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	Marvin Gaye	22,019,798	5,444,323
2	Bill Withers	19,907,037	1,760,995
3	Tammi Terrell	15,291,678	184,836
4	Aretha Franklin	14,754,019	3,437,608
5	Otis Redding	12,164,605	2,290,227
6	Ray Charles	11,042,549	2,351,081
7	The Temptations	11,005,991	2,994,512
8	Sam Cooke	8,847,055	1,655,756
9	Al Green	6,765,381	2,017,581
10	The Emotions	6,669,817	576,545
11	Four Tops	5,710,222	1,143,659
12	Roberta Flack	5,700,025	1,000,621
13	The Supremes	4,753,334	1,714,093
14	The Isley Brothers	3,860,276	1,863,912
15	Sam & Dave	3,671,217	340,112
16	War	3,573,262	464,810
17	The Drifters	3,394,488	547,864
18	The Spinners	3,001,281	941,669
19	Curtis Mayfield	2,710,961	1,114,638
20	Booker T. & the M.G.'s	2,695,694	306,014
21	Patrice Rushen	2,538,399	273,773
22	Sly & The Family Stone	2,228,170	1,025,567
23	Jackie Wilson	2,223,150	453,679
24	Gladys Knight & The Pips	2,204,928	1,304,865
25	The O'Jays	2,106,447	1,293,136
26	Brenton Wood	1,940,732	218,169
27	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	1,929,960	1,217,336
28	Donny Hathaway	1,916,210	597,341
29	Wilson Pickett	1,912,863	630,863
30	Rufus	1,859,915	243,411
31	Bobby Womack	1,801,383	708,317
32	Percy Sledge	1,675,811	517,850
33	Cheryl Lynn	1,610,324	260,585
34	Martha Reeves & The Vandellas	1,532,340	462,854
35	The Stylistics	1,457,321	853,633
36	The Shirelles	1,443,873	316,778
37	Minnie Riperton	1,434,000	413,046
38	Shalamar	1,253,343	461,486
39	Darondo	1,213,376	121,040
40	The Staple Singers	1,183,016	349,320
41	The Marvelettes	1,160,906	355,087
42	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	1,151,416	609,821
43	Ike & Tina Turner	1,135,992	327,196
44	Teddy Pendergrass	1,114,822	1,430,531
45	The Brothers Johnson	1,114,167	400,198
46	Billy Paul	1,064,977	290,992
47	The Five Stairsteps	1,063,365	87,081
48	Rose Royce	1,052,551	471,999
49	Funkadelic	1,041,158	753,817
50	The Manhattans	1,040,336	634,049
51	Smokey Robinson	1,017,634	1,286,198
52	Evelyn "Champagne" King	1,009,511	349,745
53	Mary Wells	956,989	312,653
54	Lou Rawls	923,340	216,650
55	Marlena Shaw	907,003	79,724
56	Parliament	890,246	797,856
57	Peaches & Herb	869,549	181,764
58	The Whispers	864,664	674,765
59	Heatwave	854,786	448,055
60	Edwin Starr	839,949	160,060
61	Isaac Hayes	838,634	710,835
62	The Delfonics	739,227	550,615
63	Fontella Bass	724,529	39,391
64	The Miracles	680,762	406,107
65	The J.B.'s	677,861	135,719
66	Ohio Players	657,418	671,201
67	Average White Band	651,558	431,602
68	Irma Thomas	648,210	107,426
69	The Three Degrees	635,158	199,557
70	Barbara Lynn	632,287	52,737
71	The Impressions	598,597	274,104
72	The Dramatics	597,998	374,764
73	Jr. Walker & The All Stars	579,674	229,527
74	Dazz Band	565,731	331,524
75	One Way	560,329	195,033
76	Mary Jane Girls	546,637	275,436
77	William DeVaughn	545,554	35,127
78	Lakeside	532,636	330,227
79	Jimmy Ruffin	516,364	192,760
80	The Chi-Lites	516,132	581,069
81	Maze	499,225	490,269
82	Billy Stewart	487,489	90,654
83	The S.O.S Band	479,507	566,497
84	Betty Wright	475,095	284,907
85	The Elgins	453,664	72,391
86	Timmy Thomas	424,578	18,623
87	McFadden & Whitehead	422,103	63,291
88	L.T.D.	411,484	318,136
89	Barbara Mason	391,797	122,548
90	Little Beaver	391,561	26,338
91	Barbara Lewis	390,943	76,742
92	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose	389,293	24,360
93	Little Anthony & The Imperials	381,735	107,597
94	The Blackbyrds	364,387	132,675
95	Ashford & Simpson	356,196	487,336
96	The Main Ingredient	349,098	219,643
97	The Bar-Kays	337,944	284,477
98	The Fuzz	331,384	7,494
99	Fatback Band	323,331	136,304
100	The Intruders	304,205	232,963
101	Bloodstone	300,759	216,514
102	Joe Bataan	299,272	54,399
103	The Jones Girls	296,429	122,584
104	James & Bobby Purify	283,998	27,806
105	Gene Chandler	282,333	87,158
106	The Originals	277,425	106,462
107	Ralfi Pagan	275,546	45,524
108	Con Funk Shun	270,591	380,147
109	Yarbrough & Peoples	262,779	77,011
110	Betty Everett	251,537	31,872
111	Papa Bear & His Cubs	244,481	15,014
112	The Floaters	241,600	32,485
113	Eddie Kendricks	235,753	311,666
114	G.Q.	224,752	66,520
115	Blue Magic	214,866	245,443
