Arab folk music is a genre that has been passed down through generations, featuring traditional instruments such as the oud and qanun. It often incorporates poetic lyrics and improvisation, and is deeply rooted in cultural and religious traditions. The genre has evolved over time, incorporating elements of jazz and other Western styles. Its most famous performers have become cultural icons, known for their emotive vocals and virtuosic instrumental skills.
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 44 | 90 | 44 | 9 | 98 | 26 | 109 | 124467 | |
2 | 39 | 73 | 36 | 20 | 87 | 26 | 94 | 101152 | |
3 | 39 | 73 | 58 | 38 | 81 | 37 | 114 | 91047 | |
4 | 38 | 68 | 38 | 19 | 87 | 19 | 107 | 19333 | |
5 | 38 | 4 | 37 | 33 | 83 | 47 | 107 | 212028 | |
6 | 37 | 19 | 65 | 43 | 74 | 58 | 115 | 38367 | |
7 | 37 | 2 | 44 | 31 | 84 | 32 | 120 | 156762 | |
8 | 37 | 72 | 47 | 45 | 66 | 35 | 124 | 34879 | |
9 | 36 | 72 | 61 | 45 | 66 | 66 | 108 | 22979 | |
10 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12250 | |
11 | 35 | 86 | 53 | 30 | 89 | 41 | 108 | 31184 | |
12 | 35 | 8 | 64 | 59 | 20 | 88 | 135 | 24618 | |
13 | 34 | 55 | 55 | 28 | 68 | 47 | 125 | 8061 | |
14 | 34 | 26 | 37 | 25 | 82 | 16 | 106 | 19456 | |
15 | 34 | 81 | 42 | 23 | 80 | 41 | 110 | 7907 | |
16 | 33 | 11 | 50 | 32 | 82 | 39 | 101 | 98554 | |
17 | 31 | 68 | 43 | 33 | 78 | 25 | 115 | 24776 | |
18 | 31 | 0 | 39 | 23 | 89 | 33 | 106 | 16857 | |
19 | 31 | 0 | 39 | 34 | 80 | 49 | 108 | 254229 | |
20 | 31 | 65 | 48 | 15 | 92 | 33 | 112 | 16171 | |
21 | 30 | 76 | 57 | 41 | 64 | 47 | 119 | 17384 | |
22 | 29 | 86 | 29 | 4 | 94 | 18 | 78 | 25429 | |
23 | 29 | 4 | 47 | 16 | 91 | 31 | 101 | 54428 | |
24 | 29 | 55 | 50 | 26 | 73 | 32 | 110 | 13335 | |
25 | 29 | 1 | 50 | 27 | 83 | 40 | 114 | 37827 | |
26 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 514 | |
27 | 28 | 71 | 55 | 36 | 83 | 46 | 124 | 6578 | |
28 | 28 | 0 | 65 | 64 | 39 | 75 | 130 | 40668 | |
29 | 27 | 1 | 52 | 27 | 97 | 60 | 111 | 76938 | |
30 | 27 | 85 | 48 | 17 | 95 | 38 | 78 | 6869 | |
31 | 25 | 0 | 54 | 16 | 84 | 22 | 118 | 69249 | |
32 | 25 | 64 | 45 | 25 | 88 | 43 | 114 | 21268 | |
33 | 25 | 0 | 45 | 22 | 90 | 34 | 118 | 5055 | |
34 | 25 | 80 | 48 | 42 | 74 | 53 | 111 | 8704 | |
35 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10131 | |
36 | 24 | 0 | 52 | 41 | 81 | 47 | 106 | 8487 | |
37 | 24 | 20 | 59 | 23 | 88 | 54 | 135 | 21952 | |
38 | 24 | 64 | 51 | 22 | 87 | 23 | 90 | 43853 | |
39 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13907 | |
40 | 23 | 15 | 38 | 15 | 87 | 27 | 122 | 10148 | |
41 | 22 | 85 | 22 | 11 | 91 | 6 | 96 | 2938 | |
42 | 22 | 75 | 49 | 63 | 16 | 58 | 97 | 8043 | |
43 | 21 | 86 | 43 | 39 | 71 | 71 | 146 | 10736 | |
44 | 21 | 84 | 55 | 28 | 86 | 32 | 98 | 6047 | |
45 | 20 | 73 | 41 | 9 | 95 | 29 | 94 | 4999 | |
46 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2247 | |
47 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1338 | |
48 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3295 | |
49 | 18 | 71 | 57 | 33 | 82 | 65 | 150 | 1626 | |
50 | 18 | 57 | 51 | 34 | 87 | 65 | 122 | 4523 | |
51 | 18 | 53 | 43 | 49 | 70 | 65 | 118 | 3708 | |
52 | 17 | 49 | 48 | 34 | 60 | 55 | 124 | 14117 | |
53 | 16 | 62 | 44 | 53 | 72 | 64 | 130 | 6248 | |
54 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3194 | |
55 | 16 | 0 | 45 | 53 | 54 | 40 | 127 | 6081 | |
