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Contemporary R&B Artists from Philadelphia

The 19 most-read contemporary r&b artists based in Philadelphia, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

Artists

19

Readers October

169,785

New entries

00
Data 2026-10-01·MusicBrainz + Wikimedia

19 artists are tagged contemporary r&b in Philadelphia. The biggest move was The Stylistics, up 2 places.

#ArtistReaders30d
01
Jill Scottcontemporary r&b, neo soul
36,617
0
02
Boyz II Mencontemporary r&b, pop
35,131
0
03
Wanya Morriscontemporary r&b
14,355
0
04
The Stylisticsfunk, contemporary r&b
11,521
+2
05
Gerald Levertcontemporary r&b, soul
11,209
0
06
Michael McCarycontemporary r&b
10,300
-2
07
Jazmine Sullivancontemporary r&b, soul
8,367
+2
08
Shawn Stockmancontemporary r&b
7,608
-1
09
Nathan Morriscontemporary r&b
7,498
-1
10
Kathy Sledgecontemporary r&b
6,381
+2
11
Musiq Soulchildcontemporary r&b, hip hop
5,763
-1
12
Marc Nelsoncontemporary r&b, quiet storm
4,665
-1
13
Zhanécontemporary r&b
3,755
+1
14
Jaguar Wrightcontemporary r&b, neo soul
3,003
-1
15
Vivian Greencontemporary r&b, neo soul
1,300
0
16
Kindred the Family Soulcontemporary r&b
1,074
0
17
Danny Sembellocontemporary r&b
795
0
18
Vikter Duplaixcontemporary r&b
243
+1
19
Cashmerecontemporary r&b, funk
200
-1

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How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.