Neo Soul

Music subgenre of soul music, back to the roots. Emerged 1998. Wikipedia

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114 artists with 6.9M combined listeners. 53% of them sit in the R&B / Southern Soul / Southern Soul Blues community on the map. It shares the most artists with R&B.

Where Neo Soul sits on the map

• R&B / Southern Soul / Southern Soul Blues · 60 artists (53%)
• Indie Soul / Modern Funk / R&B · 15 artists (13%)
• Afropop / South African Jazz / South African Hip Hop · 15 artists (13%)
• R&B / Rap / High Vibe · 6 artists (5%)
• Golden Age Hip Hop / Rap / Buffalo Hip Hop · 3 artists (3%)
• Gospel / Gospel R&B / Praise · 2 artists (2%)

Strongest pairings in Neo Soul

Neo Soul artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. Ms. Lauryn Hill & Erykah Badu · 62 shared playlists
2. Erykah Badu & D'Angelo · 45 shared playlists
3. Erykah Badu & Maxwell · 45 shared playlists
4. Jill Scott & Erykah Badu · 43 shared playlists
5. Erykah Badu & Musiq Soulchild · 40 shared playlists
6. Maxwell & Musiq Soulchild · 39 shared playlists
7. Snoh Aalegra & H.E.R. · 37 shared playlists
8. Ms. Lauryn Hill & Musiq Soulchild · 37 shared playlists
9. Maxwell & D'Angelo · 37 shared playlists
10. Floetry & Erykah Badu · 33 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Neo Soul, for their size.

• R&B · 57 shared artistsBoth: H.E.R., Maxwell, Ms. Lauryn Hill
• Nashville Hip Hop · 2 shared artistsBoth: Les Nubians, threetwenty
• Quiet Storm · 12 shared artistsBoth: Maxwell, D'Angelo, Raphael Saadiq
• Contemporary R&B · 5 shared artistsBoth: Faith Evans, Eric Benét, India.Arie
• Sky Room · 3 shared artistsBoth: Ley Soul, AMARÍA , threetwenty
• Pop Soul · 2 shared artistsBoth: Goapele, Tracy M
• Afro Soul · 3 shared artistsBoth: Frank Apollo, Thando Zide, Marcus Harvey
• Alternative R&B · 2 shared artistsBoth: Cleo Sol, Zo!

Artists

114 artists tagged Neo Soul, ranked by listeners.

