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	Stevie Wonder	19,534,461	6,964,857
2	Marvin Gaye	19,041,030	5,809,490
3	Bill Withers	16,226,468	1,923,221
4	Aretha Franklin	10,723,085	3,698,389
5	The Temptations	10,183,745	3,198,392
6	Ray Charles	9,132,978	2,537,660
7	Otis Redding	8,353,634	2,464,443
8	Commodores	8,185,744	2,052,068
9	Al Green	8,063,876	2,195,233
10	Sam Cooke	6,193,443	1,795,625
11	Four Tops	5,543,873	1,219,061
12	Barry White	5,317,010	2,168,848
13	James Brown	4,541,242	2,280,052
14	War	4,463,987	501,353
15	The Isley Brothers	4,332,236	1,975,040
16	The Supremes	3,897,686	1,799,382
17	The Spinners	3,493,582	1,004,505
18	Booker T. & the M.G.'s	3,263,249	329,570
19	Solomon Burke	2,870,393	286,693
20	Sam & Dave	2,853,462	361,502
21	Sly & The Family Stone	2,651,700	1,076,095
22	Curtis Mayfield	2,577,351	1,161,661
23	Gladys Knight & The Pips	2,347,727	1,384,370
24	The O'Jays	2,041,392	1,376,360
25	Percy Sledge	2,040,839	549,602
26	Brenton Wood	2,019,622	264,500
27	Donny Hathaway	1,915,410	636,259
28	Jackie Wilson	1,899,411	480,155
29	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	1,862,667	1,247,283
30	Minnie Riperton	1,859,405	457,403
31	Bobby Womack	1,720,924	746,855
32	The Five Stairsteps	1,621,385	97,789
33	Wilson Pickett	1,564,626	651,437
34	Martha Reeves & The Vandellas	1,411,555	485,108
35	Anita Baker	1,382,662	1,484,027
36	Billy Paul	1,354,307	320,370
37	Dobie Gray	1,331,400	54,821
38	The Stylistics	1,295,492	912,324
39	Rose Royce	1,266,483	497,829
40	The Notations	1,240,859	34,540
41	Teddy Pendergrass	1,215,233	1,581,239
42	Aaron Neville	1,209,076	157,684
43	Randy Crawford	1,187,125	377,289
44	Smokey Robinson	1,179,888	1,339,001
45	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	1,173,537	652,705
46	The Manhattans	1,130,190	691,350
47	Darondo	1,116,591	138,394
48	The Staple Singers	1,072,492	360,838
49	Bobby "Blue" Bland	1,028,931	172,005
50	Lou Rawls	1,024,502	243,474
51	Dennis Edwards	1,019,612	25,823
52	George McCrae	1,016,443	156,446
53	The Marvelettes	953,137	375,800
54	Average White Band	889,862	446,389
55	Isaac Hayes	885,836	737,013
56	Mary Wells	869,522	325,201
57	Edwin Starr	846,460	170,661
58	The Delfonics	762,130	574,953
59	Stephanie Mills	744,768	608,850
60	O.V. Wright	734,698	48,510
61	The Miracles	707,493	422,684
62	William DeVaughn	705,990	40,513
63	Irma Thomas	696,226	119,709
64	Ohio Players	696,201	695,598
65	Jean Knight	686,122	34,164
66	Fontella Bass	641,869	45,607
67	Freddie Jackson	638,298	863,554
68	Maze	615,123	531,319
69	Jimmy Ruffin	596,571	207,693
70	The Dramatics	577,046	394,519
71	Diana Ross & The Supremes	554,513	95,098
72	Ann Peebles	552,522	128,710
73	The Chi-Lites	549,640	615,444
74	Eddie Floyd	535,630	60,546
75	Billy Stewart	525,843	98,507
76	Timmy Thomas	518,859	21,397
77	The Impressions	510,645	285,616
78	William Bell	479,621	77,235
79	Barrett Strong	470,425	32,822
80	The Main Ingredient	458,824	231,941
81	Jr. Walker & The All Stars	453,398	236,013
