African rock music is a genre that blends traditional African rhythms and instruments with Western rock influences. It often features energetic beats, catchy melodies, and powerful vocals. Some popular African rock bands incorporate elements of hip hop, electronic music, and reggae into their sound. The genre has gained international recognition in recent years, with several African rock bands achieving mainstream success.
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 63 | 6 | 68 | 49 | 47 | 54 | 112 | 60065 | |
2 | 58 | 15 | 71 | 71 | 13 | 46 | 126 | 1646902 | |
3 | 46 | 1 | 58 | 55 | 42 | 35 | 118 | 94581 | |
4 | 43 | 2 | 54 | 78 | 4 | 31 | 127 | 133948 | |
5 | 42 | 0 | 83 | 64 | 13 | 82 | 118 | 73250 | |
6 | 42 | 22 | 60 | 46 | 22 | 52 | 116 | 37950 | |
7 | 42 | 0 | 70 | 80 | 15 | 70 | 146 | 70121 | |
8 | 39 | 0 | 53 | 75 | 64 | 43 | 171 | 76397 | |
9 | 39 | 4 | 45 | 94 | 0 | 37 | 114 | 89535 | |
10 | 38 | 0 | 58 | 52 | 27 | 35 | 116 | 63705 | |
11 | 37 | 1 | 53 | 74 | 1 | 30 | 135 | 36862 | |
12 | 36 | 0 | 46 | 72 | 10 | 38 | 139 | 71457 | |
13 | 36 | 0 | 49 | 85 | 4 | 43 | 128 | 82062 | |
14 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1318 | |
15 | 34 | 0 | 86 | 74 | 7 | 65 | 104 | 23644 | |
16 | 33 | 0 | 47 | 35 | 50 | 23 | 132 | 70075 | |
17 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6457 | |
18 | 32 | 0 | 52 | 66 | 22 | 39 | 125 | 63810 | |
19 | 30 | 0 | 52 | 66 | 39 | 56 | 137 | 20400 | |
20 | 30 | 2 | 64 | 68 | 5 | 69 | 142 | 24893 | |
21 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24538 | |
22 | 28 | 14 | 62 | 72 | 20 | 55 | 112 | 34163 | |
23 | 27 | 0 | 45 | 58 | 22 | 40 | 111 | 28864 | |
24 | 27 | 8 | 64 | 74 | 7 | 60 | 130 | 20097 | |
25 | 27 | 0 | 57 | 67 | 2 | 40 | 115 | 24902 | |
26 | 26 | 2 | 55 | 36 | 79 | 4 | 132 | 29774 | |
27 | 26 | 0 | 45 | 67 | 13 | 34 | 106 | 26518 | |
28 | 26 | 13 | 86 | 81 | 2 | 53 | 131 | 2636 | |
29 | 26 | 0 | 63 | 70 | 11 | 57 | 95 | 10817 | |
30 | 26 | 0 | 57 | 78 | 5 | 59 | 132 | 27027 | |
31 | 25 | 2 | 39 | 82 | 0 | 43 | 132 | 29080 | |
32 | 25 | 1 | 50 | 79 | 16 | 34 | 149 | 51062 | |
33 | 24 | 0 | 64 | 64 | 35 | 75 | 99 | 8527 | |
34 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38131 | |
35 | 24 | 22 | 57 | 44 | 16 | 37 | 122 | 16314 | |
36 | 23 | 0 | 53 | 75 | 2 | 43 | 131 | 31406 | |
37 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27594 | |
38 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15192 | |
39 | 21 | 0 | 60 | 53 | 38 | 59 | 102 | 24354 | |
40 | 20 | 0 | 63 | 79 | 3 | 53 | 95 | 12327 | |
41 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4108 | |
42 | 20 | 0 | 46 | 77 | 1 | 29 | 126 | 23237 | |
43 | 19 | 1 | 52 | 63 | 19 | 24 | 136 | 4536 | |
44 | 19 | 0 | 67 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 135 | 8540 | |
45 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2715 | |
46 | 18 | 0 | 58 | 51 | 35 | 67 | 75 | 11618 | |
47 | 18 | 0 | 54 | 73 | 12 | 42 | 87 | 7080 | |
48 | 18 | 0 | 59 | 79 | 11 | 60 | 125 | 5022 | |
49 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3245 | |
50 | 17 | 1 | 54 | 43 | 52 | 38 | 101 | 1870 | |
51 | 17 | 0 | 68 | 67 | 13 | 47 | 101 | 4520 | |
52 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6373 | |
53 | 17 | 0 | 53 | 80 | 2 | 30 | 88 | 8874 | |
54 | 16 | 0 | 45 | 82 | 2 | 29 | 113 | 11914 | |
55 | 16 | 0 | 60 | 58 | 42 | 55 | 119 | 18410 | |
56 | 15 | 0 | 61 | 62 | 38 | 44 | 109 | 15007 | |
57 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15651 | |
58 | 14 | 0 | 40 | 80 | 9 | 38 | 157 | 1325 | |
59 | 14 | 0 | 45 | 86 | 1 | 26 | 143 | 8375 | |
60 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7278 | |
61 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5316 | |
62 | 14 | 0 | 53 | 79 | 4 | 47 | 124 | 3355 | |
63 | 13 | 0 | 74 | 45 | 62 | 54 | 120 | 11634 | |
64 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7042 | |
65 | 12 | 0 | 45 | 89 | 1 | 38 | 148 | 4018 | |
66 | 12 | 0 | 63 | 65 | 0 | 50 | 120 | 3782 | |
67 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4188 | |
68 | 11 | 0 | 46 | 77 | 0 | 38 | 139 | 5951 | |
69 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1977 | |
70 | 11 | 0 | 46 | 86 | 1 | 32 | 155 | 13626 | |
71 | 10 | 1 | 57 | 73 | 3 | 58 | 92 | 2270 | |
72 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1709 | |
73 | 10 | 0 | 68 | 24 | 72 | 63 | 112 | 3653 | |
74 | 10 | 0 | 35 | 22 | 62 | 14 | 137 | 1025 | |
75 | 9 | 0 | 46 | 87 | 0 | 37 | 136 | 5369 | |
76 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 752 | |
77 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2965 | |
78 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2327 | |
79 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 94 | 3 | 18 | 175 | 4949 | |
80 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 874 | |
81 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4654 | |
82 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1498 | |
