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Genre: breakbeat

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Breakbeat is a high-energy electronic music genre that features heavy drum beats and intricate rhythms. It emerged in the 1980s and gained popularity in the 1990s, with a focus on breakbeats and samples from funk, soul, and hip-hop. The genre is characterized by its fast-paced tempo, distorted basslines, and use of synthesizers and other electronic instruments. Breakbeat has been used in various forms of media, including video games, television shows, and movies. It continues to evolve and influence other genres of electronic music.


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List of breakbeat artists

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

#namepopularityfollowers
1 41 27183
2 37 54677
3 60 1999067
4 35 44314
5 30 34122
6 63 2372880
7 32 17629
8 44 207396
9 23 11461
10 23 4929
11 21 3495
12 46 331795
13 40 145857
14 35 52648
15 36 142480
16 11 5697
17 46 302330
18 33 34758
19 37 87096
20 8 1569
21 33 59861
22 41 133598
23 36 91851
24 43 71029
25 29 8800
26 28 8129
27 36 64993
28 51 270331
29 40 73784
30 43 171523
31 24 10300
32 38 27322
33 22 6498
34 22 1029
35 39 102118
36 20 6297
37 28 14317
38 24 20534
39 19 6699
40 19 1696
41 50 615186
42 27 6518
43 27 6053
44 26 2927
45 17 5001
46 16 1740
47 24 3302
48 16 8246
49 15 1944
50 43 36221
51 14 3861
52 28 10711
53 8 4586
54 22 1938
55 45 32140
56 21 2715
57 12 6964
58 11 796
59 11 3467
60 11 886
61 10 4119
62 19 4160
63 24 25014
64 9 1368
65 18 2654
66 9 6128
67 8 2862
68 8 947
69 8 3897
70 41 348939
71 16 3124
72 16 1430
73 16 739
74 15 2765
75 15 1970
76 19 8602
77 30 53052
78 18 5681
79 13 1759
80 11 2567
81 11 923
82 11 1135
83 10 976
84 9 1801
85 12 3758
86 8 241
87 32 26737
88 25 15361
89 24 20772
90 21 7420
91 24 4865
92 22 2725
93 20 1649
94 19 7755
95 15 13654
96 15 7897
97 13 10740
98 9 784
99 9 3281
100 7 4409

breakbeat playlist created by Chosic

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