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List of southern soul artists

Here is a list of southern soul artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the southern soul genre. You can find out what southern 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	Aretha Franklin	71	0	58	47	52	59	115	3145534
2	Otis Redding	70	0	62	38	48	66	128	2094380
3	Tammi Terrell	67	0	57	75	43	69	97	164341
4	Al Green	65	6	66	41	34	64	112	1805860
5	Sly & The Family Stone	59	9	70	64	29	73	119	960013
6	Sam & Dave	58	1	68	43	36	70	120	307326
7	Candi Staton	58	2	63	55	32	74	120	82741
8	Bobby Womack	58	2	59	58	41	68	113	665688
9	Ike & Tina Turner	57	4	61	60	47	71	110	291143
10	Wilson Pickett	57	2	66	55	24	83	121	587877
11	Donny Hathaway	56	4	48	40	65	44	102	537817
12	Booker T. & the M.G.'s	56	74	68	39	48	63	117	270577
13	Solomon Burke	56	0	64	50	61	62	115	246792
14	Percy Sledge	54	0	51	32	39	44	107	470161
15	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	54	0	60	62	32	63	110	544032
16	The Staple Singers	53	4	67	57	35	74	107	322019
17	Rufus	53	1	82	57	15	86	113	215015
18	Ann Peebles	53	1	73	43	33	75	119	105221
19	Isaac Hayes	51	17	55	56	15	67	118	644326
20	The Dramatics	51	0	58	55	39	70	125	350586
21	Marlena Shaw	51	4	53	60	35	54	116	69937
22	Mavis Staples	50	0	64	52	46	61	116	94339
23	Irma Thomas	49	1	57	41	48	56	117	94199
24	Edwin Starr	49	10	69	67	20	83	117	149366
25	Bobby "Blue" Bland	49	4	58	45	36	61	125	138466
26	Jean Knight	49	0	74	47	46	90	116	22392
27	Lee Fields	49	8	64	59	54	64	105	44096
28	Betty Wright	48	1	67	59	41	79	120	259293
29	Jr. Walker & The All Stars	48	1	65	63	16	75	121	211708
30	Gwen McCrae	47	3	67	62	27	72	106	37846
31	Arthur Conley	47	0	60	51	33	75	122	40510
32	Eddie Floyd	46	0	68	44	35	80	111	50440
33	Clarence Carter	46	0	65	48	39	85	115	174386
34	Jimmy Ruffin	46	0	68	63	48	67	105	182512
35	Johnnie Taylor	45	0	68	55	28	70	112	202107
36	The Chi-Lites	45	0	56	57	34	63	121	537486
37	King Floyd	44	5	70	50	48	78	114	19684
38	Lakeside	44	1	68	63	24	73	117	304370
39	Allen Toussaint	44	37	64	45	57	64	116	85763
40	Brook Benton	44	4	47	30	58	49	115	65371
41	Kim Weston	44	0	54	79	34	91	149	30244
42	William Bell	44	0	56	34	50	65	122	64348
43	Carla Thomas	44	0	53	37	56	57	124	66009
44	The Intruders	43	0	46	52	46	64	134	212408
45	The Bar-Kays	43	28	78	67	15	89	121	265251
46	Syl Johnson	43	10	69	60	33	79	116	44854
47	The Main Ingredient	42	5	49	56	59	63	129	201990
48	Betty Everett	42	7	60	47	74	83	124	29141
49	Bloodstone	42	2	53	53	33	60	132	198782
50	Barbara Mason	41	1	59	52	39	66	123	110635
51	Sugar Pie DeSanto	41	0	72	57	43	79	101	19587
52	Gene Chandler	41	0	54	50	51	66	113	78284
53	Willie Hutch	41	7	58	65	35	78	123	80795
54	Brick	41	12	76	75	9	89	115	157115
55	Erma Franklin	41	1	60	71	24	79	116	21221
56	Blue Magic	41	1	53	45	55	50	128	224639
57	Tyrone Davis	41	1	64	54	27	72	114	166475
58	James & Bobby Purify	40	0	61	47	42	73	130	24697
59	James Carr	40	0	59	52	39	67	120	48557
60	Sir Charles Jones	40	0	75	44	39	56	95	103310
61	Barbara Lynn	40	0	64	46	45	70	124	47362
62	Melba Moore	39	0	74	67	19	81	117	142746
63	Dorothy Moore	39	0	51	36	45	45	141	36236
64	Little Willie John	39	0	50	47	71	63	106	28366
