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{{short description|None}} {{more citations needed|list|date=June 2014}} This is a list of '''soul musicians''' who have either been influential within the genre, or have had a considerable amount of fame. Bands are listed by the first letter in their name (not including the words "a", "an", or "the"), and individuals are listed by last name. {{compact ToC|side=yes|top=yes|num=yes}} __NOTOC__ {{Col-begin}} {{Col-break}} ==0–9== *[[The "5" Royales]] *[[The 5th Dimension]]<ref>{{allMusic |id=mn0000028772 |label=The 5th Dimension}}</ref> ==A== *[[Aaliyah]] *[[Adele]] *[[Amy Winehouse]] *[[Anderson Paak]] *[[Aretha Franklin]] *[[Arthur Alexander]] *[[Aṣa]] *[[Ashford & Simpson]] *[[Atlantic Starr]] *[[Aurea (singer)|Aurea]] *[[Ayọ]] *[[Barbara Acklin]] *[[Christina Aguilera]] *[[India.Arie]] *[[Jhené Aiko]] *[[Johnny Ace]] *[[Johnny Adams]] *[[Melanie Amaro]] *[[Vanessa Amorosi]] *[[Patti Austin]] *[[Shola Ama]] *[[Sunshine Anderson]] ==B== *[[Baby Huey (singer)|Baby Huey & the Babysitters]] *[[Chimène Badi]] *[[Erykah Badu]] *[[Corinne Bailey Rae]] *[[Anita Baker]] *[[LaVern Baker]] *[[Hank Ballard]] *[[Ben l'Oncle Soul]] *[[Bessie Banks]] *[[Darrell Banks]] *[[The Bar-Kays]] *[[J. J. Barnes]] *[[Fontella Bass]] *[[Bee Gees]] *[[Archie Bell and the Drells]] *[[William Bell (singer)|William Bell]] *[[Regina Belle]] *[[Brook Benton]] *[[Chuck Berry]] *[[Bez (musician)|Bez]] *[[Gordon Banks (musician)|Gordon Banks]] *[[Bing Ji Ling]] *[[Bilal (American singer)|Bilal]] *[[Diane Birch]] *[[Aloe Blacc]] *[[Bobby Bland]] *[[Beyoncé]] *[[Mary J. Blige]] *[[Bob & Earl]] *[[Gary U.S. Bonds]] *[[Booker T. & the MG's]]{{sfn|Gilliland|1969|p=|loc=show 51}} *[[Tower of Power|Larry Braggs]] *[[Charles Bradley (singer)|Charles Bradley]] *[[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]] *[[Tamar Braxton]] *[[Toni Braxton]] *[[Marc Broussard]] *[[Barbara and the Browns|Barbara Brown]] *[[Divine Brown (Canadian performer)|Divine Brown]] *[[James Brown]]{{sfn|Gilliland|1969|p=|loc=show 51}} *[[Maxine Brown (soul singer)|Maxine Brown]] *[[Nappy Brown]] *[[Ruth Brown]] *[[Shirley Brown]] *[[Peabo Bryson]] *[[Solomon Burke]] *[[Bryson Tiller]] *[[Billy Butler (singer)|Billy Butler]] *[[Jerry Butler (singer)|Jerry Butler]] *[[Bobby Byrd]] ==C== *[[Roy C]] *[[Mariah Carey]] *[[Carl Carlton]] *[[James Carr (singer)|James Carr]] *[[Clarence Carter]] *[[The Chambers Brothers]]<ref>{{allMusic |id=mn0000057124 |label=The Chambers Brothers}}</ref> *[[Gene Chandler]] *[[Ray Charles]]{{sfn|Gilliland|1969|p=|loc=shows 15-16}} *[[Chubby Checker]] *[[Cody ChesnuTT]] *[[Ciara]] *[[Chic (band)|Chic]] *[[The Chiffons]] *[[The Chi-Lites]]<ref>{{allMusic |id=mn0000762731 |label=The Chi-Lites}}</ref> *[[Otis