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	19,608,094	6,984,942
2	Marvin Gaye	18,855,377	5,828,631
3	Bill Withers	16,871,099	1,932,684
4	Aretha Franklin	10,763,609	3,711,684
5	The Temptations	10,308,529	3,208,794
6	Ray Charles	9,288,718	2,547,380
7	Al Green	8,391,034	2,205,057
8	Otis Redding	8,220,120	2,472,966
9	Commodores	8,158,492	2,059,083
10	Sam Cooke	6,120,680	1,803,001
11	Four Tops	5,664,285	1,223,120
12	Barry White	5,325,039	2,177,206
13	War	4,570,178	504,190
14	James Brown	4,551,339	2,284,364
15	The Isley Brothers	4,218,494	1,981,778
16	The Supremes	3,978,159	1,803,100
17	The Spinners	3,555,376	1,007,772
18	Booker T. & the M.G.'s	3,250,684	330,813
19	Sly & The Family Stone	2,916,762	1,081,283
20	Solomon Burke	2,860,373	287,429
21	Sam & Dave	2,850,932	362,427
22	Curtis Mayfield	2,668,288	1,163,877
23	Gladys Knight & The Pips	2,278,307	1,388,534
24	Percy Sledge	2,080,531	551,076
25	The O'Jays	2,071,475	1,380,767
26	Brenton Wood	1,972,863	265,666
27	Jackie Wilson	1,873,348	481,335
28	Donny Hathaway	1,854,812	638,673
29	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	1,814,517	1,248,807
30	Minnie Riperton	1,794,248	460,238
31	Bobby Womack	1,724,284	748,819
32	Wilson Pickett	1,567,811	652,368
33	The Five Stairsteps	1,542,909	99,021
34	Martha Reeves & The Vandellas	1,477,530	486,279
35	The Notations	1,375,476	36,148
36	Anita Baker	1,355,609	1,490,609
37	Billy Paul	1,332,558	322,273
38	Dobie Gray	1,331,400	54,821
39	Rose Royce	1,319,366	499,436
40	The Stylistics	1,311,035	914,434
41	Aaron Neville	1,232,920	158,521
42	Teddy Pendergrass	1,213,133	1,590,252
43	Smokey Robinson	1,198,677	1,341,040
44	Randy Crawford	1,180,150	377,950
45	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	1,176,056	655,088
46	The Manhattans	1,116,184	693,038
47	Dennis Edwards	1,094,125	26,457
48	The Staple Singers	1,078,380	361,173
49	Darondo	1,057,255	139,445
50	Bobby Hebb	1,057,152	47,474
51	George McCrae	1,055,057	156,823
52	Lou Rawls	1,016,040	245,200
53	Bobby "Blue" Bland	1,005,606	172,357
54	The Marvelettes	949,993	376,925
55	Mary Wells	888,635	325,747
56	Average White Band	874,915	447,278
57	Isaac Hayes	857,412	738,708
58	Edwin Starr	846,460	170,661
59	Stephanie Mills	738,921	609,844
60	The Delfonics	734,355	576,482
61	Jean Knight	730,976	34,556
62	The Miracles	726,438	423,638
63	William DeVaughn	708,787	40,785
64	Ohio Players	694,289	696,060
65	O.V. Wright	677,282	49,130
66	Fontella Bass	656,110	45,843
67	Irma Thomas	648,030	120,374
68	Freddie Jackson	637,209	867,961
69	Ann Peebles	616,792	129,318
70	Maze	615,250	533,593
71	Jimmy Ruffin	588,850	208,231
72	Betty Wright	554,551	310,052
73	Diana Ross & The Supremes	554,538	95,676
74	The Chi-Lites	547,405	616,566
75	The Dramatics	543,195	395,322
76	Eddie Floyd	542,936	61,047
77	Billy Stewart	519,204	99,085
78	The Impressions	517,386	285,887
79	Timmy Thomas	502,029	21,564
80	William Bell	466,917	77,534
81	Syl Johnson	460,265	60,942
82	Jr. Walker & The All Stars	448,686	236,264
83	Barrett Strong	438,981	32,971
84	The Main Ingredient	435,686	232,333
85	Al Wilson	422,762	28,605
86	Clarence Carter	421,228	197,904
87	Carla Thomas	406,311	74,206
