Soul · GenresWhat is soul?
Soul music is a music genre that combines rhythm and blues and gospel music, originating in the United States. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, secular testifying." The genre occasionally uses improvisational additions, twirls and auxiliary sounds.
About soul
Catchy rhythms, stressed by handclaps and plastic body moves, are an important feature.
From Last.fm, where 102,253 listeners have tagged music as soul.
Artists to start with
Albums to hear first
Let's Get It On
Come to My Garden
Lovers Rock
Destiny Fulfilled
Rockferry
Freedom Flight
There's No Place Like America Today
BenSoul songs
- Like a Tattoo by Sade
- Kiss Of Life by Sade
- Thinkin Bout You by Frank Ocean
- Distant Lover by Marvin Gaye
- Love on the Brain by Rihanna
- Back to Black by Amy Winehouse
- Pearls by Sade
- Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye
- Is It a Crime by Sade
- Isn't She Lovely by Stevie Wonder
Soul on Risocast
BlondeFrank Ocean · 2016
channel ORANGEFrank Ocean · 2012
Late RegistrationKanye West · 2005
SOSSZA · 2022
The Best of SadeSade · 1994
IsolationKali Uchis · 2018
St. ElsewhereGnarls Barkley, CeeLo Green, Danger Mouse · 2006
XSCAPEMichael Jackson · 2014
Ms. JacksonOutKastCrazyGnarls Barkley, CeeLo Green, Danger Mouse · 2007
Neighbouring genres
In the soul & r&b family. All genres
alternative r&bdiscocontemporary r&bdeep funkcontemporary gospelfunk rockfuture funkitalo disconu-discouk funkyg-funkblue-eyed soulQuestions
- What is soul?
- Soul music is a music genre that combines rhythm and blues and gospel music, originating in the United States. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, secular testifying." The genre occasionally uses improvisational additions, twirls and auxiliary sounds. Catchy rhythms, stressed by handclaps and plastic body moves, are an important feature.
- Who are the best-known soul artists?
- By Last.fm listening: Frank Ocean, Sade, Marvin Gaye, Daniel Caesar, Adele and SZA.
- What genres are similar to soul?
- On Risocast it sits with alternative r&b, disco, contemporary r&b, deep funk, contemporary gospel and funk rock.
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Updated 6 October 2026
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