82	Syl Johnson	441,404	60,812
83	Clarence Carter	418,458	197,720
84	Carla Thomas	401,636	74,084
85	The Elgins	389,144	75,762
86	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose	369,711	30,032
87	James & Bobby Purify	331,896	31,693
88	Arthur Conley	331,154	45,667
89	The Intruders	328,777	244,302
90	L.T.D.	322,063	20,335
91	The Floaters	320,371	47,169
92	Ralfi Pagan	314,450	54,898
93	King Floyd	312,529	28,520
94	Bloodstone	306,717	225,421
95	Frankie Beverly	296,647	111,463
96	The Jones Girls	295,344	130,305
97	Kim Weston	278,150	33,790
98	Erma Franklin	277,003	26,646
99	Brook Benton	267,540	80,735
100	The Originals	266,546	112,848
101	Tyrone Davis	253,929	190,725
102	Blue Magic	247,542	261,202
103	The Temprees	246,300	112,766
104	Millie Jackson	238,924	159,399
105	Dorothy Moore	231,259	56,446
106	Brick	216,198	181,986
107	Eddie Kendricks	212,633	321,158
108	Larry Graham	210,776	71,394
109	L.T.D.	206,183	1,866
110	Johnnie Taylor	203,938	242,079
111	Freda Payne	200,824	24,150
112	The Persuaders	194,327	99,894
113	Archie Bell & The Drells	192,639	108,075
114	Papa Bear & His Cubs	187,176	17,864
115	David Ruffin	185,026	238,883
116	The Friends Of Distinction	177,918	60,875
117	Eddie Holman	176,524	36,630
118	Champaign	176,290	15,839
119	The Velvelettes	174,515	147,169
120	The Dells	169,725	291,412
121	Merry Clayton	165,603	31,421
122	Bettye Swann	164,926	53,685
123	The Undisputed Truth	162,313	59,937
124	Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir	159,112	33,103
125	Phyllis Hyman	158,628	349,597
126	The Tams	157,969	19,165
127	Frank Wilson	154,718	21,721
128	Lyn Collins	146,829	48,846
129	Brenda And The Tabulations	146,454	13,342
130	Johnny Bristol	146,136	19,411
131	Shirley Brown	143,781	112,962
132	Bob & Earl	130,551	8,907
133	Joe Tex	127,722	20,485
134	Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces	127,462	5,126
135	James Carr	123,107	56,130
136	Leroy Hutson	121,740	39,938
137	Chairmen Of The Board	119,782	30,816
138	The Moments	117,194	175,356
139	Jerry Butler	113,047	175,794
140	Pete Wingfield	100,817	5,935
141	Sam Dees	99,788	6,705
142	Thee Midniters	97,812	24,121
143	Enchantment	96,151	78,346
144	Sly, Slick & Wicked	94,993	30,000
145	The Fuzz	94,209	9,361
146	Major Harris	93,885	81,382
147	Jean Carn	88,857	53,881
148	The Whatnauts	87,564	30,603
149	Ray, Goodman & Brown	87,431	91,626
150	Yvonne Fair	85,363	9,027
151	Luther Ingram	85,056	54,356
152	Joe Simon	84,571	81,766
153	Supreme Jubilees	83,310	10,442
154	Mel & Tim	80,892	15,454
155	Barbara Acklin	80,618	10,707
156	The New Birth	80,574	153,769
157	The Mar-Keys	79,901	31,639
158	Rufus Thomas	79,167	83,290
159	Norman Connors	70,851	66,764
160	Lovelites	69,673	6,573
161	Linda Jones	67,307	28,943
162	Helene Smith	66,798	6,133
163	Ace Spectrum	65,742	9,333
164	Shirley & Company	59,902	2,937
165	Rotary Connection	57,738	20,906
166	Jackie Moore	55,549	8,958
167	The Ethics	53,119	3,939
168	The Mad Lads	52,672	24,422
