Folk music is a genre that is characterized by its simplicity and authenticity. It often features acoustic instruments and focuses on storytelling through lyrics. The genre has roots in traditional music from various cultures and has evolved over time to include elements of rock and pop. Folk music is known for its social and political commentary, as well as its ability to evoke emotions and connect with listeners on a personal level.
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
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1 | 72 | 3 | 45 | 34 | 68 | 48 | 111 | 4637760 | |
2 | 72 | 4 | 56 | 53 | 46 | 59 | 119 | 2842116 | |
3 | 71 | 1 | 53 | 47 | 54 | 54 | 123 | 6129547 | |
4 | 70 | 2 | 56 | 46 | 52 | 54 | 124 | 1712477 | |
5 | 70 | 0 | 67 | 33 | 53 | 48 | 117 | 1459907 | |
6 | 69 | 3 | 62 | 48 | 59 | 59 | 116 | 2107139 | |
7 | 68 | 0 | 51 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 119 | 1545332 | |
8 | 68 | 1 | 60 | 36 | 52 | 50 | 107 | 2341044 | |
9 | 68 | 1 | 45 | 30 | 69 | 51 | 119 | 1857008 | |
10 | 67 | 2 | 57 | 40 | 57 | 55 | 110 | 764548 | |
11 | 67 | 0 | 60 | 43 | 70 | 72 | 127 | 1229119 | |
12 | 66 | 0 | 50 | 46 | 51 | 34 | 120 | 741619 | |
13 | 64 | 8 | 46 | 41 | 51 | 29 | 117 | 1279178 | |
14 | 64 | 1 | 47 | 33 | 64 | 44 | 116 | 866714 | |
15 | 63 | 1 | 49 | 33 | 54 | 45 | 120 | 821806 | |
16 | 63 | 0 | 55 | 46 | 48 | 51 | 119 | 1018963 | |
17 | 62 | 0 | 56 | 51 | 40 | 50 | 122 | 1230568 | |
18 | 62 | 2 | 58 | 42 | 64 | 58 | 118 | 1385725 | |
19 | 62 | 7 | 53 | 46 | 48 | 62 | 122 | 735276 | |
20 | 62 | 1 | 51 | 24 | 66 | 37 | 116 | 70962 | |
21 | 61 | 6 | 51 | 58 | 31 | 63 | 136 | 264737 | |
22 | 61 | 45 | 54 | 26 | 77 | 40 | 115 | 720144 | |
23 | 60 | 0 | 51 | 34 | 58 | 45 | 124 | 1764436 | |
24 | 60 | 4 | 53 | 67 | 30 | 61 | 121 | 1010980 | |
25 | 60 | 0 | 52 | 23 | 83 | 35 | 128 | 341328 | |
26 | 60 | 1 | 52 | 43 | 49 | 52 | 120 | 334094 | |
27 | 60 | 1 | 57 | 37 | 57 | 62 | 130 | 493293 | |
28 | 60 | 7 | 53 | 36 | 58 | 53 | 114 | 439875 | |
29 | 59 | 8 | 52 | 37 | 74 | 46 | 111 | 1280354 | |
30 | 59 | 2 | 58 | 43 | 54 | 52 | 114 | 637966 | |
31 | 58 | 1 | 47 | 39 | 54 | 50 | 126 | 1538782 | |
32 | 58 | 9 | 56 | 52 | 43 | 69 | 120 | 464627 | |
33 | 57 | 1 | 50 | 54 | 23 | 44 | 111 | 210167 | |
34 | 57 | 0 | 49 | 64 | 37 | 54 | 117 | 488075 | |
35 | 57 | 10 | 54 | 38 | 53 | 55 | 113 | 660440 | |
36 | 57 | 6 | 47 | 58 | 35 | 64 | 121 | 918392 | |
37 | 56 | 6 | 56 | 58 | 30 | 68 | 126 | 415645 | |
38 | 56 | 3 | 59 | 56 | 37 | 62 | 122 | 201939 | |