65	The Dells	39	0	49	48	42	62	120	257645
66	Bettye Swann	39	0	63	51	52	72	115	45106
67	Archie Bell & The Drells	39	2	61	64	29	74	122	86042
68	The Originals	39	8	48	53	44	64	123	99620
69	Mel Waiters	38	0	79	69	19	78	108	71813
70	Lyn Collins	38	0	67	62	39	79	115	43208
71	O.V. Wright	38	0	58	44	37	60	129	41476
72	Joe Tex	38	2	64	58	39	66	124	15423
73	The Persuaders	38	0	54	44	67	60	119	85126
74	Swamp Dogg	37	1	66	52	34	82	123	43101
75	The Undisputed Truth	37	5	64	63	34	72	120	50093
76	George Jackson	36	1	63	54	40	71	117	9842
77	Millie Jackson	36	0	58	53	18	62	129	130397
78	Enchantment	35	1	52	61	29	64	121	54964
79	Pokey Bear	35	0	72	64	8	67	121	28812
80	Barbara Acklin	35	0	66	64	37	78	113	8606
81	Freddie Scott	35	0	55	49	48	67	103	9005
82	Eddie Holman	35	2	43	45	47	52	124	28670
83	The Moments	35	0	52	52	32	52	127	153361
84	Dyke & The Blazers	35	13	78	59	8	84	116	13171
85	Rufus Thomas	35	6	76	57	33	79	113	75913
86	Otis Clay	34	8	70	60	64	80	113	24172
87	Latimore	34	2	64	55	44	65	103	83739
88	Shirley Brown	34	0	64	44	40	48	122	86121
89	Dee Dee Sharp	34	0	61	59	34	78	133	33246
90	Marvin Sease	34	0	76	51	12	68	124	102132
91	Lee Moses	33	1	51	57	28	69	98	29299
92	The New Birth	33	9	56	57	40	68	120	133211
93	Little Milton	33	0	62	51	38	70	148	42843
94	Bobby Rush	33	2	76	60	36	77	123	25253
95	Bigg Robb	33	0	80	60	12	81	110	40639
96	Joe Simon	32	1	62	51	48	73	110	69087
97	Linda Jones	32	0	52	61	43	70	105	23247
98	David Brinston	32	0	79	64	14	84	116	16023
99	Jimmy Hughes	32	0	72	58	38	77	95	9418
100	The Mar-Keys	31	67	78	47	46	88	116	28095
101	Johnny Adams	31	14	54	52	63	73	128	7191
102	Willie Clayton	31	0	66	60	38	60	141	59866
103	Wilson Meadows	31	1	80	53	16	73	124	20881
104	Ms. Jody	31	0	82	65	9	87	106	21710
105	Luther Ingram	31	0	55	54	25	68	128	38346
106	Omar Cunningham	31	0	78	49	8	68	107	51714
107	Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters	31	0	54	31	83	46	91	8638
108	B.T. Express	30	8	73	76	8	83	119	120012
109	Judy Clay	30	0	57	38	76	59	142	3700
110	Theodis Ealey	30	0	79	58	16	71	118	28016
111	Paul Kelly	30	0	58	84	41	71	95	4809
112	Nellie Tiger Travis	30	0	80	65	16	74	110	26632
113	Donnie Ray	30	0	72	66	12	72	122	19654
114	Maxine Brown	29	0	56	51	50	67	126	15629
115	Lamont Dozier	29	0	68	63	19	91	125	34601
116	Reggie P	29	0	70	42	21	59	112	22319
117	The Mad Lads	29	1	63	38	52	73	115	21247
118	Mable John	29	1	67	31	58	50	109	12536
119	Brenda Holloway	28	0	50	44	59	57	134	42917
120	The Brothers Of Soul	28	0	48	51	44	72	132	13811
121	Jeff Floyd	28	0	79	57	16	68	120	24367
122	Chuck Jackson	28	0	60	47	49	74	120	18943
123	Major Harris	28	2	58	46	70	57	123	66174
124	Denise LaSalle	28	6	68	63	28	83	127	75132
125	O. B. Buchana	28	0	73	57	28	63	111	21134
126	Floyd Taylor	27	0	75	57	39	55	112	35493
127	Baby Washington	27	1	56	54	58	69	113	11697
128	J. Blackfoot	27	0	65	56	31	61	99	38591
129	Karen Wolfe	27	0	75	54	16	80	114	22599
130	Arthur Alexander	27	0	65	50	45	81	124	9626
131	The Soul Children	26	0	52	46	44	69	154	28303
132	Toussaint McCall	26	0	49	31	72	52	124	3385
133	Clarence Reid	26	2	64	67	22	82	103	7150
134	The Sweet Inspirations	26	1	57	33	62	63	105	11882
135	Garland Green	26	0	57	56	21	75	135	5141