169	The Capitols	52,564	7,896
170	Brenda Holloway	50,447	45,845
171	Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters	49,578	10,343
172	Dee Clark	48,362	17,051
173	The Escorts	47,154	50,365
174	Soul Clan	44,826	1,123
175	Major Lance	44,733	30,646
176	Willie Mitchell	44,286	16,945
177	Jimmy Hughes	43,632	11,157
178	Lamont Dozier	42,034	40,596
179	Darrell Banks	41,050	11,030
180	Laura Lee	40,611	11,410
181	Maxine Brown	39,516	18,449
182	The Natural Four	39,387	24,110
183	Linda Fields	37,939	829
184	The Brothers Of Soul	36,452	17,913
185	Sylvia	33,955	3,301
186	Tami Lynn	33,858	3,374
187	D.J. Rogers	33,009	6,023
188	Frankie Karl & The Dreams	32,062	1,750
189	Mable John	31,781	14,336
190	The Soul Children	30,400	34,776
191	The Funky Boys	29,886	209
192	Brighter Side of Darkness	29,258	8,949
193	Renaldo Domino	29,212	2,230
194	Ronnie Dyson	29,066	5,390
195	Bill Wright	28,403	620
196	The Sweet Inspirations	27,940	14,295
197	Ray	27,045	371
198	La Mission	27,005	8,481
199	Alice Clark	26,814	8,080
200	The M.V.P.'s	25,420	1,092
201	Billy Butler	24,899	6,637
202	Honey Cone	24,791	11,249
203	Howard Tate	24,607	9,000
204	Don Covay	24,439	21,788
205	Don Covay & The Goodtimers	24,347	791
206	Garnet Mimms	23,883	3,976
207	Jeanne & The Darlings	23,419	2,375
208	Margie Joseph	23,255	14,005
209	Ruby Johnson	22,684	9,411
210	Ann Sexton	22,614	7,639
211	Frederick Knight	21,983	2,716
212	The Ebonys	21,972	43,357
213	Shorty Long	21,918	13,307
214	Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr	20,949	2,299
215	The Controllers	20,631	4,714
216	Jack & The Mods	20,537	1,582
217	The Dynamic Superiors	19,633	10,055
218	High Inergy	19,083	921
219	Tobi Legend	18,251	1,171
220	Dan Penn	18,075	8,331
221	Black Ivory	18,058	30,577
222	Ronnie McNeir	16,285	3,896
223	Luther	15,970	1,140
224	New York City	15,910	1,762
225	Dee Dee Warwick	15,227	12,321
226	Eddie Holland	14,907	21,649
227	The Independents	14,857	4,420
228	Ted Taylor	14,708	5,382
229	The Astors	14,222	8,769
230	David Porter	14,049	6,852
231	Geater Davis	12,742	2,908
232	The Montclairs	12,583	12,851
233	Ruby Andrews	11,691	3,830
234	Deon Jackson	11,672	1,415
235	Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon	11,539	1,161
236	Mike And The Censations	11,533	2,054
237	The Soul Brothers Six	11,475	4,727
238	Mark Capanni	10,779	696
239	The Pips	10,774	994
240	The Softones	10,450	6,409
241	Dana Valery	9,585	779
242	Bobby McClure	9,566	974
243	Shirley Jones	9,431	1,430
244	Harold Melvin	9,271	6,942
245	Four Mints	9,224	2,179
246	Prince Phillip Mitchell	9,053	3,715
247	Spencer Wiggins	9,014	5,167
248	John Gary Williams	8,993	1,795
249	Siggi Schwarz	8,634	1,209
250	The Brotherhood	8,412	1,622
251	Debbie Taylor	8,136	1,416
252	Lorraine Chandler	8,083	2,089
253	The Fantastic Four	7,531	8,492
254	The Artistics	7,415	7,366
255	Judy Clay	7,066	4,211
256	The Lost Generation	6,915	1,505
257	Holland-Dozier	6,899	1,850
258	Kool Blues	6,792	2,480
259	Doris Duke	6,043	8,218
