British Soul
British soul is soul music made by artists from the United Kingdom, shaped by American soul and R&B but with its own singers, scenes and sound.
It began in the 1960s when British singers took up American soul, and it grew through the 1980s and 1990s with smooth, jazz-tinged and club-influenced acts. A new wave in the 2000s paired big, emotional voices with retro arrangements and reached a worldwide audience. British soul has often mixed with local scenes such as Brit funk, acid jazz and club music, which gives it a different flavor from its American source.
Artists it is known for: Dusty Springfield, Sade, Amy Winehouse, Adele.
- Family
- R&B & Soul
- On Spotify
- No longer returned by Spotify’s API
- What it is
- A scene
- From
- United Kingdom, 1960s
- Also called
- uk soul
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 9%
About 7,700 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have british soul among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
British Soul artists
Sade
Adele
Amy Winehouse
Paolo Nutini
Michael Kiwanuka
Simply Red
Celeste
Gotts Street Park
Jessie WareThe british soul artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.