Cowboy Western artists, songs, decades and similar genres

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cowboy western

Parent Genre: country

Cowboy western music is a genre that emerged in the early 20th century, featuring songs about the American West, cowboys, and the rugged lifestyle of the frontier. The music often incorporates elements of country, folk, and blues, and is characterized by its storytelling lyrics and simple, catchy melodies. This genre has been popularized by numerous artists, who have become synonymous with the cowboy western music genre.

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List of cowboy western artists

Here is a list of cowboy western artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the cowboy western genre. You can find out what cowboy western 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	Marty Robbins	60	1	61	36	81	62	120	461421
2	Buck Owens	52	4	60	52	49	80	108	303201
3	Corb Lund	51	0	65	59	39	68	120	72143
4	Johnny Horton	49	0	65	46	68	78	116	196370
5	Ernest Tubb	42	0	68	36	76	77	127	136659
6	Michael Martin Murphey	42	0	59	38	43	54	113	37178
7	Frankie Laine	41	0	52	29	81	50	121	88261
8	Del Reeves	40	0	66	59	53	90	118	26776
9	Gene Autry	37	3	58	27	88	70	115	61105
10	Dave Stamey	36	0	55	34	80	48	131	15347
11	Hank Thompson	36	0	65	46	54	73	114	38111
12	Johnny Bond	36	10	65	27	85	69	125	8543
13	Sons of the Pioneers	36	0	48	31	85	52	115	41629
14	Slim Whitman	35	0	51	27	85	47	111	43118
15	Henson Cargill	33	1	65	48	54	71	116	5700
16	Red Steagall	33	0	64	48	64	68	123	9218
17	Don Edwards	32	0	58	21	70	38	120	10926
18	Riders In The Sky	32	0	43	19	85	17	105	10154
19	Tex Williams	31	0	73	58	69	92	118	17838
20	Claude King	31	0	58	38	70	76	120	13764
21	Roy Rogers	31	4	49	22	90	53	115	37043
22	Lorne Greene	30	0	59	52	78	66	117	5795
23	Bob Wills	30	32	53	26	82	71	132	43807
24	Tex Ritter	29	8	54	31	81	60	121	49377
25	Rex Allen	27	2	52	27	90	54	109	9329
26	Jimmy Wakely	27	12	56	25	95	76	142	6022
27	Wylie & The Wild West	24	1	60	37	71	50	117	3998
28	Johnny Western	24	6	47	42	82	49	112	1242
29	Patsy Montana	23	2	71	33	92	81	122	8320
30	R.W. Hampton	21	0	51	15	92	38	96	2663
31	Sons Of The San Joaquin	21	0	51	31	81	49	105	3897
32	Tommy Duncan	19	0	77	26	81	71	88	592
33	Wilf Carter	19	0	69	24	95	67	121	2280
34	Al Dexter	18	31	79	37	93	88	129	2981
35	Pee Wee King	17	0	76	33	86	84	123	4760
36	Floyd Tillman	16	0	58	31	74	63	106	4985
37	Hank Penny	10	0	80	38	93	91	101	3919
38	Sons Of San Joaquin	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1650
39	Carolina Cotton	5	0	70	43	82	96	132	307
40	Juni Fisher	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	348
41	Eddie Dean	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	155
42	Bob Nolan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	120
43	Cartwright Brothers	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	114
44	The Girls Of The Golden West	2	0	58	16	98	51	137	212
45	Herb Jeffries	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	276
46	Ken Maynard	2	0	56	11	99	44	106	150
47	Foy Willing & The Riders Of The Purple Sage	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	78
48	Edward L. Crain	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	91
49	Carl T. Sprague	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	156
50	Carl Sprague	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	40
51	Jules Allen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	30
52	Billy Arnold	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
53	Andy Schroder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	Billie Maxwell	0	0	69	8	99	53	88	29
55	Richard Prine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	Sonny Hall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37
57	Crowder Brothers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40
58	Jules Verne Allen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23

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