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rock,french rock,new rave,indietronica,romanian pop,french reggae,popping,miami hip hop,jazz piano,dmv rap,straight-ahead jazz,modern alternative rock,indie anthem-folk,jazz boom bap,gauze pop,dutch americana,diva house,experimental pop,viral pop,german reggae,abstract beats,vapor soul,jazz guitar,scandinavian r&b,heartland rock,new americana,deep funk,lilith,soul flow,gospel r&b,bassline,rap latina,hollywood,new orleans funk,indie cafe pop,soul blues,philly rap,country rock,metropopolis,swedish electropop,shimmer pop,new orleans jazz,dutch jazz,bass trip,nouvelle chanson francaise,dutch singer-songwriter,jam band,bmore,electra,synthpop,synth funk,shiver pop,azonto,japanese jazz,deep rai,rock steady,afro house,montreal indie,hamburg hip hop,swedish soul,french indie folk,folk,native american contemporary,funk rock,bronx hip hop,jazztronica,singer-songwriter,cincinnati rap,minimal tech house,uk garage,australian r&b,modern blues rock,west coast rap,swedish jazz,german alternative 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soul,reggae maghreb,transpop,bath indie,indie garage rock,latin soundtrack,latinx alternative,cuban alternative,swiss rock,canadian hip hop,jazz vibraphone,garage house,classical soprano,bayerischer rap,shimmer psych,harlem hip hop,german indie,indie poptimism,free jazz,alternative americana,roots rock,ethio-jazz,francoton,classical tenor,mississippi hip hop,groove room,aarhus indie,chicago indie,rock-and-roll,norwegian jazz,uk alternative hip hop,eurodance,cartoon,german jazz,nu-cumbia,brazilian reggae,dutch cabaret,bedroom pop,pop edm,japanese jazz fusion,big beat,instrumental rock,double drumming,belgian indie rock,modern reggae,dutch indie rock,ai,israeli jazz,fort worth indie,substep,griot,bergen indie,canadian electropop,britpop,bay area indie,grimewave,french shoegaze,psychedelic rock,tribal house,electro-pop francais,south african house,chattanooga indie,float house,classic canadian rock,deep soul house,british orchestra,australian hip hop,indiana hip hop,industrial hip 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List of neo soul artists

