Funk music is a genre that originated in the 1960s and 70s, characterized by a strong bassline, syncopated rhythms, and a focus on groove and danceability. It often incorporates elements of soul, jazz, and R&B, and is known for its use of horns, keyboards, and electric guitars. Funk music has been influential in the development of hip hop and electronic dance music.
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
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1 | 73 | 5 | 63 | 67 | 27 | 71 | 117 | 3890516 | |
2 | 72 | 6 | 65 | 45 | 46 | 63 | 113 | 1488307 | |
3 | 71 | 6 | 71 | 61 | 21 | 61 | 119 | 6813373 | |
4 | 69 | 9 | 74 | 69 | 24 | 75 | 115 | 372520 | |
5 | 67 | 11 | 73 | 58 | 18 | 78 | 111 | 2276483 | |
6 | 66 | 6 | 66 | 41 | 34 | 64 | 112 | 1801705 | |
7 | 64 | 3 | 77 | 68 | 23 | 75 | 115 | 150631 | |
8 | 64 | 7 | 61 | 53 | 34 | 52 | 118 | 1705627 | |
9 | 63 | 5 | 63 | 66 | 18 | 60 | 111 | 1498867 | |
10 | 63 | 10 | 70 | 63 | 30 | 73 | 120 | 2043384 | |
11 | 62 | 2 | 62 | 63 | 42 | 70 | 122 | 1697984 | |
12 | 62 | 6 | 67 | 56 | 43 | 79 | 115 | 544410 | |
13 | 61 | 0 | 65 | 57 | 42 | 71 | 128 | 842420 | |
14 | 60 | 0 | 71 | 74 | 17 | 82 | 118 | 1115208 | |
15 | 60 | 0 | 71 | 77 | 19 | 80 | 114 | 588909 | |
16 | 60 | 15 | 77 | 65 | 12 | 79 | 117 | 661362 | |
17 | 59 | 0 | 62 | 64 | 34 | 70 | 120 | 1144838 | |
18 | 59 | 6 | 66 | 64 | 32 | 73 | 116 | 1027535 | |
19 | 59 | 3 | 62 | 66 | 43 | 76 | 113 | 267030 | |
20 | 59 | 1 | 62 | 60 | 36 | 65 | 117 | 1225699 | |
21 | 59 | 9 | 70 | 64 | 29 | 73 | 119 | 957727 | |
22 | 58 | 2 | 58 | 57 | 35 | 62 | 117 | 1177781 | |
23 | 58 | 2 | 59 | 58 | 41 | 68 | 113 | 663369 | |
24 | 57 | 14 | 69 | 61 | 22 | 70 | 123 | 402912 | |
25 | 56 | 1 | 52 | 50 | 11 | 48 | 113 | 458504 | |
26 | 56 | 0 | 58 | 54 | 50 | 47 | 105 | 1176632 | |
27 | 56 | 0 | 82 | 65 | 14 | 73 | 122 | 456819 | |
28 | 56 | 4 | 48 | 40 | 65 | 44 | 102 | 537069 | |
29 | 56 | 0 | 67 | 59 | 27 | 68 | 126 | 573398 | |
30 | 55 | 2 | 60 | 51 | 50 | 66 | 122 | 1161471 | |
31 | 55 | 24 | 81 | 57 | 20 | 81 | 113 | 241951 | |
32 | 54 | 2 | 79 | 65 | 13 | 80 | 109 | 607202 | |
33 | 54 | 4 | 69 | 65 | 14 | 73 | 111 | 988871 | |
34 | 54 | 8 | 73 | 64 | 31 | 70 | 114 | 279540 | |