88	The Elgins	377,968	75,888
89	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose	373,388	30,299
90	King Floyd	329,003	28,774
91	Arthur Conley	321,849	45,821
92	James & Bobby Purify	321,412	31,979
93	Ralfi Pagan	316,049	55,187
94	The Floaters	306,975	48,212
95	L.T.D.	305,970	21,948
96	Bloodstone	302,563	225,593
97	Frankie Beverly	294,038	114,750
98	The Intruders	286,759	244,831
99	The Jones Girls	282,283	130,505
100	Erma Franklin	280,752	26,745
101	Kim Weston	274,643	33,845
102	Brook Benton	274,156	81,031
103	The Originals	266,024	113,037
104	The Temprees	260,775	112,968
105	Blue Magic	255,066	261,952
106	Tyrone Davis	236,235	191,363
107	Dorothy Moore	229,701	56,714
108	Millie Jackson	228,356	159,659
109	Larry Graham	216,339	71,723
110	The Persuaders	212,325	100,389
111	Brick	210,369	182,588
112	Linda Lyndell	207,538	4,986
113	L.T.D.	206,554	3,554
114	Archie Bell & The Drells	202,276	108,241
115	Johnnie Taylor	201,955	242,646
116	Freda Payne	201,680	24,323
117	Eddie Kendricks	201,618	321,977
118	David Ruffin	184,721	239,168
119	Eddie Holman	179,480	36,716
120	The Friends Of Distinction	175,874	61,272
121	Papa Bear & His Cubs	175,631	17,945
122	Champaign	175,514	16,065
123	The Velvelettes	168,718	147,113
124	The Dells	167,156	291,732
125	Merry Clayton	165,603	31,421
126	Bettye Swann	163,664	53,921
127	The Undisputed Truth	158,667	60,211
128	The Tams	157,969	19,165
129	Phyllis Hyman	156,993	350,016
130	Lyn Collins	156,359	49,044
131	Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir	151,488	33,337
132	Johnny Bristol	150,282	19,515
133	Frank Wilson	149,230	21,725
134	Shirley Brown	147,707	113,299
135	Brenda And The Tabulations	145,493	13,475
136	Bob & Earl	130,598	8,997
137	Joe Tex	129,612	20,633
138	Willie Hutch	129,073	94,817
139	Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces	127,225	5,165
140	Leroy Hutson	121,967	40,037
141	Chairmen Of The Board	119,891	30,915
142	The Moments	119,486	175,814
143	James Carr	118,521	56,283
144	Bloodstone	116,463	6,175
145	Jerry Butler	112,179	176,076
146	Pete Wingfield	103,112	5,946
147	Thee Midniters	102,584	24,270
148	Major Harris	97,417	81,606
149	Sly, Slick & Wicked	94,065	30,163
150	The Whatnauts	92,935	30,687
151	The Fuzz	91,899	9,431
152	Enchantment	91,893	78,820
153	Ray, Goodman & Brown	87,837	92,061
154	Jean Carn	86,012	53,996
155	Yvonne Fair	84,932	9,036
156	Joe Simon	84,571	81,766
157	Luther Ingram	83,627	54,684
158	The Mar-Keys	81,745	31,686
159	Mel & Tim	80,730	15,504
160	The New Birth	80,422	154,051
161	Rufus Thomas	79,799	83,371
162	Barbara Acklin	78,610	10,744
163	Supreme Jubilees	77,295	10,461
164	Lovelites	69,673	6,573
165	Norman Connors	68,402	66,962
166	Linda Jones	65,861	29,017
167	Ace Spectrum	61,534	9,384
168	Helene Smith	61,345	6,185
169	Shirley & Company	59,234	2,946
170	Rotary Connection	57,288	20,973
171	Jackie Moore	54,592	9,000
172	The Ethics	53,520	3,965
173	The Mad Lads	52,128	24,452
174	The Capitols	52,118	7,915
175	Brenda Holloway	50,447	45,845
176	Jimmy Hughes	49,807	11,216
177	Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters	49,447	10,383
178	Dee Clark	47,773	17,108
179	The Escorts	46,390	50,427
180	Major Lance	44,733	30,646
