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Genre
mbalax
Parent Genre: World/Traditional

Mbalax is a popular music genre from Senegal that combines traditional African rhythms with modern instruments such as electric guitars and keyboards. It is characterized by its upbeat tempo, complex percussion patterns, and call-and-response vocals. Mbalax often features lyrics that address social and political issues, as well as themes of love and spirituality. The genre has gained international recognition through the work of its most prominent artists.


Top artists of mbalax genre

Youssou N'Dour
Baaba Maal
Wally B. Seck
Ismaël Lô
Cheikh Lô
Viviane Chidid
Touré Kunda
Titi
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List of mbalax artists

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

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Youssou N'Dour
52 2 65 61 42 64 122 197703
2
Baaba Maal
47 9 54 50 61 53 122 90641
3
Wally B. Seck
40 0 82 49 38 77 100 67447
4
Ismaël Lô
40 0 48 50 49 42 100 81411
5
Cheikh Lô
37 4 62 54 62 70 101 55927
6
Viviane Chidid
36 0 60 86 18 76 126 67423
7
Touré Kunda
34 2 68 63 35 81 110 13655
8
Titi
34 1 68 82 41 76 124 41045
9
Omar Pene
33 4 73 54 61 68 116 38782
10
VJ
32 0 67 37 53 42 166 17389
11
Didier Awadi
32 0 93 76 24 70 130 3706
12
Khassida
32 0 0 0 0 0 0 17952
13
Jeeba
32 0 77 79 51 72 160 33155
14
Sékouba Bambino
31 0 59 72 60 82 101 26673
15
Super Diamono
30 0 0 0 0 0 0 9424
16
Thione Seck
30 1 59 54 34 68 126 51520
17
Baye Mass
29 0 72 56 50 55 90 18348
18
Aïda Samb
29 3 72 71 24 62 135 29769
19
Jahman X-Press
29 0 0 0 0 0 0 33309
20
Pape Diouf
29 0 50 85 24 86 105 31963
21
Bass Thioung
28 1 81 93 49 87 150 21366
22
AMADEUS
28 0 41 44 84 44 116 10018
23
Viviane
28 0 52 72 35 81 113 13816
24
Wasis Diop
27 5 34 31 68 29 68 8019
25
Adiouza
27 0 71 71 34 75 98 27946
26
Mia Guisse
27 0 0 0 0 0 0 4849
27
Sidy Diop
27 0 64 69 38 77 129 27699
28
Diogal
27 3 71 43 81 56 116 4876
29
Abdou Guité Seck
26 0 65 83 47 79 103 17087
30
Ngaaka Blinde
26 0 0 0 0 0 0 39625
31
Dieyla Gueye
26 0 0 0 0 0 0 17313
32
Yoro Ndiaye
25 3 74 68 50 68 111 6102
33
Omg Oumy Gueye
25 0 0 0 0 0 0 13591
34
N'dongo Lo
24 0 0 0 0 0 0 32957
35
Etoile De Dakar
23 15 56 32 90 66 135 15332
36
Coumba Gawlo
23 49 85 90 49 89 118 15409
37
Alioune Mbaye Nder
23 4 54 69 31 82 115 21784
38
Assane Ndiaye
23 0 0 0 0 0 0 17176
39
Salam
23 0 0 0 0 0 0 306
40
Assane Mboup
23 0 63 73 56 78 111 12613
41
Kandia Kouyate
22 0 0 0 0 0 0 14581
42
Maabo
22 0 63 77 43 65 126 22446
43
Momo Dieng
21 2 53 86 20 64 122 13930
44
Laba Sosseh
21 0 60 69 38 81 131 3488
45
Canabasse
20 0 68 72 44 67 114 20830
46
Souleymane Faye
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 14013
47
Amira Abed
20 0 74 61 22 60 92 2810
48
Jaliba Kuyateh
20 1 64 56 49 68 114 11557
49
Abou Thioubalo
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 9783
50
Élage Diouf
19 6 69 66 56 83 90 6367
51
Obree Daman
19 0 43 19 93 38 77 4775
52
Pape Fall
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 2519
53
Viviane N'Dour
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 3337
54
Mansour Seck
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1095
55
Pape Thiopet
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 9376
56
Daara J Family
18 0 77 72 23 57 111 10372
57
Diaw Diop
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 6757
58
Pacotille
18 0 68 59 29 58 92 5794
59
Pipana
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 2606
60
Carlou D
17 0 60 78 31 65 147 9517
61
Cherifou
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 7222
62
Aby Ndour
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 2095
63
Mbaye Dieye Faye
16 0 76 96 21 65 123 7401
64
Xalam
16 0 68 66 67 56 124 5891
65
Daby Balde
16 0 63 53 77 71 115 3694
66
Dieyna
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 3304
67
Ndongo Lo
16 40 50 73 94 81 73 701
68
Wally Seck
15 1 77 81 28 85 135 11049
69
Fallou Dieng
15 5 51 72 12 64 108 8323
70
Fatou Guewel
14 13 60 76 54 85 104 13237
71
Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Étoile de Dakar
14 0 60 83 17 63 101 1690
72
Lemzo Diamono
14 14 52 76 52 70 99 5604
73
Thione Balago Seck
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 841
74
Cherifou & Job Sa Brain
13 0 70 46 77 86 88 3751
75
Admow
13 0 72 41 41 38 112 1751
76
Sen Kumpe
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 819
77
Fou Malade
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 4243
