Soul

Genre of popular music. Emerged 1955. Wikipedia

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116 artists with 7.7M combined listeners. 40% of them sit in the Quiet Storm / Classic Soul / Dutch R&B community on the map. It shares the most artists with Classic Soul.

Where Soul sits on the map

• Quiet Storm / Classic Soul / Dutch R&B · 46 artists (40%)
• Northern Soul / Motown / Classic Soul · 22 artists (19%)
• R&B / Southern Soul / Southern Soul Blues · 11 artists (9%)
• Retro Soul / Souldies / South Carolina Hip Hop · 4 artists (3%)
• Electric Blues / Texas Blues / Chicago Blues · 4 artists (3%)
• Vocal Jazz / Doo-Wop / Mellow Gold · 3 artists (3%)

Strongest pairings in Soul

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

1. Teddy Pendergrass & Luther Vandross · 55 shared playlists
2. Teddy Pendergrass & Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes · 42 shared playlists
3. Teddy Pendergrass & The Manhattans · 41 shared playlists
4. Anita Baker & Luther Vandross · 40 shared playlists
5. James Brown & Curtis Mayfield · 39 shared playlists
6. Curtis Mayfield & The Spinners · 38 shared playlists
7. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes & The Stylistics · 36 shared playlists
8. The Manhattans & Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes · 34 shared playlists
9. Teddy Pendergrass & Atlantic Starr · 33 shared playlists
10. Luther Vandross & Freddie Jackson · 32 shared playlists

Related genres

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

• Classic Soul · 29 shared artistsBoth: Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Barry White
• Motown · 20 shared artistsBoth: James Brown, The Manhattans, The Spinners
• Northern Soul · 14 shared artistsBoth: Esther Phillips, Darrell Banks, Moses
• R&B · 32 shared artistsBoth: Aretha Franklin, Barry White, Luther Vandross
• Quiet Storm · 16 shared artistsBoth: Luther Vandross, Anita Baker, Curtis Mayfield
• Disco · 6 shared artistsBoth: Sister Sledge, Odyssey, Hot Chocolate
• Mellow Gold · 9 shared artistsBoth: Dionne Warwick, Sly & The Family Stone, The Manhattans
• Neo Soul · 3 shared artistsBoth: Jill Scott, Kenny Lattimore, Floetry

Artists

116 artists tagged Soul, ranked by listeners.

