Minimal wave is a subgenre of post-punk and new wave music that emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It is characterized by its use of synthesizers, drum machines, and other electronic instruments to create a cold, detached sound. The lyrics often deal with themes of alienation, isolation, and despair. Minimal wave has experienced a resurgence in popularity in recent years, with many contemporary artists drawing inspiration from the genre's pioneering acts.
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
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1 | 53 | 47 | 64 | 73 | 23 | 59 | 133 | 271632 | |
2 | 37 | 33 | 62 | 62 | 10 | 51 | 141 | 38239 | |
3 | 35 | 18 | 54 | 75 | 13 | 41 | 124 | 43048 | |
4 | 34 | 58 | 51 | 78 | 7 | 44 | 128 | 43303 | |
5 | 32 | 31 | 51 | 80 | 6 | 22 | 121 | 20734 | |
6 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 359 | |
7 | 31 | 50 | 63 | 70 | 4 | 34 | 122 | 20089 | |
8 | 31 | 25 | 75 | 73 | 15 | 79 | 120 | 17775 | |
9 | 31 | 84 | 56 | 81 | 1 | 63 | 136 | 9843 | |
10 | 31 | 18 | 69 | 74 | 15 | 60 | 118 | 42084 | |
11 | 30 | 9 | 36 | 23 | 76 | 27 | 121 | 5771 | |
12 | 30 | 46 | 56 | 91 | 1 | 45 | 124 | 23704 | |
13 | 30 | 40 | 62 | 64 | 1 | 38 | 118 | 20944 | |
14 | 29 | 40 | 61 | 65 | 24 | 49 | 139 | 16250 | |
15 | 29 | 27 | 58 | 73 | 2 | 52 | 141 | 28498 | |
16 | 29 | 48 | 43 | 78 | 0 | 46 | 145 | 8779 | |
17 | 29 | 22 | 50 | 79 | 7 | 43 | 128 | 15793 | |
18 | 28 | 50 | 74 | 62 | 34 | 66 | 124 | 22446 | |
19 | 28 | 65 | 64 | 80 | 6 | 60 | 119 | 21968 | |
20 | 28 | 27 | 55 | 89 | 6 | 45 | 131 | 14466 | |
21 | 27 | 26 | 60 | 77 | 2 | 52 | 121 | 12697 | |
22 | 27 | 69 | 56 | 76 | 2 | 49 | 139 | 19105 | |
23 | 27 | 27 | 69 | 82 | 10 | 58 | 123 | 23041 | |
24 | 26 | 62 | 55 | 68 | 12 | 45 | 124 | 18896 | |
25 | 26 | 52 | 67 | 68 | 4 | 61 | 128 | 12326 | |
26 | 26 | 39 | 63 | 62 | 3 | 58 | 118 | 11015 | |
27 | 26 | 15 | 66 | 72 | 10 | 49 | 131 | 22937 | |
28 | 26 | 54 | 59 | 72 | 5 | 43 | 126 | 20803 | |
29 | 26 | 28 | 66 | 85 | 1 | 79 | 124 | 7605 | |
30 | 25 | 61 | 57 | 75 | 5 | 49 | 132 | 22603 | |
31 | 25 | 65 | 61 | 80 | 4 | 26 | 130 | 8729 | |
32 | 25 | 23 | 61 | 78 | 3 | 51 | 132 | 13872 | |
33 | 25 | 39 | 75 | 51 | 5 | 90 | 135 | 6493 | |
34 | 25 | 45 | 56 | 60 | 10 | 48 | 142 | 6056 | |
35 | 25 | 49 | 60 | 92 | 3 | 36 | 121 | 16943 | |
36 | 25 | 69 | 61 | 68 | 5 | 38 | 129 | 27022 | |
37 | 24 | 24 | 63 | 73 | 17 | 56 | 129 | 8959 | |
38 | 24 | 23 | 67 | 38 | 16 | 79 | 122 | 4579 | |
39 | 24 | 36 | 69 | 84 | 27 | 68 | 150 | 18139 | |
40 | 23 | 32 | 60 | 75 | 5 | 70 | 138 | 6279 | |
41 | 23 | 8 | 51 | 78 | 29 | 56 | 124 | 9360 | |
42 | 23 | 36 | 61 | 70 | 11 | 64 | 143 | 9960 | |
43 | 23 | 40 | 64 | 70 | 3 | 56 | 120 | 12966 | |
44 | 22 | 53 | 60 | 48 | 30 | 65 | 147 | 3016 | |
45 | 22 | 75 | 39 | 65 | 22 | 31 | 130 | 28783 | |
