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List of alternative r&b artists

Here is a list of alternative r&b artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the alternative r&b genre. You can find out what alternative r&b genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#	name	Popularity	instrumentalness	danceability	energy	acousticness	Happiness	tempo	followers
1	Chase Atlantic	79	3	54	69	11	33	128	5004424
2	KAYTRANADA	75	61	79	58	5	38	112	1218350
3	Ms. Lauryn Hill	72	0	61	57	32	63	110	2471859
4	Masego	70	3	74	50	41	53	111	1171298
5	Doechii	69	0	77	59	19	46	116	255173
6	Smino	68	2	68	49	43	52	104	804383
7	Janelle Monáe	67	4	61	60	21	50	129	1338531
8	Lucky Daye	67	1	63	55	37	48	111	537747
9	Tinashe	67	1	66	56	27	43	116	2594883
10	Victoria Monét	67	2	66	53	36	52	114	698823
11	Erykah Badu	67	6	66	45	28	47	100	2659786
12	Amaarae	66	24	71	47	63	47	125	172113
13	Syd	66	8	67	50	23	48	123	539979
14	GoldLink	65	1	74	63	20	58	125	842664
15	Rico Nasty	65	0	79	75	12	58	131	1017321
16	Snoh Aalegra	65	4	57	46	50	41	120	1010287
17	Mahalia	64	0	68	55	47	50	108	885919
18	Ari Lennox	64	2	72	48	29	51	117	652319
19	SiR	63	1	65	55	24	47	123	843843
20	Snow Tha Product	63	0	78	70	24	52	119	593835
21	Sampha	63	1	58	35	72	36	123	607834
22	Saba	63	1	70	56	19	45	114	682637
23	FKA twigs	62	6	51	51	40	28	116	1143060
24	Little Simz	62	4	61	66	36	51	117	756474
25	Mariah the Scientist	62	0	53	47	24	37	121	212726
26	Fana Hues	62	18	57	44	55	37	110	51149
27	Teyana Taylor	61	1	58	54	44	46	110	1690613
28	Blood Orange	61	16	67	55	24	45	121	773647
29	Duckwrth	61	3	72	60	33	55	116	417868
30	Free Nationals	61	69	78	58	22	68	120	248822
31	UMI	61	0	61	43	50	38	111	837012
32	The Internet	61	19	65	53	28	54	112	1279822
33	Tommy Genesis	61	1	74	63	14	56	123	184082
34	Princess Nokia	60	7	69	63	23	51	124	588098
35	Orion Sun	60	4	58	48	59	37	111	198820
36	BJ The Chicago Kid	60	2	53	61	31	47	111	428008
37	Solange	60	13	66	59	26	49	110	1975843
38	Young M.A	60	0	71	71	19	44	133	1382598
39	Tierra Whack	59	5	78	44	52	47	121	446598
40	Joy Crookes	59	1	59	54	44	46	121	388489
41	Cleo Sol	59	15	53	36	64	40	117	386424
42	Mick Jenkins	59	0	68	67	21	46	107	580557
43	Charlotte Day Wilson	59	6	53	35	67	23	114	227163
44	Remy Ma	59	0	69	65	13	49	99	738522
45	NxWorries	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	250447
46	DESTIN CONRAD	59	7	69	45	31	47	112	74447
47	Buddy	58	0	73	61	12	59	121	226706
48	Terrace Martin	58	46	67	48	19	51	135	142380
49	Amber Mark	58	5	64	57	24	44	109	394140
50	Bree Runway	58	0	71	60	13	51	113	132750
51	Sinéad Harnett	57	0	58	46	41	38	112	476364
52	Mereba	57	3	46	38	61	29	126	248925
53	Shygirl	57	4	66	64	4	44	126	202252
54	KIRBY	57	0	62	52	43	50	112	135119
55	Alex Isley	57	3	57	29	71	35	102	147680
56	Nao	57	2	56	53	34	40	104	620856
57	Yaya Bey	57	3	59	37	65	42	95	49731
58	Lianne La Havas	57	2	54	41	58	37	118	889518
59	Ravyn Lenae	56	6	56	57	41	41	115	381675
60	ABRA	56	13	72	50	13	57	121	268652
