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The Best Soft-Rock Artists of All Time

Soft rock is a sub-genre of rock music with a more commercial and less offensive sound. Originating in the early 1970s in southern California, the style smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and pop, relying on simple, melodic songs with big, lush productions. Soft rock dominated radio throughout the 1970s and eventually metamorphosed into the synthesized music of adult contemporary in the 1980s.
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Paul Simon
Paul Simon
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Billy Joel
Billy Joel
2
Elton John
Elton John
3
Steely Dan
Steely Dan
4
Phil Collins
Phil Collins
5
The Carpenters
The Carpenters
6
America
America
7
Hall & Oates
Hall & Oates
8
Chicago
Chicago
9
Toto
Toto
10
James Taylor
James Taylor
11
Simon and Garfunkel
Simon and Garfunkel
12
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne
13
Little River Band
Little River Band
14
Amy Grant
Amy Grant
15
Coldplay
Coldplay
16
Randy Newman
Randy Newman
17
Christopher Cross
Christopher Cross
18
Air Supply
Air Supply
19
Supertramp
Supertramp
20
Cat Stevens
Cat Stevens
21
James Blunt
James Blunt
22
Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan
23
Bread
Bread
24
Carol King
Carol King
25
The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues
26
Jimmy Buffet
Jimmy Buffet
27
Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
28
Seals and Crofts
Seals and Crofts
29
Vanessa Carlton
Vanessa Carlton
30
ABBA
ABBA
31
Boston
Boston
32
Savage Garden
Savage Garden
33
Taylor Dayne
Taylor Dayne
34
Richard Marx
Richard Marx
35
Olivia Newton John
Olivia Newton John
36
Dan Fogelberg
Dan Fogelberg
37
Key Largo - Bertie Higgins
Key Largo - Bertie Higgins
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Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow
39
Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie
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