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	20,776,432	5,533,431
2	Bill Withers	18,360,753	1,804,167
3	Otis Redding	14,582,123	2,337,967
4	Tammi Terrell	13,109,111	193,044
5	Aretha Franklin	11,065,909	3,502,571
6	The Temptations	10,878,695	3,044,094
7	Ray Charles	10,691,468	2,400,516
8	Sam Cooke	8,345,600	1,689,638
9	The Emotions	8,263,208	591,357
10	Al Green	6,249,397	2,063,960
11	Four Tops	5,867,663	1,163,084
12	The Supremes	4,458,489	1,736,417
13	Roberta Flack	4,397,649	1,013,733
14	The Isley Brothers	3,677,275	1,892,234
15	Booker T. & the M.G.'s	3,643,394	313,117
16	The Drifters	3,494,597	561,616
17	The Spinners	3,379,358	956,792
18	Donny Hathaway	3,314,781	606,745
19	War	3,025,477	473,492
20	Sam & Dave	2,977,837	345,285
21	Patrice Rushen	2,339,290	278,244
22	Curtis Mayfield	2,308,499	1,125,914
23	Gladys Knight & The Pips	2,166,912	1,324,251
24	Percy Sledge	2,145,224	526,515
25	Jackie Wilson	2,044,386	460,524
26	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	1,994,503	1,224,544
27	The O'Jays	1,906,685	1,314,525
28	Sly & The Family Stone	1,855,563	1,032,814
29	Brenton Wood	1,788,637	223,497
30	Bobby Womack	1,771,209	718,370
31	Wilson Pickett	1,502,585	636,055
32	Cheryl Lynn	1,496,010	271,841
33	Minnie Riperton	1,477,941	422,470
34	Rufus	1,447,008	248,192
35	Martha Reeves & The Vandellas	1,401,054	468,486
36	The Shirelles	1,376,784	323,533
37	The Stylistics	1,371,914	881,217
38	Shalamar	1,253,343	461,486
39	Billy Paul	1,238,310	294,929
40	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	1,156,674	621,070
41	The Marvelettes	1,156,542	360,303
42	The Staple Singers	1,131,052	352,368
43	The Brothers Johnson	1,114,167	400,198
44	Ike & Tina Turner	1,102,893	328,411
45	Teddy Pendergrass	1,079,961	1,468,561
46	The Manhattans	1,075,045	664,389
47	The Five Stairsteps	1,063,365	87,081
48	Rose Royce	1,052,551	471,999
49	Darondo	1,046,963	128,350
50	Funkadelic	1,041,158	753,817
51	Mary Wells	1,036,115	315,771
52	Lou Rawls	1,020,608	224,572
53	Smokey Robinson	1,015,414	1,299,586
54	Evelyn "Champagne" King	941,412	362,397
55	The Whispers	864,664	674,765
56	Peaches & Herb	828,483	194,234
57	Fontella Bass	819,175	41,700
58	Isaac Hayes	814,219	717,385
59	Marlena Shaw	796,308	83,542
60	Heatwave	787,198	459,436
61	Parliament	777,103	802,379
62	Edwin Starr	775,255	164,309
63	The Delfonics	739,227	550,615
64	The Miracles	732,093	410,064
65	Average White Band	703,528	434,537
66	The J.B.'s	677,861	135,719
67	The Love Unlimited Orchestra	676,197	105,497
68	Irma Thomas	648,210	107,426
69	Barbara Lynn	632,287	52,737
70	William DeVaughn	606,120	37,275
71	The Impressions	598,597	274,104
72	Jr. Walker & The All Stars	579,674	229,527
73	Dazz Band	578,093	339,411
74	The Dramatics	563,032	384,548
75	Ohio Players	561,230	682,492
76	Mary Jane Girls	555,315	285,214
77	The Chi-Lites	547,929	596,521
78	Little Beaver	527,204	29,151
79	Jimmy Ruffin	516,364	192,760
80	The S.O.S Band	512,406	586,054
81	One Way	505,857	201,478
82	Maze	499,225	490,269
83	Betty Wright	475,095	284,907
84	Timmy Thomas	473,239	19,958
85	Billy Stewart	467,990	93,868
86	Lakeside	450,518	339,931
87	The Elgins	436,959	74,074
88	McFadden & Whitehead	429,822	71,111
89	Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band	393,564	36,428
90	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose	389,293	24,360
91	Little Anthony & The Imperials	378,737	111,555
92	Barbara Lewis	372,670	80,246
93	Barbara Mason	365,088	127,844
94	Ashford & Simpson	364,671	499,730
95	The Blackbyrds	364,387	132,675
96	The Main Ingredient	334,260	226,059
97	The Bar-Kays	332,391	293,218
98	The Fuzz	331,384	7,494
99	Con Funk Shun	304,471	391,229
100	The Intruders	304,205	232,963
101	Bloodstone	300,759	216,514
102	Joe Bataan	299,080	57,598
103	Fatback Band	296,735	139,342
104	The Jones Girls	296,429	122,584
105	James & Bobby Purify	279,376	29,369
106	Ralfi Pagan	275,546	45,524
107	Gene Chandler	274,621	88,090
108	The Originals	270,576	109,110
109	The Notations	270,332	25,273
110	Betty Everett	251,537	31,872
111	The Floaters	241,600	32,485
112	Eddie Kendricks	235,753	311,666
113	L.T.D.	229,819	328,341