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

#	name	Popularity	instrumentalness	danceability	energy	acousticness	Happiness	tempo	followers
1	Frank Ocean	84	5	57	46	51	41	112	11158944
2	Alicia Keys	78	3	54	54	39	39	116	10748947
3	Anderson .Paak	78	10	70	68	17	60	114	2351897
4	John Legend	76	2	53	56	44	43	114	6488447
5	Amy Winehouse	75	1	60	54	34	49	115	8422909
6	Marvin Gaye	74	7	60	61	36	70	121	5013430
7	Leon Bridges	72	1	61	50	42	51	114	1530721
8	Missy Elliott	72	5	82	66	21	62	115	2217276
9	Ms. Lauryn Hill	72	0	61	57	32	63	110	2461546
10	Silk Sonic	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	808080
11	Mary J. Blige	70	0	69	63	18	58	113	3542491
12	Rag'n'Bone Man	68	1	56	56	38	38	104	1692998
13	Nina Simone	68	4	47	33	77	47	111	2610189
14	Erykah Badu	67	6	66	45	28	48	100	2658064
15	Janelle Monáe	67	4	61	60	21	50	129	1335087
16	Dwele	67	0	70	48	24	54	111	281783
17	Estelle	66	0	59	76	13	58	111	258584
18	James Blake	66	19	53	38	72	22	119	1320067
19	Fugees	66	0	69	55	13	54	105	1246637
20	Jessie Ware	65	8	63	61	28	47	118	727239
21	Michael Kiwanuka	65	7	47	48	51	41	116	1293830
22	Bilal	64	1	60	53	30	48	122	274899
23	Robin Thicke	64	3	73	48	37	60	118	1936275
24	Corinne Bailey Rae	64	0	59	39	53	33	113	730614
25	Kelis	63	1	78	67	11	71	110	559720
26	Chaka Khan	63	5	63	66	18	60	111	1498867
27	Gnarls Barkley	63	5	63	80	10	65	129	487931
28	Jazmine Sullivan	63	0	61	61	28	48	123	1949555
29	Dan Caplen	62	0	57	45	47	39	113	27050
30	Syleena Johnson	62	0	62	55	19	50	103	307403
31	Robert Glasper	60	51	50	38	57	44	122	401998
32	Musiq Soulchild	60	0	61	60	22	52	108	1089705
33	D'Angelo	60	7	71	46	31	53	92	1169155
34	Anthony Hamilton	59	0	66	57	25	50	117	1499802
35	Macy Gray	59	1	63	61	32	56	119	626524
36	Maxwell	58	7	64	49	32	51	111	1616165
37	Jill Scott	58	3	66	52	26	43	113	1697280
38	Fantasia	57	0	61	63	16	48	112	1946456
39	Joss Stone	57	0	64	64	28	54	109	1047264
40	Lianne La Havas	57	2	54	41	58	37	118	888094
41	India.Arie	56	0	69	47	29	50	118	863478
42	Donny Hathaway	56	4	48	40	65	44	102	537069
43	Anita Baker	56	0	58	54	50	47	105	1176632
44	Chrisette Michele	55	0	57	52	39	35	117	565841
45	Angie Stone	54	0	74	57	31	66	107	633719
46	Charles & Eddie	54	0	66	62	36	73	142	21305
47	Lucy Pearl	54	0	81	63	18	70	98	185664
48	Eryn Allen Kane	54	0	55	51	63	34	103	77279
49	Amerie	54	2	67	73	8	61	116	891384
50	Oleta Adams	53	0	50	48	41	38	101	161189
51	Paul Carrack	52	0	63	55	19	59	105	169283
52	Kem	52	6	71	51	34	42	110	803474
53	Raphael Saadiq	52	3	71	66	9	59	109	535512
54	Teedra Moses	52	0	65	63	32	54	125	182037
55	Selah Sue	52	1	62	56	31	42	102	449626
56	Maze	51	89	87	88	63	94	108	466963
57	Lady Wray	50	2	61	59	27	63	112	80384
58	Eric Benét	50	0	66	51	34	52	107	642005
59	Aṣa	49	0	65	49	38	52	98	241005
60	Teena Marie	49	0	63	73	24	63	126	578933
61	Melanie Fiona	48	0	61	64	23	64	116	844738
62	Brittany Howard	48	5	53	62	48	33	101	200138
63	Ayọ	47	0	75	34	61	43	115	169698
64	Ledisi	47	0	64	61	19	56	117	614070
65	Floetry	47	0	62	56	15	50	103	696685
66	Lalah Hathaway	47	0	58	48	45	41	104	409283
67	Tweet	47	1	64	50	44	51	111	578454
68	Meshell Ndegeocello	47	14	64	50	25	48	111	180919
69	Raheem DeVaughn	47	0	58	57	30	45	112	504631
70	Kelly Finnigan	46	1	52	67	30	59	121	19018
71	Charles Pasi	46	7	68	45	53	54	114	24903
72	Ro James	46	1	65	57	35	34	114	271621
73	Leela James	45	1	71	55	24	53	117	409995
74	Jonathan Jeremiah	45	9	58	60	52	55	108	60904
75	Marsha Ambrosius	44	0	47	62	32	31	113	528739
76	Nneka	44	2	63	66	15	56	123	182736
77	Esperanza Spalding	44	6	54	35	68	39	101	350748
78	Goapele	44	7	63	52	37	36	110	287791
79	Havana	43	0	62	80	11	53	110	44251
80	Beverley Knight	43	0	62	63	29	62	127	82853
81	Heather Headley	43	0	55	52	35	33	104	79266
82	Calvin Richardson	43	0	62	59	29	62	101	177129
83	Lady Blackbird	43	0	46	35	58	25	109	44753
84	Laura Mvula	43	1	54	37	51	30	111	153789
85	Elle Varner	42	0	53	62	19	40	121	326411
86	Avery*Sunshine	41	1	58	49	36	52	112	61717
87	Daley	41	0	63	52	26	29	126	82938
88	Phyllis Hyman	41	0	64	55	30	60	120	312064
89	Rahsaan Patterson	41	5	71	54	19	62	99	165907
90	Will Downing	41	0	68	57	29	57	111	209320
91	Eric Roberson	40	0	65	51	16	53	99	158883
92	Saun & Starr	40	0	71	68	30	88	106	10852
93	Hil St. Soul	40	0	70	55	18	68	113	76677
94	The Foreign Exchange	40	9	68	57	28	57	102	104452
95	Dionne Bromfield	40	1	68	75	14	61	136	51496
96	Alice Smith	40	5	57	59	34	41	115	53515
97	Anthony David	39	0	64	45	34	50	108	139720
98	Vivian Green	39	0	66	53	19	50	106	425725
99	Luke James	39	3	62	66	9	50	93	156470
100	Amel Larrieux	39	1	59	40	52	42	113	266907
101	Kindred The Family Soul	39	0	62	61	20	56	101	242338
102	Ntjam Rosie	38	2	65	48	36	62	99	11715
103	Glenn Lewis	38	0	57	50	34	40	106	119426
104	Judith Hill	37	1	63	58	40	50	132	46209
105	Nikka Costa	37	15	71	41	56	61	104	39788
106	N'Dea Davenport	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	4171
107	Myles Sanko	36	0	71	65	41	58	105	18719
108	Jazzyfatnastees	35	0	58	62	38	49	77	29711
109	Stokley	34	0	68	65	9	37	100	23965
110	Rachelle Ferrell	34	0	61	38	54	42	106	84079
111	Steffen Morrison	34	0	58	69	21	65	120	9084
112	Dionne Farris	33	0	66	67	32	68	91	10152
113	Res	33	0	64	70	13	56	113	39010
114	Davina	32	1	69	45	16	52	95	7033
115	Les Nubians	32	4	70	63	23	75	118	61634
116	Martin Luther	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	69
117	Van Hunt	31	1	69	73	12	71	107	56521
118	Christión	31	0	39	62	45	72	145	6579
119	Noel Gourdin	31	0	61	63	22	64	104	44232
120	Algebra Blessett	30	1	55	57	37	45	109	51969
121	N'Dambi	30	0	72	47	17	52	99	36683
122	Jaguar Wright	30	0	70	53	34	49	116	60607
123	Sweetback	29	36	64	33	39	39	111	21265
124	Javier	28	82	29	17	82	9	90	3915
125	Andy Allo	28	6	66	50	37	52	88	13389
126	The Floacist	26	1	64	54	36	45	99	39574
127	Natalie Williams	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	2230
128	Bilal	25	0	59	91	26	88	181	11593
129	Ryan Shaw	24	0	63	76	0	87	133	5210
130	Nate James	24	0	73	71	17	78	101	7263
131	Conya Doss	24	0	63	54	37	54	100	77289
132	J*DaVeY	18	11	73	57	17	63	99	13835
133	Rashaan Patterson	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2570
134	Coultrain	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3588
135	Liv Warfield	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	14430
136	Sandra St. Victor	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	881
137	Peter Hadar	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	874

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