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List of funk artists

Here is a list of funk artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the funk genre. You can find out what funk 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	Earth, Wind & Fire	73	5	63	67	27	71	117	3890516
2	Bill Withers	72	6	65	45	46	63	113	1488307
3	Prince	71	6	71	61	21	61	119	6813373
4	Bootsy Collins	69	9	74	69	24	75	115	372520
5	Kool & The Gang	67	11	73	58	18	78	111	2276483
6	Al Green	66	6	66	41	34	64	112	1801705
7	Roger	64	3	77	68	23	75	115	150631
8	Commodores	64	7	61	53	34	52	118	1705627
9	Chaka Khan	63	5	63	66	18	60	111	1498867
10	James Brown	63	10	70	63	30	73	120	2043384
11	The Isley Brothers	62	2	62	63	42	70	122	1697984
12	The Emotions	62	6	67	56	43	79	115	544410
13	The Spinners	61	0	65	57	42	71	128	842420
14	Rick James	60	0	71	74	17	82	118	1115208
15	Sister Sledge	60	0	71	77	19	80	114	588909
16	CHIC	60	15	77	65	12	79	117	661362
17	The O'Jays	59	0	62	64	34	70	120	1144838
18	Curtis Mayfield	59	6	66	64	32	73	116	1027535
19	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	59	3	62	66	43	76	113	267030
20	Teddy Pendergrass	59	1	62	60	36	65	117	1225699
21	Sly & The Family Stone	59	9	70	64	29	73	119	957727
22	Gladys Knight & The Pips	58	2	58	57	35	62	117	1177781
23	Bobby Womack	58	2	59	58	41	68	113	663369
24	War	57	14	69	61	22	70	123	402912
25	Charles Bradley	56	1	52	50	11	48	113	458504
26	Anita Baker	56	0	58	54	50	47	105	1176632
27	George Clinton	56	0	82	65	14	73	122	456819
28	Donny Hathaway	56	4	48	40	65	44	102	537069
29	DeBarge	56	0	67	59	27	68	126	573398
30	Smokey Robinson	55	2	60	51	50	66	122	1161471
31	Patrice Rushen	55	24	81	57	20	81	113	241951
32	Cameo	54	2	79	65	13	80	109	607202
33	The Gap Band	54	4	69	65	14	73	111	988871
34	Mayer Hawthorne	54	8	73	64	31	70	114	279540
35	Tommy Guerrero	54	80	68	58	45	70	118	147802
36	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	54	0	60	62	32	63	110	543792
37	Dr. John	53	17	60	48	56	63	116	229538
38	Rufus	53	1	82	57	15	86	113	214796
39	Deniece Williams	53	1	63	53	43	65	109	433249
40	Curtis Harding	53	12	60	64	20	63	118	197190
41	The Stylistics	53	0	54	48	60	55	118	790021
42	Parliament	53	3	70	66	28	81	109	763679
43	Funkadelic	53	9	55	67	25	61	119	690399
44	Cheryl Lynn	53	5	72	67	11	78	115	237304
45	El Michels Affair	53	77	60	58	19	47	113	160636
46	Minnie Riperton	53	1	53	47	57	54	113	353049
47	The Sugarhill Gang	52	0	86	84	30	65	110	327879
48	Shalamar	52	2	75	67	14	82	119	400608
49	The Meters	52	36	66	60	22	76	115	255010
50	The Whispers	52	2	70	63	19	77	113	609435
51	The Brothers Johnson	52	10	76	66	23	74	109	379192
52	Gil Scott-Heron	52	2	62	48	62	59	124	297731
53	Zapp	52	3	77	64	24	74	110	521527
54	Darondo	52	13	67	57	27	69	114	105811
55	The J.B.'s	52	30	72	54	33	81	117	127923
56	Roy Ayers	51	22	62	66	21	75	115	211516
57	The Dramatics	51	0	58	55	39	70	125	350318
58	Marlena Shaw	51	4	53	60	35	54	116	69603
59	Rose Royce	51	0	69	54	31	67	112	441106
60	Evelyn "Champagne" King	51	3	77	66	11	82	120	320864
61	The Manhattans	51	0	58	46	35	58	112	562826
62	Isaac Hayes	51	17	55	56	15	67	118	643949
63	Raphael Saadiq	51	3	71	66	9	59	109	536357
64	Maze	51	89	87	88	63	94	108	466963
65	Shuggie Otis	50	39	62	48	36	65	131	150063
66	Peaches & Herb	50	1	69	57	37	65	111	152909
67	Roy Ayers Ubiquity	50	5	57	66	19	70	125	122358
68	Nick Waterhouse	50	8	63	59	44	71	125	94815
69	The Delfonics	50	5	50	57	61	60	117	497850
70	The Impressions	49	3	55	53	45	65	113	261092
71	Lee Fields	49	8	64	59	54	64	105	43657
72	Ephemerals	49	7	58	57	21	71	109	32584
73	Lady Wray	49	2	61	59	27	63	112	80690
74	Carl Carlton	49	0	82	57	20	75	111	20179
75	Cymande	49	26	68	55	27	73	118	173251
76	Average White Band	49	11	66	67	17	75	110	405909
77	Lee Fields & The Expressions	49	11	61	66	22	69	112	144700
78	Teena Marie	49	0	63	73	24	63	126	578933
79	Heatwave	49	6	66	57	20	65	112	424514
80	Ohio Players	48	4	60	65	22	72	116	638630
81	Alexander O'Neal	48	2	69	67	13	65	109	335199
82	Jeffrey Osborne	48	0	63	60	26	62	100	477211