260	The Persuaders	5,976	375
261	The Bluebelles	5,923	580
262	Jean Wells	5,802	1,757
263	Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters	5,535	18,115
264	Shirley Walton	5,181	958
265	Bloodstone	5,140	3,200
266	Lynn Williams	5,110	861
267	The Cavaliers	4,914	1,722
268	Johnny Moore	4,589	776
269	The Conchords	4,340	181
270	The Continental IV	4,209	2,623
271	Barbara Stant	4,188	798
272	The Legends	4,187	443
273	Entertainers IV	4,092	302
274	Chocolate Snow	4,038	1,079
275	The Soul Generation	4,021	6,251
276	Nancy Ames	3,914	551
277	Ronnie Taylor	3,810	644
278	Tony Wilson	3,775	129
279	Altyrone Deno Brown	3,757	643
280	Neale Lundgren	3,521	256
281	Derek Martin	3,420	1,745
282	MIKI BLIND	3,388	233
283	Willie Kendrick	3,346	793
284	The Knight Brothers	3,292	552
285	The Satintones	3,124	4,201
286	Lee David	3,042	284
287	Pete Rugolo And His Orchestra	3,031	151
288	Beverly Ann	3,011	161
289	Sir Mack Rice	2,922	1,609
290	Lou Courtney	2,873	1,250
291	Eddie Ray	2,794	1,166
292	Lou Bond	2,713	2,025
293	The Chi-Lites / The Whispers	2,698	345
294	The Del Rios	2,571	261
295	Phillip Mitchell	2,546	283
296	Al Matthews	2,437	229
297	Ghanz Grooves	2,429	31
298	Kaldirons	2,294	507
299	Dahlia Dumont	2,289	115
300	Johnny Daye	2,154	248
301	The New Stylistics	2,107	272
302	The Spellbinders	2,020	5,565
303	Ollie & The Nightingales	1,947	4,006
304	The Minits	1,920	520
305	Bobbi Lynn	1,913	303
306	Shane Martin	1,847	338
307	Royal Esquires	1,832	376
308	Amir Madani Rascado	1,746	12
309	Veda Brown	1,732	2,786
310	Johnny Soul	1,655	143
311	Machine Soul Collective	1,626	17
312	The Eight Minutes	1,590	502
313	Joe Hinton	1,560	566
314	Henry Charles	1,522	70
315	The Charmaines	1,458	648
316	Dean Courtney	1,414	211
317	Mavis Rivers	1,351	679
318	Reparta & The Delrons	1,342	138
319	Oscar Mack	1,330	371
320	Benito Piazza	1,300	124
321	Boscoe	1,288	1,146
322	Jimmy Briscoe & the Little Beavers	1,287	966
323	Eritrean Classical	1,287	316
324	The Fabulous Wailers	1,281	119
325	Susan Barrett	1,223	267
326	Tony Wison	1,182	103
327	Ike Noble & The Uptights	1,162	154
328	Alder Ray Mathis	1,160	91
329	The Sweet Things	1,150	44
330	Chris Bartley	1,113	87
331	Christian Pisani	1,092	91
332	Charles May	1,034	466
333	Barbara Schuster	1,000	136
334	Jay Wiggins	520	121
335	Harold Melvin's Blue Notes	442	545
336	Hazel Miller	217	789
337	Soul Generation	203	724
338	The Sweaters	154	23
339	Arthur Conley & The Sweaters	153	31
340	Big Dre	144	144
341	Carlos Augusto	133	131
342	DORA	107	341
343	Brendan De Laney	104	13
344	Svenska Hotkvintetten	101	153
345	Softones	83	704
346	Marcel Quillevere	50	33
347	Jimmi Amoore	39	1,298
348	The Stone Mg's	35	163
349	White Slave	31	3
350	Uplift Classic	28	48
351	Pepe Dougan	24	131
352	Valerio Scrignoli	18	120
353	Mahdi	8	149
354	Cinzia Prampolini	8	24
355	Miika Kalliala	4	11
356	The Futile of the Crying	1	2
357	Katrine Gregersen	1	12
358	Gino Van Gennep	1	17
359	The Within Affirmatives	1	7
360	Betty Clements	1	15