39 | 56 | 1 | 51 | 22 | 70 | 46 | 116 | 681904 | |
40 | 55 | 1 | 55 | 23 | 84 | 42 | 92 | 31031 | |
41 | 55 | 0 | 54 | 33 | 53 | 43 | 118 | 191958 | |
42 | 55 | 5 | 59 | 54 | 38 | 60 | 114 | 382569 | |
43 | 54 | 1 | 45 | 25 | 66 | 40 | 118 | 597569 | |
44 | 54 | 1 | 61 | 64 | 26 | 61 | 132 | 123050 | |
45 | 54 | 4 | 67 | 50 | 50 | 70 | 120 | 195218 | |
46 | 54 | 0 | 53 | 33 | 82 | 49 | 99 | 1292774 | |
47 | 54 | 0 | 48 | 38 | 41 | 38 | 118 | 375575 | |
48 | 53 | 0 | 54 | 29 | 73 | 50 | 113 | 307056 | |
49 | 53 | 6 | 56 | 36 | 52 | 38 | 125 | 385418 | |
50 | 53 | 0 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 48 | 114 | 311927 | |
51 | 53 | 12 | 68 | 33 | 55 | 37 | 108 | 81461 | |
52 | 53 | 3 | 54 | 48 | 33 | 40 | 119 | 49485 | |
53 | 53 | 0 | 55 | 61 | 32 | 62 | 125 | 372129 | |
54 | 53 | 3 | 47 | 69 | 18 | 52 | 119 | 202777 | |
55 | 53 | 2 | 59 | 48 | 49 | 53 | 120 | 165487 | |
56 | 53 | 0 | 57 | 25 | 80 | 36 | 120 | 135333 | |
57 | 52 | 4 | 53 | 51 | 40 | 64 | 132 | 448720 | |
58 | 52 | 1 | 54 | 46 | 38 | 45 | 114 | 226638 | |
59 | 51 | 1 | 58 | 26 | 75 | 38 | 117 | 210563 | |
60 | 51 | 0 | 46 | 32 | 77 | 32 | 127 | 85158 | |
61 | 51 | 1 | 48 | 33 | 76 | 33 | 114 | 56134 | |
62 | 51 | 13 | 60 | 37 | 52 | 62 | 114 | 288631 | |
63 | 51 | 1 | 50 | 40 | 61 | 42 | 113 | 327361 | |
64 | 50 | 6 | 54 | 52 | 37 | 55 | 120 | 273238 | |
65 | 50 | 4 | 57 | 39 | 51 | 49 | 115 | 182154 | |
66 | 50 | 2 | 59 | 50 | 57 | 58 | 126 | 196268 | |
67 | 49 | 1 | 45 | 41 | 46 | 28 | 123 | 359653 | |
68 | 49 | 1 | 62 | 54 | 42 | 61 | 127 | 89399 | |
69 | 49 | 13 | 53 | 29 | 86 | 72 | 120 | 96777 | |
70 | 49 | 0 | 62 | 41 | 40 | 49 | 127 | 251038 | |
71 | 49 | 2 | 57 | 54 | 40 | 58 | 119 | 57099 | |
72 | 49 | 0 | 43 | 55 | 47 | 34 | 126 | 209845 | |
73 | 49 | 10 | 54 | 23 | 84 | 46 | 119 | 81265 | |
74 | 49 | 2 | 45 | 56 | 30 | 53 | 110 | 553781 | |
75 | 49 | 0 | 66 | 45 | 43 | 64 | 114 | 163491 | |
76 | 48 | 5 | 56 | 37 | 63 | 48 | 110 | 86798 | |
77 | 48 | 5 | 51 | 43 | 59 | 40 | 132 | 157202 | |
78 | 48 | 6 | 49 | 30 | 42 | 32 | 120 | 173272 | |
79 | 48 | 0 | 54 | 20 | 86 | 29 | 114 | 139074 | |
80 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 54 | 51 | 50 | 115 | 129510 | |
81 | 48 | 1 | 62 | 39 | 50 | 42 | 117 | 50090 | |
82 | 48 | 2 | 43 | 32 | 65 | 39 | 113 | 524238 | |
83 | 47 | 0 | 48 | 27 | 73 | 27 | 116 | 47545 | |
84 | 47 | 0 | 55 | 27 | 73 | 47 | 118 | 74787 | |
85 | 47 | 0 | 53 | 47 | 42 | 62 | 117 | 245346 | |
