Genre in a city
The 29 most-read soul artists based in New York, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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29 artists are tagged soul in New York. The biggest move was Jeff Redd, up 2 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Huey Lewisrock, blue-eyed soul | 43,784 | 0 |
02 | Terence Trent D’Arbyfunk, soul | 30,250 | 0 |
03 | Blues Brothersblues, soul | 27,369 | +1 |
04 | Cuba Goodingsoul | 26,006 | -1 |
05 | Ashford & Simpsonfunk, soul | 17,016 | +1 |
06 | The Driftersdoo-wop, pop | 14,617 | -1 |
07 | Cameofunk, soul | 11,599 | 0 |
08 | Melba Mooresoul | 9,072 | +1 |
09 | Gregory Abbottpop soul, singer-songwriter | 7,860 | -1 |
10 | The Sweet Inspirationssoul | 5,176 | 0 |
11 | Emily Kingjazz, soul | 1,291 | 0 |
12 | Homer Steinweissfunk, soul | 1,120 | 0 |
13 | Kim Hillsoul | 1,115 | +1 |
14 | Jeff Reddnew jack swing, contemporary r&b | 894 | +2 |
15 | Annie Anxietysoul | 828 | +2 |
16 | Patrick Adamsboogie, disco | 776 | +2 |
17 | The Persuaderssoul | 751 | -4 |
18 | Leroy Burgessdisco, r&b | 748 | +1 |
19 | Capella Greyr&b, hip hop | 734 | -4 |
20 | New York Citysoul | 566 | 0 |
21 | Tony Clarkesoul | 368 | +1 |
22 | Big Dee Irwinr&b, soul | 301 | -1 |
23 | Joi Cardwellsoul | 298 | 0 |
24 | Jeff Kazeejazz, rock | 280 | 0 |
25 | The Soul Clansoul | 278 | +2 |
26 | Dean Parrishsoul | 263 | -1 |
27 | Jocelyn B. Smithsoul | 247 | -1 |
28 | Uniquedisco, funk | 106 | 0 |
29 | Miles Bonnysoul | 99 | 0 |
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 August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.