Neo soul is a genre of music that blends elements of soul, R&B, and hip-hop with a modern twist. It often features smooth vocals, live instrumentation, and socially conscious lyrics that explore themes of love, identity, and spirituality. The genre emerged in the 1990s as a response to the commercialization of mainstream R&B and has since been embraced by a diverse audience. Its artists are known for their unique sound and ability to connect with listeners on a deep emotional level.
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
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1 | 84 | 5 | 57 | 46 | 51 | 41 | 112 | 11158944 | |
2 | 78 | 3 | 54 | 54 | 39 | 39 | 116 | 10748947 | |
3 | 78 | 10 | 70 | 68 | 17 | 60 | 114 | 2351897 | |
4 | 76 | 2 | 53 | 56 | 44 | 43 | 114 | 6488447 | |
5 | 75 | 1 | 60 | 54 | 34 | 49 | 115 | 8422909 | |
6 | 74 | 7 | 60 | 61 | 36 | 70 | 121 | 5013430 | |
7 | 72 | 1 | 61 | 50 | 42 | 51 | 114 | 1530721 | |
8 | 72 | 5 | 82 | 66 | 21 | 62 | 115 | 2217276 | |
9 | 72 | 0 | 61 | 57 | 32 | 63 | 110 | 2461546 | |
10 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 808080 | |
11 | 70 | 0 | 69 | 63 | 18 | 58 | 113 | 3542491 | |
12 | 68 | 1 | 56 | 56 | 38 | 38 | 104 | 1692998 | |
13 | 68 | 4 | 47 | 33 | 77 | 47 | 111 | 2610189 | |
14 | 67 | 6 | 66 | 45 | 28 | 48 | 100 | 2658064 | |
15 | 67 | 4 | 61 | 60 | 21 | 50 | 129 | 1335087 | |
16 | 67 | 0 | 70 | 48 | 24 | 54 | 111 | 281783 | |
17 | 66 | 0 | 59 | 76 | 13 | 58 | 111 | 258584 | |
18 | 66 | 19 | 53 | 38 | 72 | 22 | 119 | 1320067 | |
19 | 66 | 0 | 69 | 55 | 13 | 54 | 105 | 1246637 | |
20 | 65 | 8 | 63 | 61 | 28 | 47 | 118 | 727239 | |
21 | 65 | 7 | 47 | 48 | 51 | 41 | 116 | 1293830 | |
22 | 64 | 1 | 60 | 53 | 30 | 48 | 122 | 274899 | |
23 | 64 | 3 | 73 | 48 | 37 | 60 | 118 | 1936275 | |
24 | 64 | 0 | 59 | 39 | 53 | 33 | 113 | 730614 | |
25 | 63 | 1 | 78 | 67 | 11 | 71 | 110 | 559720 | |
26 | 63 | 5 | 63 | 66 | 18 | 60 | 111 | 1498867 | |
27 | 63 | 5 | 63 | 80 | 10 | 65 | 129 | 487931 | |
28 | 63 | 0 | 61 | 61 | 28 | 48 | 123 | 1949555 | |
29 | 62 | 0 | 57 | 45 | 47 | 39 | 113 | 27050 | |
30 | 62 | 0 | 62 | 55 | 19 | 50 | 103 | 307403 | |
31 | 60 | 51 | 50 | 38 | 57 | 44 | 122 | 401998 | |
32 | 60 | 0 | 61 | 60 | 22 | 52 | 108 | 1089705 | |
33 | 60 | 7 | 71 | 46 | 31 | 53 | 92 | 1169155 | |
34 | 59 | 0 | 66 | 57 | 25 | 50 | 117 | 1499802 | |
35 | 59 | 1 | 63 | 61 | 32 | 56 | 119 | 626524 | |
36 | 58 | 7 | 64 | 49 | 32 | 51 | 111 | 1616165 | |
37 | 58 | 3 | 66 | 52 | 26 | 43 | 113 | 1697280 | |
38 | 57 | 0 | 61 | 63 | 16 | 48 | 112 | 1946456 | |