35 | 54 | 80 | 68 | 58 | 45 | 70 | 118 | 147802 | |
36 | 54 | 0 | 60 | 62 | 32 | 63 | 110 | 543792 | |
37 | 53 | 17 | 60 | 48 | 56 | 63 | 116 | 229538 | |
38 | 53 | 1 | 82 | 57 | 15 | 86 | 113 | 214796 | |
39 | 53 | 1 | 63 | 53 | 43 | 65 | 109 | 433249 | |
40 | 53 | 12 | 60 | 64 | 20 | 63 | 118 | 197190 | |
41 | 53 | 0 | 54 | 48 | 60 | 55 | 118 | 790021 | |
42 | 53 | 3 | 70 | 66 | 28 | 81 | 109 | 763679 | |
43 | 53 | 9 | 55 | 67 | 25 | 61 | 119 | 690399 | |
44 | 53 | 5 | 72 | 67 | 11 | 78 | 115 | 237304 | |
45 | 53 | 77 | 60 | 58 | 19 | 47 | 113 | 160636 | |
46 | 53 | 1 | 53 | 47 | 57 | 54 | 113 | 353049 | |
47 | 52 | 0 | 86 | 84 | 30 | 65 | 110 | 327879 | |
48 | 52 | 2 | 75 | 67 | 14 | 82 | 119 | 400608 | |
49 | 52 | 36 | 66 | 60 | 22 | 76 | 115 | 255010 | |
50 | 52 | 2 | 70 | 63 | 19 | 77 | 113 | 609435 | |
51 | 52 | 10 | 76 | 66 | 23 | 74 | 109 | 379192 | |
52 | 52 | 2 | 62 | 48 | 62 | 59 | 124 | 297731 | |
53 | 52 | 3 | 77 | 64 | 24 | 74 | 110 | 521527 | |
54 | 52 | 13 | 67 | 57 | 27 | 69 | 114 | 105811 | |
55 | 52 | 30 | 72 | 54 | 33 | 81 | 117 | 127923 | |
56 | 51 | 22 | 62 | 66 | 21 | 75 | 115 | 211516 | |
57 | 51 | 0 | 58 | 55 | 39 | 70 | 125 | 350318 | |
58 | 51 | 4 | 53 | 60 | 35 | 54 | 116 | 69603 | |
59 | 51 | 0 | 69 | 54 | 31 | 67 | 112 | 441106 | |
60 | 51 | 3 | 77 | 66 | 11 | 82 | 120 | 320864 | |
61 | 51 | 0 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 58 | 112 | 562826 | |
62 | 51 | 17 | 55 | 56 | 15 | 67 | 118 | 643949 | |
63 | 51 | 3 | 71 | 66 | 9 | 59 | 109 | 536357 | |
64 | 51 | 89 | 87 | 88 | 63 | 94 | 108 | 466963 | |
65 | 50 | 39 | 62 | 48 | 36 | 65 | 131 | 150063 | |
66 | 50 | 1 | 69 | 57 | 37 | 65 | 111 | 152909 | |
67 | 50 | 5 | 57 | 66 | 19 | 70 | 125 | 122358 | |
68 | 50 | 8 | 63 | 59 | 44 | 71 | 125 | 94815 | |
69 | 50 | 5 | 50 | 57 | 61 | 60 | 117 | 497850 | |
70 | 49 | 3 | 55 | 53 | 45 | 65 | 113 | 261092 | |
71 | 49 | 8 | 64 | 59 | 54 | 64 | 105 | 43657 | |
72 | 49 | 7 | 58 | 57 | 21 | 71 | 109 | 32584 | |
73 | 49 | 2 | 61 | 59 | 27 | 63 | 112 | 80690 | |
74 | 49 | 0 | 82 | 57 | 20 | 75 | 111 | 20179 | |
75 | 49 | 26 | 68 | 55 | 27 | 73 | 118 | 173251 | |
76 | 49 | 11 | 66 | 67 | 17 | 75 | 110 | 405909 | |
77 | 49 | 11 | 61 | 66 | 22 | 69 | 112 | 144700 | |