Clay]] *[[Willie Clayton]] *[[Chris Brown]] *[[Coco Jones]] *[[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] *[[Joe Cocker]] *[[Natalie Cole]] *[[Mitty Collier]] *[[Bootsy Collins|William "Bootsy" Collins]] *[[The Commodores]]<ref>{{allMusic |id=mn0000766094 |label=The Commodores}}</ref> *[[Arthur Conley]] *[[Sarah Connor (singer)|Sarah Connor]] *[[The Contours]] *[[Sam Cooke]]{{sfn|Gilliland|1969|p=|loc=show 17}} *[[Don Covay]] *[[Deborah Cox]] *[[Jonny Craig]] *[[Robert Cray]] *[[Darren Criss]] *[[The Crystals]] *[[Tracy Chapman]] ==D== *[[Dion]] *[[D'Angelo]] *[[Terence Trent D'Arby]] *[[Tyrone Davis]] *[[DeBarge]] *[[The Delfonics]] *[[The Dells]] *[[Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio]] *[[Joy Denalane]] *[[Sugar Pie DeSanto]] *[[Des'ree]] *[[Destiny's Child]] *[[The Detroit Emeralds]] *[[William DeVaughn]] *[[Jim Diamond (Scottish musician)|Jim Diamond]] *[[Bo Diddley]] *[[Fats Domino]] *[[Melinda Doolittle]] *[[Lee Dorsey]] *[[The Dramatics]] *[[The Drifters]] *[[Dru Hill]] *[[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]] *[[Doris Duke (soul singer)|Doris Duke]] *[[DaniLeigh]] *[[Dwele]] *[[Daniel Caesar]] *[[Dyke and the Blazers]] ==E== *[[Earth, Wind & Fire]] *[[Anderson East]] *[[Eddie & Ernie]] *[[The Elgins]] *[[Lorraine Ellison]] *[[The Emotions]] *[[Estelle (musician)|Estelle]] *[[Eye Alaska]] *[[Faith Evans]] *[[Niki Evans]] *[[Terry Evans (musician)|Terry Evans]] *[[Ella Fitzgerald]] *[[Ella Mai]] ==F== *[[Yvonne Fair]] *[[Paloma Faith]] *[[Fantasia Barrino|Fantasia]] *[[Rebecca Ferguson (singer)|Rebecca Ferguson]] *[[Alexis Ffrench]] *[[Melanie Fiona]] *[[Roberta Flack]] *[[The Floaters]] *[[Floetry]] *[[Eddie Floyd]] *[[King Floyd]] *[[The Foundations]] *[[The Four Tops]] *[[Inez and Charlie Foxx]] *[[Aretha Franklin]]{{sfn|Gilliland|1969|p=|loc=show 52}} *[[Carolyn Franklin]] *[[Erma Franklin]] *[[The Funk Brothers]] ==G== *[[Marvin Gaye]]{{sfn|Gilliland|1969|p=|loc=show 26}} *[[Giveon]] *[[G.E.M. (singer)|Gem Tang]] *[[Johnny Gill]] *[[Candice Glover]] *[[Gnarls Barkley]] *[[James Govan]] *[[Ariana Grande]] *[[Dobie Gray]] *[[Macy Gray]] *[[Al Green]] *[[CeeLo Green]] *[[Skylar Grey]] *[[Christina Grimmie]] *[[Guy (band)|Guy]] *[[Gwen Guthrie]] ==H== *[[Lynden David Hall]] *[[Anthony Hamilton (musician)|Anthony Hamilton]] *[[Betty Harris]] *[[Wynonie Harris]] *[[Kree Harrison]] *[[Donny Hathaway]] *[[Isaac Hayes]] *[[Heather Headley]] *[[Bobby Hebb]] *[[Hi Rhythm Section]] *[[Taylor Hicks]] *[[Lauryn Hill]] *[[Brenda Holloway]] *[[Loleatta Holloway]] *[[Thelma Houston]] *[[Whitney Houston]] *[[Jennifer Hudson]] *[[Jimmy Hughes (singer)|Jimmy Hughes]] *[[Tommy Hunt]] *[[Willie Hutch]] *[[Phyllis Hyman]] *[[Hands Like Houses]] *[[Billie Holiday]] *[[Hozier]] *[[Ivory Joe Hunter]] ==I== *[[The