56 | 16 | 4 | 50 | 27 | 93 | 17 | 106 | 3826 | |
57 | 15 | 82 | 46 | 65 | 80 | 39 | 137 | 2182 | |
58 | 15 | 81 | 45 | 33 | 83 | 31 | 105 | 12477 | |
59 | 15 | 85 | 46 | 30 | 92 | 45 | 106 | 3296 | |
60 | 13 | 50 | 56 | 52 | 44 | 73 | 133 | 3161 | |
61 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4098 | |
62 | 12 | 0 | 47 | 27 | 83 | 53 | 105 | 2029 | |
63 | 12 | 91 | 65 | 29 | 60 | 82 | 114 | 9915 | |
64 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 565 | |
65 | 10 | 83 | 49 | 17 | 89 | 35 | 130 | 1048 | |
66 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3616 | |
67 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3461 | |
68 | 9 | 2 | 43 | 28 | 50 | 26 | 117 | 3966 | |
69 | 9 | 88 | 42 | 20 | 99 | 15 | 84 | 3187 | |
70 | 7 | 87 | 58 | 24 | 84 | 43 | 104 | 2412 | |
71 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1134 | |
72 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 67 | 70 | 66 | 127 | 2876 | |
73 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2732 | |
74 | 7 | 89 | 48 | 43 | 95 | 31 | 91 | 5552 | |
75 | 7 | 86 | 46 | 25 | 97 | 37 | 89 | 3004 | |
76 | 7 | 0 | 61 | 44 | 44 | 97 | 90 | 1154 | |
77 | 6 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 90 | 65 | 123 | 7353 | |
78 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1561 | |
79 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 23 | 86 | 37 | 102 | 11325 | |
80 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1424 | |
81 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 557 | |
82 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 29 | 75 | 37 | 133 | 6594 | |
83 | 4 | 79 | 55 | 89 | 52 | 85 | 112 | 1429 | |
84 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 26 | 55 | 44 | 84 | 1885 | |
85 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 562 | |
86 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 42 | 27 | 73 | 99 | 445 | |
87 | 4 | 90 | 41 | 24 | 91 | 23 | 77 | 2071 | |
88 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3404 | |
89 | 3 | 85 | 50 | 30 | 92 | 21 | 146 | 917 | |
90 | 3 | 93 | 42 | 41 | 82 | 66 | 121 | 197 | |
91 | 3 | 34 | 52 | 35 | 77 | 39 | 116 | 3469 | |
92 | 3 | 78 | 57 | 68 | 65 | 94 | 122 | 548 | |
93 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 680 | |
94 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 280 | |
95 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 457 | |
96 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206 | |
97 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1193 | |
98 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | |
99 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 610 | |
100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 442 | |
101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 | |
102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | |
103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1595 | |
104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 461 | |
105 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 53 | 68 | 24 | 108 | 2242 | |
106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 257 | |
107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17125 | |
108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 942 | |
109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | |
110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1074 |