78 | 49 | 0 | 63 | 73 | 24 | 63 | 126 | 578933 | |
79 | 49 | 6 | 66 | 57 | 20 | 65 | 112 | 424514 | |
80 | 48 | 4 | 60 | 65 | 22 | 72 | 116 | 638630 | |
81 | 48 | 2 | 69 | 67 | 13 | 65 | 109 | 335199 | |
82 | 48 | 0 | 63 | 60 | 26 | 62 | 100 | 477211 | |
83 | 48 | 5 | 66 | 72 | 21 | 78 | 117 | 289676 | |
84 | 48 | 1 | 61 | 67 | 28 | 70 | 120 | 44986 | |
85 | 47 | 5 | 60 | 47 | 43 | 55 | 122 | 308773 | |
86 | 47 | 2 | 71 | 62 | 27 | 77 | 116 | 540316 | |
87 | 47 | 4 | 79 | 68 | 8 | 74 | 113 | 424294 | |
88 | 46 | 1 | 76 | 61 | 7 | 86 | 114 | 39618 | |
89 | 46 | 7 | 76 | 60 | 9 | 81 | 118 | 252154 | |
90 | 46 | 3 | 72 | 54 | 28 | 77 | 112 | 223343 | |
91 | 45 | 2 | 70 | 58 | 37 | 72 | 117 | 111583 | |
92 | 45 | 0 | 56 | 57 | 34 | 63 | 121 | 537044 | |
93 | 45 | 0 | 65 | 56 | 27 | 55 | 123 | 80302 | |
94 | 45 | 10 | 68 | 55 | 39 | 74 | 101 | 30927 | |
95 | 45 | 3 | 75 | 72 | 19 | 82 | 126 | 306344 | |
96 | 44 | 0 | 71 | 65 | 21 | 71 | 103 | 196003 | |
97 | 44 | 9 | 72 | 69 | 10 | 73 | 108 | 531650 | |
98 | 44 | 0 | 86 | 47 | 24 | 69 | 107 | 177406 | |
99 | 44 | 2 | 78 | 70 | 17 | 81 | 113 | 109448 | |
100 | 44 | 5 | 66 | 61 | 13 | 73 | 105 | 126067 | |
101 | 44 | 1 | 68 | 64 | 23 | 74 | 117 | 304103 | |
102 | 43 | 7 | 80 | 50 | 25 | 73 | 106 | 224278 | |
103 | 43 | 0 | 46 | 52 | 46 | 64 | 134 | 211955 | |
104 | 43 | 18 | 61 | 77 | 6 | 77 | 120 | 90074 | |
105 | 43 | 34 | 73 | 72 | 15 | 72 | 108 | 65918 | |
106 | 43 | 20 | 71 | 69 | 6 | 76 | 111 | 128235 | |
107 | 43 | 1 | 71 | 53 | 23 | 76 | 132 | 356840 | |
108 | 43 | 2 | 53 | 53 | 33 | 60 | 132 | 197820 | |
109 | 43 | 10 | 68 | 64 | 21 | 77 | 113 | 443838 | |
110 | 43 | 29 | 78 | 67 | 16 | 88 | 121 | 264963 | |
111 | 43 | 5 | 48 | 56 | 60 | 63 | 130 | 201590 | |
112 | 42 | 1 | 71 | 63 | 8 | 67 | 117 | 448978 | |
113 | 42 | 1 | 78 | 70 | 16 | 79 | 111 | 194738 | |
114 | 41 | 0 | 74 | 60 | 13 | 67 | 123 | 158648 | |
115 | 41 | 2 | 57 | 61 | 35 | 75 | 115 | 290172 | |
116 | 41 | 12 | 76 | 75 | 9 | 89 | 115 | 156976 | |
117 | 41 | 4 | 76 | 73 | 3 | 81 | 118 | 104145 | |
118 | 41 | 1 | 53 | 45 | 55 | 50 | 128 | 223772 | |
119 | 41 | 1 | 67 | 59 | 6 | 81 | 131 | 53092 | |
120 | 41 | 0 | 64 | 55 | 30 | 60 | 120 | 312722 | |