Impressions (American band)|The Impressions]] *[[Luther Ingram]] *[[The Ink Spots]] *[[The Isley Brothers]] *[[The Main Ingredient (band)|The Main Ingredient]] ==J== *[[Jacquees]] *[[Jacob Banks]] *[[The Jackson 5]] *[[Al Jackson, Jr.]] *[[Chuck Jackson]] *[[Freddie Jackson]] *[[George Jackson (songwriter)|George Jackson]] *[[Janet Jackson]] *[[Jermaine Jackson]] *[[J.J. Jackson (singer)|J.J. Jackson]] *[[Mahalia Jackson]] *[[Michael Jackson]] *[[Millie Jackson]] *[[Jacksoul]] *[[The Jaggerz]] *[[Jaibi]] *[[Etta James]] *[[Leela James]] *[[Rick James]] *[[Jamiroquai]] *[[Miles Jaye]] *[[Jaguar Wright]] *[[The JB's]] *[[Jessica Sanchez]] *[[Joshua Ledet]] *[[Jessie J]] *[[Jessie Ware]] *[[Jodeci]] *[[JoJo (singer)|JoJo]] *[[Joe (singer)|Joe]] *[[Little Willie John]] *[[L.V. Johnson]] *[[Lou Johnson (singer)|Lou Johnson]] *[[Mable John]] *[[Nick Jonas]] *[[Ruby Johnson]] *[[Syl Johnson]] *[[Syleena Johnson]] *[[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]] *[[Booker T. Jones]] *[[Gloria Jones]] *[[Linda Jones]] *[[Sharon Jones (singer)|Sharon Jones]] *[[The House That Jack Built (Aretha Franklin song)|Thelma Jones]] *[[Louis Jordan]] *[[JP Cooper]] ==K== *[[Eddie Kendricks]] *[[Kiana Ledé]] *[[Kehlani]] *[[Alicia Keys]] *[[Khalid (American singer)|Khalid]] *[[Chaka Khan]] *[[Kindred the Family Soul]] *[[Theola Kilgore]] *[[Ben E. King]] *[[Carole King]] *[[King Curtis]] *[[Michael Kiwanuka]] *[[Beverley Knight]] *[[Knight Brothers|The Knight Brothers]] *[[Frederick Knight (singer)|Frederick Knight]] *[[Gladys Knight & the Pips]] *[[Jean Knight]] *[[:th:กุลมาศ สารสาส|Knomjean]] *[[Lenny Kravitz]] *[[Kyla (Filipino singer)|Kyla]] {{Col-break}} ==L== *[[Lucky Daye]] *[[Lee Fields]] *[[Lianne La Havas]] *[[Labelle]] *[[Patti LaBelle]] *[[Steve Lacy (guitarist)|Steve Lacy]] *[[Major Lance]] *[[Amel Larrieux]] *[[Denise LaSalle]] *[[Latimore (musician)|Latimore]] *[[Bettye LaVette]] *[[Ledisi]] *[[Amos Lee]] *[[Laura Lee (singer-songwriter)|Laura Lee]] *[[John Legend]] *[[Ravyn Lenae]] *[[Ari Lennox]] *[[Lemar]] *[[Barbara Lewis]] *[[Leona Lewis]] *[[Ramsey Lewis]] *[[Little Anthony and the Imperials]] *[[Little Milton]] *[[Little Richard]] *[[Mary Love]] *[[Barbara Lynn]] *[[Cheryl Lynn]] *[[Maysa Leak]] ==M== *[[Veronica Maggio]] *[[Maher Zain]] *[[Sananda Maitreya]] *[[The Mar-Keys]] *[[Teena Marie]] *[[Bruno Mars]] *[[Miguel_(singer)|Miguel]] *[[Kristi Martel]] *[[Martha & the Vandellas]]{{sfn|Gilliland|1969|p=|loc=show 26}} *[[The Marvelettes]]{{sfn|Gilliland|1969|p=|loc=show 25}} *[[Johnny Mathis]] *[[Jessica Mauboy]] *[[John Mayer]] *[[Maxwell (musician)|Maxwell]] *[[Mýa]] *[[Curtis Mayfield]] *[[Toussaint McCall]] *[[George McCrae]] *[[Gwen McCrae]] *[[Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald]] *[[Kevin