Classic Canadian Rock artists, songs, decades and similar genres

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List of classic canadian rock artists

Here is a list of classic canadian rock artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the classic canadian rock genre. You can find out what classic canadian rock 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	Bryan Adams	75	0	52	60	21	44	118	3145133
2	Rush	66	11	44	83	5	49	131	2111165
3	Steppenwolf	62	12	48	67	18	66	122	1452172
4	The Band	60	4	53	67	30	61	121	1012492
5	Neil Young	59	5	56	48	42	50	119	2754859
6	Bachman-Turner Overdrive	58	7	54	69	5	77	131	918991
7	The Archies	57	2	67	62	38	87	121	124922
8	The Guess Who	55	2	49	60	40	63	122	633542
9	Loverboy	55	0	51	75	8	66	130	818857
10	Alannah Myles	55	0	55	59	23	53	114	94737
11	Men Without Hats	54	2	63	82	5	65	130	214087
12	Tom Cochrane	51	0	59	88	6	62	106	70892
13	April Wine	50	1	48	65	13	60	120	359026
14	Gino Vannelli	49	2	51	68	21	47	118	170855
15	Cowboy Junkies	48	7	49	30	42	32	120	173672
16	Triumph	46	12	38	74	14	42	127	441085
17	Bruce Cockburn	45	18	55	45	54	51	118	55230
18	Glass Tiger	42	0	60	74	11	67	108	136711
19	Red Rider	42	0	58	54	11	58	127	85278
20	Martha and the Muffins	42	0	62	78	8	80	138	21896
21	Stampeders	41	1	53	67	7	67	121	29987
22	Kim Mitchell	41	0	61	70	2	48	127	82202
23	Trooper	41	0	59	70	8	69	124	75987
24	Honeymoon Suite	40	0	57	72	7	63	131	111108
25	Robbie Robertson	40	17	66	46	32	49	108	49668
26	Colin James	39	1	56	66	30	65	129	28292
27	Aldo Nova	37	1	48	72	9	53	120	172062
28	Chilliwack	37	2	57	63	23	72	113	72589
29	Helix	37	2	52	88	2	43	121	94598
30	David Wilcox	36	12	61	60	19	62	145	26598
31	Burton Cummings	35	0	48	52	38	45	125	72067
32	Nick Gilder	35	0	66	71	7	71	112	10102
33	Doug and the Slugs	34	0	61	67	8	77	136	28256
34	Five Man Electrical Band	34	0	50	63	27	78	167	22339
35	The Poppy Family	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	9821
36	Sheriff	34	1	31	50	23	34	116	7070
37	Gowan	34	1	58	55	14	53	121	42152
38	Streetheart	33	2	52	79	2	70	127	46023
39	Platinum Blonde	33	6	66	74	7	60	127	51389
40	The Northern Pikes	33	20	66	66	28	55	125	35319
41	Harlequin	32	1	54	89	10	70	143	37051
42	Prism	32	0	53	75	7	56	124	19973
43	Sass Jordan	31	0	56	68	19	66	116	26947
44	Max Webster	30	1	73	71	0	88	119	29137
45	The Payolas	29	0	67	34	1	80	144	19535
46	Doucette	29	0	52	48	20	77	139	10172
47	The Kings	29	0	63	89	1	72	132	9543
48	Toronto	28	2	58	73	10	72	123	25249
49	Tom Cochrane & Red Rider	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	15703
50	The Box	28	0	54	78	4	51	111	13595
51	Headpins	28	1	54	83	2	63	117	29785
52	The Bells	27	5	57	29	77	47	88	1635
53	Teenage Head	27	17	48	82	1	76	139	10183
54	lighthouse	26	0	43	74	24	67	128	5673
55	Haywire	26	1	55	78	5	58	122	11548
56	Edward Bear	26	0	48	55	48	65	154	7106
57	Luba	26	0	55	76	14	65	129	11931
58	Spoons	25	7	57	80	6	70	143	15260
59	Blackie & The Rodeo Kings	25	4	53	65	47	57	109	8116
60	Coney Hatch	24	1	54	83	0	57	126	7479
61	Rough Trade	24	0	79	44	7	63	112	15193
62	Strange Advance	24	2	63	72	3	77	123	7267
63	Barney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts	23	1	61	51	7	60	116	7203
64	Frozen Ghost	22	1	58	69	5	67	125	3767
65	Idle Eyes	21	0	73	49	3	74	97	1868
66	Chalk Circle	18	6	55	79	1	69	131	5906
67	Randy Bachman	18	0	70	72	2	74	116	13435
68	Crowbar	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	932
69	The Parachute Club	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	4193
70	Barney Bentall	14	13	47	67	0	48	118	2102
71	Queen City Kids	13	0	61	65	0	26	120	6491
72	Goddo	12	2	48	94	1	38	125	2427
73	Rock & Hyde	12	0	59	88	1	81	125	2262
74	Images In Vogue	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	4054
75	Sweeney Todd	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1020

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