181	Willie Mitchell	44,286	16,945
182	Soul Clan	43,187	1,152
183	Lamont Dozier	42,034	40,596
184	Darrell Banks	39,221	11,058
185	Laura Lee	39,147	11,462
186	Maxine Brown	38,621	18,489
187	The Natural Four	38,029	24,186
188	Linda Fields	37,362	835
189	Sylvia	35,727	3,350
190	The Brothers Of Soul	35,285	17,934
191	Frankie Karl & The Dreams	34,781	1,796
192	Tami Lynn	33,455	3,401
193	The Superbs	33,424	7,454
194	D.J. Rogers	32,223	6,033
195	Mable John	32,217	14,365
196	The Funky Boys	29,402	214
197	Ronnie Dyson	29,272	5,406
198	The Soul Children	29,068	34,859
199	Brighter Side of Darkness	28,045	9,078
200	Ruby Johnson	27,595	9,423
201	Alice Clark	27,230	8,085
202	La Mission	26,559	8,498
203	The Sweet Inspirations	26,237	14,341
204	Ray	25,681	379
205	Renaldo Domino	25,518	2,243
206	Don Covay	24,638	21,791
207	Howard Tate	24,607	9,000
208	The M.V.P.'s	24,377	1,099
209	Margie Joseph	24,361	14,087
210	Don Covay & The Goodtimers	24,313	802
211	Frederick Knight	24,237	2,738
212	Honey Cone	24,232	11,298
213	Billy Butler	23,944	6,650
214	Ann Sexton	22,729	7,662
215	Shorty Long	21,994	13,327
216	Jeanne & The Darlings	21,828	2,387
217	Jack & The Mods	21,528	1,613
218	The Ebonys	21,007	43,455
219	Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr	20,430	2,316
220	The Controllers	20,285	4,751
221	The Dynamic Superiors	19,582	10,105
222	High Inergy	19,083	921
223	Bill Wright	18,350	631
224	Tobi Legend	18,134	1,176
225	Dan Penn	17,220	8,343
226	Ronnie McNeir	16,155	3,927
227	New York City	15,842	1,783
228	Luther	15,215	1,153
229	Dee Dee Warwick	14,820	12,376
230	The Astors	14,565	8,775
231	Eddie Holland	14,488	21,653
232	Ted Taylor	14,474	5,391
233	The Independents	14,268	4,571
234	The Soul Brothers Six	12,429	4,734
235	David Porter	12,400	6,879
236	The Montclairs	11,999	12,868
237	Ruby Andrews	11,679	3,842
238	Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon	11,638	1,171
239	Mike And The Censations	11,163	2,052
240	Deon Jackson	10,907	1,423
241	Bobby McClure	10,826	993
242	Geater Davis	10,818	2,917
243	The Pips	10,774	994
244	Mark Capanni	10,131	700
245	John Gary Williams	9,938	1,809
246	Dana Valery	9,625	780
247	Shirley Jones	9,431	1,430
248	Harold Melvin	9,344	6,968
249	The Softones	8,941	6,449
250	Four Mints	8,650	2,184
251	Spencer Wiggins	8,597	5,201
252	Lorraine Chandler	8,458	2,096
253	The Brotherhood	8,412	1,622
254	Prince Phillip Mitchell	8,372	3,739
255	Siggi Schwarz	8,142	1,213
256	The Fantastic Four	7,991	8,555
257	Debbie Taylor	7,607	1,420
258	The Artistics	7,200	7,378
259	Holland-Dozier	6,962	1,896
260	Judy Clay	6,483	4,221
261	The Persuaders	6,125	394
262	Doris Duke	6,120	8,222
263	Lynn Williams	5,892	866
264	Jean Wells	5,851	1,767
265	Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters	5,593	18,118
266	The Bluebelles	5,545	586
267	Kool Blues	5,380	2,487
268	Bloodstone	5,009	3,418
269	The Cavaliers	4,894	1,688
270	Shirley Walton	4,798	940
271	The Conchords	4,209	183
272	Barbara Stant	4,062	802
273	Entertainers IV	4,038	303
274	The Soul Generation	4,021	6,315
275	The Legends	4,010	445
276	The Continental IV	3,989	2,676
277	Johnny Moore	3,864	781
278	Juan Quintero	3,862	33
