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List of soul artists

Here is a list of soul artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the soul genre. You can find out what 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	Michael Jackson	82	4	69	68	24	60	117	27308224
2	Stevie Wonder	75	1	59	58	28	68	117	6129237
3	Marvin Gaye	74	7	60	61	36	70	121	5012304
4	Earth, Wind & Fire	73	5	63	67	27	71	117	3890516
5	Ms. Lauryn Hill	72	0	61	57	32	63	110	2461546
6	Leon Bridges	72	1	61	50	42	51	114	1530721
7	Bill Withers	72	6	65	45	46	63	113	1488307
8	Aretha Franklin	71	0	58	47	52	59	115	3139518
9	Otis Redding	70	0	62	38	48	65	128	2090715
10	Louis Armstrong	69	13	55	30	82	53	108	2672569
11	Bootsy Collins	69	9	74	69	24	75	115	372520
12	Nina Simone	68	4	47	33	77	47	111	2605977
13	Sam Cooke	68	0	52	48	69	65	113	1488659
14	Ray Charles	68	6	51	36	76	55	118	2038177
15	The Temptations	67	2	62	52	42	71	113	2706546
16	The Jackson 5	67	2	59	68	33	77	127	1372185
17	Erykah Badu	67	6	66	45	28	48	100	2658064
18	Tammi Terrell	67	0	57	75	43	69	97	163643
19	Etta James	67	0	49	44	57	51	125	1486671
20	Kool & The Gang	67	10	73	58	18	77	111	2274887
21	Chuck Berry	66	4	63	64	62	82	131	1803540
22	Ella Fitzgerald	66	0	45	26	83	42	109	2292335
23	Al Green	66	6	66	41	34	64	112	1801705
24	Diana Ross	66	4	61	68	30	66	115	1595926
25	Nat King Cole	66	1	38	26	81	38	105	2046761
26	Michael Kiwanuka	65	7	47	48	51	41	116	1293830
27	Dusty Springfield	65	1	49	52	44	60	112	410070
28	Barry White	65	6	63	65	10	72	109	1699943
29	Ben E. King	65	0	60	48	48	72	114	520560
30	Commodores	64	6	61	53	35	51	118	1704444
31	KC & The Sunshine Band	64	7	71	77	13	84	113	899958
32	The Supremes	64	0	60	64	43	68	119	1578264
33	Billie Holiday	64	2	52	17	89	41	105	1746205
34	Corinne Bailey Rae	64	0	59	39	53	33	113	730614
35	Natalie Cole	63	0	55	39	55	44	106	550802
36	Luther Vandross	63	0	64	55	30	56	111	2682742
37	Four Tops	63	0	60	67	26	77	120	1031449
38	Chaka Khan	63	5	63	66	18	60	111	1495436
39	James Brown	63	10	70	64	30	73	120	2043050
40	The Isley Brothers	63	2	62	63	42	70	122	1682006
41	The Emotions	62	6	67	56	43	79	115	542460
42	Miles Davis	61	26	45	39	55	41	112	2408477
43	Roberta Flack	61	2	44	25	70	32	119	888210
44	The Spinners	61	0	65	57	42	71	128	838150
45	Rick James	60	0	71	74	17	82	117	1115208
46	Sister Sledge	60	0	71	77	19	80	114	588546
47	CHIC	60	15	77	65	12	79	117	660934
48	D'Angelo	60	7	71	46	31	53	92	1169155
49	Gladys Knight & The Pips	59	2	58	57	35	62	117	1171921
50	The O'Jays	59	0	62	64	34	70	120	1138945
51	Teddy Pendergrass	59	1	62	60	36	65	117	1225699
52	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	59	3	62	66	43	76	113	267030
53	Sly & The Family Stone	59	9	70	64	29	73	119	957727
54	The Drifters	59	0	57	48	60	73	120	469821
55	Curtis Mayfield	59	6	66	64	32	73	116	1027535