61	Leven Kali	56	1	67	58	20	54	108	183111
62	Raveena	56	3	67	41	52	39	108	472662
63	Dreamer Isioma	56	4	62	59	22	47	110	139204
64	Hiatus Kaiyote	56	5	51	49	37	42	109	552785
65	Greentea Peng	56	3	67	56	28	44	111	306198
66	Col3trane	55	2	70	47	39	50	108	156640
67	Arin Ray	55	1	64	54	16	56	97	284867
68	Anna Wise	55	10	55	45	45	30	106	68521
69	Jenevieve	55	5	69	55	39	55	119	136541
70	ENNY	55	6	68	60	29	67	96	108808
71	Sudan Archives	54	6	64	61	13	37	121	217822
72	Jaz Karis	54	3	55	42	54	43	113	97754
73	Yaeji	54	20	68	47	27	40	117	379557
74	Tkay Maidza	54	0	75	69	23	53	111	174821
75	Sango	54	41	73	60	20	43	133	187410
76	Noname	54	3	64	57	50	65	102	664833
77	Jean Deaux	54	1	69	57	25	55	116	146604
78	Eryn Allen Kane	54	0	55	51	63	34	103	77323
79	Pip Millett	54	1	70	43	51	44	111	211837
80	Leon Thomas	53	1	63	60	17	38	109	65146
81	CARRTOONS	53	85	70	74	20	57	110	39047
82	Cookiee Kawaii	53	28	79	76	31	38	134	81549
83	Rayana Jay	53	1	64	48	46	41	120	114752
84	serpentwithfeet	53	0	53	41	54	30	120	106350
85	Kelela	53	12	52	47	34	28	112	324834
86	Xavier Omär	53	1	73	42	45	37	109	399489
87	Ambré	52	0	57	37	57	45	115	81584
88	Shay Lia	52	8	67	55	37	51	115	95769
89	bLAck pARty	52	5	72	53	32	47	119	223518
90	Kamaiyah	52	0	81	53	7	45	108	171733
91	Hope Tala	52	3	71	54	33	59	103	148926
92	Amaria	52	11	66	44	48	58	116	43441
93	Tiana Major9	52	0	58	42	47	40	119	87930
94	Kadhja Bonet	51	8	52	39	70	39	100	94434
95	KenTheMan	51	0	89	55	11	58	117	87683
96	Miraa May	51	1	66	58	29	58	120	56482
97	Berhana	51	6	59	47	41	47	113	195345
98	Rapsody	51	0	57	62	20	58	94	237550
99	iyla	51	0	61	56	28	32	110	98364
100	RIMON	51	1	57	49	18	37	118	151751
101	Tanerélle	50	16	47	42	56	25	109	136704
102	Nija	50	0	72	47	9	47	120	42080
103	Sampa the Great	50	5	73	65	34	49	110	251271
104	Moses Sumney	50	7	36	33	77	20	116	333082
105	Iman Omari	50	23	56	55	30	55	120	59249
106	Maeta	50	6	58	47	49	38	99	41929
107	Joyce Wrice	50	0	59	65	27	47	112	168874
108	JVCK JAMES	50	0	55	54	40	46	122	53083
109	Jamila Woods	50	4	60	61	30	52	112	203229
110	Ojerime	50	10	61	45	42	36	122	58783
111	Phony Ppl	49	9	63	59	29	41	114	266848
112	Lady Wray	49	2	61	59	27	63	112	80725
113	Baby Rose	49	3	54	51	45	38	113	60515
114	IAMDDB	49	2	69	58	24	43	115	404894
115	Sevdaliza	49	10	52	42	40	17	110	386442
116	Yazmin Lacey	49	21	61	56	37	48	109	86849
117	Rochelle Jordan	49	4	66	60	15	41	122	40163
118	VanJess	49	5	70	54	25	43	115	160085
119	MALIA	49	1	65	43	63	46	117	34725
120	Leikeli47	49	2	77	62	13	54	127	254431
121	AUDREY NUNA	49	0	72	52	22	40	119	184087
122	Amindi	48	6	70	61	18	52	115	36488
123	Liv.e	48	12	46	61	30	45	114	56359
124	Kari Faux	48	2	76	64	20	62	105	121398
125	Sunni Colón	48	15	65	52	35	53	106	83082
126	Tei Shi	48	9	64	52	32	45	115	175190
127	Bellah	48	0	65	51	44	54	114	25290
128	Durand Bernarr	48	0	64	54	16	51	98	64294
129	Gaidaa	47	0	54	45	37	40	105	37916
130	Nick Hakim	47	36	54	57	42	34	115	162818
131	Kilo Kish	47	5	62	65	14	41	119	151553
