soft rock artists

At a glance

98 published soft rock artists; 1,370 studio albums have verified cover art.

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 1970s (27 artists).

Where they come from

Countries with the most soft rock artists. United States leads with 38.

• United States 38
• United Kingdom 22
• Canada 12
• Ireland 5
• Australia 2
• Germany 2
• India 2
• Japan 2

Often paired with

Genres that share artists with soft rock. The most shared is pop music, with 44 artists in both.

• pop music 44
• pop rock 42
• rock music 31
• country music 15
• adult contemporary music 13
• rhythm and blues 12
• folk rock 11
• jazz 10

Covers from soft rock

1,370 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

Leaders

Genesis has the most release groups (400); Paul Anka the longest career (70 years); A. R. Rahman the most awards (268).

More soft rock artists

Showing 1–86 of 86 artists

Simon & Garfunkel

United States · Group · 1957–2010

folk rock, soft rock, folk-pop, psychedelic folk

9.6M listeners · 70 wikis · Tier 2

Kenny Rogers

United States · Person · born 1938

rock music, pop music, country music, adult contemporary music, soft rock, country pop, estrada

13.9M listeners · 75 wikis · Tier 2

Julio Iglesias

Spain · Person · born 1943

pop music, country music, adult contemporary music, soft rock, traditional pop, Latin pop, Latin ballad, French pop, Italo disco

6.3M listeners · 87 wikis · Tier 2

Chicago

United States · Group · 1967–present

rock music, pop rock, adult contemporary music, jazz, soft rock, jazz fusion, jazz rock

13.1M listeners · 47 wikis · Tier 1

Neil Diamond

United States · Person · born 1941

pop rock, folk music, soft rock

8.2M listeners · 61 wikis · Tier 2

Genesis

United Kingdom · Group · 1967–present

soft rock, progressive rock, art rock, progressive pop

9.3M listeners · 67 wikis · Tier 1

A. R. Rahman

India · Person · born 1966

pop music, pop rock, dance music, electronic music, soft rock, electronic dance music, classical music, folk-pop, world music, Carnatic music, Indian classical music, experimental music

46.7M listeners · 66 wikis · Tier 1

Bonnie Tyler

United Kingdom · Person · born 1951

pop music, country music, pop rock, soft rock

21M listeners · 72 wikis · Tier 2

Paul Simon

United States · Person · born 1941

rock music, folk rock, soft rock, world music

8.4M listeners · 71 wikis · Tier 2

James Blunt

United Kingdom · Person · born 1974

rock music, blues, soft rock

15.1M listeners · 71 wikis · Tier 1

John Mayer

United States · Person · born 1977

rock music, pop music, blues rock, folk rock, soul, country music, blues, pop rock, country rock, folk music, soft rock, alternative rock, blue-eyed soul, indie rock, acoustic music

14.9M listeners · 61 wikis · Tier 1

Roxette

Sweden · Group · 1986–2016

rock music, pop music, pop rock, dance-pop, soft rock, Europop, power pop

17.8M listeners · 63 wikis · Tier 2

Toto

United States · Group · 1977–2019

hard rock, pop rock, soft rock, progressive rock, jazz fusion, arena rock, yacht rock

26.9M listeners · 53 wikis · Tier 2

a-ha

Norway · Group · 1982–present

pop rock, soft rock, alternative rock, synth-pop, new wave, electronic rock

24.9M listeners · 53 wikis · Tier 1

Ace of Base

Sweden · Group · 1990–present

pop music, dance-pop, soft rock, synth-pop, Europop, music of Sweden, Eurodance

15.5M listeners · 53 wikis · Tier 1

Stevie Nicks

United States · Person · born 1948

pop rock, country rock, soft rock

9.9M listeners · 58 wikis · Tier 2

Lewis Capaldi

United Kingdom · Person · born 1996

pop music, pop rock, soft rock, alternative rock, blue-eyed soul

25.6M listeners · 44 wikis · Tier 1

Sade

United Kingdom · Group · 1982–present

pop music, soul, funk, rhythm and blues, jazz, soft rock, smooth jazz, sophisti-pop

28.1M listeners · 31 wikis · Tier 1

Paul Anka

United States · Person · born 1941

pop music, jazz, soft rock, doo-wop

6.8M listeners · 61 wikis · Tier 2

Jack Johnson

United States · Person · born 1975

pop rock, soft rock

12.5M listeners · 43 wikis · Tier 1

Clairo

United States · Person · born 1998

pop music, folk music, soft rock, synth-pop, electropop, indie rock, indie pop, lo-fi music, bedroom pop

