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List of downtempo artists

Here is a list of downtempo artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the downtempo genre. You can find out what downtempo 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	Flume	72	32	52	60	19	28	115	2389551
2	Moby	69	46	51	60	23	30	110	1682920
3	The xx	66	39	64	41	61	30	119	3886900
4	Massive Attack	65	53	61	54	14	40	120	2000573
5	Bonobo	65	70	62	60	30	33	114	1323651
6	DJ Shadow	63	64	57	70	30	46	132	560381
7	The Cinematic Orchestra	63	67	43	37	50	17	118	615127
8	Nujabes	63	68	71	65	42	68	103	896685
9	Little Dragon	62	17	70	59	18	55	127	659201
10	Enigma	62	42	53	60	19	36	110	783894
11	Thievery Corporation	62	74	69	69	16	54	108	768747
12	Parov Stelar	62	49	78	69	12	57	121	1014508
13	Quantic	62	73	69	74	8	53	122	313099
14	Röyksopp	61	56	61	72	15	46	122	846352
15	Faithless	61	37	64	79	11	48	126	610210
16	Rhye	61	25	73	36	64	46	113	620719
17	Air	60	72	48	51	46	29	125	837923
18	Morcheeba	60	24	60	57	22	40	122	777517
19	Parra for Cuva	59	81	68	54	41	23	118	163391
20	I Monster	59	31	58	62	17	39	120	177394
21	Catching Flies	57	59	50	48	36	15	110	77272
22	Nightmares On Wax	57	64	70	45	25	46	114	426957
23	Tycho	57	88	55	64	30	30	134	665112
24	Zero 7	57	51	56	53	25	45	110	488597
25	Gramatik	56	37	70	73	8	59	115	656610
26	Waldeck	55	49	74	60	34	56	116	127896
27	Emancipator	55	81	59	53	36	30	113	379069
28	Cashmere Cat	54	22	65	67	23	35	134	321834
29	GoldFish	54	20	70	69	7	61	121	193810
30	Bibio	54	58	49	53	59	44	113	247627
31	Boozoo Bajou	53	74	70	54	30	44	114	95325
32	Frou Frou	53	6	55	62	45	42	122	157459
33	Hermitude	53	38	67	65	27	48	121	255033
34	Hooverphonic	53	18	51	66	13	35	117	400901
35	St Germain	52	46	75	58	17	56	122	280186
36	Nicolas Jaar	52	63	66	37	43	26	111	675936
37	The Herbaliser	52	55	69	71	9	60	117	124477
38	Tosca	52	67	72	59	26	43	114	118866
39	Sophie Barker	51	4	55	43	54	42	114	8182
40	Télépopmusik	50	73	73	64	26	57	121	203169
41	Varien	49	65	54	77	7	20	119	84174
42	Bebel Gilberto	48	18	69	50	42	55	114	124383
43	Leftfield	48	64	59	73	6	31	131	194466
44	Blockhead	48	64	66	61	17	46	121	172105
45	Sébastien Tellier	48	47	60	58	25	47	115	233650
46	Damon Albarn	47	10	53	46	52	32	118	356875
47	Shlohmo	47	60	49	63	31	18	115	240999
48	DNA	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	1610
49	Liquid Stranger	47	19	64	73	2	26	135	214189
50	Mr. Scruff	47	67	75	68	10	68	125	150023
51	Kruder & Dorfmeister	46	69	75	44	14	52	120	197392
52	William Orbit	46	79	45	38	28	25	104	50342
53	De-Phazz	46	28	68	67	26	67	123	98672
54	Lone	46	66	53	70	17	33	125	92021
55	Lemon Jelly	45	70	62	79	15	47	121	167838
56	Carbon Based Lifeforms	45	87	39	40	60	10	111	144153
57	9 Lazy 9	45	77	72	39	28	50	111	22461
58	Shpongle	45	74	57	69	13	28	125	266449
59	Rae & Christian	44	52	76	75	2	57	106	29996
60	Funki Porcini	44	74	52	37	21	28	106	53131
61	DARKSIDE	44	74	60	45	46	17	116	222827
62	DJ Krush	43	72	60	58	23	38	124	136215
63	Solar Fields	43	84	42	45	14	7	123	93627
64	Ulver	42	55	42	51	33	17	109	152166
65	DJ Cam	42	56	69	51	22	49	120	58505
66	Smoke City	42	15	66	63	36	56	111	79109
67	Late Night Alumni	41	18	58	65	24	39	122	67802
68	DJ Vadim	41	45	78	51	38	60	109	60033
69	Tipper	41	62	64	70	19	38	119	152971
70	Jo Blankenburg	41	84	39	58	45	15	125	31870
71	LTJ Bukem	41	82	56	83	6	44	149	93148
72	Mozez	40	2	63	62	26	53	108	6359
73	Nick Murphy	40	29	48	44	60	32	122	1257500
74	MONO	38	86	25	39	39	9	115	166685
75	All India Radio	38	81	52	51	17	28	120	27971
76	Ott	38	56	52	67	5	29	127	113673
77	Madrid De Los Austrias	38	52	80	79	14	76	102	5066
78	Fila Brazillia	37	77	65	43	28	51	113	51814
79	Mimi Page	37	84	57	75	8	30	95	8532
80	Bowery Electric	37	82	38	52	24	25	111	39644
81	Brazilian Girls	37	27	70	79	10	61	125	56396
82	Lisa Shaw	37	7	76	61	8	61	116	29369
83	Patrick Wolf	36	24	46	54	39	28	128	55529
84	fat jon	36	84	65	61	10	67	123	52298
85	Samantha James	36	18	61	66	30	35	127	25510
86	Bluetech	36	86	61	59	31	45	124	61577
87	Blue Sky Black Death	32	64	56	63	23	21	115	49475
88	AYA	31	20	79	43	23	69	123	7804
89	Portico	31	89	16	62	97	4	83	27456
90	Supreme Beings of Leisure	31	4	63	71	9	54	116	30574
91	Vanessa Daou	30	27	65	54	22	56	99	6726
92	Clara Hill	30	3	58	39	50	22	84	9696
93	Clutchy Hopkins	28	82	64	48	40	37	108	16032
94	Banco De Gaia	28	60	49	65	9	22	114	27001
95	Gaelle	27	0	79	56	13	59	118	11002
96	Dntel	27	55	54	55	40	28	124	25113
97	Da Lata	26	11	56	60	21	48	122	6628
98	Weekend Players	26	33	69	76	3	68	127	5601
99	Sounds From The Ground	26	83	63	58	39	42	112	13077
100	Joseph Malik	25	6	71	60	12	53	121	2729
101	Etro Anime	24	17	58	62	13	59	114	4669
102	Bushy	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1117
103	Shulman	21	69	50	54	33	28	115	20712
104	Tranquility Bass	20	87	22	41	14	12	81	4627
105	Soulstice	19	5	66	65	22	35	120	6100
106	Bassara	19	88	79	53	28	17	101	1546
107	Saafi Brothers	18	89	69	50	42	20	125	7808
108	Fauna Flash	9	88	79	86	0	96	127	2081
109	Ephemeral Mists	6	89	56	76	6	37	101	1605
110	Stuart Matthewman	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	512
111	Geyser	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	85
112	Two Loons For Tea	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	293

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