39 | 57 | 0 | 64 | 64 | 28 | 54 | 109 | 1047264 | |
40 | 57 | 2 | 54 | 41 | 58 | 37 | 118 | 888094 | |
41 | 56 | 0 | 69 | 47 | 29 | 50 | 118 | 863478 | |
42 | 56 | 4 | 48 | 40 | 65 | 44 | 102 | 537069 | |
43 | 56 | 0 | 58 | 54 | 50 | 47 | 105 | 1176632 | |
44 | 55 | 0 | 57 | 52 | 39 | 35 | 117 | 565841 | |
45 | 54 | 0 | 74 | 57 | 31 | 66 | 107 | 633719 | |
46 | 54 | 0 | 66 | 62 | 36 | 73 | 142 | 21305 | |
47 | 54 | 0 | 81 | 63 | 18 | 70 | 98 | 185664 | |
48 | 54 | 0 | 55 | 51 | 63 | 34 | 103 | 77279 | |
49 | 54 | 2 | 67 | 73 | 8 | 61 | 116 | 891384 | |
50 | 53 | 0 | 50 | 48 | 41 | 38 | 101 | 161189 | |
51 | 52 | 0 | 63 | 55 | 19 | 59 | 105 | 169283 | |
52 | 52 | 6 | 71 | 51 | 34 | 42 | 110 | 803474 | |
53 | 52 | 3 | 71 | 66 | 9 | 59 | 109 | 535512 | |
54 | 52 | 0 | 65 | 63 | 32 | 54 | 125 | 182037 | |
55 | 52 | 1 | 62 | 56 | 31 | 42 | 102 | 449626 | |
56 | 51 | 89 | 87 | 88 | 63 | 94 | 108 | 466963 | |
57 | 50 | 2 | 61 | 59 | 27 | 63 | 112 | 80384 | |
58 | 50 | 0 | 66 | 51 | 34 | 52 | 107 | 642005 | |
59 | 49 | 0 | 65 | 49 | 38 | 52 | 98 | 241005 | |
60 | 49 | 0 | 63 | 73 | 24 | 63 | 126 | 578933 | |
61 | 48 | 0 | 61 | 64 | 23 | 64 | 116 | 844738 | |
62 | 48 | 5 | 53 | 62 | 48 | 33 | 101 | 200138 | |
63 | 47 | 0 | 75 | 34 | 61 | 43 | 115 | 169698 | |
64 | 47 | 0 | 64 | 61 | 19 | 56 | 117 | 614070 | |
65 | 47 | 0 | 62 | 56 | 15 | 50 | 103 | 696685 | |
66 | 47 | 0 | 58 | 48 | 45 | 41 | 104 | 409283 | |
67 | 47 | 1 | 64 | 50 | 44 | 51 | 111 | 578454 | |
68 | 47 | 14 | 64 | 50 | 25 | 48 | 111 | 180919 | |
69 | 47 | 0 | 58 | 57 | 30 | 45 | 112 | 504631 | |
70 | 46 | 1 | 52 | 67 | 30 | 59 | 121 | 19018 | |
71 | 46 | 7 | 68 | 45 | 53 | 54 | 114 | 24903 | |
72 | 46 | 1 | 65 | 57 | 35 | 34 | 114 | 271621 | |
73 | 45 | 1 | 71 | 55 | 24 | 53 | 117 | 409995 | |
74 | 45 | 9 | 58 | 60 | 52 | 55 | 108 | 60904 | |
75 | 44 | 0 | 47 | 62 | 32 | 31 | 113 | 528739 | |
76 | 44 | 2 | 63 | 66 | 15 | 56 | 123 | 182736 | |
77 | 44 | 6 | 54 | 35 | 68 | 39 | 101 | 350748 | |
78 | 44 | 7 | 63 | 52 | 37 | 36 | 110 | 287791 | |
79 | 43 | 0 | 62 | 80 | 11 | 53 | 110 | 44251 | |
80 | 43 | 0 | 62 | 63 | 29 | 62 | 127 | 82853 | |
81 | 43 | 0 | 55 | 52 | 35 | 33 | 104 | 79266 | |
82 | 43 | 0 | 62 | 59 | 29 | 62 | 101 | 177129 | |
83 | 43 | 0 | 46 | 35 | 58 | 25 | 109 | 44753 | |
84 | 43 | 1 | 54 | 37 | 51 | 30 | 111 | 153789 | |
85 | 42 | 0 | 53 | 62 | 19 | 40 | 121 | 326411 | |
86 | 41 | 1 | 58 | 49 | 36 | 52 | 112 | 61717 | |
87 | 41 | 0 | 63 | 52 | 26 | 29 | 126 | 82938 | |
88 | 41 | 0 | 64 | 55 | 30 | 60 | 120 | 312064 | |
89 | 41 | 5 | 71 | 54 | 19 | 62 | 99 | 165907 | |
