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instrumental acoustic guitar,calming instrumental,christmas instrumental,chill guitar,string folk,new age,classify,american primitive,jazz guitar,japanese guitar,traditional folk,drone folk,instrumental bluegrass,folk,italian blues,british folk,acoustic guitar cover,country blues,traditional blues,new age piano,classical guitar,blues,folk rock,rumba,celtic,acoustic blues,progressive rock,deep christian rock,symphonic rock,irish folk,country rock,art rock,jazz fusion,piedmont blues,appalachian folk,freak folk,suomi rock,traditional british folk,roots rock,delta blues,american folk revival,guitarra clasica,neo-progressive,christian music,jam band,old-time,instrumental rock,psychedelic folk,progressive bluegrass,finnish indie,album rock,neo classical metal,finnish pop,jig and reel,smooth jazz,shred,otacore,classic uk pop,british blues,gospel blues,new weird america,library music,indie folk,christian metal,celtic rock,new americana,bluegrass,psychedelic rock,irish neo-traditional,rock keyboard,singer-songwriter,blues rock,irish fiddle,ecm-style jazz,experimental,texas blues,experimental guitar,contemporary jazz,free improvisation,progressive metal,uilleann pipes,banjo,mandolin,flamenco guitar,contemporary post-bop,jamgrass,alternative country,christian punk,finnish soul,experimental psych,norwegian jazz,free folk,pre-war blues,jug band,viral pop,norwegian contemporary jazz,hawaiian,bahamian folk,mellow gold,finnish modern jazz,lilith,irish dance,slack-key guitar,christian alternative rock,iskelma,breton folk,swedish jazz,focus,scottish fiddle,scorecore,worship,danish jazz,classical performance,anime score,roots worship,harp,classic finnish rock,deep new americana,gypsy jazz,free jazz,irish banjo,british invasion,relaxative,german ccm,german singer-songwriter,alternative americana,metal guitar,zolo,anti-folk,soul blues,memphis blues,spirituals,electric blues,contemporary classical,garage punk blues,greek guitar,manitoba indie,scottish folk,lute,guitarra argentina,laboratorio,choral,neo-classical,classical mandolin,ccm,korean ost,finnish dance pop,pop ambient,austrian jazz,welsh folk,canadian indie,jazz piano,dutch blues,kentucky roots,cool jazz,concertina,neo-psychedelic,traditional funk,italian progressive rock,new england americana,arab folk,ectofolk,ambient folk,electric bass,modern blues,ragtime,british contemporary classical,classical guitar quartet,early music,historic classical performance,calypso,hurdy-gurdy,spanish classical piano,chinese classical performance,finnish jazz,mountain dulcimer,tzadik,finnish punk,stomp and holler,western swing,canadian americana,jazz,classic rock,jazz violin,avant-garde jazz,healing,yorkshire folk,progressive jazz fusion,canterbury scene,native american,kentucky mountain folk,vocal jazz,jazz blues,outsider,sleep,fort worth indie,21st century classical,irish flute,classical,polca paraguaya,italian classical guitar,finnish progressive rock,italian jazz,

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List of fingerstyle artists

Here is a list of fingerstyle artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the fingerstyle genre. You can find out what fingerstyle 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	Lance Allen	49	86	60	25	93	48	116	13704
2	Chet Atkins	45	83	60	31	88	59	108	90443
3	Tommy Emmanuel	45	77	45	35	74	38	110	171607
4	Sungha Jung	43	90	50	30	84	38	102	185395
5	Maneli Jamal	41	80	54	23	86	30	120	13918
6	John Fahey	41	86	39	31	72	42	103	78034
7	Leo Kottke	41	78	45	35	66	56	110	53208
8	R A Y	40	74	55	32	55	18	118	24994
9	Will Ackerman	40	73	31	15	88	17	110	19813
10	Stephen Wake	38	87	44	26	95	47	120	5910