56	Bobby Womack	58	2	59	58	41	68	113	663369
57	Little Richard	58	0	55	66	49	85	142	849439
58	Jackie Wilson	58	1	58	62	52	76	113	419285
59	Sam & Dave	58	1	68	43	36	70	120	306520
60	Dinah Washington	58	0	49	27	80	44	105	442049
61	Wilson Pickett	58	2	66	55	23	83	121	586346
62	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	57	0	52	55	45	74	115	1118876
63	Lianne La Havas	57	2	54	41	58	37	118	888094
64	James Brown & The Famous Flames	57	1	56	44	46	62	125	156065
65	War	57	14	69	61	22	70	123	402912
66	Solomon Burke	57	0	64	50	61	62	116	246269
67	Booker T. & the M.G.'s	57	74	68	39	48	63	117	269838
68	Muddy Waters	56	13	58	57	59	68	115	1227164
69	Charles Bradley	56	1	52	50	11	48	113	458504
70	Martha Reeves & The Vandellas	56	1	56	69	38	75	131	425248
71	Anita Baker	56	0	58	54	50	47	105	1176632
72	George Clinton	56	0	82	65	14	73	122	456819
73	Donny Hathaway	56	4	48	40	65	44	102	537069
74	Patrice Rushen	55	24	81	57	20	81	113	241951
75	Aaron Neville	55	0	63	49	45	64	117	117734
76	Smokey Robinson	55	2	60	51	50	66	122	1157991
77	Percy Sledge	54	0	51	32	39	44	107	468105
78	The Staple Singers	54	4	67	57	35	74	107	321061
79	The Gap Band	54	4	69	65	14	73	111	987498
80	Son Little	54	1	63	43	38	45	123	147467
81	Billy Paul	54	1	52	57	39	63	120	261819
82	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	54	0	60	62	32	63	110	540824
83	Cameo	54	2	79	65	13	80	109	607202
84	Dr. John	53	18	59	48	56	62	117	229437
85	Ike & Tina Turner	53	4	61	60	47	71	110	286929
86	Parliament	53	3	70	66	28	81	109	763510
87	Minnie Riperton	53	1	53	47	57	54	113	353049
88	The Shirelles	53	0	55	44	59	71	119	279387
89	The Stylistics	53	0	54	48	60	55	118	786324
90	Rufus	53	1	82	57	15	86	113	214204
91	Funkadelic	53	9	55	67	25	61	119	690399
92	Deniece Williams	53	1	62	53	43	64	109	433249
93	Ann Peebles	53	1	73	43	33	75	119	104751
94	Cheryl Lynn	53	5	72	67	11	78	115	237083
95	Patti LaBelle	53	0	60	59	41	59	126	912573
96	Lou Rawls	52	0	60	62	37	72	117	182275
97	Zapp	52	3	77	64	24	74	110	521527
98	Shalamar	52	2	75	67	14	82	119	400608
99	Raphael Saadiq	52	3	71	66	9	59	109	535512
100	The Whispers	52	2	70	63	19	77	113	609435
101	Gil Scott-Heron	52	2	62	48	62	59	124	297731
102	The J.B.'s	52	30	72	54	33	81	117	127836
103	The Meters	52	36	66	60	21	76	115	254944
104	The Brothers Johnson	52	10	76	66	23	74	109	378929
105	Maze	51	89	87	88	63	94	108	466963
106	Rose Royce	51	0	69	54	31	67	112	440811
107	Isaac Hayes	51	17	55	56	15	67	118	642763
108	The Dramatics	51	0	58	55	39	70	125	349265
109	Roy Ayers	51	22	62	66	21	75	115	211462
110	The Manhattans	51	0	58	46	35	58	112	562826
111	Evelyn "Champagne" King	51	3	77	66	11	82	120	319570
112	Marlena Shaw	51	4	53	60	35	54	116	69603
113	Shuggie Otis	50	40	61	49	37	66	132	150063
114	The Marvelettes	50	0	67	65	47	83	118	327758