46 | 22 | 53 | 59 | 77 | 6 | 53 | 146 | 3122 | |
47 | 21 | 43 | 65 | 77 | 5 | 54 | 103 | 5452 | |
48 | 21 | 89 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 61 | 116 | 7796 | |
49 | 21 | 42 | 59 | 85 | 2 | 58 | 141 | 11172 | |
50 | 20 | 76 | 50 | 78 | 1 | 26 | 146 | 5592 | |
51 | 19 | 36 | 58 | 82 | 2 | 68 | 130 | 8969 | |
52 | 19 | 16 | 62 | 77 | 3 | 79 | 138 | 7701 | |
53 | 19 | 79 | 63 | 74 | 12 | 50 | 146 | 1765 | |
54 | 19 | 49 | 62 | 55 | 30 | 78 | 148 | 9672 | |
55 | 19 | 15 | 44 | 83 | 3 | 48 | 117 | 4291 | |
56 | 19 | 66 | 66 | 62 | 8 | 69 | 116 | 9702 | |
57 | 18 | 41 | 48 | 66 | 7 | 38 | 144 | 10700 | |
58 | 18 | 72 | 65 | 41 | 41 | 23 | 149 | 4480 | |
59 | 17 | 68 | 60 | 86 | 11 | 67 | 116 | 5660 | |
60 | 17 | 28 | 52 | 79 | 9 | 61 | 143 | 9412 | |
61 | 17 | 40 | 56 | 66 | 5 | 29 | 118 | 2780 | |
62 | 17 | 11 | 48 | 41 | 2 | 15 | 149 | 4775 | |
63 | 17 | 40 | 68 | 60 | 13 | 38 | 148 | 3041 | |
64 | 17 | 45 | 65 | 66 | 10 | 46 | 143 | 11784 | |
65 | 16 | 0 | 55 | 81 | 9 | 39 | 114 | 8819 | |
66 | 16 | 14 | 55 | 70 | 0 | 34 | 141 | 7875 | |
67 | 16 | 45 | 49 | 85 | 2 | 56 | 145 | 6141 | |
68 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 274 | |
69 | 16 | 3 | 70 | 73 | 5 | 61 | 125 | 4501 | |
70 | 16 | 56 | 50 | 73 | 1 | 66 | 148 | 8000 | |
71 | 15 | 65 | 55 | 68 | 1 | 64 | 112 | 6360 | |
72 | 15 | 50 | 54 | 59 | 10 | 41 | 141 | 5641 | |
73 | 15 | 77 | 70 | 71 | 1 | 65 | 119 | 6855 | |
74 | 15 | 9 | 47 | 79 | 16 | 51 | 100 | 3150 | |
75 | 14 | 55 | 63 | 66 | 7 | 89 | 133 | 4483 | |
76 | 14 | 18 | 64 | 74 | 1 | 77 | 134 | 4213 | |
77 | 14 | 91 | 72 | 56 | 1 | 52 | 126 | 2945 | |
78 | 14 | 87 | 75 | 70 | 8 | 83 | 122 | 1219 | |
79 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 931 | |
80 | 13 | 66 | 76 | 94 | 43 | 52 | 135 | 10144 | |
81 | 13 | 39 | 64 | 83 | 10 | 74 | 121 | 3160 | |
82 | 12 | 55 | 74 | 59 | 4 | 86 | 151 | 5428 | |
83 | 12 | 81 | 73 | 79 | 5 | 50 | 127 | 2964 | |
84 | 12 | 59 | 61 | 81 | 19 | 60 | 144 | 6016 | |
85 | 12 | 65 | 50 | 68 | 36 | 49 | 123 | 2353 | |
86 | 12 | 48 | 56 | 66 | 17 | 50 | 131 | 991 | |
87 | 11 | 80 | 58 | 43 | 10 | 70 | 129 | 2662 | |
88 | 11 | 41 | 68 | 77 | 0 | 43 | 91 | 2642 | |
89 | 11 | 69 | 74 | 55 | 6 | 74 | 126 | 2984 | |
90 | 10 | 31 | 66 | 74 | 0 | 57 | 156 | 2991 | |
91 | 10 | 30 | 56 | 97 | 1 | 80 | 91 | 1797 | |
92 | 10 | 65 | 76 | 78 | 3 | 72 | 104 | 1233 | |
93 | 10 | 0 | 59 | 63 | 5 | 78 | 124 | 308 | |
94 | 10 | 68 | 65 | 73 | 25 | 59 | 131 | 2018 | |
95 | 10 | 5 | 66 | 90 | 0 | 79 | 141 | 3321 | |
96 | 9 | 13 | 57 | 62 | 1 | 71 | 128 | 2220 | |
97 | 9 | 4 | 63 | 73 | 2 | 50 | 113 | 4419 | |
98 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2493 | |
99 | 9 | 22 | 57 | 65 | 5 | 59 | 140 | 2696 | |
100 | 9 | 68 | 67 | 56 | 9 | 69 | 174 | 3113 | |
101 | 9 | 88 | 85 | 49 | 41 | 90 | 110 | 1189 | |
102 | 9 | 78 | 68 | 53 | 3 | 65 | 93 | 4044 | |