McHale (actor)|Kevin McHale]] *[[Clyde McPhatter]] *[[Mel and Tim]] *[[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]] *[[The Memphis Horns]] *[[The Meters]] *[[Chrisette Michele]] *[[Angie Miller (American singer)|Angie Miller]] *[[Stephanie Mills]] *[[Garnet Mimms]] *[[The Miracles]]{{sfn|Gilliland|1969|p=|loc=show 25}} *[[Mahalia (singer)|Mahalia]] *[[Jackie Mittoo]] *[[Janelle Monáe]] *[[Monica (entertainer)|Monica]] *[[Dorothy Moore]] *[[Jackie Moore (singer)|Jackie Moore]] *[[Teedra Moses]] *[[Musiq Soulchild]] *[[Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section]] *[[Michael Bublé]] ==N== *[[Xavier Naidoo]] *[[Aaron Neville]] *[[The Neville Brothers]] *[[John Newman (singer)|John Newman]] *[[Ne-Yo]] *[[Nneka (singer)|Nneka]] *[[Nick Jonas & the Administration]] *[[Nikolai Noskov]] *[[Nina Girado|Nina (Soul Siren)]] *[[Laura Nyro]] ==O== *[[The O'Jays]] *[[Billy Ocean]] *[[Frank Ocean]] *[[The Ohio Players]] *[[The Dixie Nightingales|Ollie and the Nightingales]] *[[Omawumi]] ==P== *Ron Paris *[[The Parliaments]] *[[Billy Paul]] * [[Paulini]] *[[Freda Payne]] *[[Peaches & Herb]] *[[Ann Peebles]] *[[Teddy Pendergrass]] *[[George Perkins (singer)|George Perkins]] *[[The Persuaders (R&B group)|The Persuaders]] *[[Esther Phillips]] *[[Wilson Pickett]]{{sfn|Gilliland|1969|p=|loc=show 51}} *[[Plan B (British musician)|Plan B]] *[[The Pointer Sisters]] *[[The Platters]] *[[Elvis Presley]] *[[Billy Preston]] *[[Kelly Price]] *[[Lloyd Price]] *[[Billy Price (singer)|Billy Price]] *[[Prince (musician)|Prince]] *[[PJ Morton]] *[[James & Bobby Purify]] ==R== *[[Corinne Bailey Rae]] *[[Bonnie Raitt]] *[[Jaya Ramsey]] *[[Lou Rawls]] *[[Otis Redding]]{{sfn|Gilliland|1969|p=|loc=show 51}} *[[Della Reese]] *[[Martha & The Vandellas]] *[[Haley Reinhart]] *[[Wendy Rene]] *[[Mack Rice]] *[[Lionel Richie]] *[[The Righteous Brothers]]{{sfn|Gilliland|1969|p=|loc=show 52}} *[[Rotimi_(actor)|Rotimi]] *[[Minnie Riperton]] *[[Eric Roberson]] *[[Smokey Robinson]] *[[Tad Robinson]] *[[Nile Rodgers]] *[[The Ronettes]] *[[Rose Royce]] *[[Diana Ross]] *[[David Ruffin]] *[[Rufus (band)|Rufus]] *[[Bobby Rush (musician)|Bobby Rush]] *[[Mitch Ryder|Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels]] *[[Rag'n'Bone Man]] *[[Rihanna]] ==S== *[[Sade (band)|Sade]] *[[Sam & Dave]]{{sfn|Gilliland|1969|p=|loc=show 51}} *[[Curtis Salgado]] *[[Nicole Scherzinger]] *[[Freddie Scott]] *[[Gil Scott-Heron]] *[[Jill Scott (singer)|Jill Scott]] *[[Seal (musician)|Seal]] *[[Reggie Sears]] *[[Guy Sebastian]] *[[Seohyun]] *[[Ann Sexton]] *[[Remy Shand]] *[[:id:Shanty|Shanty]] *[[The Shirelles]] *[[Juliet Simms]] *[[Joe Simon (musician)|Joe Simon]] *[[Nina Simone]] *[[Valerie Simpson]] *[[Percy Sledge]] *[[Sly & the Family Stone]] *[[Jorja