20.5M listeners · 31 wikis · Tier 1

Steely Dan

United States · Group · 1972–present

rock music, rhythm and blues, pop rock, jazz, soft rock, jazz fusion, yacht rock

7.5M listeners · 39 wikis · Tier 2

Leonard Cohen

Canada · Person · born 1934

rock music, pop music, folk rock, blues, pop rock, folk music, soft rock, world music, spoken word, sophisti-pop

131 wikis · Tier 2

The Doobie Brothers

United States · Group · 1970–present

rock music, pop music, soft rock, blue-eyed soul

10.5M listeners · 30 wikis · Tier 3

Kenny Loggins

United States · Person · born 1948

folk rock, soul, country music, rhythm and blues, pop rock, soft rock, yacht rock

9.8M listeners · 31 wikis · Tier 3

Air Supply

Australia · Group · 1975–present

soft rock

8.3M listeners · 34 wikis · Tier 3

Jim Croce

United States · Person · born 1943

folk rock, traditional folk music, blues, soft rock

8M listeners · 34 wikis · Tier 2

Christopher Cross

United States · Person · born 1951

rock music, pop rock, soft rock, yacht rock

8.3M listeners · 33 wikis · Tier 3

10cc

United Kingdom · Group · 1972–present

rock music, soft rock, art rock, art pop, progressive pop

8M listeners · 33 wikis · Tier 3

Kim Carnes

United States · Person · born 1945

country music, pop rock, folk music, soft rock

6.1M listeners · 38 wikis · Tier 3

Camila

Mexico · Group · 2005–2017

pop music, pop rock, soft rock, Latin pop

12.2M listeners · 10 wikis · Tier 3

Alla Pugacheva

Soviet Union · Person · born 1949

pop music, disco, funk, blues, pop rock, soft rock, progressive rock, chanson, new wave, funk rock, traditional pop, estrada, Russian pop

109 wikis · Tier 2

Person

Shakthisree Gopalan

India · Person · born 1988

jazz, soft rock

8.1M listeners · 10 wikis · Tier 3

James Taylor

United States · Person · born 1948

rock music, folk rock, country music, pop rock, soft rock, jazz-funk

45 wikis · Tier 3

Group

Player

United States · Group · 1976–present

rock music, pop music, soft rock

7.5M listeners · 10 wikis · Tier 3

Jon Bon Jovi

United States · Person · born 1962

rock music, country music, soft rock, traditional heavy metal, glam metal, emo

77 wikis · Tier 2

Carole King

United States · Person · born 1942

pop music, folk rock, adult contemporary music, soft rock, easy listening, blue-eyed soul, Brill Building

59 wikis · Tier 2

Sade Adu

Person · born 1959

soul, funk, rhythm and blues, jazz, soft rock, cool jazz

63 wikis · Tier 2

Glenn Frey

United States · Person · born 1948

rock music, pop rock, country rock, soft rock

52 wikis · Tier 2

Amy Macdonald

United Kingdom · Person · born 1987

folk rock, soft rock, indie pop

61 wikis · Tier 2

Sara Bareilles

United States · Person · born 1979

soft rock, musical play

50 wikis · Tier 3

Jimmy Buffett

United States · Person · born 1946

pop music, folk rock, country music, country rock, soft rock, easy listening

42 wikis · Tier 2

Christine McVie

United Kingdom · Person · born 1943

rock music, blues rock, blues, pop rock, soft rock

42 wikis · Tier 2

Randy Newman

United States · Person · born 1943

rock music, pop music, contemporary R&B, blues, soft rock, roots rock, alternative country, comedy rock

49 wikis · Tier 3

José Feliciano

United States · Person · born 1945

soft rock, Latin pop, bolero

47 wikis · Tier 3

Steve Winwood

United Kingdom · Person · born 1948

rock music, blues rock, psychedelic rock, blues, soft rock, progressive rock, jazz fusion, blue-eyed soul, classical music

37 wikis · Tier 3

Sarah McLachlan

Canada · Person · born 1968

rock music, pop music, pop rock, adult contemporary music, soft rock, piano rock

43 wikis · Tier 3

Sérgio Mendes

Brazil · Person · born 1941

disco, adult contemporary music, jazz, soft rock, música popular brasileira, bossa nova, Latin jazz, Latin music

42 wikis · Tier 2

Neil Sedaka

United States · Person · born 1939

pop music, rock and roll, soft rock, estrada, doo-wop

41 wikis · Tier 2

Marty Balin

United States · Person · born 1942

folk rock, psychedelic rock, pop rock, soft rock, acid rock

31 wikis · Tier 2

Wings

United Kingdom · Group · 1971–1981

pop rock, soft rock

40 wikis · Tier 2

Harry Nilsson

United States · Person · born 1941

rock music, pop music, psychedelic rock, soft rock, baroque pop, sunshine pop, Brill Building

