Best Pop Soul Albums

13 artists on TakeRank are tagged pop soul on MusicBrainz, and fans have voted on 76 of their albums. Thriller by Michael Jackson leads right now, ahead of Bad by Michael Jackson and RAM by Paul McCartney. Every place here was won in head-to-head votes, with no critic scores and no streaming numbers mixed in.

13

Artists

76

Albums voted on

Top Pop Soul albums

  1. 1
    Thriller

    Thriller

    Michael Jackson (1982)

    1264

    42 votes

  2. 2
    Bad

    Bad

    Michael Jackson (1987)

    1210

    41 votes

  3. 3
    RAM

    RAM

    Paul McCartney (1971)

    1162

    14 votes

  4. 4
    Loud

    Loud

    Rihanna (2010)

    1144

    34 votes

  5. 5
    Off the Wall

    Off the Wall

    Michael Jackson (1979)

    1117

    38 votes

  6. 6
    21

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    Adele (2011)

    1096

    12 votes

  7. 7
    Dangerous

    Dangerous

    Michael Jackson (1991)

    1094

    38 votes

  8. 8
    Good Girl Gone Bad

    Good Girl Gone Bad

    Rihanna (2007)

    1092

    34 votes

  9. 9
    Rated R

    Rated R

    Rihanna (2009)

    1081

    34 votes

  10. 10
    HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

    HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

    Billie Eilish (2024)

    1080

    32 votes

  11. 11
    Love Deluxe

    Love Deluxe

    Sade (1992)

    1075

    5 votes

  12. 12
    Unapologetic

    Unapologetic

    Rihanna (2012)

    1074

    34 votes

  13. 13
    McCartney II

    McCartney II

    Paul McCartney (1980)

    1068

    14 votes

  14. 14
    McCartney

    McCartney

    Paul McCartney (1970)

    1057

    10 votes

  15. 15
    Off the Ground

    Off the Ground

    Paul McCartney (1993)

    1048

    3 votes

  16. 16
    The Boys of Dungeon Lane

    The Boys of Dungeon Lane

    Paul McCartney (2026)

    1046

    13 votes

  17. 17
    In the Lonely Hour

    In the Lonely Hour

    Sam Smith (2014)

    1045

    3 votes

  18. 18
    Don’t Mind If I Do

    Don’t Mind If I Do

    Culture Club (1999)

    1045

    5 votes

  19. 19
    Promise

    Promise

    Sade (1985)

    1043

    5 votes

  20. 20
    Chaos and Creation in the Backyard

    Chaos and Creation in the Backyard

    Paul McCartney (2005)

    1041

    9 votes

Top Pop Soul songs

  1. 1
    Loud

    S&M

    Rihanna - Loud

    1106

    2 votes

  2. 2
    Bad

    Smooth Criminal

    Michael Jackson - Bad

    1092

    1 vote

  3. 3
    WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

    my strange addiction

    Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

    1092

    1 vote

  4. 4
    Good Girl Gone Bad

    Don’t Stop the Music

    Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad

    1089

    1 vote

  5. 5
    RAM

    Ram On

    Paul McCartney - RAM

    1063

    1 vote

  6. 6
    RAM

    The Back Seat of My Car

    Paul McCartney - RAM

    1063

    1 vote

  7. 7
    Bad

    Speed Demon

    Michael Jackson - Bad

    1048

    2 votes

  8. 8
    Thriller

    P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)

    Michael Jackson - Thriller

    1047

    1 vote

  9. 9
    Loud

    Only Girl (In the World)

    Rihanna - Loud

    1047

    0 votes

  10. 10
    Good Girl Gone Bad

    Rehab

    Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad

    1047

    0 votes

  11. 11
    Good Girl Gone Bad

    Umbrella (acoustic)

    Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad

    1045

    0 votes

  12. 12
    Bad

    Leave Me Alone

    Michael Jackson - Bad

    1035

    2 votes

  13. 13
    Dangerous

    Remember the Time

    Michael Jackson - Dangerous

    1033

    1 vote

  14. 14
    RAM

    Dear Boy

    Paul McCartney - RAM

    1033

    1 vote

  15. 15
    WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

    all the good girls go to hell

    Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

    1032

    1 vote

  16. 16
    Unapologetic

    Diamonds (Gregor Salto downtempo remix)

    Rihanna - Unapologetic

    1032

    1 vote

  17. 17
    WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

    ilomilo

    Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

    1031

    1 vote

  18. 18
    Thriller

    Human Nature

    Michael Jackson - Thriller

    1031

    0 votes

  19. 19
    Bad

    Liberian Girl

    Michael Jackson - Bad

    1018

    2 votes

  20. 20
    Good Girl Gone Bad

    Breakin’ Dishes

    Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad

    1017

    0 votes

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