Neo soul

Neo soul (also known as nu soul) is a musical genre that fuses contemporary R&B, 1970s style soul, and hip hop. It is the third major sub-genre of contemporary R&B, after the new jack swing of the late 1980s/ early 1990s and the hip-hop soul of the early to mid 1990s. The "neo soul" term, originated by Kedar Massenburg of Motown Records in the late-1990s, is sometimes looked upon with disdain as nothing more than a marketing specialization of contemporary R&B instead of an honest revival of soul music, because most of the people who record in the genre and listeners tend to be anti-mainstream favoring to retain soul underground credibility and soulfulness over mainstream popularity.

List of nu soul artists

• Alicia Keys
• Alison Crockett
• Amel Larrieux
• Angie Stone
• Bilal
• City High
• D'Angelo
• Dawn Robinson
• D.J. Rogers,Jr.
• Donnie
• Dwele
• Eric West
• Erykah Badu
• Glenn Lewis
• Floetry
• India Arie
• Jaguar Wright
• Javier
• Jazzyfatnastees
• Jill Scott
• John Legend
• Koffee Brown
• Lauryn Hill
• Lizz Fields
• Lucy Pearl
• Macy Gray
• Maxwell
• McAlmont & Butler
• Musiq (formerly Musiq Soulchild)
• Raphael Saadiq
• Rashaan Patterson
• Res
• Sunshine Anderson
• Soul Basement
• Tony! Toni! Toné!
• Truth Hurts
• Tuere
• Van Hunt
• Vikter Duplaix
• Vivian Green
• Peven Everett