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List of country rock artists

Here is a list of country rock artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the country rock genre. You can find out what country 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	Creedence Clearwater Revival	79	11	63	69	13	75	127	5780021
2	Willie Nelson	71	3	57	37	66	46	112	1958667
3	Bob Dylan	71	1	52	47	54	54	123	6139719
4	The Doobie Brothers	68	4	59	64	26	75	125	2273652
5	Steely Dan	68	2	68	54	31	70	118	1999273
6	Bob Seger	68	1	55	74	20	59	122	2069432
7	Hank Williams, Jr.	66	1	62	55	28	61	113	1480873
8	Jim Croce	66	0	60	43	69	73	127	1241272
9	John Mellencamp	66	1	62	82	5	77	126	1546589
10	Allman Brothers Band	64	24	44	66	33	67	121	1479349
11	Billy Ray Cyrus	64	3	56	66	11	50	114	231822
12	Gordon Lightfoot	64	2	57	39	59	55	109	773156
13	Alabama	64	0	59	49	28	56	115	1245190
14	Kris Kristofferson	63	0	53	33	56	54	106	536146
15	Buffalo Springfield	62	8	52	46	47	61	122	737793
16	Jackson Browne	62	0	56	51	40	50	122	1234697
17	Linda Ronstadt	62	1	50	33	54	45	120	827606
18	Steve Earle	61	6	51	59	30	63	135	265966
19	George Jones	61	0	53	38	67	56	108	1109595
20	Merle Haggard	60	3	64	38	49	58	114	1215348
21	Emmylou Harris	60	1	52	43	50	52	120	335223
22	Traveling Wilburys	60	1	61	83	22	69	138	1087522
23	Dr. Hook	60	3	60	57	52	68	114	529109
24	Crosby, Stills & Nash	60	0	51	34	58	44	125	1769763
25	The Band	60	4	53	67	30	61	121	1013664
26	Three Dog Night	59	2	52	58	33	67	116	888479
27	The Charlie Daniels Band	59	3	57	69	22	75	128	726124
28	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	59	0	58	62	34	69	117	202841
29	Conway Twitty	59	0	60	39	55	56	108	797046
30	Bonnie Raitt	59	2	58	43	54	52	115	640334
31	Bad Company	58	2	52	64	20	61	119	1005287
32	George Thorogood & The Destroyers	58	7	45	84	9	71	135	833190
33	38 Special	58	1	51	71	6	73	129	1121777
34	The Marshall Tucker Band	58	5	46	70	16	65	120	918939
35	The Moody Blues	58	15	38	50	39	41	117	1224698
36	Bachman-Turner Overdrive	58	6	53	69	5	77	129	920809
37	Dwight Yoakam	58	2	60	71	25	70	127	598772
38	Eddie Money	58	0	60	69	12	71	120	815907
39	The Lovin' Spoonful	58	9	56	52	42	69	120	466876
40	Little River Band	58	0	56	60	25	47	120	1095853
41	Derek & The Dominos	58	14	41	68	47	61	123	646193
42	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	58	1	47	39	54	50	126	1542759
43	Free	57	0	60	51	20	64	120	478706
44	The Bellamy Brothers	57	0	66	64	18	75	120	346185
45	Faces	57	10	50	67	37	62	120	383219
46	Canned Heat	56	3	58	52	38	68	125	586720
47	Little Feat	56	6	56	58	30	68	126	417193
48	The Byrds	56	6	47	57	35	65	120	920676
49	The J. Geils Band	56	10	57	76	22	75	133	779243
50	Peter Frampton	56	12	57	62	21	48	111	1164121
51	Grand Funk Railroad	56	13	46	76	9	50	115	943764
52	John Hiatt	56	2	59	57	36	62	122	202968
53	Joe Walsh	56	11	56	50	18	56	109	1168749
54	The Guess Who	55	2	49	60	39	64	122	634110
55	Warren Zevon	55	5	59	54	37	60	115	383799
56	Jerry Reed	55	3	64	74	51	81	115	376092
57	John Fogerty	55	1	63	77	17	73	136	793408
58	Eddie Rabbitt	55	0	65	56	22	75	126	366016
59	Glenn Frey	55	1	57	51	38	60	119	560642
60	Tommy James & The Shondells	54	3	54	60	23	74	119	303770
61	Mountain	54	9	41	67	12	56	137	282297
62	Badfinger	54	0	52	57	23	56	115	371216
63	John Anderson	54	0	62	52	30	62	119	458097
