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Best neo-soul artists of the 2000s

The industry lost control of distribution and the music got stranger for it. Blogs did the job radio used to do. The South took the charts outright, and Kanye West began a run of reinventions that outlasted the decade he started it in.

Everyone who released a neo-soul album in the 2000s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

Solange№ 1Solange1 album here4.3Weighted score4.4 avg · 21 ratings
  1. 2D'AngeloD'Angelo3 albums here4.24.3 avg · 17 ratings
  2. 3Angie StoneAngie Stone8 albums here4.24.5 avg · 3 ratings
  3. 4Mr. ScruffMr. Scruff1 album here4.04.2 avg · 3 ratings
  4. 5Glenn LewisGlenn Lewis1 album here4.04.0 avg · 6 ratings
  5. 6Lisa StansfieldLisa Stansfield1 album here3.93.9 avg · 6 ratings
  6. 7Musiq SoulchildMusiq Soulchild3 albums here3.93.8 avg · 3 ratings
  7. 8Lyfe JenningsLyfe Jennings1 album here3.83.7 avg · 3 ratings
  8. 9Jill ScottJill Scott10 albums here3.83.7 avg · 14 ratings
  9. 10Erykah BaduErykah Badu2 albums here3.83.7 avg · 29 ratings
  10. 11Macy GrayMacy Gray3 albums here3.73.5 avg · 4 ratings
  11. 12Alicia KeysAlicia Keys4 albums here3.73.7 avg · 68 ratings
  12. 13LedisiLedisi5 albums here3.73.2 avg · 3 ratings
  13. 14John LegendJohn Legend1 album here3.63.6 avg · 40 ratings
  14. 15Anthony HamiltonAnthony Hamilton4 albums here2 ratings
  15. 16Corinne Bailey RaeCorinne Bailey Rae1 album here2 ratings
  16. 17Me'Shell NdegéOcelloMe'Shell NdegéOcello1 album here2 ratings
  17. 18Raphael SaadiqRaphael Saadiq3 albums here
  18. 19KemKem3 albums here
  19. 20Leela JamesLeela James5 albums here
  20. 21Raheem DeVaughnRaheem DeVaughn3 albums here
  21. 22Mayer HawthorneMayer Hawthorne1 album here
  22. 23Lalah HathawayLalah Hathaway2 albums here
  23. 24FloetryFloetry3 albums here
  24. 25DweleDwele5 albums here
  25. 26BilalBilal3 albums here
  26. 27Lucy PearlLucy Pearl1 album here
  27. 28GoapeleGoapele3 albums here
  28. 29BJ the Chicago KidBJ the Chicago Kid2 albums here
  29. 30Cody ChesnuTTCody ChesnuTT2 albums here
  30. 31Amel LarrieuxAmel Larrieux4 albums here
  31. 32Eric RobersonEric Roberson10 albums here
  32. 33Vivian GreenVivian Green4 albums here
  33. 34Groove TheoryGroove Theory1 album here
  34. 35Emily KingEmily King1 album here
  35. 36Durand BernarrDurand Bernarr1 album here
  36. 37ResRes2 albums here
  37. 38Shafiq HusaynShafiq Husayn2 albums here
  38. 39JhelisaJhelisa2 albums here
  39. 40Sam BosticSam Bostic1 album here
  40. 41Geno Young1 album here
  41. 42Robert GlasperRobert Glasper3 albums here
  42. 43Donnie2 albums here
  43. 44MaxwellMaxwell3 albums here

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