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Aretha Franklin
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Otis Redding
2,080,516 listeners
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Nina Simone
2,548,917 listeners
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Sam Cooke
1,577,492 listeners
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Dinah Washington
1,014,561 listeners
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Irma Thomas
429,690 listeners
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Ray Charles
2,360,476 listeners
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Billie Holiday
2,017,820 listeners
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Wilson Pickett
773,407 listeners
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Percy Sledge
589,513 listeners
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