64	Lyle Lovett	54	0	54	33	54	42	117	192485
65	Ronnie Milsap	54	0	61	46	38	55	117	389888
66	Todd Rundgren	54	5	49	60	30	59	119	328147
67	Susan Tedeschi	54	0	53	56	35	55	126	171604
68	Dan Fogelberg	53	1	53	40	48	53	124	712117
69	Elvin Bishop	53	18	63	74	10	60	111	90855
70	Charley Pride	53	0	61	45	64	72	115	548460
71	Crystal Gayle	53	1	59	39	61	45	108	333730
72	Foghat	53	7	46	81	5	64	128	806650
73	Ten Years After	52	25	42	64	20	58	129	507608
74	Buck Owens	52	4	60	52	49	80	108	303201
75	Loggins & Messina	52	4	53	51	40	64	132	450565
76	James Gang	52	23	50	62	13	65	123	340762
77	The Oak Ridge Boys	52	0	61	50	27	73	118	502598
78	Jerry Garcia	51	6	57	51	40	61	113	325235
79	Ry Cooder	51	13	60	37	52	62	114	289217
80	Harry Chapin	51	1	50	40	61	42	113	329108
81	The Mavericks	51	0	61	68	21	73	117	168030
82	Ricky Skaggs	50	0	60	56	23	79	149	115517
83	Dan Seals	49	0	66	33	62	57	119	181079
84	Traffic	49	2	45	56	29	57	113	555504
85	Rodney Crowell	49	1	62	54	42	61	127	89780
86	Rosanne Cash	49	0	66	45	44	64	114	164039
87	Mary Chapin Carpenter	49	2	59	50	57	58	126	197693
88	Stephen Stills	49	6	53	53	36	55	121	274187
89	Pure Prairie League	49	0	48	48	36	61	123	233131
90	The Statler Brothers	49	0	66	47	63	81	117	205214
91	The Yardbirds	49	12	46	66	19	62	122	901807
92	The Georgia Satellites	49	1	43	85	1	64	136	194062
93	Atlanta Rhythm Section	48	4	56	56	21	67	115	264931
94	Pete Townshend	48	7	54	65	29	52	134	354684
95	Molly Hatchet	48	11	50	81	11	67	136	551901
96	Charlie Daniels	48	0	64	69	37	76	100	412282
97	The Young Rascals	47	0	50	54	32	66	127	160182
98	The Association	47	4	51	49	42	58	121	228962
99	Blue Rodeo	47	1	55	55	29	45	121	116588
100	Marty Stuart	47	12	63	58	23	65	129	129427
101	Hal Ketchum	47	0	58	52	51	62	136	97293
102	Leon Russell	47	0	53	47	42	62	117	246192
103	The Grass Roots	46	1	62	64	19	76	125	208524
104	Blind Faith	46	3	41	53	53	65	115	374299
105	Delbert McClinton	46	1	62	67	32	75	125	73767
106	C.W. McCall	46	0	63	63	66	76	123	96837
107	The Kentucky Headhunters	46	0	56	78	13	78	125	207389
108	Confederate Railroad	46	0	64	67	13	73	128	400842
109	The Edgar Winter Group	46	16	54	72	15	62	119	246505
110	The Ozark Mountain Daredevils	45	5	65	59	37	76	118	176244
111	Firefall	45	0	59	60	26	60	121	201056
112	Johnny Winter	45	3	44	73	16	71	140	479919
113	The Outlaws	45	5	42	81	8	65	136	346088
114	Poco	45	8	50	51	27	54	116	229021
115	The Jeff Healey Band	45	1	48	67	16	54	120	205402
116	Gary Puckett & The Union Gap	45	0	44	49	45	53	111	230728
117	Gary Wright	45	1	56	49	19	54	110	140175
118	Robin Trower	45	6	51	61	20	50	110	227263
119	Graham Nash	45	1	56	32	51	47	123	215114
120	Dave Mason	44	0	55	65	23	68	121	168841
121	Kathy Mattea	44	0	64	43	47	68	101	126145
122	The Fabulous Thunderbirds	44	6	61	73	21	81	128	168745
123	Blackfoot	44	1	46	79	7	61	126	334473
124	Blood, Sweat & Tears	43	10	48	53	43	50	107	563015
125	Climax Blues Band	43	22	57	64	15	70	109	83427
126	Barbara Mandrell	43	0	57	40	50	65	129	244106
127	Arlo Guthrie	43	3	56	51	62	58	124	140785
128	Gregg Allman	43	6	55	55	42	46	112	273077
129	The Derek Trucks Band	42	9	54	67	25	54	114	208043
130	Jonathan Edwards	42	1	58	39	53	65	115	25871
131	Bobbie Gentry	42	0	55	32	57	64	115	61645
132	The Robert Cray Band	42	1	66	57	37	58	109	102793
133	Jerry Jeff Walker	42	7	50	43	41	65	136	123683
134	The Youngbloods	42	6	57	46	65	72	114	124835
