Genre
Soul
Soul fuses gospel fervor with rhythm and blues groove, foregrounding expressive, melismatic vocals. Motown and Stax defined its 1960s golden age, and its DNA runs directly into funk, disco, contemporary R&B, and hip-hop sampling.
Soul on Riffiter: 265 albums from artists including Adele, Sam Smith, Amy Winehouse, ranked by popularity and community ratings.
Key artists
Albums
21
Adele · 2011
25
Adele · 2015
19
Adele · 2008
30
Adele · 2021
Back to Black
Amy Winehouse · 2006
Lioness: Hidden Treasures
Amy Winehouse · 2011
The Ultimate Collection
Whitney Houston · 2007
The Thrill of It All
Sam Smith · 2017
Love & Hate
Michael Kiwanuka · 2016
Writing's on the Wall
Sam Smith · 2015
The Bodyguard - Original Soundtrack Album
Whitney Houston · 1992
The Very Best of Otis Redding
Otis Redding · 1992
In The Lonely Hour
Sam Smith · 2014
I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston · 2012
Hits
Seal · 2009
A Seat at the Table
Solange · 2016
Stay With Me
Sam Smith · 2014
Frank
Amy Winehouse · 2003
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu · 2000
Whitney
Whitney Houston · 1987
Love Goes
Sam Smith · 2020
Kiwanuka
Michael Kiwanuka · 2019
Our Version of Events
Emeli Sandé · 2012
7
Seal · 2015
Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances
Whitney Houston · 2014
Best 1991-2004
Seal · 2004
Baduizm
Erykah Badu · 1997
When I Get Home
Solange · 2019
Hello
Adele · 2015
Skyfall
Adele · 2012
St. Elsewhere
Gnarls Barkley · 2006
My Love Is Your Love
Whitney Houston · 1998
Home Again
Michael Kiwanuka · 2012
Soul 2
Seal · 2011
New Amerykah, Part Two (Return of the Ankh)
Erykah Badu · 2010
The Annie Lennox Collection
Annie Lennox · 2009
Rockferry
Duffy · 2008
Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston · 1985
The Odd Couple
Gnarls Barkley · 2008
Curtis
Curtis Mayfield · 1970
Standards
Seal · 2017
Ctrl
SZA · 2017
Nostalgia
Annie Lennox · 2014
I'm Not the Only One
Sam Smith · 2014
6: Commitment
Seal · 2010
Nirvana
Sam Smith · 2014
Live
Erykah Badu · 1997
Medusa
Annie Lennox · 1995
The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years
Ray Charles · 1994
Diva
Annie Lennox · 1992
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye · 1973
Worldwide Underground
Erykah Badu · 2003
I'm Your Baby Tonight
Whitney Houston · 1990
The Preacher's Wife
Whitney Houston · 1996
Long Live the Angels
Emeli Sandé · 2016
Just Whitney...
Whitney Houston · 2002
Midnight Love
Marvin Gaye · 1982
I Want You
Marvin Gaye · 1976
Trouble Man
Marvin Gaye · 1972
The King of Soul
Otis Redding · 2014
