soul
by 
Boltzmann 
In the '50s you had jazz, religious music, classical music, and folk music of various groups that vary in their degree of artistic value (traditional pop, R&B), and of course any combination of those. Ray Charles did something strange that stood perpendicular on anything anyone was doing: He started singing louder; then Little Richard smashed the piano louder and his drummer hit the backbeat harder; James Brown hit the one louder; Jimi Hendrix made his effects extremer; you get the picture. The popular music era is the era of extent. It's about recognizing that taking things to their extreme creates all the difference. In the meantime soul has never left the scene; still now soul tracks are being recorded, not very often full albums anymore of course, but this genre will probably never die.
Chronologically ordered, and inclusion does not imply anything about the quality.
- Chart updated: 05/22/2024 02:45
- (Created: 03/16/2021 10:45).
- Chart size: 45 albums.
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Year of Release:
1957
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Rank Score:
1,139
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Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
569
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Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
795
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Year of Release:
1959
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,706
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[First added to this chart: 03/16/2021]
Year of Release:
1960
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2,142
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Total albums: 45. Page 1 of 5
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soul composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 7 | 16% | |
| 1960s | 26 | 58% | |
| 1970s | 12 | 27% | |
| 1980s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1990s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2000s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Stevie Wonder | 13 | 29% | |
| Ray Charles | 7 | 16% | |
| Otis Redding | 4 | 9% | |
| Al Green | 3 | 7% | |
| James Brown And His Famous Flames | 2 | 4% | |
| Janis Joplin | 2 | 4% | |
| Sam Cooke | 1 | 2% | |
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soul chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 15 from 26th to 41st Let's Stay Together by Al Green |
| Down 15 from 27th to 42nd Innervisions by Stevie Wonder |
| Down 15 from 28th to 43rd What's Going On by Marvin Gaye |
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| Stevie Wonder: Best Studio Albums |  RevolverCB72 | Custom chart | 2023 |  |
| Best Soul Albums Of All Time | RevolverCB72 | Custom chart | 2023 | |
| Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | Grymer | Overall chart | 2014 |  |
| ranking albums: stevie wonder |  paladisiac | Custom chart | 2017 | |
| Best Soul Albums | seanie542 | Custom chart | 2016 |  |
| Top 39 Greatest Music Albums | haroldm75 | Overall chart | 2011 |  |
| Top 37 Greatest Music Albums |  iloveblackmusic | Overall chart | 2015 |  |
| Top 44 Music Albums of the 1950s | mrfloosak | 1950s decade chart | 2022 | |
| Top 20 Music Albums of 1960 |  djrodo | 1960 year chart | 2021 |  |
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