34
Elijah & The Ebonites
4 5 62 81 12 89 114 259
35
The Knights
3 44 63 64 14 69 107 100
36
OFS Unlimited
3 46 58 89 5 64 115 147
37
The Exceptional Three
3 35 60 54 25 66 121 112
38
Louis Chachere
2 79 56 64 23 69 112 49
39
L. Daniels
2 89 39 81 0 61 128 74
40
Three Days Ahead
1 41 62 72 40 67 100 49
41
Deep City Band
1 56 63 81 19 90 93 60
42
Suspicious Can Openers
1 88 57 57 46 86 98 31
43
Capsoul Group
1 90 53 58 1 71 112 32
44
John Smart's Band
1 89 53 53 0 84 154 24
45
Schiller Street Gang
1 5 71 52 30 69 90 40
46
Bobby Owens & the Diplomats
1 71 75 70 36 92 127 73
47
The Seven Sounds
0 47 49 69 42 51 132 13
48
Sonny Carter
0 11 52 49 33 57 128 8
49
E. Rodney Jones
0 17 52 56 63 66 104 40
50
The Strolls
0 71 64 65 89 90 114 1
51
Sidney Pinchback & Schiller Street Gang
0 16 67 72 1 67 108 28