Smith]] *[[O.C. Smith]] *[[Sam Smith (singer)|Sam Smith]] *[[The Soul Children]] *[[Soul Rebels Brass Band]] *[[Soul Basement]] *[[Jordin Sparks]] *[[The Spinners (American group)|The Spinners]] *[[Dusty Springfield]] *[[The Staple Singers]] *[[Lisa Stansfield]] *[[Mavis Staples]] *[[Edwin Starr]] *[[St. Paul & The Broken Bones]] *[[Candi Staton]] *[[Chris Stapleton]] *[[Allen Stone]] *[[Angie Stone]] *[[Joss Stone]] *[[Sylvia Striplin]] *[[Barrett Strong]] *[[Patrick Stump]] *[[The Stylistics]] *[[Donna Summer]] *[[The Supremes]]{{sfn|Gilliland|1969|p=|loc=show 26}} *[[Bettye Swann]] *[[Keith Sweat]] *[[The Sweet Inspirations]] *[[SZA]] ==T== *[[Tim Maia]] *[[Taeyeon]] *[[Tamia]] *[[The Tams]] *[[Howard Tate]] *[[Tavares (group)|Tavares]] *[[Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers]] *[[Debbie Taylor]] *[[Gary Taylor (singer/songwriter)|Gary Taylor]] *[[Johnnie Taylor]] *[[Little Johnny Taylor]] *[[Ted Taylor (singer)|Ted Taylor]] *[[Rod Temperton]] *[[The Temptations]]{{sfn|Gilliland|1969|p=|loc=show 25}} *[[Tammi Terrell]] *[[Joe Tex]] *[[Robin Thicke]] *[[Trey Songz]] *[[Carla Thomas]] *[[Irma Thomas]] *[[Rufus Thomas]] *[[Timmy Thomas]] *[[Ural Thomas]] *[[Melody Thornton]] *[[Justin Timberlake]] *[[Allen Toussaint]] *[[Tower of Power]] *[[Roger Troutman]] *[[Doris Troy]] *[[Sam Tsui]] *[[Ike Turner]] *[[Tina Turner]] *[[Tweet (singer)|Tweet]] *[[Teyana Taylor]] *[[Tori Kelly]] *[[The Weeknd]] ==U== *[[The Undisputed Truth]] *[[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] ==V== *[[Luther Vandross]] *[[Sarah Vaughan]] *[[The Velvelettes]] *[[Billy Vera]] ==W== *[[:th:ปัญญริสา เธียรประสิทธิ์|Waii]] *[[Summer Walker]] *[[Terri Walker]] *[[Jr. Walker & the All Stars]] *[[War (U.S. band)|War]] *[[Dee Dee Warwick]] *[[Dionne Warwick]] *[[Dinah Washington]] *[[Ella Washington]] *[[Justine Washington|Justine "Baby" Washington]] *[[Grover Washington, Jr.]] *[[Keith Washington]] *[[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]] *[[Jean Wells]] *[[Mary Wells]] *[[Fred Wesley]] *[[Kim Weston]] *[[The Whispers]] *[[Barry White]] *[[Marva Whitney]] *[[Deniece Williams]] *[[Chuck Willis]] *[[Nicole Willis]] *[[Jackie Wilson]]{{sfn|Gilliland|1969|p=|loc=show 17}} *[[Amy Winehouse]] *[[Bill Withers]] *[[Bobby Womack]] *[[Stevie Wonder]]{{sfn|Gilliland|1969|p=|loc=show 25}} *[[Brenton Wood]] *[[Sam Woolf (singer-songwriter)|Sam Woolf]] *[[Betty Wright]] *[[O.V. Wright]] ==Y== *[[Tommie Young]] *[[Timi Yuro]] *[[Yuvan Shankar Raja]] {{col-end}} == References == {{reflist|25em}} ===Sources=== *{{Gilliland |title=The Soul Reformation: More on the evolution of rhythm and blues |show=15 }} {{Soulmusic}} [[Category:Lists of musicians by genre|Soul]] [[Category:Soul music| ]]
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