103 | 9 | 80 | 65 | 52 | 5 | 33 | 126 | 2985 | |
104 | 9 | 43 | 58 | 82 | 3 | 62 | 136 | 2411 | |
105 | 9 | 35 | 51 | 83 | 0 | 59 | 127 | 3498 | |
106 | 8 | 89 | 52 | 66 | 0 | 94 | 150 | 1478 | |
107 | 8 | 82 | 52 | 86 | 1 | 54 | 114 | 1634 | |
108 | 8 | 44 | 72 | 56 | 10 | 56 | 144 | 1417 | |
109 | 8 | 17 | 66 | 61 | 16 | 65 | 146 | 4032 | |
110 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 548 | |
111 | 8 | 4 | 59 | 45 | 20 | 39 | 123 | 4126 | |
112 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 78 | 16 | 41 | 163 | 2610 | |
113 | 7 | 76 | 43 | 92 | 0 | 73 | 179 | 1898 | |
114 | 7 | 50 | 61 | 95 | 15 | 72 | 124 | 5235 | |
115 | 7 | 44 | 64 | 87 | 3 | 70 | 116 | 2775 | |
116 | 7 | 87 | 69 | 79 | 0 | 27 | 127 | 1462 | |
117 | 7 | 86 | 62 | 62 | 43 | 36 | 115 | 2616 | |
118 | 7 | 1 | 63 | 95 | 2 | 89 | 102 | 711 | |
119 | 7 | 74 | 69 | 58 | 0 | 33 | 126 | 1174 | |
120 | 7 | 7 | 64 | 59 | 11 | 43 | 117 | 2326 | |
121 | 6 | 60 | 38 | 81 | 1 | 13 | 142 | 1174 | |
122 | 6 | 56 | 62 | 87 | 0 | 74 | 118 | 1028 | |
123 | 6 | 30 | 63 | 75 | 20 | 51 | 125 | 1094 | |
124 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 85 | 7 | 89 | 77 | 988 | |
125 | 6 | 8 | 67 | 45 | 1 | 62 | 105 | 1534 | |
126 | 6 | 59 | 36 | 74 | 35 | 43 | 162 | 1874 | |
127 | 6 | 55 | 79 | 62 | 5 | 50 | 144 | 1097 | |
128 | 5 | 11 | 63 | 60 | 4 | 49 | 103 | 836 | |
129 | 5 | 6 | 66 | 54 | 3 | 79 | 130 | 1721 | |
130 | 5 | 72 | 61 | 61 | 9 | 34 | 138 | 1509 | |
131 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 85 | 0 | 20 | 121 | 1634 | |
132 | 5 | 0 | 62 | 83 | 0 | 63 | 125 | 287 | |
133 | 5 | 51 | 43 | 63 | 8 | 35 | 130 | 2736 | |
134 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2014 | |
135 | 5 | 69 | 78 | 75 | 5 | 83 | 140 | 913 | |
136 | 5 | 16 | 70 | 93 | 4 | 81 | 104 | 599 | |
137 | 5 | 80 | 74 | 86 | 5 | 20 | 104 | 1660 | |
138 | 5 | 90 | 47 | 28 | 84 | 3 | 110 | 469 | |
139 | 5 | 70 | 60 | 77 | 0 | 54 | 118 | 1459 | |
140 | 5 | 90 | 63 | 68 | 4 | 73 | 120 | 1697 | |
141 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 318 | |
142 | 5 | 22 | 78 | 36 | 3 | 71 | 141 | 1693 | |
143 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2702 | |
144 | 5 | 0 | 82 | 56 | 9 | 70 | 172 | 188 | |
145 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 221 | |
146 | 4 | 35 | 60 | 69 | 1 | 76 | 130 | 861 | |
147 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 482 | |
148 | 4 | 10 | 72 | 64 | 8 | 90 | 131 | 608 | |
149 | 4 | 1 | 77 | 87 | 6 | 61 | 109 | 493 | |
150 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 58 | 12 | 87 | 151 | 595 | |
151 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 594 | |
152 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 391 | |
153 | 3 | 8 | 63 | 59 | 20 | 92 | 132 | 679 | |
154 | 3 | 28 | 53 | 83 | 1 | 49 | 156 | 962 | |
