Chalga is a popular music genre originating in Bulgaria that blends traditional Balkan rhythms with modern pop and electronic beats. The music often features fast-paced tempos, catchy melodies, and provocative lyrics. Chalga has gained a controversial reputation due to its association with the Bulgarian mafia and its perceived sexualization of women. Despite this, it remains a beloved genre in Bulgaria and has gained popularity in neighboring countries.
Here you can see the popularity of Chalga genre over time. This graph shows albums and singles releases count by year and decade.
1396 releases
Explore chalga history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.
Here is a list of chalga artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the chalga genre. You can find out what chalga 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 | 59 | 17187 | |
| 2 | 50 | 139031 | |
| 3 | 51 | 139080 | |
| 4 | 48 | 108946 | |
| 5 | 53 | 278344 | |
| 6 | 52 | 117989 | |
| 7 | 49 | 168266 | |
| 8 | 44 | 63271 | |
| 9 | 49 | 121869 | |
| 10 | 44 | 16031 | |
| 11 | 48 | 223875 | |
| 12 | 48 | 101897 | |
| 13 | 47 | 131455 | |
| 14 | 47 | 16786 | |
| 15 | 47 | 65104 | |
| 16 | 46 | 91051 | |
| 17 | 45 | 109246 | |
| 18 | 45 | 126786 | |
| 19 | 45 | 98810 | |
| 20 | 45 | 21016 | |
| 21 | 44 | 76521 | |
| 22 | 44 | 81185 | |
| 23 | 39 | 52640 | |
| 24 | 44 | 120489 | |
| 25 | 41 | 96571 | |
| 26 | 43 | 48870 | |
| 27 | 42 | 93413 | |
| 28 | 42 | 13912 | |
| 29 | 42 | 58063 | |
| 30 | 42 | 48631 | |
| 31 | 41 | 74902 | |
| 32 | 40 | 5546 | |
| 33 | 40 | 75065 | |
| 34 | 39 | 29139 | |
| 35 | 39 | 28845 | |
| 36 | 39 | 52891 | |
| 37 | 39 | 75029 | |
| 38 | 39 | 81536 | |
| 39 | 36 | 60345 | |
| 40 | 37 | 6173 | |
| 41 | 37 | 67029 | |
| 42 | 37 | 1384 | |
| 43 | 37 | 48332 | |
| 44 | 36 | 71917 | |
| 45 | 36 | 65568 | |
| 46 | 36 | 46530 | |
| 47 | 36 | 44053 | |
| 48 | 35 | 21808 | |
| 49 | 35 | 47999 | |
| 50 | 35 | 15932 | |
| 51 | 34 | 12823 | |
| 52 | 33 | 8534 | |
| 53 | 33 | 15567 | |
| 54 | 33 | 18771 | |
| 55 | 32 | 38899 | |
| 56 | 32 | 39581 | |
| 57 | 32 | 21453 | |
| 58 | 32 | 53746 | |
| 59 | 31 | 10985 | |
| 60 | 31 | 29429 | |
| 61 | 31 | 27255 | |
| 62 | 31 | 2975 | |
| 63 | 31 | 16587 | |
| 64 | 30 | 6476 | |
| 65 | 30 | 22584 | |
| 66 | 30 | 3956 | |
| 67 | 30 | 20093 | |
| 68 | 29 | 19047 | |
| 69 | 29 | 30137 | |
| 70 | 29 | 55866 | |
| 71 | 28 | 31714 | |
| 72 | 28 | 7592 | |
| 73 | 27 | 22762 | |
| 74 | 26 | 10685 | |
| 75 | 26 | 13173 | |
| 76 | 26 | 3169 | |
| 77 | 26 | 1894 | |
| 78 | 26 | 1299 | |
| 79 | 26 | 11456 | |
| 80 | 26 | 17823 | |
| 81 | 26 | 5339 | |
| 82 | 25 | 5873 | |
| 83 | 25 | 1450 | |
| 84 | 25 | 5270 | |
| 85 | 24 | 4257 | |
| 86 | 24 | 20286 | |
| 87 | 24 | 2811 | |
| 88 | 23 | 29581 | |
| 89 | 23 | 10865 | |
| 90 | 23 | 9310 | |
| 91 | 44 | 16225 | |
| 92 | 41 | 7805 | |
| 93 | 40 | 13124 | |
| 94 | 37 | 52 | |
| 95 | 32 | 68233 | |
| 96 | 31 | 29877 | |
| 97 | 28 | 472 | |
| 98 | 28 | 8612 | |
| 99 | 24 | 1495 | |
| 100 | 24 | 533 |
Enjoy this playlist of popular chalga music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.
