R&B and Soul artists on the Suede Cosmos map

Artists in the R&B and Soul cluster

Ordered by how many connections each artist has on the map. Names link to the artist's MusicBrainz page, the source of the genre tags listed here.

1. Janelle MonáeUnited States · 9 connections

   funk, soul, art pop, contemporary r&b, pop, pop rap

2. Leon BridgesUnited States · 9 connections

   r&b, soul, neo soul, smooth soul

3. Erykah BaduUnited States · 8 connections

   soul, contemporary r&b, funk, hip hop, neo soul, acid jazz

4. Frank OceanUnited States · 8 connections

   contemporary r&b, alternative r&b, pop, r&b

5. SolangeUnited States · 8 connections

   alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, neo soul, soul

6. Stevie WonderUnited States · 8 connections

   soul, contemporary r&b, funk, pop, pop soul

7. Otis ReddingUnited States · 6 connections

   soul, deep soul, southern soul, r&b, blues, blues rock

8. Anderson .PaakUnited States · 5 connections

   r&b, alternative hip hop, soul, alternative r&b, hip hop, contemporary r&b

9. D’AngeloUnited States · 5 connections

   neo soul, contemporary r&b, quiet storm, hip hop

10. MaxwellUnited States · 5 connections

    contemporary r&b, neo soul, quiet storm, smooth soul

11. PrinceUnited States · 5 connections

    funk, pop, contemporary r&b, rock, funk rock, neo-psychedelia

12. SZAUnited States · 5 connections

    contemporary r&b, electronic, r&b, alternative r&b, hip hop soul, neo soul

13. The WeekndCanada · 5 connections

    r&b, alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, dance-pop, synth-pop, pop

14. Aretha FranklinUnited States · 4 connections

    soul, gospel, deep soul, southern soul, jazz, quiet storm

15. Bill WithersUnited States · 4 connections

    soul, pop soul, deep soul, funk, motown, smooth soul

16. Daniel CaesarCanada · 4 connections

    contemporary r&b, r&b, alternative r&b

17. H.E.R.United States · 4 connections

    r&b, alternative r&b, deep soul, hip hop soul, neo soul, pop soul

18. James BrownUnited States · 4 connections

    soul, funk, disco, blues, christmas music

19. Hiatus KaiyoteAustralia · 3 connections

    neo soul, experimental, r&b

20. Sam CookeUnited States · 3 connections

    soul, gospel, pop soul, r&b, southern soul, traditional pop

21. Curtis MayfieldUnited States · 2 connections

    soul, funk, chicago soul, r&b, psychedelic soul, singer-songwriter

Strongest connections inside R&B and Soul

The score is the overlap between two artists' MusicBrainz genre and tag sets: shared labels divided by all distinct labels across both. The shared tags listed come from the genre tags shown for each artist above. The 10 highest of the cluster's 41 connections:

1. D’Angelo and Maxwell50%

   Shared tags: neo soul, contemporary r&b, quiet storm

2. Stevie Wonder and Janelle Monáe44%

   Shared tags: soul, contemporary r&b, funk, pop

3. The Weeknd and Frank Ocean44%

   Shared tags: r&b, alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, pop

4. Erykah Badu and D’Angelo43%

   Shared tags: contemporary r&b, hip hop, neo soul

5. Erykah Badu and Solange43%

   Shared tags: soul, contemporary r&b, neo soul

6. Stevie Wonder and James Brown40%

   Shared tags: soul, funk

7. Solange and Anderson .Paak38%

   Shared tags: alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, soul

8. SZA and H.E.R.36%

   Shared tags: r&b, alternative r&b, hip hop soul, neo soul

9. Daniel Caesar and Frank Ocean33%

   Shared tags: contemporary r&b, r&b, alternative r&b

10. Erykah Badu and Janelle Monáe33%

    Shared tags: soul, contemporary r&b, funk

Where R&B and Soul meets other genres

32 connections cross out of the cluster, 17 of them into Pop. These are the artists whose tags reach across genre lines.

Most common tags in R&B and Soul

How many of the 21 artists carry each label among the top MusicBrainz genre tags stored for them on the map.

• contemporary r&b 12
• soul 12
• r&b 11
• neo soul 8
• alternative r&b 7
• funk 7
• pop 5
• deep soul 4
• pop soul 4
• hip hop 3
• quiet storm 3
• smooth soul 3

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• Rock 30 artists
• Hip-Hop 22 artists
• Electronic 25 artists
• Pop 20 artists
• Jazz 23 artists
• Classical 17 artists
• Folk and Country 22 artists