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Genre
idol
Parent Genre: pop

Idol music is a genre that originated from reality television singing competitions. It is characterized by powerful vocals, catchy melodies, and emotional lyrics that often touch on themes of love, heartbreak, and personal growth. The genre is known for producing talented and charismatic performers who captivate audiences with their stage presence and showmanship. The music often incorporates elements of pop, rock, and R&B, and is designed to appeal to a wide range of listeners.


Top artists of idol genre

Adam Lambert
Haley Reinhart
Danny Gokey
David Archuleta
Katharine McPhee
Ryan Cabrera
Nick Lachey
Jordan Smith
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idol music timeline

Explore idol history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.

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Similar Genres to idol

Discover more related genres to idol genre. This list is ordered by similarity from left to right.

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idol playlist created by Chosic

Enjoy this playlist of popular idol music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.

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List of idol artists

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

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Adam Lambert
62 0 54 73 14 46 123 1501547
2
Haley Reinhart
62 0 57 41 62 37 107 311382
3
Danny Gokey
58 0 58 72 22 51 125 343411
4
David Archuleta
54 0 55 59 24 42 115 525858
5
Katharine McPhee
50 0 54 52 39 37 104 194771
6
Ryan Cabrera
45 0 46 76 15 47 122 87544
7
Nick Lachey
43 0 39 34 58 28 122 201683
8
Jordan Smith
42 0 41 51 46 25 120 89821
9
David Cook
42 0 46 80 7 35 137 308416
10
Kris Allen
42 0 58 63 24 51 111 161740
11
Elliott Yamin
42 0 59 60 23 51 119 117050
12
Casey Abrams
41 26 64 35 54 50 97 66157
13
Maddie Poppe
40 0 62 52 53 41 117 54077
14
Jennifer Love Hewitt
40 0 63 63 34 57 121 327212
15
Lee DeWyze
40 8 52 55 37 36 122 64958
16
Ashthon Jones
38 0 0 0 0 0 0 802
17
Jessica Sanchez
37 0 56 64 14 40 107 34916
18
Nick Carter
37 0 61 71 18 55 128 223814
19
Joey McIntyre
36 0 62 59 31 42 108 77142
20
Constantine Maroulis
35 0 0 0 0 0 0 2578
21
Pia Toscano
34 0 38 50 45 25 126 19147
22
Clay Aiken
33 0 50 58 37 30 109 61305
23
Andrew Garcia
31 0 58 46 27 42 134 21892
24
Jordan Knight
29 0 62 76 4 54 125 97252
25
Brooke White
29 0 68 69 69 94 88 10704
26
Paul McDonald
28 0 55 46 42 35 130 7823
27
Jason Castro
27 0 56 47 57 47 138 30284
28
Melinda Doolittle
27 0 54 50 27 30 144 3159
29
Chris Richardson
27 0 0 0 0 0 0 4411
30
Taylor Hicks
27 0 52 69 17 56 141 14216
31
Blake Lewis
26 0 67 78 7 57 118 22222
32
Nick Fradiani
26 0 67 59 19 49 123 12609
33
JC Chasez
26 0 77 81 4 80 98 46364
34
Casey James
24 0 55 77 14 61 160 56646
35
Jasmine Trias
24 0 64 52 55 38 129 3460
36
LaToya London
24 0 49 62 23 35 126 3764
37
Jackie Tohn
24 0 0 0 0 0 0 702
38
Allison Iraheta
24 0 54 86 1 59 142 23962
39
Rayvon Owen
22 0 56 58 47 42 103 7014
40
Cheyenne Kimball
22 0 54 93 3 59 150 43969
41
James Durbin
21 0 45 69 25 28 115 44687
42
Vonzell Solomon
21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1687
43
Bo Bice
21 0 48 76 12 37 142 21955
44
Kimberley Locke
20 0 61 77 5 53 115 8943
45
Justin Guarini
20 0 61 51 23 21 91 8582
46
Ferras
20 0 55 31 69 33 105 9305
47
Crystal Bowersox
20 0 58 57 20 44 129 21309
48
Megan Joy
19 0 65 42 8 44 148 8280
49
Joey Lawrence
19 0 66 80 5 72 132 12664
50
Sam Woolf
18 0 66 53 35 29 113 4550
51
Brandon Rogers
18 0 75 72 11 70 110 1090
52
Caleb Johnson
18 0 56 44 29 15 120 8996
53
Thia Megia
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 2024
54
Candice Glover
17 0 46 49 56 18 112 11962
55
Kree Harrison
15 0 54 24 81 18 141 4600
56
Lauren Turner
15 50 66 28 89 50 109 427
57
Platinum Hit Cast
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1650
58
Jena Irene
13 0 54 90 1 44 96 4777
59
Diana DeGarmo
12 1 52 69 22 44 139 7523
60
Scott MacIntyre
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3422
61
Michelle Delamor
11 0 81 76 12 55 101 1039
62
Ace Young
10 0 76 59 11 90 105 3995
63
Joshua Ledet
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4833
64
Jessica Meuse
9 0 88 53 24 65 124 2349
65
Jason Yeager
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 372
66
Jon Peter Lewis
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 718
67
Phil Stacey
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2783
68
Kimberly Caldwell
6 0 66 85 6 69 121 6907
69
David Hernandez
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1175
70
Elise Testone
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3170
71
Hope Partlow
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 22203
72
Josiah Leming
6 0 44 72 22 36 107 4266
73
Michael Johns
4 0 35 62 24 15 172 5000
74
Anthony Fedorov
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 426
75
The Grand Magnolias
4 0 42 81 29 43 160 986
76
American Idol Finalists - Season 4
