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Otis Redding
Otis Redding
American singer
Queen of Hip-Hop Soul
Mary J. Blige
American singer-songwriter and actress
James Brown
James Brown
American singer
Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie
American singer, songwriter, and producer
The Artist
Prince
American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer
American singer-songwriter SZA
SZA
American singer-songwriter
Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway
American singer, composer, and musician
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
American singer
Maurice White
American musician
Percy Sledge
American singer
Mavis Staples
American singer
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
American singer, composer, and musician
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
American singer and composer
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
American musician
Sam Smith
Sam Smith
British singer-songwriter
Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
American singer-songwriter
John Legend
John Legend
American musician
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield
American musician
Al Green
Al Green
American singer-songwriter
Tina Turner
Tina Turner
American-born singer

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