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

Thriller
Michael Jackson (1982)
126442 votes
- 2

Bad
Michael Jackson (1987)
121041 votes
- 3

RAM
Paul McCartney (1971)
116214 votes
- 4

Loud
Rihanna (2010)
114434 votes
- 5

Off the Wall
Michael Jackson (1979)
111738 votes
- 6

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Adele (2011)
109612 votes
- 7

Dangerous
Michael Jackson (1991)
109438 votes
- 8

Good Girl Gone Bad
Rihanna (2007)
109234 votes
- 9

Rated R
Rihanna (2009)
108134 votes
- 10

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
Billie Eilish (2024)
108032 votes
- 11

Love Deluxe
Sade (1992)
10755 votes
- 12

Unapologetic
Rihanna (2012)
107434 votes
- 13

McCartney II
Paul McCartney (1980)
106814 votes
- 14

McCartney
Paul McCartney (1970)
105710 votes
- 15

Off the Ground
Paul McCartney (1993)
10483 votes
- 16

The Boys of Dungeon Lane
Paul McCartney (2026)
104613 votes
- 17

In the Lonely Hour
Sam Smith (2014)
10453 votes
- 18

Don’t Mind If I Do
Culture Club (1999)
10455 votes
- 19

Promise
Sade (1985)
10435 votes
- 20

Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Paul McCartney (2005)
10419 votes
Top Pop Soul songs
- 1

S&M
Rihanna - Loud
11062 votes
- 2

Smooth Criminal
Michael Jackson - Bad
10921 vote
- 3

my strange addiction
Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
10921 vote
- 4

Don’t Stop the Music
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
10891 vote
- 5

Ram On
Paul McCartney - RAM
10631 vote
- 6

The Back Seat of My Car
Paul McCartney - RAM
10631 vote
- 7

Speed Demon
Michael Jackson - Bad
10482 votes
- 8

P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
Michael Jackson - Thriller
10471 vote
- 9

Only Girl (In the World)
Rihanna - Loud
10470 votes
- 10

Rehab
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
10470 votes
- 11

Umbrella (acoustic)
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
10450 votes
- 12

Leave Me Alone
Michael Jackson - Bad
10352 votes
- 13

Remember the Time
Michael Jackson - Dangerous
10331 vote
- 14

Dear Boy
Paul McCartney - RAM
10331 vote
- 15

all the good girls go to hell
Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
10321 vote
- 16

Diamonds (Gregor Salto downtempo remix)
Rihanna - Unapologetic
10321 vote
- 17

ilomilo
Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
10311 vote
- 18

Human Nature
Michael Jackson - Thriller
10310 votes
- 19

Liberian Girl
Michael Jackson - Bad
10182 votes
- 20

Breakin’ Dishes
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
10170 votes
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