279	The Knight Brothers	3,781	567
280	Chocolate Snow	3,750	1,084
281	Derek Martin	3,687	1,748
282	Altyrone Deno Brown	3,683	656
283	Tony Wilson	3,659	136
284	Ronnie Taylor	3,642	648
285	The Lost Generation	3,625	1,516
286	Nancy Ames	3,564	551
287	Al Hudson	3,210	104
288	Beverly Ann	3,011	161
289	Sir Mack Rice	2,866	1,611
290	Lee David	2,851	287
291	Lou Bond	2,695	2,030
292	Al Matthews	2,631	230
293	Phillip Mitchell	2,537	285
294	The Chi-Lites / The Whispers	2,535	351
295	The Del Rios	2,502	262
296	MIKI BLIND	2,447	236
297	Neale Lundgren	2,398	225
298	Lou Courtney	2,356	1,256
299	Pete Rugolo And His Orchestra	2,319	151
300	Johnny Daye	2,303	249
301	Willie Kendrick	2,270	784
302	Spirit Songs	2,163	141
303	Kaldirons	2,090	510
304	The New Stylistics	2,009	275
305	Ollie & The Nightingales	1,964	4,005
306	The Spellbinders	1,949	5,565
307	The Minits	1,920	520
308	Bobbi Lynn	1,913	303
309	Royal Esquires	1,891	379
310	Eddie Ray	1,813	1,159
311	Shane Martin	1,728	343
312	Machine Soul Collective	1,640	26
313	Joe Hinton	1,535	567
314	Johnny Soul	1,530	143
315	Mavis Rivers	1,456	687
316	Veda Brown	1,442	2,794
317	The Charmaines	1,441	657
318	The Satintones	1,437	4,188
319	Reparta & The Delrons	1,432	137
320	Dean Courtney	1,396	211
321	Eritrean Classical	1,386	345
322	Henry Charles	1,380	73
323	Benito Piazza	1,300	124
324	Boscoe	1,257	1,160
325	Jimmy Briscoe & the Little Beavers	1,213	969
326	Oscar Mack	1,205	372
327	The Fabulous Wailers	1,174	128
328	Alder Ray Mathis	1,160	91
329	Joshua Gellman	1,159	22
330	Tony Wison	1,152	101
331	Susan Barrett	1,151	269
332	The Sweet Things	1,117	44
333	Chris Bartley	1,113	87
334	Christian Pisani	1,092	91
335	Ghanz Grooves	1,060	32
336	The Eight Minutes	1,058	503
337	Charles May	1,034	466
338	Dahlia Dumont	1,032	116
339	Ike Noble & The Uptights	1,021	154
340	Barbara Schuster	1,000	136
341	Musikkapelle St. Anton am Arlberg	748	61
342	Denis Brice	575	4
343	Jay Wiggins	520	121
344	Harold Melvin's Blue Notes	442	545
345	Wolfgang Amadeus	366	109
346	Miguel Acosta	355	7,721
347	Hazel Miller	217	789
348	Soul Generation	203	724
349	Bill Moss	186	386
350	The Sweaters	154	23
351	Arthur Conley & The Sweaters	153	31
352	Big Dre	144	144
353	Carlos Augusto	133	131
354	DORA	107	341
355	Brendan De Laney	104	13
356	Svenska Hotkvintetten	101	153
357	Pedro Sousa Silva	74	70
358	Down & Dirty	69	11
359	Officium Consort	61	33
360	Softones	59	898
361	Le Trio Ferret	51	106
362	Marcel Quillevere	50	33
363	John Mays	40	17
364	Jimmi Amoore	39	1,298
365	The Stone Mg's	35	163
366	Gabriela Thierry Palomino & Davide De Lucia	33	7
367	White Slave	31	3
368	Uplift Classic	28	48
369	Soulman Snipes	26	137
370	Pepe Dougan	24	131
371	La Chambre du Roy René	20	23
372	Valerio Scrignoli	18	120
373	Mahdi	8	149
374	Cinzia Prampolini	8	24
375	Jean Ferret	8	68
376	Alone Art	7	13
377	Juliane Petrussen	6	14
378	Cobalto Ensemble	5	7
379	Miika Kalliala	4	11
380	Marco Riva	3	9
381	La Follia Ensemble	3	11
382	Svend Jørgensen	2	8
383	The Futile of the Crying	1	2
384	Katrine Gregersen	1	12
385	Gino Van Gennep	1	17
386	The Within Affirmatives	1	7
387	Betty Clements	1	15
388	Twodoer	1	7
389	Lynette Project	1	3
390	Johnnie Gee	1	116
391	Jay	1	1