83	Tower Of Power	48	5	66	72	21	78	117	289676
84	Cody Chesnutt	48	1	61	67	28	70	120	44986
85	L.T.D.	47	5	60	47	43	55	122	308773
86	Stephanie Mills	47	2	71	62	27	77	116	540316
87	Midnight Star	47	4	79	68	8	74	113	424294
88	Rufus & Chaka Khan	46	1	76	61	7	86	114	39618
89	Mary Jane Girls	46	7	76	60	9	81	118	252154
90	Loose Ends	46	3	72	54	28	77	112	223343
91	The Jones Girls	45	2	70	58	37	72	117	111583
92	The Chi-Lites	45	0	56	57	34	63	121	537044
93	Jamie Lidell	45	0	65	56	27	55	123	80302
94	Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band	45	10	68	55	39	74	101	30927
95	Dazz Band	45	3	75	72	19	82	126	306344
96	Rene & Angela	44	0	71	65	21	71	103	196003
97	The S.O.S Band	44	9	72	69	10	73	108	531650
98	One Way	44	0	86	47	24	69	107	177406
99	Change	44	2	78	70	17	81	113	109448
100	The Blackbyrds	44	5	66	61	13	73	105	126067
101	Lakeside	44	1	68	64	23	74	117	304103
102	Mtume	43	7	80	50	25	73	106	224278
103	The Intruders	43	0	46	52	46	64	134	211955
104	Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears	43	18	61	77	6	77	120	90074
105	Tom Browne	43	34	73	72	15	72	108	65918
106	Fatback Band	43	20	71	69	6	76	111	128235
107	Con Funk Shun	43	1	71	53	23	76	132	356840
108	Bloodstone	43	2	53	53	33	60	132	197820
109	Ashford & Simpson	43	10	68	64	21	77	113	443838
110	The Bar-Kays	43	29	78	67	16	88	121	264963
111	The Main Ingredient	43	5	48	56	60	63	130	201590
112	The Time	42	1	71	63	8	67	117	448978
113	Cherrelle	42	1	78	70	16	79	111	194738
114	Club Nouveau	41	0	74	60	13	67	123	158648
115	Eddie Kendricks	41	2	57	61	35	75	115	290172
116	Brick	41	12	76	75	9	89	115	156976
117	D-Train	41	4	76	73	3	81	118	104145
118	Blue Magic	41	1	53	45	55	50	128	223772
119	G.Q.	41	1	67	59	6	81	131	53092
120	Phyllis Hyman	41	0	64	55	30	60	120	312722
121	Saun & Starr	40	0	71	68	30	88	106	10897
122	Yarbrough & Peoples	40	9	76	69	10	79	106	61128
123	Sheila E.	40	10	71	65	10	72	105	316586
124	Kashif	39	5	79	52	11	72	121	143601
125	The Dells	39	0	49	48	42	62	120	256640
126	Melba Moore	39	0	74	67	19	81	117	142689
127	Slave	39	7	70	58	12	76	113	222719
128	David Ruffin	39	0	56	52	35	68	108	216106
129	Betty Davis	39	3	66	67	30	82	122	158961
130	Stacy Lattisaw	38	2	64	57	25	59	120	161449
131	The System	38	1	68	76	8	83	117	77911
132	Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra	38	46	67	75	10	69	99	29581
133	Skyy	37	2	74	67	10	76	117	151597
134	Leon Haywood	36	3	74	59	32	90	102	13835
135	Lafayette Afro Rock Band	36	63	57	80	18	72	120	42834
136	Frankie Smith	35	0	90	57	3	64	118	6700
137	Dyke & The Blazers	35	13	78	59	8	84	116	13161
138	Larry Graham	35	6	65	54	48	56	107	55207
139	Enchantment	35	1	52	61	29	64	121	54607
140	The Moments	35	0	52	52	32	52	127	153078
141	Booker T. Jones	34	63	65	82	6	92	116	18869
142	The Electric Peanut Butter Company	34	78	55	74	2	71	122	24224
143	Eli "Paperboy" Reed	34	1	59	81	21	81	115	25575
144	The Suffers	34	0	66	63	22	68	122	48028
145	Graham Central Station	33	7	71	73	32	77	128	97561
146	Mandrill	33	5	63	67	30	73	108	79177
147	The New Birth	33	10	57	58	38	69	121	133117
148	Michael Henderson	32	2	59	61	24	50	105	61581
149	B.T. Express	31	8	73	77	8	83	119	119877
150	Brass Construction	31	19	71	73	11	73	110	122546
151	Norman Connors	31	11	55	68	25	67	120	55042
152	Morris Day	30	1	71	64	11	71	117	206088
153	O'Bryan	30	6	75	60	39	69	117	54104
154	Instant Funk	27	11	72	80	3	69	121	56099
155	Mass Production	26	8	66	58	25	76	117	53178
156	JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound	26	0	59	63	33	67	133	19014
157	Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame	25	0	79	48	12	72	109	1536
158	Kings Go Forth	23	0	58	78	25	80	75	3450
159	Larry Graham & Graham Central Station	21	8	68	65	38	73	141	25495
160	P-Funk All Stars	21	5	74	75	18	80	113	106419
161	Wah Wah Watson	20	19	62	65	16	68	121	3738
162	Charles Wright	17	0	87	56	3	89	88	4039
163	George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars	16	11	56	85	15	56	113	56062
164	George Smallwood	12	0	85	44	26	63	126	1380

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