American primitive music is a genre of acoustic guitar music that emerged in the mid-20th century. It is characterized by fingerpicking techniques, open tunings, and a focus on melody and rhythm over lyrics. The genre often incorporates elements of blues, folk, and country music, and is known for its raw, emotional sound. Its most prominent practitioners are known for their virtuosic guitar playing and innovative approach to the instrument.
Here you can see the popularity of American Primitive genre over time. This graph shows albums and singles releases count by year and decade.
239 releases
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Here is a list of american primitive artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the american primitive genre. You can find out what american primitive genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.
| # | name | popularity | followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 39 | 27408 | |
| 2 | 36 | 40094 | |
| 3 | 35 | 26857 | |
| 4 | 33 | 10900 | |
| 5 | 27 | 8433 | |
| 6 | 41 | 89091 | |
| 7 | 19 | 13235 | |
| 8 | 22 | 14523 | |
| 9 | 21 | 12730 | |
| 10 | 17 | 2101 | |
| 11 | 18 | 6540 | |
| 12 | 41 | 13317 | |
| 13 | 32 | 14950 | |
| 14 | 26 | 12267 | |
| 15 | 25 | 25551 | |
| 16 | 22 | 10444 | |
| 17 | 21 | 2438 | |
| 18 | 20 | 9252 | |
| 19 | 18 | 11953 | |
| 20 | 10 | 3126 | |
| 21 | 14 | 1809 | |
| 22 | 39 | 59952 | |
| 23 | 22 | 4108 | |
| 24 | 11 | 3498 | |
| 25 | 9 | 2000 | |
| 26 | 9 | 1234 | |
| 27 | 6 | 842 | |
| 28 | 3 | 614 | |
| 29 | 4 | 1538 | |
| 30 | 32 | 1887 | |
| 31 | 2 | 443 | |
| 32 | 1 | 122 | |
| 33 | 1 | 168 | |
| 34 | 9 | 4335 | |
| 35 | 8 | 2207 | |
| 36 | 7 | 1116 | |
| 37 | 4 | 347 | |
| 38 | 3 | 716 | |
| 39 | 18 | 2381 | |
| 40 | 19 | 259 | |
| 41 | 17 | 6653 | |
| 42 | 10 | 4468 | |
| 43 | 8 | 1887 | |
| 44 | 9 | 2502 | |
| 45 | 4 | 822 | |
| 46 | 6 | 2043 | |
| 47 | 4 | 840 | |
| 48 | 4 | 160 | |
| 49 | 4 | 193 | |
| 50 | 4 | 127 | |
| 51 | 4 | 546 | |
| 52 | 3 | 317 | |
| 53 | 3 | 1346 | |
| 54 | 2 | 265 | |
| 55 | 1 | 598 | |
| 56 | 1 | 280 | |
| 57 | 1 | 563 |
Enjoy this playlist of popular american primitive music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.