132	Poppy Ajudha	47	1	56	55	40	38	110	60900
133	Gangsta Boo	47	0	85	72	4	56	144	188540
134	rum.gold	47	5	44	30	69	28	98	55683
135	Elujay	47	5	61	52	38	48	98	85461
136	Ivy Sole	47	3	65	53	56	56	105	75686
137	LION BABE	47	7	67	65	14	50	112	206686
138	Kyle Dion	47	1	64	58	31	53	109	203687
139	MC Lyte	46	0	84	72	9	71	115	372797
140	Ama Lou	46	1	66	46	38	39	119	249488
141	Oklou	46	21	60	37	69	22	118	68384
142	Jayla Darden	46	3	72	50	18	43	127	48258
143	Kae Tempest	46	1	76	58	37	47	116	202157
144	Tirzah	46	11	60	34	55	38	121	106934
145	ELIZA	45	49	73	23	42	45	113	143405
146	RAY BLK	45	0	70	60	28	54	115	167407
147	JGrrey	45	1	63	58	33	55	99	67981
148	Madison McFerrin	45	11	56	40	69	30	116	76922
149	TWENTY88	45	0	56	63	16	45	118	560669
150	Lava La Rue	45	4	69	60	32	55	107	75184
151	Sebastian Mikael	45	11	67	54	37	59	113	154967
152	Tank and The Bangas	45	1	63	51	49	44	120	227280
153	Isabella Lovestory	45	7	74	76	8	53	119	38188
154	Tamera	45	5	64	60	26	55	114	23317
155	Jerome Thomas	45	1	58	48	44	45	102	26237
156	Gwen Bunn	44	6	51	53	36	46	116	31528
157	Choker	44	1	55	48	60	31	121	200790
158	Bahamadia	44	9	69	70	20	69	120	62785
159	Erika de Casier	44	8	68	51	27	54	143	51433
160	CHIKA	44	0	68	51	43	52	120	196553
161	Kelsey Lu	44	11	33	30	77	19	107	130861
162	Dua Saleh	43	2	56	55	36	35	119	81342
163	Dounia	43	0	68	52	44	44	123	120276
164	Flwr Chyld	43	9	67	64	8	81	100	21494
165	Jamilah Barry	43	1	52	46	59	38	125	23975
166	India Shawn	43	1	57	52	25	40	114	47712
167	Kaiit	42	1	70	52	31	59	92	101852
168	Nia Sultana	42	0	61	53	31	59	80	25575
169	Etta Bond	42	5	63	50	26	35	108	67914
170	Take Van	41	20	67	60	16	49	118	22247
171	Savannah Ré	41	0	62	36	47	36	128	38628
172	LAYA	41	2	70	48	25	45	128	23681
173	Alewya	41	5	66	75	7	34	129	46794
174	Mia X	41	0	85	62	4	61	114	148073
175	Tora-i	41	4	51	44	48	38	117	30836
176	Asiahn	41	0	53	42	36	31	101	236925
177	Junglepussy	41	1	60	73	22	50	122	176767
178	Planet Asia	41	1	55	74	28	55	122	60572
179	Marco McKinnis	41	2	59	36	44	25	116	64446
180	Qendresa	40	1	65	59	16	54	116	14121
181	Mykki Blanco	40	0	66	68	6	33	112	80962
182	Rah Digga	40	0	67	70	5	60	113	39437
183	TeaMarrr	40	0	60	54	35	42	120	121242
184	Emmavie	40	0	57	41	21	38	88	23584
185	Samaria	39	0	65	49	46	49	110	39783
186	Charlotte Dos Santos	39	1	61	48	49	36	112	69199
187	Ego Ella May	39	7	55	51	32	40	108	43079
188	Dizzy Fae	39	9	79	54	18	48	117	61590
189	Shaé Universe	39	0	59	55	37	45	136	15127
190	Nai Palm	38	1	41	26	95	35	114	115885
191	Zilo	38	0	55	55	33	44	99	29353
192	OSHUN	38	0	65	53	22	40	117	135714
193	Angel Haze	38	0	61	74	18	47	120	154572
194	Wynne	38	0	74	63	15	46	119	35488
195	BbyMutha	37	0	77	66	14	52	134	106109
196	The Lady Of Rage	37	0	69	83	5	61	114	34701
197	Che Noir	37	0	63	75	23	69	99	21926
198	Georgia Anne Muldrow	37	25	65	64	15	49	113	54679
199	St. Beauty	36	6	63	48	23	30	124	34606
200	Gavlyn	36	0	70	76	18	57	117	46991

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