114	Papa Bear & His Cubs	227,965	16,565
115	Blue Magic	223,375	253,064
116	G.Q.	221,993	72,674
117	MFSB	218,520	83,735
118	The Temprees	193,833	106,560
119	Skyy	193,474	173,500
120	Brick	191,999	175,933
121	Archie Bell & The Drells	186,209	104,049
122	Love Unlimited	185,855	75,683
123	Eddie Holman	185,643	32,299
124	The Friends Of Distinction	169,121	56,762
125	The Dells	164,584	280,018
126	Merry Clayton	158,719	30,124
127	The Undisputed Truth	158,476	56,654
128	David Ruffin	156,282	228,972
129	Dee Dee Sharp	155,755	37,962
130	Slave	155,225	235,514
131	The Persuaders	153,915	97,014
132	Phyllis Hyman	151,392	343,503
133	Bob & Earl	148,761	8,104
134	The Sylvers	147,715	35,682
135	Leroy Hutson	140,609	38,610
136	James Carr	138,990	54,171
137	Lyn Collins	137,430	46,876
138	Pete Wingfield	137,244	4,912
139	Sunny & The Sunliners	136,281	27,510
140	Willie Hutch	133,875	91,323
141	Johnny Bristol	125,911	17,837
142	Brenda And The Tabulations	124,727	9,517
143	Jerry Butler	122,346	171,046
144	The Whatnauts	116,794	29,220
145	Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces	109,073	3,971
146	Barbara Acklin	97,675	9,827
147	Chairmen Of The Board	97,182	29,647
148	The Moments	96,710	171,204
149	Yvonne Fair	95,807	8,389
150	Donnie Elbert	89,698	16,070
151	Mandrill	87,423	85,655
152	Linda Jones	83,570	26,176
153	Enchantment	83,339	72,427
154	The Vanguards	82,636	7,590
155	Tierra	82,563	24,932
156	Ace Spectrum	80,242	8,371
157	Thee Midniters	80,070	21,049
158	Sly, Slick & Wicked	79,137	25,892
159	Jean Carn	78,143	52,409
160	Major Harris	76,176	77,773
161	Z.Z. Hill	75,953	85,319
162	The New Birth	73,478	149,340
163	Supreme Jubilees	72,357	9,760
164	Milton Wright	69,812	10,876
165	Lovelites	69,673	6,573
166	Sam Dees	65,124	5,188
167	Norman Connors	64,996	64,854
168	B.T. Express	61,440	130,983
169	Brass Construction	57,446	135,345
170	Rotary Connection	54,578	19,302
171	The Mad Lads	51,997	23,095
172	The Ethics	49,732	3,588
173	Ray, Goodman & Brown	49,428	80,636
174	Willie Mitchell	49,353	16,409
175	The Escorts	49,241	47,070
176	Lamont Dozier	47,528	39,509
177	Frankie Karl & The Dreams	42,619	974
178	Jackie Moore	39,441	8,498
179	Maxine Brown	37,552	17,103
180	The Brothers Of Soul	35,151	16,753
181	Michael Henderson	32,874	69,477
182	Mass Production	32,764	60,849
183	Baby Washington	29,361	14,124
184	Ronnie Dyson	27,890	4,937
185	The Monitors	27,167	24,307
186	The Festivals	26,889	942
187	Brighter Side of Darkness	24,947	6,244
188	Garland Green	24,508	7,336
189	Margie Joseph	23,773	13,592
190	Timothy Wilson	20,934	1,241
191	Ann Sexton	20,809	7,240
192	The Natural Four	20,548	22,799
193	The Ebonys	20,485	40,893
194	Honey Cone	20,450	9,656
195	The Superbs	18,252	6,457
196	Ted Taylor	18,145	5,150
197	Black Ivory	17,470	28,949
198	La Mission	16,859	7,784
199	Jack & The Mods	15,332	980
200	Ronnie McNeir	14,586	3,309
201	The Radiants	14,554	2,038
202	The Futures	14,225	3,587
203	Eugene Record	14,095	2,299
204	New York City	12,998	1,168
205	Ronnie Walker	12,676	1,117
206	Mike And The Censations	12,351	1,837
207	The Montclairs	11,884	12,127
208	Jackie Ross	11,332	4,288
209	Bloodstone	10,997	1,164
210	The Dynamic Superiors	10,872	6,884
211	The Controllers	10,492	3,225
212	The Masqueraders	10,303	6,454
213	The Incredibles	9,709	2,473
214	The Soul Brothers Six	9,618	4,118
215	The Independents	9,211	2,072
216	Frankie & The Spindles	8,659	752
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	Prince Phillip Mitchell	6,866	3,312
222	Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters	6,392	18,019
223	The Fantastic Four	6,332	6,607
224	The Royal Five	6,183	640
225	The Modulations	5,263	2,258
226	Entertainers IV	4,255	273
227	Barbara Stant	4,197	692
228	The Marvelows	4,016	661
229	Special Delivery	3,912	775
230	The Younghearts	3,800	587
231	Anthony White	3,737	999
232	The Soul Generation	3,538	4,635
233	The Continental IV	2,872	1,949
234	The Presidents	2,721	858
235	Jimmy Briscoe & the Little Beavers	2,103	891
236	The True Reflection	616	450
237	Skip Mahoney & The Casuals	328	1,471
238	Soul Generation	203	724
239	Softones	83	704