155 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 393 | |
156 | 3 | 54 | 82 | 68 | 32 | 95 | 116 | 804 | |
157 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1396 | |
158 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 824 | |
159 | 3 | 84 | 52 | 71 | 3 | 41 | 128 | 1136 | |
160 | 3 | 72 | 48 | 47 | 0 | 21 | 143 | 3159 | |
161 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 511 | |
162 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 454 | |
163 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 325 | |
164 | 2 | 94 | 69 | 38 | 84 | 48 | 83 | 1049 | |
165 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1687 | |
166 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 349 | |
167 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 893 | |
168 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 565 | |
169 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2074 | |
170 | 2 | 14 | 58 | 90 | 0 | 63 | 172 | 378 | |
171 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 301 | |
172 | 2 | 62 | 80 | 46 | 8 | 68 | 118 | 219 | |
173 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 323 | |
174 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 377 | |
175 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 656 | |
176 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 658 | |
177 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 267 | |
178 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 386 | |
179 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
180 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 259 | |
181 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 337 | |
182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 443 | |
183 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 224 | |
184 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 970 | |
185 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | |
186 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 90 | 2 | 65 | 93 | 1642 | |
187 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 713 | |
188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | |
189 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | |
190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | |
191 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 913 | |
192 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | |
193 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192 | |
194 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | |
195 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | |
196 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | |
197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 524 | |
198 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | |
199 | 0 | 29 | 64 | 51 | 0 | 34 | 105 | 154 | |
200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 227 |