Soft Rock

Music genre derived from popular and rock music. Emerged 1960s. Wikipedia

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142 artists with 49.2M combined listeners. 33% of them sit in the Classic Rock / New Wave / Synthpop community on the map. It shares the most artists with Classic Rock.

Where Soft Rock sits on the map

• Classic Rock / New Wave / Synthpop · 47 artists (33%)
• Rock / Alternative Rock / Shimmer Pop · 26 artists (18%)
• Mellow Gold / Yacht Rock / Eurobeat · 22 artists (15%)
• Rock-And-Roll / Mellow Gold / Canadian Rock · 9 artists (6%)
• Pop / Shiver Pop / Swedish Electropop · 3 artists (2%)
• Britpop / Madchester / Munich Indie · 2 artists (1%)

Strongest pairings in Soft Rock

Soft Rock artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. Phil Collins & Toto · 121 shared playlists
2. Phil Collins & Foreigner · 114 shared playlists
3. Toto & Starship · 108 shared playlists
4. America & Elton John · 108 shared playlists
5. Aerosmith & Bryan Adams · 104 shared playlists
6. The Doobie Brothers & America · 101 shared playlists
7. Foreigner & Starship · 101 shared playlists
8. Matchbox Twenty & Counting Crows · 96 shared playlists
9. Phil Collins & George Michael · 93 shared playlists
10. Aerosmith & Extreme · 92 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Soft Rock, for their size.

• Classic Rock · 44 shared artistsBoth: U2, Aerosmith, Elton John
• Mellow Gold · 38 shared artistsBoth: Elton John, Paul McCartney, Air Supply
• Rock · 42 shared artistsBoth: U2, Aerosmith, Keane
• Yacht Rock · 15 shared artistsBoth: Chicago, Christopher Cross, The Doobie Brothers
• Pop · 36 shared artistsBoth: Phil Collins, Keane, The Script
• Singer-Songwriter Pop · 9 shared artistsBoth: Chris de Burgh, Eric Carmen, Bill Medley
• Singer-Songwriter · 9 shared artistsBoth: Van Morrison, James Taylor, Carly Simon
• Heartland Rock · 4 shared artistsBoth: Tom Petty, Melissa Etheridge, Bruce Hornsby & The Range

Artists

142 artists tagged Soft Rock, ranked by listeners.

