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Genre: grunge

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Grunge music is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged in the Pacific Northwest in the mid-1980s. It is characterized by its heavy, distorted guitar sound and angst-filled lyrics that often deal with themes of social alienation and apathy. Grunge music is known for its raw, unpolished sound and DIY ethos, which helped to define the genre's anti-establishment attitude. It gained mainstream popularity in the early 1990s with bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and The Smashing Pumpkins, who helped to bring grunge to a wider audience.


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List of grunge artists

Here is a list of grunge artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the grunge genre. You can find out what grunge genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namepopularityfollowers
1 65 4350989
2 65 3389388
3 51 1486909
4 69 4829034
5 59 1817469
6 65 4218609
7 52 1379347
8 56 2094805
9 72 8529166
10 70 4826072
11 69 3403356
12 56 1215773
13 57 1065656
14 51 518311
15 58 1169318
16 52 1212340
17 48 294022
18 54 1104743
19 52 599257
20 47 373139
21 56 892665
22 52 413045
23 46 588575
24 51 861862
25 46 289627
26 47 385630
27 79 18615839
28 47 212042
29 47 333277
30 37 89900
31 55 600629
32 58 1086820
33 45 303327
34 43 257276
35 31 85906
36 41 275469
37 58 765145
38 39 289324
39 40 340420
40 47 461361
41 42 271916
42 42 316347
43 59 1552155
44 38 120346
45 23 46300
46 25 29286
47 48 763885
48 25 23838
49 24 30687
50 22 15021
51 22 35224
52 35 142772
53 19 15533
54 17 8153
55 33 126292
56 11 3100
57 14 8576
58 13 9464
59 11 5645
60 30 87268
61 9 2602
62 29 56134
63 8 2088
64 9 2441
65 8 8718
66 8 6126
67 12 5211
68 22 30506
69 7 2109
70 11 7069
71 3 1303
72 21 24543
73 18 10726
74 26 10745
75 5 6482
76 25 133466
77 4 1401
78 23 46254
79 20 12409
80 3 2078
81 22 12187
82 15 9933
83 15 4500
84 15 8704
85 11 2206
86 9 2312
87 8 3666
88 7 6411
89 7 5131
90 6 1797
91 4 2754
92 4 2377
93 3 2077
94 2 5413

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