135	Iron Butterfly	42	12	49	52	17	61	123	378661
136	Mickey Gilley	42	2	56	38	62	44	96	183939
137	The Notting Hillbillies	42	23	58	26	48	59	111	63330
138	David Crosby	42	10	53	33	53	32	116	286419
139	The Flying Burrito Brothers	41	5	47	50	15	55	112	139452
140	Al Kooper	41	16	43	56	37	52	109	59070
141	Rare Earth	41	6	56	74	22	81	129	158439
142	Levon Helm	41	0	59	69	38	71	131	138767
143	Gram Parsons	40	0	55	43	47	57	110	130377
144	Moe Bandy	40	0	66	44	49	68	115	74195
145	Paul Revere & The Raiders	40	0	56	64	22	73	121	199131
146	Humble Pie	40	2	45	63	11	59	128	322592
147	Edgar Winter	40	0	63	68	34	70	118	88012
148	JD Souther	39	0	51	34	59	47	122	58230
149	Mac Davis	39	4	48	41	28	64	112	68291
150	The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	39	7	46	62	46	74	125	99322
151	Bob Weir	39	7	61	68	24	71	115	114019
152	Head East	39	13	49	69	5	63	135	161845
153	Rick Derringer	39	13	48	72	16	59	153	68561
154	Montrose	39	18	39	72	10	47	123	201583
155	Mary Gauthier	38	3	50	26	70	31	127	43150
156	Quicksilver Messenger Service	38	31	53	62	41	65	114	133604
157	The Tractors	38	0	66	84	26	86	127	48724
158	Spirit	38	15	43	44	38	46	109	103879
159	Roger McGuinn	38	2	48	51	39	60	123	45100
160	The Gregg Allman Band	38	1	63	63	14	68	106	274836
161	Amazing Rhythm Aces	37	1	61	46	48	65	118	28271
162	The Vaughan Brothers	37	27	70	58	12	79	135	168548
163	Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen	37	0	59	65	31	71	101	17449
164	Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers	37	0	53	49	50	59	117	67381
165	New Riders of the Purple Sage	36	3	55	61	16	75	119	96239
166	Jorma Kaukonen	36	10	50	31	65	46	123	29038
167	Gene Clark	36	12	43	45	39	42	114	50656
168	Pirates Of The Mississippi	36	0	58	56	27	61	136	38781
169	K.T. Oslin	36	1	62	35	36	50	115	132142
170	Wet Willie	35	3	66	47	27	75	104	51301
171	Brewer & Shipley	35	0	53	57	28	64	107	19100
172	Sugarloaf	35	23	56	54	41	64	104	53609
173	Country Joe & The Fish	35	9	39	44	43	43	132	160240
174	John Sebastian	34	2	53	34	59	58	118	39635
175	Mel Tillis	34	1	66	50	61	90	123	117296
176	Duane Allman	34	48	62	23	100	70	67	143322
177	Jesse Colin Young	34	6	60	56	43	61	122	49072
178	Paul Thorn	33	1	63	53	44	64	128	22519
179	The Forester Sisters	33	0	58	43	25	66	128	54753
180	Dave Alvin	33	4	56	52	25	48	115	33971
181	Dennis Wilson	32	1	42	39	38	33	117	40566
182	Dickey Betts	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	56439
183	Chris Hillman	32	9	60	55	37	57	105	17699
184	Hot Tuna	32	15	47	45	29	63	116	75850
185	Delaney & Bonnie	31	2	52	62	36	73	117	26957
186	Argent	31	13	42	55	33	43	114	48288
187	Lowell George	31	0	58	35	50	53	109	45054
188	Michael Nesmith	31	0	49	51	37	45	108	19840
189	Steve Goodman	30	2	56	55	44	64	117	20971
190	Black Oak Arkansas	30	8	41	79	15	75	129	142114
191	Brownsville Station	30	1	53	79	23	69	127	46923
192	Crosby & Nash	30	0	58	27	77	21	109	217622
193	The International Submarine Band	30	0	50	55	17	77	135	11989
194	The Desert Rose Band	30	1	63	56	10	80	121	21424
195	Dillard & Clark	29	19	53	39	40	53	86	12448
196	Doug Sahm	29	2	53	54	28	71	120	18443
197	Pat Travers	29	18	50	82	0	70	124	86566
198	John Stewart	28	1	60	52	59	52	115	7644
199	David Bromberg	28	10	55	42	59	52	127	30070
200	Moby Grape	27	7	41	58	37	53	131	50826

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