136	Don Covay	26	7	62	50	37	74	127	19971
137	Carl Sims	26	0	70	65	12	77	125	27467
138	Ann Sexton	26	1	68	46	61	77	121	6085
139	The Love Doctor	25	0	81	54	16	62	98	10124
140	Vick Allen	25	0	74	59	25	70	111	20479
141	Terry Wright	25	1	69	52	34	54	118	25501
142	Bobby Patterson	25	1	55	61	36	69	126	3927
143	Margie Joseph	24	1	59	46	42	65	121	12429
144	Mitty Collier	24	0	33	37	33	35	142	8603
145	Howard Tate	24	2	63	56	64	67	122	7614
146	Peggy Scott-Adams	24	0	69	50	38	67	118	42589
147	Dan Penn	24	0	64	43	44	58	119	7117
148	Laura Lee	24	1	63	78	5	96	164	8885
149	Betty Harris	23	0	52	48	49	56	110	12056
150	The Natural Four	23	0	57	45	19	76	110	19298
151	Dee Dee Warwick	23	0	57	54	46	71	113	10593
152	Ted Taylor	23	1	59	60	44	74	119	4464
153	The Ebonys	23	0	50	60	54	61	127	37066
154	Roy C	23	0	58	42	43	77	110	12607
155	Ruby Johnson	22	1	73	37	52	87	162	8040
156	Geater Davis	22	1	61	53	27	82	127	2486
157	Don Bryant	22	3	61	57	43	72	130	6912
158	The Ovations	21	4	51	53	32	70	134	4166
159	Shorty Long	21	0	74	62	24	75	114	11964
160	Sam Dees	21	0	57	62	19	77	124	4381
161	Jeanne & The Darlings	21	0	67	45	27	80	111	2141
162	Jimmy McCracklin	20	0	60	76	67	80	116	6219
163	Buddy Ace	20	0	74	54	29	78	114	1158
164	Kenne' Wayne	20	0	78	48	22	62	118	21290
165	Lee "Shot" Williams	19	0	82	56	21	85	105	8231
166	Walter Jackson	19	0	54	49	52	61	108	5053
167	Frederick Knight	19	1	79	29	36	87	97	1820
168	Carl Marshall	19	0	83	64	21	73	94	10171
169	Rufus & Carla	19	0	46	38	26	45	70	10515
170	The Newcomers	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	6028
171	Barbara & The Browns	18	0	49	37	62	44	136	7438
172	Stan Mosley	17	0	83	54	18	74	138	7410
173	David Porter	17	0	45	43	23	65	136	5575
174	Jackie Ross	17	0	66	52	57	80	116	3339
175	Doris Duke	17	0	52	45	15	72	109	7851
176	Frank Mendenhall	17	2	78	46	23	69	105	7606
177	Eddie Holland	17	0	39	74	60	89	201	20826
178	Spencer Wiggins	17	0	59	61	21	72	131	4278
179	Billy Soul Bonds	16	0	74	52	32	76	125	20525
180	Willie Hightower	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2620
181	Ronnie Lovejoy	15	0	70	56	30	57	140	11315
182	Lynn White	14	0	64	48	32	48	109	16890
183	Monique Ford	14	0	85	48	31	83	92	6530
184	Chuck Roberson	14	0	89	65	33	86	102	7435
185	The Astors	13	0	70	41	61	83	93	8498
186	Jackie Lee	13	0	65	56	24	82	133	2465
187	Bill Coday	12	5	71	66	15	80	113	2257
188	John Gary Williams	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1224
189	Veda Brown	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2612
190	Walter Waiters	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	8085
191	Jody Sticker	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	8207
192	Sir Mack Rice	9	0	78	77	30	89	120	1534
193	Oscar Toney, Jr.	8	0	70	59	56	97	127	335
194	Barbara Stephens	8	0	44	31	67	40	182	4458
195	Poonanny	8	0	87	76	21	79	108	10674
196	Paul Kelly	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	405
197	Tommie Young	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	804
198	Ollie & The Nightingales	6	0	61	38	11	73	100	3802
199	Sir Jonathan Burton	6	0	73	75	8	75	109	6482
200	BILL BRANDON	6	0	51	77	18	71	109	1244

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