121 | 40 | 0 | 71 | 68 | 30 | 88 | 106 | 10897 | |
122 | 40 | 9 | 76 | 69 | 10 | 79 | 106 | 61128 | |
123 | 40 | 10 | 71 | 65 | 10 | 72 | 105 | 316586 | |
124 | 39 | 5 | 79 | 52 | 11 | 72 | 121 | 143601 | |
125 | 39 | 0 | 49 | 48 | 42 | 62 | 120 | 256640 | |
126 | 39 | 0 | 74 | 67 | 19 | 81 | 117 | 142689 | |
127 | 39 | 7 | 70 | 58 | 12 | 76 | 113 | 222719 | |
128 | 39 | 0 | 56 | 52 | 35 | 68 | 108 | 216106 | |
129 | 39 | 3 | 66 | 67 | 30 | 82 | 122 | 158961 | |
130 | 38 | 2 | 64 | 57 | 25 | 59 | 120 | 161449 | |
131 | 38 | 1 | 68 | 76 | 8 | 83 | 117 | 77911 | |
132 | 38 | 46 | 67 | 75 | 10 | 69 | 99 | 29581 | |
133 | 37 | 2 | 74 | 67 | 10 | 76 | 117 | 151597 | |
134 | 36 | 3 | 74 | 59 | 32 | 90 | 102 | 13835 | |
135 | 36 | 63 | 57 | 80 | 18 | 72 | 120 | 42834 | |
136 | 35 | 0 | 90 | 57 | 3 | 64 | 118 | 6700 | |
137 | 35 | 13 | 78 | 59 | 8 | 84 | 116 | 13161 | |
138 | 35 | 6 | 65 | 54 | 48 | 56 | 107 | 55207 | |
139 | 35 | 1 | 52 | 61 | 29 | 64 | 121 | 54607 | |
140 | 35 | 0 | 52 | 52 | 32 | 52 | 127 | 153078 | |
141 | 34 | 63 | 65 | 82 | 6 | 92 | 116 | 18869 | |
142 | 34 | 78 | 55 | 74 | 2 | 71 | 122 | 24224 | |
143 | 34 | 1 | 59 | 81 | 21 | 81 | 115 | 25575 | |
144 | 34 | 0 | 66 | 63 | 22 | 68 | 122 | 48028 | |
145 | 33 | 7 | 71 | 73 | 32 | 77 | 128 | 97561 | |
146 | 33 | 5 | 63 | 67 | 30 | 73 | 108 | 79177 | |
147 | 33 | 10 | 57 | 58 | 38 | 69 | 121 | 133117 | |
148 | 32 | 2 | 59 | 61 | 24 | 50 | 105 | 61581 | |
149 | 31 | 8 | 73 | 77 | 8 | 83 | 119 | 119877 | |
150 | 31 | 19 | 71 | 73 | 11 | 73 | 110 | 122546 | |
151 | 31 | 11 | 55 | 68 | 25 | 67 | 120 | 55042 | |
152 | 30 | 1 | 71 | 64 | 11 | 71 | 117 | 206088 | |
153 | 30 | 6 | 75 | 60 | 39 | 69 | 117 | 54104 | |
154 | 27 | 11 | 72 | 80 | 3 | 69 | 121 | 56099 | |
155 | 26 | 8 | 66 | 58 | 25 | 76 | 117 | 53178 | |
156 | 26 | 0 | 59 | 63 | 33 | 67 | 133 | 19014 | |
157 | 25 | 0 | 79 | 48 | 12 | 72 | 109 | 1536 | |
158 | 23 | 0 | 58 | 78 | 25 | 80 | 75 | 3450 | |
159 | 21 | 8 | 68 | 65 | 38 | 73 | 141 | 25495 | |
160 | 21 | 5 | 74 | 75 | 18 | 80 | 113 | 106419 | |
161 | 20 | 19 | 62 | 65 | 16 | 68 | 121 | 3738 | |
162 | 17 | 0 | 87 | 56 | 3 | 89 | 88 | 4039 | |
163 | 16 | 11 | 56 | 85 | 15 | 56 | 113 | 56062 | |
164 | 12 | 0 | 85 | 44 | 26 | 63 | 126 | 1380 |