List of soul musicians

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.

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A

*Anastacia
*Johnny Ace
*Barbara Acklin
*Gerald Albright
*Arthur Alexander
*Carleen Anderson
*India.Arie
*Atlantic Starr
*Patti Austin
*Adele

B

*Erykah Badu
*Corinne Bailey Rae
*Anita Baker
*Bessie Banks
*J. J. Barnes
*Fontella Bass
*The Bar-Kays
*Archie Bell and the Drells
*Regina Belle
*William Bell
*Bobby Bland
*Mary J. Blige
*Bob & Earl
*Booker T. & the MG's
*Larry Braggs
*Brandy
*Toni Braxton
*Divine Brown
*James Brown
*Maxine Brown
*Solomon Burke
*Jerry Butler
*Bobby Byrd

C

*Roy C
*Carl Carlton
*James Carr
*Clarence Carter
*The Chambers Brothers
*Gene Chandler
*Ray Charles
*Cody ChesnuTT
*The Chi-Lites
*George Clinton
*Joe Cocker
*William "Bootsy" Collins
*The Commodores
*Arthur Conley
*Sarah Connor
*The Contours
*Sam Cooke
*Don Covay
*King Curtis

D

*D'Angelo
*Terence Trent D'Arby
*Tyrone Davis
*The Delfonics
*Des'ree
*The Detroit Emeralds
*William DeVaughn
*Lee Dorsey
*The Dramatics
*Doris Duke
*Duffy

E

*Earth, Wind & Fire
*Eddie & Ernie
*Niki Evans

F

*Fantasia
*Roberta Flack
*The Floaters
*Floetry
*Eddie Floyd
*The Foundations
*The Four Tops
*Aretha Franklin
*Freddie Scott
*Firefly Soul

G

*Marvin Gaye
*Dobie Gray
*Macy Gray
*JJ Grey
*Al Green
*Gwen Guthrie

H

*Lynden David Hall
*Anthony Hamilton
*Donny Hathaway
*Isaac Hayes
*Heather Headley
*Bobby Hebb
*Taylor Hicks
*Brenda Holloway
*Thelma Houston
*Baby Huey & the Babysitters
*Willie Hutch
*Lauryn Hill

I

*The Impressions
*The Isley Brothers

J

*The Jackson 5
*Chuck Jackson
*Freddie Jackson
*Janet Jackson
*Jermaine Jackson
*J. J. Jackson
*Michael Jackson
*Millie Jackson
*Jaibi
*Etta James
*The JB's
*Mable John
*Ruby Johnson
*Syl Johnson
*Syleena Johnson
*Sharon Jones
*Janis Joplin
*Jacksoul

K

*Eddie Kendricks
*Alicia Keys
*Chaka Khan
*Kindred the Family Soul
*Ben E. King
*Carole King
*The Knight Brothers
*Gladys Knight & the Pips
*Jean Knight

L

*Patti LaBelle
*Labelle
*Major Lance
*Amel Larrieux
*Denise LaSalle
*Bettye LaVette
*Lemar
*Annie Lennox
*Ramsey Lewis
*Little Anthony and the Imperials
*Mary Love
*Cheryl Lynn

M

*Sananda Maitreya
*Teena Marie
*Martha & the Vandellas
*The Marvelettes
*Curtis Mayfield
*Toussaint McCall
*George McCrae
*Gwen McCrae
*Mel and Tim
*Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
*The Meters
*Garnet Mimms
*Michael McDonald
*The Miracles
*Dorothy Moore
*Clayton Mark
*Maxwell

N

*Xavier Naidoo
*Laura Nyro

O

*The O'Jays
*The Ohio Players

P

*Billy Paul
*Freda Payne
*Peaches & Herb
*Ann Peebles
*Teddy Pendergrass
*Wilson Pickett
*The Pointer Sisters
*Billy Preston
*Prince

R

*Bonnie Raitt
*Lou Rawls
*Otis Redding
*Della Reese
*Wendy Rene
*Lionel Richie
*The Righteous Brothers
*Minnie Riperton
*Smokey Robinson
*Nick Rolfe
*Diana Ross
*David Ruffin
*Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels

*Sade
*Sam & Dave
*Jill Scott
*Diane Shaw
*The Shirelles
*Joe Simon
*Nina Simone
*Percy Sledge
*Sly & the Family Stone
*O.C. Smith
*The Spinners
*Dusty Springfield
*The Staple Singers
*The Stylistics
*The Supremes
*Edwin Starr
*Angie Stone
*Joss Stone
*Donna Summer

T

*Howard Tate
*Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers
*Johnnie Taylor
*Little Johnny Taylor
*The Temptations
*Tammi Terrell
*Joe Tex
*Carla Thomas
*Irma Thomas
*Rufus Thomas
*Timmy Thomas
*Tower of Power
*Doris Troy
*Ike Turner
*Tina Turner
*Tweet

V

*Billy Vera
*The Velvelettes
*Luther Vandross

W

*Jr. Walker & the All Stars
*War
*Dee Dee Warwick
*Dionne Warwick
*Justine "Baby" Washington
*Johnny "Guitar" Watson
*Mary Wells
*Fred Wesley
*Kim Weston
*The Whispers
*Barry White
*Marva Whitney
*Deniece Williams
*Jackie Wilson
*Amy Winehouse
*Bill Withers
*Brenton Wood
*Bobby Womack
*Stevie Wonder
*Betty Wright
*Sandra Wright
*O.V. Wright

Y

*Timi Yuro