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List of compositional ambient artists

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#	name	Popularity	instrumentalness	danceability	energy	acousticness	Happiness	tempo	followers
1	Ludovico Einaudi	77	91	29	10	96	13	104	3058768
2	Max Richter	72	85	27	11	88	11	101	876875
3	Fabrizio Paterlini	67	91	35	9	98	14	96	115240
4	Ryuichi Sakamoto	66	75	44	21	83	23	97	793715
5	Jóhann Jóhannsson	64	86	25	17	71	8	98	242908
6	Brian Eno	64	66	31	27	64	23	105	673182
7	Yann Tiersen	63	70	38	28	86	26	118	985007
8	Ólafur Arnalds	63	81	29	15	91	10	111	732592
9	The Cinematic Orchestra	63	67	43	37	50	17	118	617153
10	Nils Frahm	60	90	35	15	92	20	113	598892
11	Joep Beving	60	92	34	4	99	16	93	233985
12	Philip Glass	60	87	25	9	88	6	104	580754
13	Dmitri Shostakovich	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	365160
14	Dustin O'Halloran	58	85	37	12	95	12	111	168745
15	James Heather	57	85	23	7	97	7	102	16202
16	Harold Budd	57	87	22	5	94	10	93	83725
17	Hania Rani	57	88	39	15	96	16	110	183449
18	Akira Kosemura	56	83	40	16	89	22	117	71895
19	Federico Albanese	55	90	39	14	91	9	125	49585
20	Jon Hopkins	55	84	46	43	49	21	116	469295
21	Abel Korzeniowski	54	88	27	18	87	11	110	107671
22	Sigur Rós	54	66	23	41	48	11	109	1237299
23	Jim Perkins	53	93	39	7	93	14	111	4184
24	Maxence Cyrin	53	91	37	19	93	10	114	79996
25	Peter Gregson	53	86	34	18	83	9	94	19429
26	Library Tapes	53	92	32	4	95	10	89	54745
27	Luke Howard	52	93	32	5	99	18	124	36174
28	Niklas Paschburg	51	85	43	38	83	16	122	50339
29	Illuminine	51	92	31	6	94	6	90	10165
30	Arvo Pärt	51	93	54	2	99	28	105	235283
31	Balmorhea	51	83	35	23	76	14	111	161104
32	Michael Nyman	51	75	31	22	91	23	122	202625
33	Dirk Maassen	51	90	31	11	99	8	93	44845
34	René Aubry	51	77	60	28	87	43	124	94052
35	Clem Leek	50	90	36	21	91	10	107	25868
36	Angus MacRae	50	87	33	19	90	10	111	17802
37	Louisa Fuller	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	2663
38	Mercuzio Pianist	50	91	48	12	98	27	121	7320
39	Sophie Hutchings	49	91	30	10	99	17	97	29082
40	Rival Consoles	49	82	50	52	34	16	124	143248
41	Jean-Michel Blais	49	90	29	13	94	20	101	64430
42	Kronos Quartet	49	51	24	10	97	5	114	106718
43	Mogwai	49	78	37	44	29	12	115	548713
44	Clint Mansell	49	86	24	24	74	7	105	153639
45	Lambert	48	91	41	19	92	30	123	55020
46	Hauschka	48	90	46	29	89	26	108	64904
47	Hammock	48	87	23	36	52	10	101	170069
48	Oskar Schuster	48	89	50	19	89	31	133	42454
49	Mike Lazarev	48	90	32	6	95	11	97	7422
50	Tim Hecker	48	87	18	35	58	8	105	129623
51	Goldmund	47	87	32	9	97	14	106	100754
52	Message To Bears	47	66	34	35	75	16	126	90919
53	Hildur Guðnadóttir	47	84	22	17	61	7	107	129193
54	Chihei Hatakeyama	46	87	16	13	96	7	96	43922
55	A Winged Victory for the Sullen	46	86	15	14	78	4	98	67938
56	Portico Quartet	46	87	39	49	47	25	121	178470
57	Wim Mertens	46	62	43	25	94	25	118	102538
58	Slow Meadow	46	90	19	12	92	5	91	50186
59	The Album Leaf	46	85	43	41	54	17	113	156136
60	Sylvain Chauveau	46	79	26	14	85	14	92	24143
61	Ceeys	45	93	49	19	96	30	142	6039
62	Jonny Greenwood	45	81	28	22	81	13	102	151875
63	Roberto Cacciapaglia	45	68	40	32	75	21	119	73189
64	Peter Broderick	45	55	41	19	89	20	105	74484
65	Helios	44	89	37	25	79	10	114	106964
66	William Basinski	44	87	20	13	90	9	92	109171
67	Stars Of The Lid	43	89	11	8	79	4	96	81772
68	Brambles	43	81	40	23	76	18	125	34069
69	Snorri Hallgrímsson	43	88	24	10	91	10	98	8336
70	Steve Reich	43	75	53	45	97	36	106	209270
71	Biosphere	43	84	38	22	58	16	112	85301
72	Ben Lukas Boysen	42	88	33	24	78	14	111	36113
73	Susumu Yokota	42	77	54	48	68	36	120	93081
74	Elskavon	42	91	21	17	89	9	104	6187
75	Michael Riesman	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	4421
76	Hidden Orchestra	41	87	51	50	40	17	113	87835
77	Sebastian Plano	41	81	24	22	77	6	97	18354
78	Bruno Bavota	40	83	40	15	93	15	125	6581
79	Loscil	40	86	25	18	84	7	108	64581
80	Otto A. Totland	40	88	34	7	99	26	116	15192
81	Julia Kent	40	82	27	26	67	16	130	26551
82	Penguin Cafe Orchestra	40	78	45	28	80	39	119	119680
83	Hugar	40	90	28	9	93	16	125	13152
84	Giya Kancheli	40	83	34	1	96	15	94	10569
85	Eluvium	39	87	19	23	77	11	99	72204
86	36	39	90	19	27	90	7	103	21732