86 | 47 | 0 | 44 | 32 | 75 | 33 | 118 | 148485 | |
87 | 47 | 16 | 59 | 36 | 58 | 52 | 112 | 119427 | |
88 | 46 | 1 | 58 | 23 | 77 | 52 | 102 | 48769 | |
89 | 46 | 0 | 57 | 26 | 54 | 35 | 110 | 179506 | |
90 | 46 | 0 | 39 | 23 | 82 | 32 | 110 | 234386 | |
91 | 46 | 0 | 60 | 31 | 69 | 46 | 111 | 124829 | |
92 | 46 | 0 | 49 | 44 | 39 | 51 | 127 | 30082 | |
93 | 46 | 18 | 55 | 45 | 54 | 51 | 118 | 55092 | |
94 | 45 | 1 | 56 | 32 | 51 | 47 | 123 | 214357 | |
95 | 44 | 10 | 48 | 53 | 43 | 50 | 107 | 560906 | |
96 | 44 | 0 | 54 | 32 | 67 | 34 | 109 | 44735 | |
97 | 44 | 1 | 55 | 35 | 62 | 51 | 120 | 74265 | |
98 | 44 | 0 | 55 | 39 | 46 | 35 | 123 | 58727 | |
99 | 44 | 1 | 53 | 38 | 58 | 41 | 109 | 126661 | |
100 | 44 | 0 | 51 | 24 | 79 | 46 | 99 | 101111 | |
101 | 44 | 1 | 61 | 57 | 32 | 72 | 119 | 37655 | |
102 | 44 | 0 | 52 | 26 | 73 | 34 | 107 | 140688 | |
103 | 44 | 21 | 46 | 31 | 78 | 37 | 117 | 122879 | |
104 | 44 | 5 | 55 | 49 | 64 | 59 | 117 | 115913 | |
105 | 44 | 1 | 55 | 61 | 24 | 51 | 115 | 111983 | |
106 | 43 | 13 | 42 | 37 | 52 | 41 | 129 | 109897 | |
107 | 43 | 1 | 55 | 31 | 90 | 62 | 114 | 157581 | |
108 | 43 | 0 | 52 | 32 | 59 | 50 | 116 | 90173 | |
109 | 43 | 5 | 52 | 49 | 52 | 51 | 125 | 85348 | |
110 | 43 | 0 | 71 | 11 | 87 | 24 | 104 | 77740 | |
111 | 43 | 22 | 64 | 38 | 49 | 51 | 122 | 85935 | |
112 | 43 | 0 | 52 | 33 | 74 | 34 | 116 | 45251 | |
113 | 43 | 3 | 56 | 52 | 62 | 58 | 124 | 140394 | |
114 | 43 | 4 | 42 | 35 | 66 | 38 | 111 | 213051 | |
115 | 42 | 6 | 57 | 46 | 65 | 72 | 114 | 124381 | |
116 | 42 | 3 | 53 | 37 | 72 | 38 | 115 | 107376 | |
117 | 42 | 10 | 53 | 33 | 53 | 32 | 116 | 285529 | |
118 | 42 | 2 | 54 | 43 | 56 | 55 | 115 | 90676 | |
119 | 41 | 5 | 61 | 18 | 94 | 65 | 117 | 174156 | |
120 | 41 | 1 | 55 | 40 | 78 | 46 | 107 | 32859 | |
121 | 41 | 0 | 62 | 71 | 36 | 72 | 123 | 138478 | |
122 | 41 | 20 | 45 | 26 | 87 | 42 | 119 | 80472 | |
123 | 41 | 5 | 47 | 50 | 15 | 55 | 112 | 139027 | |
124 | 41 | 1 | 56 | 27 | 77 | 32 | 114 | 26772 | |
125 | 41 | 0 | 60 | 39 | 69 | 68 | 133 | 103140 | |
126 | 41 | 0 | 48 | 27 | 79 | 26 | 113 | 23254 | |
127 | 40 | 0 | 59 | 33 | 73 | 62 | 111 | 73256 | |
128 | 40 | 0 | 55 | 43 | 47 | 57 | 110 | 129999 | |
129 | 39 | 0 | 54 | 35 | 71 | 46 | 117 | 23575 | |
130 | 39 | 6 | 53 | 16 | 88 | 40 | 115 | 56126 | |
131 | 38 | 2 | 48 | 51 | 39 | 60 | 123 | 44922 | |
132 | 38 | 23 | 60 | 39 | 86 | 63 | 110 | 134771 | |
133 | 38 | 18 | 55 | 52 | 36 | 41 | 114 | 39568 | |
134 | 38 | 3 | 50 | 26 | 70 | 31 | 126 | 43009 | |
