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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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.
| # | name | popularity | followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Enjoy this playlist of popular highlife music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.