3 0 38 51 42 12 76 1214
77
RJ Helton
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 628
78
Kara DioGuardi
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4315
79
Tamyra Gray
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1794
80
Karen Rodriguez
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10830
81
Siobhan Magnus
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2042
82
Matt Giraud
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6392
83
Anoop Desai
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1459
84
Malaya Watson
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1142
85
Quentin Alexander
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1002
86
Michael Sarver
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2137
87
Michael Lynche
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1490
88
Alexis Grace
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 662
89
Paris Bennett
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1490
90
Kristen McNamara
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 867
91
Jim Verraros
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 495
92
Melissa McGhee
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 187
93
Tyanna Jones
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 468
94
Carmen Rasmusen
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2570
95
Carly Hennessy
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 318
96
Katie Stevens
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1084
97
Jorge Nunez
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 832
98
Hollie Cavanagh
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 915
99
Amy Davis
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 178
100
Jessica Sierra
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1068
101
Nikki McKibbin
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1172
102
Stevie Scott
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 284
103
Vonzell "Baby V" Solomon
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 342
104
Lisa Leuschner
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 375
105
Aaron Sidwell
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65
106
Nate Marshall
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 234
107
Jermaine Jones
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 281
108
Stephanie Edwards
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 473
109
Skylar Laine
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 778
110
Charles Grigsby
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 317
111
Amanda Overmyer
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 372
112
Kady Malloy
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 221
113
LaKisha Jones
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1559
114
Robbie Carrico
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 211
115
Paul McDonald
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 713
116
Ju'not Joyner
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
117
Lacey Brown
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 425
118
Sanjaya Malakar
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 246
119
Gedeon L. McKinney
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67
120
Celena Rae
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 527
121
Scott Savol
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 286
122
Michael John
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 502
123
Anwar Robinson
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 397
124
Ben Honeycutt
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 377
125
Jermaine Sellers
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 430
126
Kai Kalama
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 321
127
Haeley Vaughn
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 385
128
Brett Loewenstern
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139
129
Naima Adedapo
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1132
130
Nadia Turner
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 588
131
Aaron Kelly
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 895
132
Jacob Lusk
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1247
133
Corey Clark
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 411
134
Nikko Smith
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 328
135
Rachel Zevita
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 187
136
Lindsey Cardinale
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 181
137
Katelyn Epperly
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 252
138
Shannon Magrane
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 406
139
Stefano Langone
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 291
140
Antonella Barba
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 275
141
Jesse Langseth
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
142
Ashley Tucker
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128