78
Waflash
13 2 49 73 38 59 106 4728
79
Kiné Lam
13 2 58 84 29 74 109 12209
80
Salam Diallo
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 7135
81
Moussa Ngom
12 1 49 45 74 72 111 4586
82
N'Diaga M'Baye
12 0 68 68 48 73 107 5134
83
Gaston Bandimic
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 3735
84
Fafadi
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1885
85
Positive Black Soul
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2833
86
Ousmane Bongo
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1332
87
Tafa
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2176
88
Keba Seck
11 0 49 87 57 70 98 1439
89
Dior Mbaye
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 13288
90
Z Best Family
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1231
91
Birahim
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 9309
92
Aby Ngana Diop
10 54 64 82 27 78 99 2859
93
Fata El Presidente
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 6531
94
Bril
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 4793
95
Yandé Codou Sène
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1095
96
Pape & Cheikh
10 0 71 79 20 70 140 3518
97
Idrissa Diop
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1340
98
Ami Collé
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 876
99
El Hadji Ndiaye
9 0 64 47 71 60 155 566
100
Mapenda Seck
8 9 69 71 45 79 99 5019
101
Super Diamano
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 268
102
l'Ensemble Lyrique Traditionnel de Senegal
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1047
103
Dope Master
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1186
104
Pape et Cheikh
8 1 71 50 38 87 109 3083
105
Star Number One De Dakar
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 987
106
Queen Biz
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5942
107
Thierno Koite
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 657
108
Sidy Samb
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3240
109
Super Cayor De Dakar
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2077
110
Dieyla
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 11289
111
Ouza
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6149
112
Ceddo
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 66
113
Phillipe Ndour
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3185
114
Ablaye Mbaye
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2349
115
Waly Ballago Seck
4 0 52 65 47 95 79 9909
116
Rema Diop
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 870
117
Ifang Bondi
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 931
118
El Hadj N'Diaye
4 14 52 31 90 54 91 200
119
El Hadji Faye
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3828
120
Alioune Kasse
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4293
121
Maty Thiam Dogo
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 178
122
Thio Mbaye
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1622
123
Ibro Nadio
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 348
124
Rock Mbalax Demba Dia
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 163
125
Assane Gaye
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 784
126
Lemzo Diamono Group
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 111
127
Ndeye Marie Ndiaye Gawlo
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 317
128
Zale Seck
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2531
129
Super Cayor et son Salsa Mbalax
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 122
130
Aminata Fall
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 621
131
Abdou Raas
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 108
132
Amy Collé Dieng
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1501
133
Fallou Dieng & Le DLC
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1972
134
Etoile 2000
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 226
135
Jimi Mbaye
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 983
136
Thierno Camara
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 246
137
Kemang Kanouté
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 148
138
Jaliba Kuyateh and the Kumareh Band
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4479
139
Daddy Bibson
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 723
140
Shiffai
0 0 92 68 1 65 97 92
141
Ousmane Seck
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139