Classic soul

This chart is based on the monthly listeners metric for all artists tagged with the genre classic soul by Spotify. It may contain some errors or some data may not be up to date. You can check the artist profile to update data if necessary.

#	Artist	Monthly Listeners	Followers
1	Bill Withers	24,378,221	1,693,493
2	Marvin Gaye	19,211,699	5,289,063
3	The Temptations	12,761,125	2,904,258
4	Tammi Terrell	11,986,134	178,878
5	Aretha Franklin	11,367,793	3,334,875
6	Otis Redding	10,274,809	2,221,657
7	Ray Charles	9,809,857	2,254,935
8	Sam Cooke	8,203,788	1,608,748
9	Al Green	6,754,763	1,951,216
10	The Emotions	6,688,372	567,567
11	Four Tops	5,502,606	1,113,605
12	Roberta Flack	5,077,913	971,026
13	The Supremes	4,326,283	1,677,300
14	The Isley Brothers	4,128,408	1,810,685
15	The Spinners	3,456,966	915,909
16	Sam & Dave	3,326,011	330,876
17	War	3,212,153	446,298
18	Booker T. & the M.G.'s	2,871,781	296,187
19	Curtis Mayfield	2,866,705	1,090,703
20	Patrice Rushen	2,526,324	266,541
21	The Drifters	2,503,249	525,926
22	Jackie Wilson	2,379,152	445,037
23	Gladys Knight & The Pips	2,314,471	1,274,553
24	Sly & The Family Stone	2,231,163	1,008,312
25	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	2,192,627	1,194,190
26	The O'Jays	2,171,824	1,244,404
27	Brenton Wood	1,989,137	207,111
28	Bobby Womack	1,926,721	694,646
29	Martha Reeves & The Vandellas	1,844,309	454,094
30	Wilson Pickett	1,812,448	619,630
31	Rufus	1,806,209	236,031
32	Donny Hathaway	1,764,365	583,276
33	Percy Sledge	1,658,317	504,403
34	Cheryl Lynn	1,553,116	258,384
35	The Shirelles	1,529,421	307,457
36	Minnie Riperton	1,513,928	394,354
37	Billy Paul	1,408,796	284,908
38	The Stylistics	1,381,636	846,938
39	Shalamar	1,240,684	447,053
40	Ike & Tina Turner	1,235,210	318,525
41	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	1,231,126	593,179
42	The Staple Singers	1,193,997	342,778
43	The Brothers Johnson	1,183,140	396,044
44	Darondo	1,180,772	120,327
45	Mary Wells	1,137,207	306,511
46	The Five Stairsteps	1,119,767	85,266
47	Teddy Pendergrass	1,085,952	1,364,821
48	The Marvelettes	1,083,217	348,505
49	Smokey Robinson	1,060,675	1,255,421
50	Rose Royce	1,058,527	464,350
51	The Manhattans	1,028,693	627,198
52	Funkadelic	1,027,634	740,303
53	Evelyn "Champagne" King	992,913	346,934
54	Parliament	965,143	786,947
55	Lou Rawls	963,826	208,085
56	Marlena Shaw	921,362	79,109
57	Isaac Hayes	874,243	690,242
58	Edwin Starr	867,450	159,213
59	The Delfonics	858,231	539,776
60	Peaches & Herb	856,018	180,033
61	The Whispers	848,083	659,876
62	Heatwave	830,314	445,852
63	The Miracles	824,025	397,613
64	Irma Thomas	797,733	105,297
65	Fontella Bass	765,411	39,137
66	Average White Band	717,319	424,942
67	The J.B.'s	705,794	133,892
68	The Three Degrees	673,154	197,768
69	Ohio Players	664,363	667,743
70	Jr. Walker & The All Stars	654,294	225,601
71	The Love Unlimited Orchestra	618,732	96,779
72	The Impressions	610,155	272,870
73	Barbara Lynn	601,832	52,282
74	The Dramatics	587,849	373,248
75	Dazz Band	563,358	329,012
76	Mary Jane Girls	553,872	273,107
77	One Way	548,531	193,092
78	Jimmy Ruffin	534,000	192,145
79	The Chi-Lites	528,984	576,723
80	William DeVaughn	527,437	34,967
81	Betty Wright	492,749	277,765
82	Lakeside	482,324	327,284
83	The Elgins	472,665	72,211
84	The S.O.S Band	470,974	564,181
85	Billy Stewart	462,159	89,972
86	Maze	461,080	481,211
87	Little Anthony & The Imperials	454,204	106,445
88	Timmy Thomas	444,499	18,218
89	McFadden & Whitehead	430,606	61,999
90	L.T.D.	426,190	316,532
91	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose	415,889	24,084
92	Barbara Lewis	386,980	76,285
93	Barbara Mason	386,744	121,807
94	Ashford & Simpson	380,117	483,010
95	The Blackbyrds	379,160	131,899
96	The Main Ingredient	357,962	218,659
97	Little Beaver	356,094	26,097
98	The Intruders	354,549	231,280
99	Bloodstone	347,808	215,055
100	The Bar-Kays	324,447	283,147
101	The Jones Girls	318,684	121,742
102	Fatback Band	316,077	135,561
103	The Fuzz	307,458	6,971
104	Gene Chandler	305,279	84,966
105	James & Bobby Purify	290,689	27,644
106	Joe Bataan	290,483	53,815
107	The Originals	273,479	105,683
108	Ralfi Pagan	267,382	44,834
109	Betty Everett	267,126	31,264
110	Con Funk Shun	265,227	378,556