39 wikis · Tier 2

Babyface

United States · Person · born 1959

soul, rhythm and blues, soft rock, hip-hop soul, new jack swing

36 wikis · Tier 3

Herbert Grönemeyer

Germany · Person · born 1956

rock music, pop music, pop rock, soft rock

35 wikis · Tier 3

Donald Fagen

United States · Person · born 1948

rock music, rhythm and blues, soft rock, jazz rock, yacht rock

24 wikis · Tier 3

Sheena Easton

United Kingdom · Person · born 1959

pop music, contemporary R&B, country music, pop rock, dance-pop, adult contemporary music, soft rock

33 wikis · Tier 3

The Pointer Sisters

United States · Group · 1969–present

rock music, pop music, soul, country music, gospel music, rhythm and blues, jazz, soft rock, new wave, post-disco

32 wikis · Tier 2

Michael McDonald

United States · Person · born 1952

pop music, soul, rhythm and blues, soft rock, blue-eyed soul, yacht rock

22 wikis · Tier 2

Anne Murray

Canada · Person · born 1945

pop music, country music, adult contemporary music, soft rock, country pop

31 wikis · Tier 3

Albert Hammond

United Kingdom · Person · born 1944

pop rock, soft rock

27 wikis · Tier 3

Lucio Battisti

Italy · Person · born 1943

pop music, disco, rhythm and blues, pop rock, soft rock, progressive rock, synth-pop, Latin pop

27 wikis · Tier 3

Wet Wet Wet

United Kingdom · Group · 1982–present

soft rock

27 wikis · Tier 3

Gilbert O'Sullivan

Ireland · Person · born 1946

pop music, soft rock

25 wikis · Tier 3

Michael Learns to Rock

Denmark · Group · 1988–present

soft rock

25 wikis · Tier 3

Colin Blunstone

United Kingdom · Person · born 1945

pop music, soft rock, baroque pop

14 wikis · Tier 3

John Farnham

Australia · Person · born 1949

pop rock, adult contemporary music, soft rock, popular music

23 wikis · Tier 3

Paul Williams

United States · Person · born 1940

pop music, folk music, soft rock, film score

22 wikis · Tier 3

Group

Ikimono-gakari

Japan · Group · 1999–present

pop rock, soft rock, J-pop

20 wikis · Tier 3

Lee Aaron

Canada · Person · born 1962

hard rock, blues, jazz, soft rock, heavy metal music, cool jazz

19 wikis · Tier 3

Every Little Thing

Japan · Group · 1996–present

pop rock, soft rock, synth-pop, J-pop

18 wikis · Tier 3

Jim Messina

United States · Person · born 1947

country music, soft rock

16 wikis · Tier 3

Person

Dan Hill

Canada · Person · born 1954

pop music, soft rock

16 wikis · Tier 3

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

Germany · Person · born 1948

pop music, pop rock, soft rock

16 wikis · Tier 3

Burton Cummings

Canada · Person · born 1947

pop music, soft rock

15 wikis · Tier 3

Ian Bairnson

United Kingdom · Person · born 1953

soft rock

13 wikis · Tier 3

Graham Russell

United Kingdom · Person · born 1950

electronic music, soft rock

12 wikis · Tier 3

Rebekah Del Rio

United States · Person · born 1967

soft rock

11 wikis · Tier 3

Person

Nicky Astria

Indonesia · Person · born 1967

rock music, soft rock, sentimental ballad

10 wikis · Tier 3

Jack Jersey

Kingdom of the Netherlands · Person · born 1941

country music, soft rock, popular music, Dutch-language music

8 wikis · Tier 3

Group

Bell X1

Ireland · Group · 1999–present

soft rock

8 wikis · Tier 3

Group

Celtic Thunder

Ireland · Group · 2007–present

folk music, soft rock, Celtic music, crossover

8 wikis · Tier 3

Brendan James

United States · Person · born 1979

soft rock

4 wikis · Tier 3

Roxane Bruneau

Canada · Person · born 1991

pop music, soft rock, hip-hop

3 wikis · Tier 3

Jeanick Fournier

Canada · Person · born 2006

pop music, adult contemporary music, soft rock

3 wikis · Tier 3

Group

Gece Yolcuları

Turkey · Group · 1995–present

soft rock

3 wikis · Tier 3

Niall Breslin

Ireland · Person · born 1980

soft rock

3 wikis · Tier 3