90 | 41 | 0 | 68 | 57 | 29 | 57 | 111 | 209320 | |
91 | 40 | 0 | 65 | 51 | 16 | 53 | 99 | 158883 | |
92 | 40 | 0 | 71 | 68 | 30 | 88 | 106 | 10852 | |
93 | 40 | 0 | 70 | 55 | 18 | 68 | 113 | 76677 | |
94 | 40 | 9 | 68 | 57 | 28 | 57 | 102 | 104452 | |
95 | 40 | 1 | 68 | 75 | 14 | 61 | 136 | 51496 | |
96 | 40 | 5 | 57 | 59 | 34 | 41 | 115 | 53515 | |
97 | 39 | 0 | 64 | 45 | 34 | 50 | 108 | 139720 | |
98 | 39 | 0 | 66 | 53 | 19 | 50 | 106 | 425725 | |
99 | 39 | 3 | 62 | 66 | 9 | 50 | 93 | 156470 | |
100 | 39 | 1 | 59 | 40 | 52 | 42 | 113 | 266907 | |
101 | 39 | 0 | 62 | 61 | 20 | 56 | 101 | 242338 | |
102 | 38 | 2 | 65 | 48 | 36 | 62 | 99 | 11715 | |
103 | 38 | 0 | 57 | 50 | 34 | 40 | 106 | 119426 | |
104 | 37 | 1 | 63 | 58 | 40 | 50 | 132 | 46209 | |
105 | 37 | 15 | 71 | 41 | 56 | 61 | 104 | 39788 | |
106 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4171 | |
107 | 36 | 0 | 71 | 65 | 41 | 58 | 105 | 18719 | |
108 | 35 | 0 | 58 | 62 | 38 | 49 | 77 | 29711 | |
109 | 34 | 0 | 68 | 65 | 9 | 37 | 100 | 23965 | |
110 | 34 | 0 | 61 | 38 | 54 | 42 | 106 | 84079 | |
111 | 34 | 0 | 58 | 69 | 21 | 65 | 120 | 9084 | |
112 | 33 | 0 | 66 | 67 | 32 | 68 | 91 | 10152 | |
113 | 33 | 0 | 64 | 70 | 13 | 56 | 113 | 39010 | |
114 | 32 | 1 | 69 | 45 | 16 | 52 | 95 | 7033 | |
115 | 32 | 4 | 70 | 63 | 23 | 75 | 118 | 61634 | |
116 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | |
117 | 31 | 1 | 69 | 73 | 12 | 71 | 107 | 56521 | |
118 | 31 | 0 | 39 | 62 | 45 | 72 | 145 | 6579 | |
119 | 31 | 0 | 61 | 63 | 22 | 64 | 104 | 44232 | |
120 | 30 | 1 | 55 | 57 | 37 | 45 | 109 | 51969 | |
121 | 30 | 0 | 72 | 47 | 17 | 52 | 99 | 36683 | |
122 | 30 | 0 | 70 | 53 | 34 | 49 | 116 | 60607 | |
123 | 29 | 36 | 64 | 33 | 39 | 39 | 111 | 21265 | |
124 | 28 | 82 | 29 | 17 | 82 | 9 | 90 | 3915 | |
125 | 28 | 6 | 66 | 50 | 37 | 52 | 88 | 13389 | |
126 | 26 | 1 | 64 | 54 | 36 | 45 | 99 | 39574 | |
127 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2230 | |
128 | 25 | 0 | 59 | 91 | 26 | 88 | 181 | 11593 | |
129 | 24 | 0 | 63 | 76 | 0 | 87 | 133 | 5210 | |
130 | 24 | 0 | 73 | 71 | 17 | 78 | 101 | 7263 | |
131 | 24 | 0 | 63 | 54 | 37 | 54 | 100 | 77289 | |
132 | 18 | 11 | 73 | 57 | 17 | 63 | 99 | 13835 | |
133 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2570 | |
134 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3588 | |
135 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14430 | |
136 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 881 | |
137 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 874 |