115	Mavis Staples	50	0	64	52	46	61	116	94067
116	Fontella Bass	50	0	59	55	51	82	112	36710
117	Mary Wells	50	0	68	55	57	88	118	288955
118	The Impressions	50	3	55	53	45	65	113	259767
119	The Delfonics	50	5	50	57	61	60	117	497850
120	Lady Wray	50	2	61	59	27	63	112	80384
121	Peaches & Herb	50	1	69	57	37	65	111	152909
122	Billy Preston	50	9	62	75	42	68	119	114992
123	Average White Band	49	11	66	67	17	75	110	405661
124	Ephemerals	49	7	58	57	21	71	109	32504
125	Jr. Walker & The All Stars	49	1	65	63	16	75	121	210451
126	Edwin Starr	49	10	69	67	20	83	117	148909
127	Heatwave	49	6	66	57	20	65	112	424216
128	Lee Fields & The Expressions	49	11	61	66	22	69	112	144623
129	Betty Wright	48	1	67	59	41	79	120	257890
130	Jeffrey Osborne	48	0	63	60	26	62	100	477211
131	Bo Diddley	48	1	66	61	43	71	113	300010
132	Alexander O'Neal	48	2	69	67	13	65	109	335199
133	Ohio Players	48	4	60	65	22	72	116	638258
134	Clarence Carter	47	0	65	48	39	85	115	173908
135	L.T.D.	47	5	60	47	43	55	122	308773
136	Midnight Star	47	4	79	68	8	74	113	424294
137	The Miracles	47	5	56	64	50	66	115	367665
138	The Chi-Lites	46	0	56	57	34	63	121	535232
139	Jimmy Ruffin	46	0	68	63	48	67	105	182055
140	Mary Jane Girls	46	7	76	60	9	81	118	252154
141	Eddie Floyd	46	0	68	44	35	80	111	50328
142	Dazz Band	45	3	74	72	19	81	125	306344
143	Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band	45	10	68	55	39	74	101	30927
144	Lakeside	44	1	68	64	23	74	117	303039
145	The S.O.S Band	44	9	72	69	10	73	108	531650
146	Carla Thomas	44	0	53	37	56	57	124	65897
147	Con Funk Shun	44	1	71	53	23	76	132	356500
148	The Main Ingredient	43	5	48	55	61	63	129	201590
149	The Intruders	43	0	46	52	46	64	134	211955
150	Ashford & Simpson	43	10	68	64	21	77	113	442798
151	Bloodstone	43	2	53	53	33	60	132	197820
152	The Bar-Kays	43	30	78	67	15	88	121	264963
153	Eddie Kendricks	42	2	57	61	35	75	115	289338
154	Phyllis Hyman	41	0	64	55	30	60	120	312064
155	Brick	41	12	76	75	9	89	115	156909
156	Blue Magic	41	1	53	45	55	50	128	223772
157	David Ruffin	40	0	56	52	35	68	108	215330
158	Saun & Starr	40	0	71	68	30	88	106	10852
159	Melba Moore	40	0	75	66	19	81	118	142451
160	The Dells	39	0	49	48	42	62	120	256640
161	Slave	39	7	70	58	12	76	113	222520
162	Archie Bell & The Drells	39	2	61	64	29	74	122	85779
163	Jerry Butler	37	0	47	51	58	61	112	152771
164	Skyy	37	2	74	67	10	76	117	151465
165	Dyke & The Blazers	36	13	78	59	8	84	116	13150
166	The Moments	35	0	52	52	32	52	127	153078
167	Freddie Scott	35	0	55	49	48	67	103	9005
168	The New Birth	33	10	57	58	38	69	121	132746
169	Z.Z. Hill	33	0	67	52	17	70	110	79365
170	B.T. Express	31	8	73	77	8	83	119	119877
171	P.P. Arnold	31	1	53	51	39	59	110	11383
172	The Temptations Review	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3175

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