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Genre
irish ballad
Parent Genre: World/Traditional

Top artists of irish ballad genre

The Irish Tenors
John McCormack
Josef Locke
Fred Johnston
Kevin Prendergast
Paddy O'Gorman
Brendan O'Dowda
Sean O'Sé
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Similar Genres to irish ballad

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A look at the history of irish ballad

Lists of irish ballad songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view its songs.

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List of irish ballad artists

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

                                                                                                 
#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
The Irish Tenors
28 1 26 24 95 24 109 11473
2
John McCormack
26 0 44 18 99 43 111 4471
3
Josef Locke
19 2 38 20 96 37 88 1774
4
Fred Johnston
14 11 47 31 77 51 114 39
5
Kevin Prendergast
14 0 56 53 46 73 137 263
6
Paddy O'Gorman
14 9 51 45 61 54 129 253
7
Brendan O'Dowda
14 0 56 30 89 60 105 292
8
Sean O'Sé
9 5 53 24 78 48 125 348
9
Dan Milner
9 0 57 29 80 66 114 216
10
Diarmuid O'Leary & The Bards
9 0 52 21 57 36 115 151
11
Ronan Tynan
9 1 24 34 82 21 97 1398
12
John Kerr
7 1 35 14 89 35 98 385
13
Delia Murphy
7 1 55 25 96 61 114 426
14
Brendan O' Dowda
6 0 55 35 92 64 106 86
15
Jackie O'Brien
5 16 61 45 55 71 105 24
16
Frank Harte/Donal Lunny
5 0 70 9 91 41 88 361
17
The Emerald Isle Singers
4 0 46 37 63 58 127 39
18
Richard Crooks
4 20 34 15 99 28 96 402
19
Eileen Donaghy
4 1 59 27 88 68 121 597
20
Leo McCaffrey
3 0 51 40 74 69 121 169
21
Tara Folk
3 8 47 22 92 49 116 82
22
The Three Irish Tenors
2 4 34 26 88 26 96 1403
23
Sam Hughes
2 71 70 47 25 32 124 61
24
Mick Galvin
2 0 53 28 76 47 126 51
25
Sarah Makem
1 0 49 7 95 27 109 243
26
Dick Cameron
0 0 50 3 93 57 134 13
27
Sidney MacEwan
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
28
Dennis Clancy
0 0 41 34 93 61 139 20
29
Ann Mooney
0 29 51 39 90 60 126 241
30
Al Logan
0 0 53 34 83 65 116 45
31
Tara MacKenzie
0 9 41 17 73 32 115 49
32
Sean Dynes
0 1 45 35 69 50 148 53
33
Margaret McIlhome
0 2 36 2 99 50 121 20
34
Bert Flynn Vocal Group
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
35
Frank Connors
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
36
Geraldine Mulrooney
0 0 60 35 76 57 111 9
37
Harry Plunket Greene
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
38
Cathie Harrop
0 0 52 14 86 40 105 64
39
The Mulrooney Sisters
0 0 50 33 90 38 76 64
40
Far Tulla
0 0 48 15 92 45 131 27
41
Tom Healy
0 0 74 71 70 89 106 2
42
Ann Mulqueen
0 1 40 5 99 64 87 33
43
Liam Devally
0 0 57 15 98 47 99 30
44
Iorras Aithneach
0 0 58 54 39 36 158 5
45
Michael Slattery & The Skye Consort
0 29 18 12 90 25 114 12
46
Phil Tanner
0 0 59 8 99 50 97 37
47
Cathal McCann
0 0 41 33 75 52 107 65
48
Paddy Doran
0 0 61 13 86 71 107 19
49
Peter Tomelty
0 0 39 31 86 38 124 30