11	Ulli Boegershausen	38	89	49	21	94	57	99	7254
12	Isato Nakagawa	37	88	48	21	93	41	114	10956
13	Andy McKee	37	86	41	40	81	53	137	117949
14	Mike Dawes	37	76	61	35	63	40	124	39603
15	Luca Stricagnoli	34	87	60	46	47	36	121	50269
16	Roberto Dalla Vecchia	34	87	45	26	86	33	118	2656
17	Michael Hedges	34	76	44	15	69	33	108	38178
18	Eric Tingstad	33	90	40	12	94	19	80	5151
19	Andrew White	33	89	33	16	93	31	117	1883
20	Calum Graham	33	82	52	50	64	37	123	34285
21	Trevor Gordon Hall	31	89	48	23	76	34	106	5562
22	Antoine Dufour	31	84	51	62	40	65	118	34870
23	Joe Robinson	31	35	72	43	62	65	137	15739
24	Stephen Bennett	31	87	50	25	91	39	124	7898
25	Emilio Bonito	31	83	45	37	72	34	120	4303
26	Don Ross	30	87	49	42	73	73	108	27437
27	Trace Bundy	30	89	65	52	74	49	121	20989
28	Billy McLaughlin	29	83	52	13	91	16	113	8466
29	Laurence Juber	28	82	44	20	88	43	122	6618
30	Pierre Bensusan	28	70	45	18	91	48	109	12442
31	Dylan Ryche	28	80	51	37	61	37	124	6731
32	Tobias Rauscher	28	84	50	43	57	30	126	14902
33	Ewan Dobson	28	85	52	66	75	73	138	21232
34	Stefan Grossman	28	91	48	18	86	92	99	5928
35	Robin Bullock	27	89	41	22	91	51	129	2118
36	Jimmy Wahlsteen	27	85	52	51	69	50	116	7226
37	El McMeen	27	78	41	21	89	60	112	1918
38	Alex de Grassi	27	88	42	18	92	30	114	9377
39	Al Petteway	27	88	43	25	88	46	122	4890
40	Pete Huttlinger	27	87	55	22	93	42	142	2344
41	Marcel Dadi	27	87	54	14	91	79	126	3716
42	Ed Gerhard	27	87	47	17	93	38	129	3297
43	Adam Rafferty	27	31	27	26	66	45	147	9553
44	Doug Smith	26	81	37	20	95	15	135	1043
45	Lawrence Blatt	25	85	45	33	79	31	116	5108
46	Muriel Anderson	25	91	56	9	98	33	102	4561
47	Martin Tallstrom	25	89	54	28	93	57	136	2323
48	Peter Finger	25	86	44	29	91	49	118	4133
49	Igor Presnyakov	24	70	59	33	72	44	125	16556
50	Franco Morone	24	84	55	26	83	44	115	4312
51	Ken Bonfield	24	90	32	25	90	47	112	1852
52	Petteri Sariola	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	4883
53	Ernesto Schnack	24	90	45	25	70	16	114	14187
54	Larry Pattis	23	83	40	27	91	35	117	1723
55	Erick Turnbull	23	77	52	45	86	66	109	2151
56	Michael Fix	23	76	59	31	86	29	128	2698
57	Robert Linton	23	91	42	11	94	24	101	1243
58	Jon Gomm	22	58	53	39	56	20	118	18843
59	Donovan Raitt	22	89	54	33	84	52	114	1163
60	Erik Mongrain	21	91	44	31	53	24	121	15652
61	Van Larkins	21	84	55	47	69	46	172	1538
62	Gareth Pearson	21	81	48	42	74	63	125	5333
63	Steve Erquiaga	21	90	49	12	97	29	125	1773
64	Michael Mucklow	21	88	57	11	94	47	99	965
65	Ian Melrose	21	91	32	17	91	34	183	1621
66	John Danley	20	91	32	26	92	25	124	1541
67	Jacques Stotzem	20	91	49	26	79	24	110	4727
68	Justin King	20	89	43	39	72	54	92	4572
69	David Cullen	20	86	82	16	96	17	132	410
70	Jean-Félix Lalanne	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1358
71	Duck Baker	20	85	52	19	87	73	118	2281
72	Daniel Padim	20	88	38	47	73	30	113	3867
73	Chris Proctor	19	88	38	25	90	33	110	2526
74	Kelly Valleau	19	88	51	29	76	20	97	6448
75	Pat Kirtley	19	88	47	20	94	57	103	1584
76	Andreas Heuser	19	96	50	20	97	33	79	344
77	Craig D'Andrea	18	86	43	41	89	56	100	4956
78	Clive Carroll	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1954
79	California Guitar Trio	18	93	42	29	80	39	125	8678
80	Edward Gerhard	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	571
81	Spencer Elliott	18	92	36	43	62	18	92	5107
82	Robert Taylor	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	152
83	Bill Mize	18	33	38	24	89	42	135	530
84	Peter Ciluzzi	18	85	41	20	93	44	80	2643
85	Thomas Leeb	18	85	52	46	46	66	120	5722
86	Preston Reed	18	87	44	46	68	64	123	8811
87	Az Samad	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	659
88	Ben Woolman	17	88	44	36	85	46	114	1946
89	Steve Baughman	17	92	45	23	96	72	118	1520
90	Woody Mann	16	83	56	16	75	89	91	685