1. U27.3M listeners · Rock
2. Aerosmith5.3M listeners · Rock
3. Elton John3.0M listeners · Mellow Gold
4. Phil Collins2.8M listeners · Classic Rock
5. Keane2.1M listeners · Pop
6. The Script2.1M listeners · Pop
7. Lenny Kravitz1.9M listeners · Rock
8. Paul McCartney1.8M listeners · Mellow Gold
9. Sting1.8M listeners · Pop
10. Bryan Adams1.8M listeners · Classic Rock
11. The Verve1.7M listeners · Rock
12. James Blunt1.6M listeners · Pop
13. George Michael1.5M listeners · Classic Rock
14. Snow Patrol1.3M listeners · Rock
15. Toto979.6K listeners · Classic Rock
16. Simply Red928.6K listeners · Pop
17. Dido716.0K listeners · Pop
18. Tracy Chapman672.8K listeners · Rock
19. The Fray628.0K listeners · Rock
20. Bonnie Tyler593.0K listeners · Classic Rock
21. Seal588.5K listeners · Pop
22. Cher562.0K listeners · Pop
23. Air Supply442.3K listeners · Classic Rock
24. Chicago430.3K listeners · Mellow Gold
25. Counting Crows423.6K listeners · Rock
26. Foreigner243.2K listeners · Classic Rock
27. The Cardigans236.4K listeners · Pop
28. Savage Garden233.5K listeners · Pop
29. Natalie Imbruglia206.2K listeners · Pop
30. Van Morrison204.6K listeners · Mellow Gold
31. Matchbox Twenty199.1K listeners · Rock
32. Richard Marx188.4K listeners · Classic Rock
33. Spandau Ballet173.4K listeners · Classic Rock
34. Christopher Cross173.0K listeners · Yacht Rock
35. REO Speedwagon155.6K listeners · Classic Rock
36. Paul Young155.1K listeners · Classic Rock
37. The Cars150.8K listeners · Classic Rock
38. Plain White T's140.7K listeners · Pop
39. Chris de Burgh137.4K listeners · Classic Rock
40. James Taylor136.7K listeners · Mellow Gold
41. The Doobie Brothers136.1K listeners · Mellow Gold
42. America135.2K listeners · Mellow Gold
43. Carly Simon129.5K listeners · Mellow Gold
44. Wings127.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
45. Chris Isaak125.2K listeners · Rock
46. Heart124.5K listeners · Classic Rock
47. Bryan Ferry117.0K listeners · Sophisti-Pop
48. Joni Mitchell115.2K listeners · Mellow Gold
49. Peter Frampton115.1K listeners · Mellow Gold
50. Tom Petty115.0K listeners · Rock
51. Sixpence None the Richer107.3K listeners · Pop
52. Level 42106.1K listeners · Sophisti-Pop
53. Mr. Big105.2K listeners · Rock
54. Starship102.8K listeners · Classic Rock
55. Extreme98.7K listeners · Rock
56. The Black Crowes80.4K listeners · Rock
57. Kim Carnes78.2K listeners · Classic Rock
58. Crowded House77.1K listeners
59. Soul Asylum75.5K listeners · Rock
60. Third Eye Blind73.3K listeners · Rock
61. Cheap Trick66.0K listeners · Classic Rock
62. Don Henley56.6K listeners
63. David Gray53.4K listeners · Pop
64. Philip Bailey47.9K listeners · Classic Rock
65. Fine Young Cannibals46.5K listeners · Synthpop
66. Bonnie Raitt45.1K listeners · Mellow Gold
67. Don McLean44.1K listeners · Mellow Gold
68. Steve Winwood41.7K listeners · Mellow Gold
69. Mr. Mister41.6K listeners · Classic Rock
70. Harry Nilsson40.3K listeners · Mellow Gold
71. Milli Vanilli40.1K listeners · Classic Rock
72. Ugly Kid Joe37.4K listeners · Rock
73. Parachute36.5K listeners
74. Crash Test Dummies34.3K listeners · Rock
75. Steve Perry31.9K listeners · Classic Rock
76. Five for Fighting30.0K listeners · Rock
77. Traffic29.5K listeners · Mellow Gold
78. Barenaked Ladies29.1K listeners · Shimmer Pop
79. Roger Hodgson28.9K listeners
80. Anggun26.1K listeners · Pop
81. Eric Carmen25.9K listeners · Classic Rock
82. Gerry Rafferty25.2K listeners · Mellow Gold
83. Melissa Etheridge24.5K listeners · Lilith
84. Howie Day24.3K listeners · Rock
85. Manfred Mann's Earth Band24.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
86. Thirteen Senses23.1K listeners · Pop
87. Bill Medley22.9K listeners · Classic Rock
88. Matt Nathanson22.1K listeners
89. Taylor Dayne17.3K listeners
90. Joe Strummer15.8K listeners
91. Al Stewart15.6K listeners · Mellow Gold
92. Stealers Wheel15.4K listeners · Mellow Gold
93. Glenn Frey14.8K listeners · Classic Rock
94. Aqualung14.1K listeners
95. The Marshall Tucker Band13.2K listeners · Mellow Gold
96. Little River Band13.0K listeners · Yacht Rock
97. Gomez12.5K listeners
98. Anna Nalick12.1K listeners · Rock
99. Martika10.1K listeners · Classic Rock
100. Wilson Phillips9.1K listeners · Pop
101. Norman Greenbaum8.6K listeners · Mellow Gold
102. Endless Summer8.5K listeners · Dance Pop
103. Ambrosia8.0K listeners · Yacht Rock
104. Patrick Swayze8.0K listeners · Classic Rock
105. O.A.R.7.5K listeners · Pop
106. Edie Brickell7.2K listeners
107. George Winston7.0K listeners
108. The Rembrandts7.0K listeners
109. John Waite6.4K listeners
110. Iyeoka6.3K listeners · Pop
111. Bruce Hornsby & The Range6.1K listeners · Heartland Rock
112. Looking Glass5.8K listeners · Mellow Gold
113. Poco5.4K listeners · Mellow Gold
114. Marc Cohn5.3K listeners
115. Ten Sharp4.9K listeners · Pop
116. Harry Chapin4.8K listeners · Mellow Gold
117. Spencer Sutherland4.4K listeners · Rock
118. Dobie Gray2.8K listeners · Mellow Gold
119. Lanie Gardner2.6K listeners
120. Tift Merritt2.3K listeners
121. Seals & Crofts2.2K listeners · Mellow Gold
122. Don Louis2.0K listeners
123. Matt Mays1.9K listeners · Canadian Pop
124. No1.7K listeners
125. The Big 80s Guys1.5K listeners
126. Epitaph1.4K listeners
127. Life in 3d1.4K listeners
128. Neverending White Lights1.3K listeners
129. John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band1.0K listeners · Pop
130. Soulful Sounds1.0K listeners
131. Chicago Band1.0K listeners · Classic Rock
132. Joel Gustafsson1.0K listeners
133. Leonid & Friends1.0K listeners · Modern Rock
134. E-Town1.0K listeners
135. Haplo1.0K listeners
136. LIPPMAN1.0K listeners
137. Natalie Wong1.0K listeners
138. Legion Music1.0K listeners
139. Miley Montana1.0K listeners
140. The Martial1.0K listeners
141. Bagnon1.0K listeners
142. Travis Clark1.0K listeners