1. H.E.R.998.9K listeners · R&B
2. Maxwell593.2K listeners · R&B
3. Ms. Lauryn Hill552.8K listeners · R&B
4. Erykah Badu425.0K listeners · R&B
5. Anthony Hamilton391.2K listeners · R&B
6. Joss Stone347.4K listeners · British Soul
7. Donell Jones314.7K listeners · R&B
8. Common271.7K listeners · Golden Age Hip Hop
9. Faith Evans228.7K listeners · R&B
10. Jill Scott181.1K listeners · R&B
11. Jazmine Sullivan180.8K listeners · R&B
12. Eric Benét177.9K listeners · R&B
13. D'Angelo158.7K listeners · R&B
14. Marcus Miller140.5K listeners
15. Jaheim140.3K listeners · R&B
16. Masego126.2K listeners · R&B
17. Solange113.6K listeners · R&B
18. Musiq Soulchild111.5K listeners · R&B
19. Lianne La Havas108.3K listeners
20. Raphael Saadiq87.8K listeners · R&B
21. The Internet79.7K listeners · R&B
22. India.Arie75.1K listeners · R&B
23. Snoh Aalegra68.3K listeners · R&B
24. Thundercat64.6K listeners
25. Lucky Daye56.4K listeners · R&B
26. Angie Stone55.2K listeners · R&B
27. Kem53.0K listeners · R&B
28. Alexander O'Neal52.3K listeners · R&B
29. Leela James47.5K listeners · R&B
30. Robert Glasper43.6K listeners
31. Raheem Devaughn43.1K listeners · R&B
32. Tony! Toni! Toné!39.9K listeners · R&B
33. Hiatus Kaiyote39.1K listeners
34. Cleo Sol38.9K listeners · R&B
35. Ledisi38.3K listeners
36. Mint Condition34.1K listeners · R&B
37. Marsha Ambrosius29.5K listeners · R&B
38. Kenny Lattimore28.2K listeners · R&B
39. Lalah Hathaway25.6K listeners · R&B
40. Zhané24.8K listeners · R&B
41. Floetry24.6K listeners · R&B
42. Dwele18.0K listeners
43. Bilal16.8K listeners
44. Carl Thomas15.5K listeners · R&B
45. PJ MORTON15.2K listeners · R&B
46. Lucy Pearl13.7K listeners · R&B
47. Robert Glasper Experiment12.9K listeners
48. Goapele12.5K listeners
49. Free Nationals12.3K listeners
50. Heather Headley11.9K listeners · R&B
51. BJ The Chicago Kid11.9K listeners
52. El DeBarge11.5K listeners
53. Thandiswa9.9K listeners · South African Jazz
54. Guru's Jazzmatazz9.6K listeners
55. Tweet9.5K listeners · R&B
56. Les Nubians8.9K listeners
57. Alex Isley8.5K listeners · R&B
58. Syleena Johnson8.0K listeners · R&B
59. Amel Larrieux7.8K listeners
60. Groove Theory6.5K listeners · R&B
61. Vivian Green6.3K listeners · R&B
62. Encore5.9K listeners
63. Ro James5.9K listeners · R&B
64. Amp Fiddler5.3K listeners
65. Sunshine Anderson5.0K listeners · R&B
66. October London4.6K listeners · R&B
67. Rahsaan Patterson4.3K listeners
68. Anthony David4.0K listeners
69. Glenn Lewis3.8K listeners
70. Kindred The Family Soul3.8K listeners
71. Van Hunt3.1K listeners
72. Nai Palm3.1K listeners
73. Chico DeBarge2.5K listeners
74. Remy Shand2.4K listeners
75. Koffee Brown2.2K listeners · R&B
76. NNAVY2.2K listeners
77. Zo!2.1K listeners
78. Kevin Ross2.0K listeners
79. Ley Soul1.9K listeners
80. Rae Khalil1.7K listeners
81. Avery*Sunshine1.6K listeners · R&B
82. Domani1.5K listeners
83. Lonr.1.3K listeners · R&B
84. Devin Morrison1.2K listeners
85. K'Jon1.1K listeners · R&B
86. Victor Lundberg1.0K listeners · Pop
87. AMARÍA 1.0K listeners · Indietronica
88. threetwenty1.0K listeners
89. Tracy M1.0K listeners · R&B
90. Brandon Dhludhlu1.0K listeners
91. Fiji Mageba1.0K listeners
92. Certified Sounds1.0K listeners · R&B
93. lordkez1.0K listeners
94. Dionne Farris1.0K listeners
95. Jay Dee1.0K listeners
96. Lia Butler1.0K listeners
97. Omar Wilson1.0K listeners · R&B
98. Jabulile Majola1.0K listeners
99. Guordan Banks1.0K listeners
100. Christion1.0K listeners
101. Betty Brown1.0K listeners
102. Marques Murrey1.0K listeners
103. The 5 Heartbeats1.0K listeners · R&B
104. jacksoul1.0K listeners · Canadian Pop
105. Pamela Baker1.0K listeners · Southern Hip Hop
106. Noel Gourdin1.0K listeners
107. Frank Apollo1.0K listeners
108. Keyywav1.0K listeners
109. Thando Zide1.0K listeners
110. Kaye-Marie1.0K listeners
111. Internet Athi1.0K listeners
112. Bonginkosi Maggz1.0K listeners
113. Marcus Harvey1.0K listeners
114. Josh Bracy1.0K listeners · Rap