91	Tony McManus	16	85	28	41	88	65	151	3862
92	Gordon Giltrap	16	81	39	50	17	27	119	3144
93	Muziek voor Honden	16	89	65	29	65	54	80	46
94	Peter Lang	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1956
95	Stefano Barone	16	84	52	49	41	68	111	2871
96	Doug Young	16	93	33	15	95	47	106	272
97	Doyle Dykes	15	91	38	42	82	35	112	4311
98	Sean Harkness	15	92	55	32	94	33	127	1497
99	David Qualey	14	88	47	22	95	32	148	1302
100	Pat Donohue	14	85	47	36	76	84	119	1736
101	Mike Golay	14	85	47	13	91	29	99	499
102	Beppe Gambetta	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1752
103	Brooks Williams	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2034
104	Peter Janson	12	89	40	12	94	33	111	1239
105	Joseph Spence	12	84	55	40	80	77	135	3606
106	Adrian Legg	12	94	27	39	95	38	125	3617
107	Tim Farrell	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	818
108	Karlijn Langendijk	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	813
109	Peppino D'Agostino	11	92	29	19	91	21	164	3053
110	Michel Haumont	9	90	59	21	96	90	97	365
111	Michael Gulezian	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1769
112	Adrian Bellue	8	83	64	76	44	58	142	1824
113	R.D. King	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	900
114	Eric Lugosch	8	92	61	36	79	89	108	347
115	Michael Chapdelaine	8	93	41	11	95	16	131	999
116	Ian Ethan Case	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2793
117	Michael Waters	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	799
118	Dave Beegle	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	945
119	Eric Tringstad	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	265
120	Richard Gilewitz	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	539
121	Sergio Altamura	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1488
122	Todd Hallawell	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	508
123	Pino Forastiere	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1337
124	Claus Boesser-Ferrari	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	249
125	Mark Hanson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	245
126	Ray Montford	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	704
127	Daniel Voth	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	977
128	Terry Robb	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	666
129	Vicki Genfan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	642
130	Tom Long	2	86	38	24	88	83	105	93
131	Jamie Robertson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	422
132	Teja Gerken	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	194
133	Hunter Van Larkins	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	743
134	Colin Reid	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	186
135	Timo Brauwers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	457
136	Eddie Pennington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	166
137	Ryan Ayers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	385
138	Ronnda Cadle & The String Poets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	179
139	Tracy Moore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25
140	Antonio Calogero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	104
141	Ben Owens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	45
142	Giacomo Fiore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	152
143	Fritz Peischl	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
144	Jaques Stotzem	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	133
145	Dave Keir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33
146	Forastiere	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	352

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