List of soul musicians - Definition and Overview

• Aaliyah
• Al Green
• Ann Peebles
• Aretha Franklin
• Arthur Alexander
• Baby Washington
• Barry White
• Ben E. King
• Betty Wright
• Blackstreet
• Bobby Bland
• Bobby Byrd
• Boyz II Men
• Brandy Norwood
• Brenda Holloway
• Brenton Wood
• Bobby Womack
• Booker T. & the MG's
• Carla Thomas
• Charles Wright
• The Chi-Lites
• Chuck Jackson
• Clarence Carter
• The Commodores
• Curtis Mayfield
• D'Angelo
• David Ruffin
• The Delphonics
• Diana Ross
• Dionne Warwick
• Don Covay
• Donny Hathaway
• Doris Troy
• The Dramatics
• Dusty Springfield
• Eddie Floyd
• Edwin Starr
• En Vogue
• Erykah Badu
• Etta James
• The Foundations
• The Four Tops
• Freddie Scott
• Garnet Mimms
• Gene Chandler
• Gladys Knight & the Pips
• Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
• Howard Tate
• Ike Turner
• The Impressions
• Irma Thomas
• Isaac Hayes
• The Isley Brothers
• Jackie Wilson
• Jackson Five
• James Carr
• James Brown
• Janet Jackson
• The JB's
• Jerry Butler
• Jill Scott
• Joe Simon
• Joe Tex
• Johnnie Taylor
• Junior Walker
• Kane gang
• Lauryn Hill
• Lee Dorsey
• Lou Rawls
• Macy Gray
• Major Lance
• Mariah Carey
• Marvin Gaye
• Martha & the Vandellas
• The Marvelettes
• Mary J. Blige
• Mary Wells
• The Meters
• Michael Jackson
• Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
• The O'Jays
• Otis Redding
• O.V. Wright
• Parliament
• Patti LaBelle & the BlueBelles
• Percy Sledge
• Prince
• R. Kelly
• The Righteous Brothers
• Roberta Flack
• Roy Orbison
• Rufus Thomas
• Sam & Dave
• Sam Cooke
• Seal
• Sly & the Family Stone
• Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
• Solomon Burke
• The Spinners
• The Staple Singers
• Stevie Wonder
• Joss Stone
• The Stylistics
• The Supremes
• Tammi Terrell
• The Temptations
• Tina Turner
• TLC
• Toni Braxton
• Tyrone Davis
• Vanessa Williams
• The Velvelettes
• War
• Walter Jackson
• The Whispers
• Whitney Houston
• William Bell
• Wilson Pickett