top 50 soul artists of all-time

"the desired effect is what you get when you improve your interplanetary funksmanship"

1. stevie wonder
2. sly & the family stone
3. curtis mayfield
4. prince
5. aretha franklin
6. marvin gaye
7. james brown
8. ray charles
9. parliament / funkadelic
10. michael jackson

11. al green
12. sam cooke
13. ike & tina turner
14. the jackson 5
15. otis redding
16. barry white
17. rufus & chaka khan
18. herbie hancock
19. the temptations
20. the isley brothers

21. diana ross & the supremes
22. sade
23. the spinners
24. isaac hayes
25. erykah badu
26. mary j. blige
27. earth wind & fire
28. bill withers
29. edwin starr
30. smokey robinson & the miracles


31. the 5th dimension
32. alicia keys
33. rick james
34. the four tops
35. war
36. jackie wilson
37. lauryn hill
38. the meters
39. kool & the gang
40. the blackbyrds

41. joe tex
42. cameo
43. r. kelly
44. the commodores / lionel richie
45. donna summer
46. wilson pickett
47. seal
48. billy preston
49. jamiroquai
50. the o' jays