Blues music is a genre that originated in the African American communities of the United States in the late 19th century. It is characterized by its use of the blues scale, call-and-response patterns, and lyrics that often express feelings of sadness, loss, and hardship. The genre has influenced many other styles of music, including rock and roll, and has produced some of the most iconic musicians of all time.
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Popular blues Songs
The Blues Brothers Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1980
Bloomfield-A Retrospective
1984
The Essential Magic Sam: The Cobra and Chief Recordings 1957-1961
2001
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (Remastered 2010)
1970
Texas Flood (Legacy Edition)
1983
Big Walter Horton w/ Carey Bell
1972
Getting Ready... (World)
1971
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List of blues artists
Here is a list of blues artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the blues genre. You can find out what blues 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
52
802830
2
47
190721
3
44
496062
4
46
136911
5
36
106439
6
48
249288
7
39
167781
8
54
1263661
9
32
153702
10
55
611724
11
61
2662652
12
49
357096
13
56
847819
14
46
310671
15
49
389240
16
41
179194
17
35
89327
18
57
689769
19
49
433407
20
40
247466
21
43
200092
22
36
180725
23
35
26251
24
46
416416
25
50
211936
26
51
185932
27
45
400150
28
47
177312
29
39
120430
30
39
341414
31
61
2402102
32
51
504066
33
43
190049
34
43
109158
35
50
238672
36
39
219241
37
37
130723
38
47
242514
39
44
215770
40
47
303207
41
44
124127
42
39
149877
43
42
174207
44
41
120402
45
56
906851
46
39
49250
47
43
268452
48
49
328552
49
54
742594
50
38
191203
51
44
22999
52
35
29000
53
42
181132
54
39
133345
55
43
130229
56
44
56117
57
39
61765
58
33
103946
59
46
205685
60
31
22773
61
38
33041
62
31
55537
63
34
57729
64
33
154930
65
41
30811
66
32
69351
67
44
567016
68
36
34037
69
45
330736
70
40
138336
71
39
104641
72
39
28715
73
35
28395
74
32
70261
75
32
55282
76
35
71601
77
38
47158
78
66
1941337
79
31
24613
80
56
291346
81
37
63275
82
36
51321
83
34
53169
84
39
76360
85
36
55431
86
32
25585
87
35
24005
88
33
29807
89
33
68136
90
32
43568
91
61
768700
92
37
146547
93
34
16589
94
35
46000
95
54
399529
96
38
52049
97
57
923385
98
38
30583
99
31
15676
100
37
55377
blues playlist created by Chosic
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