1. Aretha Franklin1.9M listeners · Classic Soul
2. James Brown1.4M listeners · Classic Soul
3. Barry White1.1M listeners · Classic Soul
4. Luther Vandross575.6K listeners · R&B
5. Dionne Warwick228.7K listeners · R&B
6. Anita Baker206.8K listeners · R&B
7. Curtis Mayfield204.7K listeners · Classic Soul
8. Jill Scott181.1K listeners · R&B
9. Sister Sledge152.1K listeners · Disco
10. Teddy Pendergrass149.7K listeners · R&B
11. Sly & The Family Stone120.6K listeners · Classic Soul
12. Charlie Wilson90.5K listeners · R&B
13. Johnny Gill75.9K listeners · R&B
14. Donny Hathaway72.2K listeners · R&B
15. Gerald Levert71.5K listeners · R&B
16. Freddie Jackson68.3K listeners · R&B
17. The Manhattans64.5K listeners
18. Atlantic Starr60.3K listeners · R&B
19. Randy Crawford57.7K listeners
20. The Spinners54.2K listeners · Classic Soul
21. The Stylistics52.8K listeners · Classic Soul
22. Chrisette Michele51.1K listeners · R&B
23. Peabo Bryson49.6K listeners · R&B
24. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes37.6K listeners · Classic Soul
25. Regina Belle29.8K listeners · R&B
26. Karyn White29.2K listeners · R&B
27. Kenny Lattimore28.2K listeners · R&B
28. The Coasters26.8K listeners · Mellow Gold
29. Jeffrey Osborne25.6K listeners
30. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas24.7K listeners · Motown
31. Floetry24.6K listeners · R&B
32. Odyssey24.0K listeners · Disco
33. Sam & Dave23.1K listeners · Classic Soul
34. Joan Armatrading21.8K listeners · Singer-Songwriter
35. The Chi-Lites21.0K listeners · Classic Soul
36. Aaron Neville21.0K listeners · Souldies
37. Hot Chocolate19.8K listeners · Disco
38. Billy Preston19.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
39. Esther Phillips18.6K listeners
40. Glenn Jones17.6K listeners · R&B
41. The Dramatics15.5K listeners · Classic Soul
42. BeBe Winans13.5K listeners · R&B
43. The Dells12.3K listeners · Motown
44. Millie Jackson10.6K listeners
45. Tyrone Davis9.8K listeners · Southern Soul
46. Gregory Abbott9.7K listeners · R&B
47. Darondo8.9K listeners
48. The Impressions8.2K listeners · Classic Soul
49. The Three Degrees7.6K listeners · Mellow Gold
50. Oleta Adams6.8K listeners · R&B
51. Herman Kelly & Life6.2K listeners
52. Bettye LaVette6.2K listeners
53. Brook Benton3.9K listeners
54. Jerry Butler3.8K listeners · Motown
55. Dorothy Moore3.8K listeners
56. Z.Z. Hill3.4K listeners
57. Mcfadden & Whitehead3.2K listeners · Disco
58. Paranoia3.1K listeners
59. Dobie Gray2.8K listeners · Mellow Gold
60. Little Anthony & The Imperials2.8K listeners · Doo-Wop
61. Timmy Thomas2.5K listeners
62. Helen Baylor2.4K listeners
63. Otis Clay2.1K listeners
64. Puff Johnson2.0K listeners · R&B
65. Darrell Banks2.0K listeners · Northern Soul
66. Res1.9K listeners
67. Instant Funk1.9K listeners
68. Big Maybelle1.6K listeners
69. Moses1.4K listeners
70. Joe Simon1.4K listeners
71. Luther Ingram1.1K listeners
72. Easy1.0K listeners
73. Soulful Sounds1.0K listeners · Soft Rock
74. mleroy1.0K listeners
75. SOULVERSE1.0K listeners · R&B
76. TOKYO POP CITY1.0K listeners
77. Dan Siegel1.0K listeners
78. Beau Williams1.0K listeners
79. Sergio Hernandez1.0K listeners · Hard Rock
80. Replika1.0K listeners
81. Girlfriend.1.0K listeners · J-Pop
82. Music Channel1.0K listeners
83. Soul Blues Icon1.0K listeners
84. R. Dean Taylor1.0K listeners
85. The Poets1.0K listeners
86. Dread Ina Babylon1.0K listeners
87. Maybe1.0K listeners
88. Milira1.0K listeners · R&B
89. The Epitome Of Sound1.0K listeners
90. The Casualeers1.0K listeners · Northern Soul
91. Roy Hamilton1.0K listeners · Northern Soul
92. Moraíto1.0K listeners
93. Benny Latimore1.0K listeners
94. Low Maintenance1.0K listeners
95. Michael Daniel1.0K listeners
96. Eddie Parker1.0K listeners · Northern Soul
97. Don Thomas1.0K listeners
98. The Invitations1.0K listeners · Northern Soul
99. Synesthesia1.0K listeners
100. Isley Jasper Isley1.0K listeners · R&B
101. The Disco Fever's1.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
102. Marion Black1.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
103. Sam Williams1.0K listeners · Atl Hip Hop
104. Men Of North Country1.0K listeners
105. J.J. Barnes1.0K listeners · Northern Soul
106. The Vibrations1.0K listeners · Northern Soul
107. Peter Garcia1.0K listeners
108. The Sinceres1.0K listeners
109. Lee Shot Williams1.0K listeners
110. J. J. Jackson1.0K listeners
111. New York City1.0K listeners
112. LNR1.0K listeners
113. Ray Obiedo1.0K listeners
114. Oh He Dead1.0K listeners
115. Brenda & The Tabulations1.0K listeners
116. Louis Price1.0K listeners