87	Baltic Sea Philharmonic	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	1694
88	Michael Brook	38	89	28	16	78	15	106	15790
89	John Adams	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	58675
90	Hior Chronik	38	93	49	27	68	21	121	7941
91	Bruce Brubaker	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	18878
92	Poppy Ackroyd	38	90	45	26	98	18	107	28549
93	Bing & Ruth	38	86	17	11	91	8	90	24483
94	John Cage	38	84	34	8	59	78	89	98203
95	Alex Kozobolis	38	82	32	22	98	20	115	7232
96	múm	37	68	49	48	54	22	118	161502
97	Keith Kenniff	37	91	31	11	96	13	113	21080
98	The Echelon Effect	36	90	37	44	62	14	122	22253
99	Ed Carlsen	36	85	32	19	87	7	116	9579
100	amiina	36	78	44	20	88	13	107	54088
101	György Ligeti	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	65164
102	Zoë Keating	36	90	49	15	88	15	125	59549
103	Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson	36	92	23	15	96	4	81	10402
104	Dmitry Evgrafov	36	86	33	12	98	10	118	10698
105	BPMoore	35	91	32	14	91	9	106	4776
106	Henryk Górecki	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	37904
107	Lowercase Noises	35	91	29	28	63	7	106	31229
108	Benoît Pioulard	35	80	22	42	82	12	95	21812
109	The Dead Texan	34	87	16	9	95	3	88	22098
110	Christina Vantzou	34	82	18	18	86	4	89	18080
111	U137	34	88	35	42	51	9	109	23225
112	Ilya Beshevli	34	89	24	24	90	12	110	8865
113	Terry Riley	33	86	28	27	78	13	100	71302
114	Stefano Guzzetti	33	91	45	14	99	19	108	7613
115	Rachel Grimes	33	85	31	13	92	12	102	17162
116	Colleen	33	72	46	33	88	24	121	55944
117	Kyle Preston	33	92	20	21	86	8	106	25414
118	Olan Mill	33	95	13	8	91	4	74	7785
119	Brian McBride	33	90	15	7	87	4	92	15213
120	Anne Müller	33	92	31	20	80	14	126	9837
121	Good Weather For An Airstrike	33	92	14	9	88	6	89	6970
122	Balanescu Quartet	32	82	51	22	71	48	129	24927
123	Ben Frost	32	86	31	29	49	7	107	61428
124	Black Elk	32	92	40	27	99	18	111	4609
125	Echo Collective	31	83	18	13	97	4	140	6943
126	Rachel's	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	18268
127	Deaf Center	31	89	19	15	73	9	92	24407
128	Whitetree	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	3700
129	Valgeir Sigurðsson	30	88	27	18	80	9	136	11428
130	Bruno Sanfilippo	30	83	26	10	94	6	85	9227
131	Rhian Sheehan	30	88	28	30	57	13	98	15026
132	Chris Zabriskie	30	91	32	13	92	17	116	13806
133	Christopher O'Riley	30	89	29	14	99	21	103	10610
134	Sergey Cheremisinov	29	87	40	17	91	14	111	3831
135	Michael Nyman Band	29	80	29	20	65	16	147	10290
136	Heinali	29	88	22	28	66	12	102	9708
137	Greg Haines	28	90	25	20	68	8	95	20793
138	Slow Dancing Society	28	91	35	14	88	11	126	9862
139	Rafael Anton Irisarri	28	83	16	27	60	6	95	28710
140	Chequerboard	27	93	41	28	90	16	107	7712
141	Quentin Sirjacq	27	93	56	24	93	25	96	3990
142	Bersarin Quartett	26	88	25	30	66	8	110	18291
143	Lubomyr Melnyk	26	85	24	33	76	24	109	29226
144	Ryan Teague	26	93	40	27	88	11	135	10475
145	Gavin Bryars	25	73	16	8	88	8	112	16358
146	Danny Norbury	25	87	16	11	87	5	82	10058
147	Epic45	24	73	44	39	39	15	108	14832
148	Bang On A Can All-Stars	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	9261
149	Daníel Bjarnason	24	63	10	18	61	3	74	3310
150	Ben Woods	24	91	52	44	88	32	142	5618
151	Lucy Claire	23	92	29	6	96	4	106	2017
152	The Abbasi Brothers	18	91	27	21	95	4	127	3062
153	Anna Rose Carter	17	83	23	24	95	12	141	2400
154	The Soul's Release	17	93	46	22	87	9	128	4424
155	Ulises Conti	17	42	24	19	67	4	99	3014
156	David Wenngren	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	4181
157	Years Of Rice And Salt	15	83	33	40	21	7	123	2911
158	A Dancing Beggar	15	89	14	34	74	4	79	3404
159	Last Days	14	91	21	1	99	4	61	3006
160	Moon Ate the Dark	14	87	27	18	94	10	104	4831
161	Zero Bedroom Apartment	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	714
162	Fjordne	9	87	50	37	91	12	75	2233
163	Human Suits	8	89	7	7	83	3	71	856
164	Bardi Johannsson	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	727
165	Jónsi & Alex	7	0	53	78	0	28	128	45138
166	Rachael Boyd	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	752
167	Richard Anthony Jay	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	721

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