135 | 37 | 0 | 52 | 47 | 50 | 45 | 119 | 55396 | |
136 | 37 | 8 | 60 | 31 | 49 | 54 | 105 | 29252 | |
137 | 37 | 0 | 54 | 23 | 79 | 49 | 115 | 53029 | |
138 | 36 | 1 | 55 | 61 | 14 | 76 | 119 | 95877 | |
139 | 36 | 0 | 52 | 36 | 65 | 33 | 107 | 19503 | |
140 | 36 | 7 | 59 | 33 | 67 | 46 | 111 | 35039 | |
141 | 36 | 0 | 49 | 46 | 44 | 31 | 119 | 26273 | |
142 | 35 | 17 | 53 | 29 | 70 | 48 | 121 | 30168 | |
143 | 35 | 0 | 58 | 33 | 74 | 65 | 116 | 42076 | |
144 | 35 | 0 | 41 | 42 | 77 | 56 | 114 | 63133 | |
145 | 35 | 0 | 55 | 40 | 51 | 47 | 109 | 22311 | |
146 | 34 | 1 | 52 | 33 | 62 | 49 | 126 | 53630 | |
147 | 34 | 4 | 55 | 53 | 24 | 49 | 116 | 33865 | |
148 | 34 | 3 | 54 | 35 | 57 | 60 | 120 | 39508 | |
149 | 33 | 1 | 54 | 22 | 78 | 62 | 111 | 28986 | |
150 | 33 | 1 | 62 | 36 | 60 | 59 | 130 | 13929 | |
151 | 33 | 1 | 57 | 45 | 46 | 42 | 103 | 35263 | |
152 | 33 | 0 | 53 | 34 | 71 | 50 | 115 | 42781 | |
153 | 33 | 11 | 62 | 57 | 30 | 57 | 106 | 17603 | |
154 | 32 | 31 | 42 | 22 | 74 | 25 | 118 | 55075 | |
155 | 32 | 6 | 60 | 56 | 43 | 61 | 122 | 48265 | |
156 | 31 | 1 | 47 | 28 | 82 | 44 | 123 | 23487 | |
157 | 31 | 1 | 51 | 59 | 19 | 51 | 119 | 36795 | |
158 | 31 | 0 | 58 | 35 | 50 | 53 | 109 | 44826 | |
159 | 31 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 85 | 34 | 129 | 19485 | |
160 | 31 | 2 | 56 | 55 | 45 | 65 | 117 | 20876 | |
161 | 30 | 0 | 58 | 27 | 77 | 21 | 109 | 216675 | |
162 | 30 | 7 | 53 | 29 | 53 | 38 | 75 | 12387 | |
163 | 30 | 11 | 57 | 29 | 70 | 40 | 101 | 26073 | |
164 | 29 | 1 | 60 | 18 | 82 | 38 | 130 | 17660 | |
165 | 28 | 10 | 56 | 38 | 62 | 51 | 124 | 30004 | |
166 | 27 | 0 | 51 | 33 | 78 | 38 | 128 | 15231 | |
167 | 27 | 8 | 51 | 53 | 47 | 45 | 124 | 16924 | |
168 | 26 | 0 | 50 | 36 | 76 | 61 | 122 | 23601 | |
169 | 26 | 0 | 52 | 36 | 80 | 50 | 113 | 13756 | |
170 | 25 | 19 | 38 | 58 | 30 | 35 | 138 | 9552 | |
171 | 25 | 0 | 52 | 41 | 49 | 42 | 131 | 15612 | |
172 | 25 | 0 | 54 | 55 | 25 | 44 | 114 | 10839 | |
173 | 25 | 1 | 58 | 36 | 89 | 64 | 114 | 14384 | |
174 | 24 | 0 | 56 | 35 | 63 | 37 | 110 | 17097 | |
175 | 23 | 0 | 49 | 38 | 59 | 37 | 126 | 11586 | |
176 | 22 | 0 | 50 | 27 | 73 | 38 | 115 | 11860 | |
177 | 22 | 0 | 50 | 32 | 65 | 38 | 113 | 10372 | |
178 | 21 | 0 | 60 | 42 | 71 | 43 | 109 | 8593 | |
179 | 20 | 31 | 50 | 23 | 74 | 31 | 112 | 10048 | |
180 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5229 | |
181 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5216 | |
182 | 16 | 0 | 60 | 46 | 40 | 47 | 108 | 10001 |