83 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192 | |
84 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3334 | |
85 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1668 | |
86 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1149 | |
87 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 702 | |
88 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 95 | 1 | 38 | 126 | 2934 | |
89 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 588 | |
90 | 5 | 0 | 53 | 88 | 0 | 51 | 140 | 1130 | |
91 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 847 | |
92 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 824 | |
93 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 687 | |
94 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 885 | |
95 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 821 | |
96 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1437 | |
97 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 574 | |
98 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 790 | |
99 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1870 | |
100 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1662 | |
101 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | |
102 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 628 | |
103 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1007 | |
104 | 3 | 95 | 27 | 76 | 0 | 6 | 135 | 1175 | |
105 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 412 | |
106 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 973 | |
107 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 730 | |
108 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 217 | |
109 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 328 | |
110 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4702 | |
111 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 875 | |
112 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1671 | |
113 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 408 | |
114 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 508 | |
115 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 747 | |
116 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 572 | |
117 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 459 | |
118 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 557 | |
119 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 293 | |
120 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 381 | |
121 | 1 | 22 | 47 | 65 | 18 | 25 | 162 | 722 | |
122 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 464 | |
123 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 324 | |
124 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 478 | |
125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 298 | |
126 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 241 | |
127 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 698 | |
128 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | |
129 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 | |
130 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 228 | |
131 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 357 | |
132 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 471 | |
133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 227 | |
134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 447 | |
135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | |
136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | |
137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 577 | |
138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | |
139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | |
140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | |
142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 435 | |
143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | |
145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | |
147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 181 | |
148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 254 | |
149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | |
150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | |
151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | |
152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | |
153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 402 | |
156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |
158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206 | |
159 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | |
160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | |
161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | |
162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | |
163 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | |
164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192 | |
165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 |