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	20,482,662	5,578,515
2	Bill Withers	17,582,816	1,825,333
3	Otis Redding	14,785,111	2,361,289
4	Aretha Franklin	14,173,304	3,536,182
5	Tammi Terrell	12,729,835	196,965
6	Donny Hathaway	11,502,564	611,124
7	The Temptations	10,829,825	3,069,476
8	Ray Charles	10,336,058	2,420,762
9	Sam Cooke	8,336,628	1,705,587
10	The Emotions	8,314,862	598,805
11	The Drifters	7,564,752	567,273
12	Al Green	6,276,958	2,085,303
13	Four Tops	6,042,826	1,172,358
14	The Supremes	5,061,370	1,747,417
15	Roberta Flack	4,859,710	1,020,850
16	The Isley Brothers	3,514,982	1,906,314
17	The Spinners	3,164,166	964,631
18	Sam & Dave	3,092,759	347,887
19	Booker T. & the M.G.'s	2,937,999	315,917
20	War	2,908,270	477,780
21	Patrice Rushen	2,384,113	284,816
22	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	2,316,905	1,228,092
23	Curtis Mayfield	2,162,403	1,131,449
24	Gladys Knight & The Pips	2,123,472	1,333,910
25	Jackie Wilson	2,123,432	463,887
26	The O'Jays	1,937,024	1,324,890
27	Percy Sledge	1,899,022	530,167
28	Brenton Wood	1,840,223	226,254
29	Bobby Womack	1,750,511	723,235
30	Sly & The Family Stone	1,707,625	1,036,531
31	Wilson Pickett	1,673,423	638,598
32	Rufus	1,667,135	250,622
33	Lou Rawls	1,531,918	227,056
34	Cheryl Lynn	1,505,266	274,523
35	The Shirelles	1,461,841	326,884
36	Minnie Riperton	1,430,690	426,444
37	The Stylistics	1,307,492	885,173
38	Martha Reeves & The Vandellas	1,225,587	471,284
39	Billy Paul	1,222,205	299,432
40	The Staple Singers	1,119,634	353,893
41	The Brothers Johnson	1,114,167	400,198
42	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	1,102,941	626,496
43	Rose Royce	1,101,882	483,007
44	Teddy Pendergrass	1,099,538	1,486,407
45	The Manhattans	1,090,367	668,564
46	The Marvelettes	1,084,154	362,896
47	Ike & Tina Turner	1,082,153	329,005
48	Shalamar	1,060,804	478,522
49	Darondo	1,034,281	129,576
50	Smokey Robinson	1,010,274	1,306,030
51	Mary Wells	960,255	317,349
52	Evelyn "Champagne" King	957,046	365,162
53	Zapp	937,425	580,285
54	The Whispers	898,018	688,408
55	The Five Stairsteps	896,391	90,553
56	Funkadelic	893,902	769,748
57	Isaac Hayes	831,833	720,343
58	Peaches & Herb	787,960	195,713
59	Edwin Starr	776,903	165,059
60	Heatwave	771,703	462,147
61	The Delfonics	764,752	560,736
62	The Miracles	764,137	412,353
63	Parliament	744,318	803,841
64	Dazz Band	739,398	340,915
65	Marlena Shaw	734,757	84,521
66	Fontella Bass	734,104	42,294
67	Barbara Lynn	715,356	56,547
68	Irma Thomas	708,368	112,033
69	The J.B.'s	667,654	139,063
70	The Love Unlimited Orchestra	643,816	106,664
71	William DeVaughn	640,933	37,738
72	Average White Band	631,487	436,280
73	The Impressions	612,657	279,759
74	Betty Wright	595,132	295,956
75	Mary Jane Girls	581,669	287,262
76	The Dramatics	579,800	386,284
77	Jimmy Ruffin	577,801	200,097
78	Little Beaver	566,050	29,848
79	Ohio Players	553,989	683,921
80	The Chi-Lites	551,462	599,784
81	Maze	523,259	509,913
82	One Way	522,505	202,278
83	Jr. Walker & The All Stars	515,179	232,146
84	The S.O.S Band	505,398	589,599
85	Timmy Thomas	479,271	20,196
86	Billy Stewart	464,895	94,592
87	Lakeside	464,550	341,633
88	The Elgins	420,242	74,325
89	Barbara Lewis	419,611	80,870
90	McFadden & Whitehead	412,577	72,956
91	Barbara Mason	374,556	128,544
92	The Blackbyrds	374,149	137,180
93	Little Anthony & The Imperials	370,932	112,337
94	Ashford & Simpson	370,052	501,791
95	The Main Ingredient	369,973	227,224
96	Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band	369,861	36,934
97	The Bar-Kays	335,804	294,440
98	Con Funk Shun	327,345	392,751
99	Love Unlimited	322,735	75,847
100	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose	321,915	26,804
101	Ralfi Pagan	312,238	49,872
102	Fatback Band	302,040	139,912
103	Bloodstone	298,262	221,675
104	Joe Bataan	295,894	57,987
105	The Jones Girls	293,790	126,566
106	James & Bobby Purify	288,406	29,680
107	The Notations	285,613	25,774
108	The Floaters	278,441	39,333
109	The Originals	274,518	109,767
110	Gene Chandler	269,958	88,582
111	The Intruders	269,697	239,245
112	Papa Bear & His Cubs	243,520	16,808
113	G.Q.	237,869	73,953
114	Betty Everett	229,875	32,835
115	L.T.D.	227,511	330,030
116	Blue Magic	226,379	254,309
