Philly soul is a subgenre of soul music that originated in Philadelphia during the 1970s. It is characterized by its lush orchestration, smooth vocal harmonies, and upbeat rhythms. The genre often features horn sections, string arrangements, and funky basslines. Philly soul artists often sang about love, relationships, and social issues. The genre gained popularity in the 1970s with the rise of record labels such as Philadelphia International Records.
Here you can see the popularity of Philly Soul genre over time. This graph shows albums and singles releases count by year and decade.
899 releases
Explore philly soul history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.
Here is a list of philly soul artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the philly soul genre. You can find out what philly soul genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.
| # | name | popularity | followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60 | 946425 | |
| 2 | 58 | 1300351 | |
| 3 | 57 | 874874 | |
| 4 | 53 | 613520 | |
| 5 | 52 | 657823 | |
| 6 | 58 | 1438721 | |
| 7 | 51 | 218754 | |
| 8 | 43 | 251098 | |
| 9 | 50 | 555562 | |
| 10 | 40 | 342511 | |
| 11 | 41 | 124902 | |
| 12 | 59 | 656994 | |
| 13 | 43 | 68097 | |
| 14 | 51 | 291349 | |
| 15 | 43 | 237073 | |
| 16 | 39 | 83118 | |
| 17 | 38 | 103301 | |
| 18 | 53 | 1015101 | |
| 19 | 37 | 170167 | |
| 20 | 35 | 37671 | |
| 21 | 32 | 64370 | |
| 22 | 45 | 126613 | |
| 23 | 38 | 33310 | |
| 24 | 49 | 205163 | |
| 25 | 48 | 46858 | |
| 26 | 45 | 36447 | |
| 27 | 52 | 265136 | |
| 28 | 27 | 62422 | |
| 29 | 31 | 77057 | |
| 30 | 36 | 41302 | |
| 31 | 35 | 48711 | |
| 32 | 36 | 10462 | |
| 33 | 54 | 367673 | |
| 34 | 30 | 43140 | |
| 35 | 29 | 29333 | |
| 36 | 27 | 3504 | |
| 37 | 42 | 40318 | |
| 38 | 23 | 41729 | |
| 39 | 33 | 77625 | |
| 40 | 32 | 5598 | |
| 41 | 31 | 14014 | |
| 42 | 31 | 37129 | |
| 43 | 24 | 4199 | |
| 44 | 28 | 5705 | |
| 45 | 26 | 2678 | |
| 46 | 26 | 2902 | |
| 47 | 17 | 831 | |
| 48 | 16 | 942 | |
| 49 | 15 | 6178 | |
| 50 | 14 | 551 | |
| 51 | 11 | 944 | |
| 52 | 10 | 624 | |
| 53 | 5 | 386 | |
| 54 | 5 | 268 | |
| 55 | 1 | 240 |
Enjoy this playlist of popular philly soul music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.
