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The 50 most-read soul artists based in United States, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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129 artists are tagged soul in United States. The biggest move was Lillo Thomas, up 22 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Silk Sonicfunk, r&b | 15,134 | +1 |
02 | Doyle Bramhall IIblues, blues rock | 12,958 | -1 |
03 | Womack & Womackfunk, r&b | 12,414 | 0 |
04 | Luke Boydsoul | 8,801 | 0 |
05 | All‐4‐Onecontemporary r&b, soul | 7,526 | 0 |
06 | Holland–Dozier–Hollandsoul | 6,949 | 0 |
07 | Joyce Wricer&b, soul | 6,916 | +15 |
08 | Odysseydisco, funk | 5,538 | 0 |
09 | Gamble & Huffsoul | 4,212 | 0 |
10 | Hokueuropop, soul | 4,110 | 0 |
11 | Durand Jones & The Indicationssoul, funk | 4,049 | -4 |
12 | Renaldo Bensonsoul | 3,372 | +3 |
13 | The Ikettespop, r&b | 2,904 | +1 |
14 | Indiasoul | 2,639 | +2 |
15 | Ray Whiteblues, soul | 2,387 | +18 |
16 | The Friends of Distinctionr&b, soul | 2,366 | -3 |
17 | Love Unlimiteddisco, pop soul | 2,204 | +3 |
18 | The Derek Trucks Bandblues rock, blues | 2,048 | +1 |
19 | Changing Facesr&b, soul | 1,838 | +2 |
20 | Rahsaan Pattersonfunk, contemporary r&b | 1,822 | -3 |
21 | Carolyn Griffeysoul | 1,688 | +3 |
22 | Sunshine Andersonsoul | 1,607 | -4 |
23 | Lillo Thomascontemporary r&b, soul | 1,477 | +22 |
24 | The American Breedpop, bubblegum pop | 1,461 | +1 |
25 | Kenya Hathawaysoul | 1,398 | +7 |
26 | Liv Warfieldsoul | 1,358 | -3 |
27 | Viola Willssoul | 1,318 | 0 |
28 | INOJsoul | 1,304 | 0 |
29 | Betty Kellysoul | 1,220 | -18 |
30 | Annette Beardsoul | 1,207 | -18 |
31 | Merebacontemporary r&b, r&b | 1,085 | -2 |
32 | Bridget Kellycontemporary r&b, pop | 1,011 | -1 |
33 | Eric Lindellblues rock, pop rock | 1,008 | +8 |
34 | Jasmine Triasopm, pop | 992 | +2 |
35 | The Memphis Hornssoul | 973 | -9 |
36 | Keith Barrowdisco, soul | 946 | +4 |
37 | Larry Williamssoul | 881 | -2 |
38 | C. P. Spencersoul | 835 | -1 |
39 | Jacquie Leefolk, soul | 826 | +3 |
40 | Sy Smithfunk, electronica | 768 | -1 |
41 | Jeff Bernatsoul | 742 | -7 |
42 | James Kingsoul | 720 | -12 |
43 | Yaya Beyhip hop, r&b | 674 | -5 |
44 | Eliot Lewissoul | 653 | +6 |
45 | Ace Spectrumdisco, r&b | 630 | -2 |
46 | Unspokencontemporary christian, soul | 615 | -2 |
47 | Keith Crouchsoul | 572 | +11 |
48 | Sandy Bhouse, soul | 534 | -1 |
49 | Malina Moyesoul | 515 | +8 |
50 | Bessie Bankssoul | 513 | +6 |
70 | Gregory C. Colemanfunk, soul | 267 | +24 |
71 | Eric Gablecontemporary r&b, new jack swing | 250 | +12 |
103 | Imani Uzurisoul | 79 | +11 |
102 | Tina Brittsoul | 83 | +9 |
52 | Crystal Johnsonhip hop, r&b | 503 | +7 |
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.