117	Skyy	225,876	174,460
118	MFSB	218,806	84,047
119	Eddie Kendricks	218,446	316,048
120	The Temprees	212,068	109,419
121	Brick	202,950	176,854
122	Archie Bell & The Drells	194,447	104,720
123	David Ruffin	173,699	234,572
124	Eddie Holman	172,077	34,379
125	The Friends Of Distinction	168,798	57,277
126	The Dells	162,625	287,413
127	Dee Dee Sharp	160,958	38,158
128	The Persuaders	157,199	97,402
129	Merry Clayton	151,852	30,316
130	Brenda And The Tabulations	150,658	11,293
131	Slave	149,783	241,064
132	Phyllis Hyman	149,767	344,348
133	The Undisputed Truth	149,479	57,093
134	Leroy Hutson	148,203	38,760
135	Bob & Earl	144,408	8,244
136	James Carr	143,377	54,608
137	The Sylvers	138,401	35,934
138	Lyn Collins	136,207	47,199
139	Sam Dees	133,300	5,948
140	Willie Hutch	129,232	91,866
141	El Chicano	128,795	42,184
142	Pete Wingfield	125,615	5,432
143	Sunny & The Sunliners	124,936	29,868
144	Donnie Elbert	123,282	16,823
145	Jerry Butler	119,224	171,773
146	Johnny Bristol	118,324	18,078
147	The Whatnauts	116,862	29,456
148	Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces	111,291	4,458
149	The Moments	95,775	171,731
150	The Fuzz	95,586	8,605
151	Barbara Acklin	93,198	10,303
152	Chairmen Of The Board	91,361	29,811
153	Major Harris	90,934	78,326
154	Mandrill	90,121	86,063
155	Yvonne Fair	90,007	8,463
156	Sly, Slick & Wicked	87,809	27,877
157	Tierra	86,828	25,831
158	The Vanguards	86,697	8,675
159	Enchantment	85,416	73,322
160	Thee Midniters	82,422	22,407
161	Jean Carn	81,869	52,668
162	Ace Spectrum	80,956	8,497
163	Z.Z. Hill	77,605	88,153
164	Milton Wright	76,699	11,637
165	The New Birth	73,302	150,117
166	Supreme Jubilees	73,122	9,819
167	Ray, Goodman & Brown	70,395	86,150
168	Lovelites	69,673	6,573
169	Linda Jones	68,867	27,529
170	Rotary Connection	68,765	19,418
171	Norman Connors	63,090	65,187
172	The Mad Lads	60,441	23,675
173	B.T. Express	58,129	131,311
174	Brass Construction	58,108	135,849
175	Willie Mitchell	51,665	16,464
176	The Ethics	49,026	3,667
177	The Escorts	47,471	48,862
178	Maxine Brown	44,499	17,736
179	Lamont Dozier	43,187	39,613
180	The Brothers Of Soul	41,699	17,373
181	Frankie Karl & The Dreams	39,585	1,303
182	Margie Joseph	39,497	13,642
183	Jackie Moore	39,307	8,578
184	The Natural Four	36,862	23,027
185	Timothy Wilson	36,832	1,610
186	The Superbs	36,132	7,093
187	Garland Green	33,953	8,373
188	Michael Henderson	33,944	69,754
189	Baby Washington	32,319	14,231
190	D.J. Rogers	31,292	5,443
191	Mass Production	31,177	63,531
192	Ronnie Dyson	27,239	5,123
193	The Monitors	26,338	24,289
194	Brighter Side of Darkness	25,707	7,335
195	Ann Sexton	25,548	7,289
196	Honey Cone	25,402	10,309
197	The Ebonys	21,696	42,249
198	La Mission	21,462	8,147
199	Ted Taylor	19,151	5,169
200	Jack & The Mods	17,719	1,233
201	Black Ivory	17,492	30,027
202	Ronnie McNeir	15,144	3,596
203	Jackie Ross	14,210	4,782
204	The Montclairs	14,202	12,551
205	The Dynamic Superiors	14,181	8,219
206	The Controllers	13,461	3,915
207	The Independents	13,140	3,161
208	The Radiants	12,373	2,264
209	The Futures	12,342	3,984
210	The Masqueraders	12,153	6,889
211	New York City	10,877	1,388
212	Mike And The Censations	10,605	1,942
213	The Incredibles	9,271	2,608
214	Walter Jackson	9,100	6,555
215	Gloria Scott	9,082	3,775
216	The Royal Five	8,970	804
217	The Soul Brothers Six	8,550	4,367
218	The Softones	8,328	5,724
219	Skip Mahoney	7,848	1,651
220	Frankie & The Spindles	7,794	780
221	Prince Phillip Mitchell	6,793	3,342
222	John Gary Williams	6,440	1,586
223	The Modulations	6,317	2,559
224	The Fantastic Four	6,107	7,449
225	G.C. Cameron	5,872	1,582
226	The Marvelows	5,761	970
227	The Lost Generation	5,631	1,026
228	Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters	5,316	18,065
229	Anthony White	4,539	1,098
230	The Soul Generation	4,344	5,419
231	Special Delivery	4,305	1,021
232	Barbara Stant	4,271	733
233	The Younghearts	4,251	681
234	Bloodstone	4,207	1,824
235	Entertainers IV	3,908	277
236	The Presidents	3,728	1,107
237	The Continental IV	3,370	2,187
238	Jimmy Briscoe & the Little Beavers	1,950	925
239	The True Reflection	616	450
240	Skip Mahoney & The Casuals	328	1,471
241	Soul Generation	203	724
242	Softones	83	704