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Big band music is a genre that emerged in the 1920s and reached its peak in the 1930s and 1940s. It features large ensembles of musicians playing brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The music is characterized by its swinging rhythms, complex arrangements, and improvisation. Big band music was popularized by dance halls and radio broadcasts, and it became a staple of American culture during the Great Depression and World War II.


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

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1 23 7231
2 50 363827
3 48 122185
4 42 64026
5 45 100119
6 21 8796
7 27 28619
8 17 3016
9 37 23667
10 16 3135
11 29 22974
12 31 31191
13 19 4264
14 29 16285
15 26 10142
16 30 19248
17 17 11203
18 14 4140
19 28 6211
20 21 7100
21 15 2215
22 9 3012
23 20 9712
24 26 28773
25 37 32079
26 21 2543
27 20 2554
28 17 3821
29 59 340697
30 27 27976
31 54 490808
32 31 13710
33 21 7536
34 20 3514
35 20 5658
36 27 8091
37 29 18109
38 48 93093
39 32 18339
40 40 111797
41 35 50479
42 39 39191
43 30 5610
44 39 141411
45 30 6463
46 27 6949
47 28 27788
48 29 25332
49 37 54155
50 31 52661
51 24 5067
52 40 26295
53 23 3799
54 37 26284
55 34 46171
56 33 9726
57 35 8903
58 35 37356
59 18 7580
60 17 1868
61 31 20515
62 20 4620
63 32 2146
64 26 17955
65 10 2718
66 25 11151
67 14 2560
68 20 3974
69 23 8054
70 14 1353
71 11 4663
72 12 1439
73 13 384
74 44 27181
75 38 4092
76 33 40784
77 28 3648
78 29 20674
79 29 27190
80 27 5831
81 24 6008
82 22 7946
83 35 1136
84 17 818
85 14 7497
86 14 1649
87 13 1027
88 22 9548
89 24 1538
90 11 2058
91 11 1907
92 23 403
93 10 5732
94 23 8521
95 22 5794
96 19 5102
97 12 723
98 8 234
99 8 18209
100 7 322

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