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Genre: highlife

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Highlife music is a genre that originated in West Africa in the early 20th century. It is characterized by its fusion of traditional African rhythms and melodies with Western instruments and harmonies. Highlife music is known for its upbeat and lively tempo, and its lyrics often focus on social issues and everyday life. It has influenced many other genres of music, including Afrobeat and Juju music.


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List of highlife artists

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

#namepopularityfollowers
1 42 58680
2 37 37799
3 29 26576
4 29 14048
5 25 56779
6 24 6263
7 23 9137
8 25 17455
9 20 18931
10 20 24638
11 19 6588
12 17 8195
13 20 5016
14 16 26817
15 19 16149
16 21 16638
17 21 13722
18 20 12254
19 20 10359
20 20 6741
21 18 10804
22 17 6094
23 17 14071
24 13 1866
25 9 4633
26 15 5277
27 15 3083
28 15 4495
29 15 3178
30 14 12540
31 10 9630
32 13 5512
33 5 1217
34 9 2600
35 12 708
36 12 5465
37 12 12688
38 11 1427
39 11 5110
40 11 1129
41 10 1273
42 10 1349
43 9 1410
44 9 746
45 9 1909
46 5 2564
47 8 1151
48 8 10439
49 7 1087
50 7 5740
51 7 225
52 7 1345
53 6 765
54 6 678
55 6 4725
56 1 1193
57 4 388
58 4 481
59 1 716
60 3 2162
61 3 352
62 2 3124
63 2 253
64 2 1388
65 1 287
66 1 216
67 1 622
68 1 1621
69 1 188
70 1 1536

highlife playlist created by Chosic

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