Arab Folk artists, songs, decades and similar genres

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List of arab folk artists

Here is a list of arab folk artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the arab folk genre. You can find out what arab folk 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	Anouar Brahem	44	90	44	9	98	26	109	124467
2	Dhafer Youssef	39	73	36	20	87	26	94	101152
3	Le Trio Joubran	39	73	58	38	81	37	114	91047
4	Khaled Mouzanar	38	68	38	19	87	19	107	19333
5	Farid al-Atrash	38	4	37	33	83	47	107	212028
6	No Blues	37	19	65	43	74	58	115	38367
7	Lena Chamamyan	37	2	44	31	84	32	120	156762
8	Omar Faruk Tekbilek	37	72	47	45	66	35	124	34879
9	Charbel Rouhana	36	72	61	45	66	66	108	22979
10	Constantinople	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	12250
11	Rabih Abou-Khalil	35	86	53	30	89	41	108	31184
12	David Lindley	35	8	64	59	20	88	135	24618
13	Munir Bachir	34	55	55	28	68	47	125	8061
14	Arto Tunçboyacıyan	34	26	37	25	82	16	106	19456
15	Aarif Jaman	34	81	42	23	80	41	110	7907
16	Marcel Khalifa	33	11	50	32	82	39	101	98554
17	Sufi Music Ensemble	31	68	43	33	78	25	115	24776
18	Ghada Shbeir	31	0	39	23	89	33	106	16857
19	Mohammed Abdel Wahab	31	0	39	34	80	49	108	254229
20	Ara Dinkjian	31	65	48	15	92	33	112	16171
21	Toufic Farroukh	30	76	57	41	64	47	119	17384
22	Stephan Micus	29	86	29	4	94	18	78	25429
23	Rima Khcheich	29	4	47	16	91	31	101	54428
24	Omar Bashir	29	55	50	26	73	32	110	13335
25	Ghalia Benali	29	1	50	27	83	40	114	37827
26	Imane Homsy	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	514
27	Karim Baggili	28	71	55	36	83	46	124	6578
28	Ilham al-Madfai	28	0	65	64	39	75	130	40668
29	Sheikh Imam	27	1	52	27	97	60	111	76938
30	Joseph Tawadros	27	85	48	17	95	38	78	6869
31	Rim Banna	25	0	54	16	84	22	118	69249
32	Munir Bashir	25	64	45	25	88	43	114	21268
33	Dorsaf Hamdani	25	0	45	22	90	34	118	5055
34	Amer Ammouri	25	80	48	42	74	53	111	8704
35	Faran Ensemble	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	10131
36	Amina Alaoui	24	0	52	41	81	47	106	8487
37	Hamza El Din	24	20	59	23	88	54	135	21952
38	Naseer Shamma	24	64	51	22	87	23	90	43853
39	Kamilya Jubran	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	13907
40	Ensemble Ibn Arabi	23	15	38	15	87	27	122	10148
41	Yuval Ron	22	85	22	11	91	6	96	2938
42	Sandy Bull	22	75	49	63	16	58	97	8043
43	Turkish Traditional	21	86	43	39	71	71	146	10736
44	Adnan Joubran	21	84	55	28	86	32	98	6047
45	Ali Jihad Racy	20	73	41	9	95	29	94	4999
46	Mohamed Abozekry	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	2247
47	Trio Chermirani	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1338
48	Abaji	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	3295
49	Ahmed Mukhtar	18	71	57	33	82	65	150	1626
50	Haig Yazdjian	18	57	51	34	87	65	122	4523
51	Yurdal Tokcan	18	53	43	49	70	65	118	3708
52	Classical Arabic Orchestra of Aleppo	17	49	48	34	60	55	124	14117
53	Bustan Abraham	16	62	44	53	72	64	130	6248
54	Waed Bouhassoun	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3194
55	Ahmad Kaabour	16	0	45	53	54	40	127	6081
56	Yair Dalal	16	4	50	27	93	17	106	3826
57	Omar Metioui	15	82	46	65	80	39	137	2182
58	Rahim AlHaj	15	81	45	33	83	31	105	12477
59	Necati Çelik	15	85	46	30	92	45	106	3296
60	Ahmed Abdul-Malik	13	50	56	52	44	73	133	3161
61	Cinuçen Tanrikorur	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	4098
62	Al Turath Ensemble	12	0	47	27	83	53	105	2029
63	Simon Shaheen	12	91	65	29	60	82	114	9915
64	Hosam Hayek	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	565
65	Trio Abozekrys	10	83	49	17	89	35	130	1048
66	Abdel Aziz El Mubarak	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3616
67	Hazem Shaheen	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3461
68	Ahura	9	2	43	28	50	26	117	3966
69	Ahmad Al Khatib	9	88	42	20	99	15	84	3187
70	Saíd Chraibi	7	87	58	24	84	43	104	2412
71	Jadid Ensemble	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1134
72	Udi Hrant	7	7	33	67	70	66	127	2876
73	Yinon Muallem	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2732
74	Riad Al Sonbati	7	89	48	43	95	31	91	5552
75	Khyam Allami	7	86	46	25	97	37	89	3004
76	Richard Hagopian	7	0	61	44	44	97	90	1154
77	Classical Arabic Music Ensemble	6	40	41	42	90	65	123	7353
78	Simon Shaheen & Qantara	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1561
79	Soumaya Baalbaki	6	0	47	23	86	37	102	11325
80	Abed Azrié	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1424
81	Hossein Behroozinia	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	557
82	Sabreen	5	0	37	29	75	37	133	6594
83	DuOud	4	79	55	89	52	85	112	1429
84	George Michel	4	6	45	26	55	44	84	1885
85	Nazih Borish	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	562
86	Ensemble Al-Ruzafa, Omar Sarmini, Hames Bitar	4	0	51	42	27	73	99	445
87	Naseer Shamma et son ensemble	4	90	41	24	91	23	77	2071
88	Yorgo Bacanos	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3404
89	Haytham Safia	3	85	50	30	92	21	146	917
90	Twais	3	93	42	41	82	66	121	197
91	Marwan Abado	3	34	52	35	77	39	116	3469
92	Ziryab Trio	3	78	57	68	65	94	122	548
93	Reem Kelani	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	680
94	Karim Mahmoud	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	280
95	Samir Joubran	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	457
96	Adel Salameh	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	206
97	Muhammad Al-Qasabgi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1193
98	Wissam Joubran	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	163
99	Yair Dalal & Al Ol Ensemble	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	610
100	Ahmad Fathi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	442
101	Orak Naa Naa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	172
102	Hani Naser	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	204
103	Mamdoh El Gibaley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1595
104	Mohammed Antar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	461
105	Sharq	0	0	58	53	68	24	108	2242
106	Mohammad Gomar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	257
107	Anouar Brahem Trio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17125
108	Nizar Rohana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	942
109	Wisam Gibran	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	86
110	Khaled Jubran	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1074

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