111	Eddie Kendricks	263,452	306,849
112	Blue Magic	258,510	243,368
113	Yarbrough & Peoples	256,914	76,278
114	The Floaters	252,711	31,843
115	Papa Bear & His Cubs	246,885	14,741
116	G.Q.	223,591	65,725
117	MFSB	215,659	81,231
118	The Notations	212,056	21,809
119	Brick	209,615	169,913
120	The Temprees	196,756	104,507
121	Eddie Holman	193,422	31,977
122	James Carr	193,307	52,455
123	Love Unlimited	191,081	72,026
124	Bob & Earl	179,814	7,388
125	Skyy	179,444	165,900
126	Merry Clayton	178,535	28,904
127	Archie Bell & The Drells	171,087	99,154
128	Willie Hutch	170,793	88,530
129	The Friends Of Distinction	168,648	53,664
130	The Undisputed Truth	167,895	54,285
131	Phyllis Hyman	165,717	334,450
132	The Dells	165,306	277,655
133	The Persuaders	161,964	93,440
134	The Sylvers	161,290	33,346
135	David Ruffin	158,864	227,781
136	Slave	156,337	234,189
137	Sunny & The Sunliners	152,967	26,812
138	Lyn Collins	145,443	45,285
139	Dee Dee Sharp	137,743	36,602
140	Jerry Butler	137,691	165,924
141	Kashif	129,480	155,674
142	Brenda And The Tabulations	128,934	8,727
143	Pete Wingfield	128,696	4,702
144	Johnny Bristol	126,617	16,650
145	Leroy Hutson	120,602	37,256
146	Barbara Acklin	110,397	9,797
147	Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces	109,547	3,772
148	The Moments	101,296	165,687
149	Ace Spectrum	100,049	7,040
150	Yvonne Fair	99,005	7,874
151	Mandrill	92,825	83,465
152	Donnie Elbert	92,819	15,753
153	The Vanguards	90,187	7,080
154	The Whatnauts	90,167	27,836
155	Linda Jones	87,003	25,830
156	Sly, Slick & Wicked	86,093	25,468
157	Jean Carn	82,919	50,763
158	Enchantment	81,746	66,434
159	Thee Midniters	81,253	20,367
160	Tierra	78,538	24,229
161	Lovelites	77,406	6,110
162	The New Birth	76,757	143,895
163	Milton Wright	76,660	10,691
164	Z.Z. Hill	76,600	84,598
165	Rotary Connection	75,012	18,230
166	Dexter Wansel	74,676	36,217
167	Supreme Jubilees	73,432	9,157
168	Norman Connors	61,757	61,943
169	B.T. Express	60,481	127,673
170	The Mad Lads	59,528	22,736
171	Brass Construction	59,075	131,322
172	Lamont Dozier	56,151	38,375
173	Willie Mitchell	52,425	16,031
174	Major Harris	52,281	73,936
175	Ray, Goodman & Brown	51,410	79,116
176	The Escorts	50,051	46,660
177	Jackie Moore	44,947	8,077
178	Maxine Brown	43,564	16,855
179	The Ethics	42,486	3,283
180	The Brothers Of Soul	39,829	16,233
181	Mass Production	36,795	60,137
182	Michael Henderson	35,906	67,501
183	The Monitors	30,303	24,019
184	The Festivals	28,981	910
185	Ronnie Dyson	28,391	4,900
186	Garland Green	27,073	7,133
187	Baby Washington	25,391	13,421
188	Brighter Side of Darkness	24,386	6,124
189	Margie Joseph	24,021	13,226
190	Ann Sexton	23,287	6,936
191	Timothy Wilson	22,319	1,185
192	The Ebonys	22,211	40,562
193	Ted Taylor	20,359	4,943
194	Black Ivory	18,453	28,607
195	Honey Cone	18,422	9,425
196	La Mission	18,363	7,697
197	The Superbs	18,087	6,302
198	The Natural Four	17,866	21,660
199	Ronnie McNeir	16,087	3,290
200	The Radiants	15,787	2,006
201	Dee Dee Warwick	15,389	11,514
202	Mike And The Censations	12,832	1,825
203	Ronnie Walker	12,817	1,103
204	The Futures	12,794	3,495
205	New York City	12,708	1,156
206	Jackie Ross	12,648	4,110
207	Bloodstone	12,000	955
208	The Montclairs	11,737	12,003
209	The Dynamic Superiors	11,403	6,688
210	The Masqueraders	10,734	6,303
211	The Incredibles	10,259	2,324
212	The Controllers	10,131	3,133
213	The Soul Brothers Six	8,807	4,102
214	The Independents	8,693	1,950
215	The Softones	8,328	4,900
216	Walter Jackson	8,151	5,992
217	Gloria Scott	7,574	3,359
218	Skip Mahoney	7,204	1,449
219	The Fantastic Four	7,084	6,495
220	The Royal Five	6,630	572
221	Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters	6,520	18,006
222	Prince Phillip Mitchell	6,430	3,034
223	The Modulations	5,217	2,211
224	Entertainers IV	5,000	239
225	Barbara Stant	4,483	674
226	The Marvelows	4,104	621
227	Anthony White	3,820	991
228	The Younghearts	3,809	551
229	Special Delivery	3,770	618
230	The Soul Generation	3,441	4,459
231	The Continental IV	2,903	1,743
232	The Presidents	2,718	839
233	Jimmy Briscoe & the Little Beavers	2,355	785
234	The True Reflection	616	450
235	Skip Mahoney & The Casuals	328	1,471
236	Soul Generation	203	724
237	Softones	83	704