116	MFSB	214,602	81,693
117	Brick	204,966	170,688
118	The Notations	199,258	22,242
119	The Temprees	193,833	106,560
120	Bob & Earl	189,114	7,452
121	Eddie Holman	185,643	32,299
122	Love Unlimited	184,556	72,946
123	James Carr	178,760	52,567
124	Skyy	177,455	167,564
125	The Undisputed Truth	170,809	54,527
126	Merry Clayton	170,509	29,092
127	The Friends Of Distinction	169,178	54,192
128	Archie Bell & The Drells	167,378	100,371
129	Willie Hutch	165,795	88,840
130	The Dells	164,584	280,018
131	Phyllis Hyman	164,250	336,951
132	The Persuaders	160,478	94,294
133	David Ruffin	156,282	228,972
134	Slave	155,225	235,514
135	The Sylvers	154,945	33,705
136	Lyn Collins	142,051	45,504
137	Pete Wingfield	137,244	4,912
138	Sunny & The Sunliners	136,281	27,510
139	Jerry Butler	135,468	166,647
140	Dee Dee Sharp	133,979	36,762
141	Johnny Bristol	131,504	16,833
142	Kashif	130,162	156,922
143	Brenda And The Tabulations	124,727	9,517
144	Leroy Hutson	113,910	37,467
145	Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces	109,073	3,971
146	Chairmen Of The Board	104,667	28,453
147	Ace Spectrum	100,936	7,323
148	The Moments	100,040	167,084
149	Barbara Acklin	97,675	9,827
150	Yvonne Fair	94,115	7,940
151	The Whatnauts	91,868	28,148
152	Donnie Elbert	89,698	16,070
153	Enchantment	83,762	67,747
154	Linda Jones	83,570	26,176
155	The Vanguards	82,636	7,590
156	Tierra	82,563	24,932
157	Jean Carn	82,141	50,963
158	Thee Midniters	80,070	21,049
159	Sly, Slick & Wicked	79,137	25,892
160	Z.Z. Hill	75,953	85,319
161	The New Birth	74,110	145,274
162	Supreme Jubilees	71,330	9,220
163	Milton Wright	69,812	10,876
164	Lovelites	69,673	6,573
165	Rotary Connection	65,358	18,394
166	Sam Dees	65,124	5,188
167	Major Harris	63,064	74,808
168	Norman Connors	61,251	62,637
169	Brass Construction	61,089	131,894
170	B.T. Express	60,422	128,212
171	Lamont Dozier	52,054	38,672
172	The Mad Lads	51,997	23,095
173	Ray, Goodman & Brown	49,428	80,636
174	The Escorts	49,241	47,070
175	Willie Mitchell	46,747	16,085
176	Frankie Karl & The Dreams	42,619	974
177	Jackie Moore	41,011	8,145
178	The Ethics	40,023	3,333
179	Maxine Brown	37,552	17,103
180	Michael Henderson	35,962	68,016
181	The Brothers Of Soul	35,151	16,753
182	Mass Production	32,764	60,849
183	The Monitors	30,514	24,083
184	Ronnie Dyson	27,890	4,937
185	The Festivals	26,889	942
186	Brighter Side of Darkness	24,947	6,244
187	Garland Green	24,508	7,336
188	Baby Washington	24,249	13,554
189	Margie Joseph	23,666	13,273
190	Ann Sexton	23,208	7,002
191	Timothy Wilson	20,934	1,241
192	The Ebonys	20,485	40,893
193	Honey Cone	20,450	9,656
194	Ted Taylor	19,163	4,987
195	The Superbs	18,252	6,457
196	Black Ivory	17,470	28,949
197	The Natural Four	17,326	21,885
198	La Mission	16,859	7,784
199	Dee Dee Warwick	16,120	11,593
200	Jack & The Mods	15,332	980
201	Ronnie McNeir	14,586	3,309
202	The Radiants	14,554	2,038
203	The Futures	14,225	3,587
204	Eugene Record	14,095	2,299
205	New York City	12,998	1,168
206	Ronnie Walker	12,676	1,117
207	Mike And The Censations	12,351	1,837
208	The Montclairs	11,884	12,127
209	Jackie Ross	11,332	4,288
210	Bloodstone	10,997	1,164
211	The Dynamic Superiors	10,872	6,884
212	The Controllers	10,492	3,225
213	The Masqueraders	10,303	6,454
214	The Incredibles	9,709	2,473
215	The Soul Brothers Six	9,618	4,118
216	The Independents	9,211	2,072
217	Gloria Scott	8,408	3,412
218	The Softones	8,311	4,966
219	Walter Jackson	7,983	6,072
220	Skip Mahoney	7,362	1,493
221	Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters	6,392	18,019
222	Prince Phillip Mitchell	6,372	3,067
223	The Fantastic Four	6,332	6,607
224	The Royal Five	6,183	640
225	Frankie & The Spindles	5,534	529
226	The Modulations	5,263	2,258
227	Entertainers IV	4,677	241
228	Barbara Stant	4,197	692
229	The Marvelows	4,016	661
230	Special Delivery	3,912	775
231	The Younghearts	3,800	587
232	Anthony White	3,737	999
233	The Soul Generation	3,538	4,635
234	The Continental IV	2,872	1,949
235	The Presidents	2,721	858
236	Jimmy Briscoe & the Little Beavers	2,103	891
237	The True Reflection	616	450
238	Skip Mahoney & The Casuals	328	1,471
239	Soul Generation	203	724
240	Softones	83	704