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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
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1 | 73 | 10 | 53 | 77 | 21 | 50 | 117 | 2828628 | |
2 | 72 | 6 | 55 | 67 | 14 | 50 | 122 | 2000767 | |
3 | 72 | 5 | 63 | 59 | 24 | 54 | 115 | 4246934 | |
4 | 70 | 1 | 64 | 62 | 33 | 60 | 123 | 2317541 | |
5 | 70 | 14 | 65 | 78 | 12 | 65 | 121 | 1685534 | |
6 | 70 | 3 | 56 | 81 | 6 | 57 | 133 | 1669372 | |
7 | 70 | 8 | 51 | 37 | 58 | 44 | 116 | 1693459 | |
8 | 70 | 0 | 52 | 44 | 43 | 34 | 120 | 1372085 | |
9 | 69 | 5 | 51 | 74 | 8 | 67 | 133 | 1267119 | |
10 | 69 | 2 | 50 | 58 | 24 | 46 | 125 | 2286475 | |
11 | 69 | 1 | 66 | 69 | 17 | 64 | 111 | 3358519 | |
12 | 68 | 1 | 56 | 59 | 27 | 58 | 132 | 968254 | |
13 | 68 | 4 | 61 | 76 | 10 | 56 | 124 | 2616112 | |
14 | 68 | 5 | 61 | 64 | 9 | 49 | 114 | 1709040 | |
15 | 68 | 2 | 61 | 76 | 8 | 48 | 108 | 27698 | |
16 | 67 | 11 | 54 | 78 | 7 | 55 | 115 | 1779579 | |
17 | 67 | 4 | 67 | 68 | 26 | 62 | 106 | 2115046 | |
18 | 67 | 3 | 73 | 64 | 21 | 78 | 114 | 2301729 | |
19 | 67 | 0 | 53 | 65 | 25 | 49 | 122 | 1736897 | |
20 | 67 | 1 | 55 | 58 | 14 | 50 | 123 | 995839 | |
21 | 67 | 1 | 59 | 64 | 19 | 59 | 125 | 1020672 | |
22 | 67 | 16 | 59 | 83 | 6 | 55 | 123 | 1569639 | |
23 | 66 | 3 | 59 | 66 | 17 | 72 | 130 | 1087227 | |
24 | 66 | 4 | 65 | 71 | 10 | 75 | 127 | 1615783 | |
25 | 66 | 0 | 52 | 52 | 34 | 39 | 120 | 1184673 | |
26 | 65 | 8 | 62 | 72 | 9 | 53 | 121 | 705673 | |
27 | 65 | 0 | 59 | 81 | 10 | 55 | 123 | 926068 | |
28 | 64 | 3 | 67 | 75 | 23 | 73 | 117 | 1061326 | |
29 | 64 | 10 | 68 | 73 | 12 | 72 | 124 | 1752360 | |
30 | 64 | 0 | 63 | 62 | 39 | 60 | 119 | 701697 | |
31 | 64 | 0 | 62 | 74 | 10 | 79 | 125 | 1454098 | |
32 | 64 | 11 | 70 | 82 | 4 | 77 | 115 | 678598 | |
33 | 64 | 7 | 71 | 77 | 13 | 84 | 113 | 899958 | |
34 | 64 | 2 | 62 | 68 | 14 | 59 | 128 | 377253 | |
35 | 63 | 0 | 57 | 65 | 15 | 68 | 125 | 1264318 | |
36 | 63 | 0 | 56 | 60 | 13 | 36 | 130 | 438499 | |
37 | 63 | 2 | 70 | 71 | 23 | 72 | 113 | 1039294 | |
38 | 63 | 0 | 67 | 64 | 25 | 71 | 112 | 1428224 | |
39 | 63 | 0 | 60 | 68 | 12 | 64 | 129 | 1549265 | |
40 | 63 | 3 | 59 | 62 | 26 | 60 | 139 | 608615 | |
41 | 63 | 1 | 73 | 73 | 15 | 79 | 124 | 946788 | |
42 | 63 | 19 | 57 | 87 | 5 | 84 | 121 | 81775 | |
43 | 62 | 4 | 54 | 73 | 12 | 61 | 125 | 1376794 | |
44 | 62 | 6 | 69 | 65 | 13 | 65 | 118 | 1041821 | |
45 | 62 | 1 | 58 | 62 | 13 | 56 | 133 | 373866 | |
46 | 62 | 5 | 63 | 76 | 9 | 65 | 118 | 942879 | |
47 | 61 | 17 | 56 | 70 | 17 | 57 | 116 | 903972 | |
48 | 61 | 2 | 59 | 57 | 21 | 54 | 117 | 294884 | |
49 | 61 | 4 | 54 | 66 | 41 | 70 | 124 | 220645 | |
50 | 61 | 2 | 53 | 75 | 7 | 53 | 122 | 374258 | |
51 | 61 | 6 | 63 | 63 | 35 | 57 | 126 | 636227 | |
52 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 79 | 9 | 61 | 124 | 775464 | |
53 | 61 | 4 | 47 | 38 | 50 | 37 | 105 | 496109 | |
54 | 61 | 0 | 51 | 73 | 13 | 43 | 113 | 883994 | |
55 | 61 | 12 | 63 | 69 | 21 | 61 | 127 | 1167088 | |
56 | 60 | 7 | 66 | 78 | 4 | 80 | 136 | 953477 | |
57 | 60 | 3 | 60 | 46 | 42 | 53 | 124 | 333919 | |
58 | 60 | 1 | 60 | 74 | 15 | 68 | 134 | 759126 | |
59 | 60 | 25 | 59 | 71 | 15 | 66 | 130 | 705382 | |
60 | 60 | 10 | 53 | 53 | 37 | 48 | 123 | 320319 | |
61 | 60 | 1 | 55 | 66 | 5 | 58 | 127 | 479525 | |
62 | 60 | 0 | 71 | 81 | 7 | 77 | 126 | 553586 | |
63 | 60 | 4 | 50 | 46 | 39 | 37 | 113 | 945825 | |
64 | 59 | 1 | 62 | 78 | 7 | 66 | 121 | 383692 | |
65 | 59 | 1 | 69 | 75 | 16 | 80 | 131 | 778717 | |
66 | 59 | 5 | 66 | 68 | 22 | 80 | 117 | 919715 | |
67 | 58 | 2 | 71 | 66 | 14 | 69 | 112 | 38549 | |
68 | 58 | 0 | 60 | 64 | 21 | 67 | 118 | 877293 | |
69 | 58 | 2 | 60 | 76 | 7 | 61 | 133 | 592905 | |
70 | 58 | 0 | 60 | 64 | 27 | 53 | 119 | 625795 | |
71 | 58 | 15 | 71 | 62 | 9 | 67 | 124 | 299929 | |
72 | 58 | 11 | 77 | 54 | 21 | 63 | 123 | 630677 | |
73 | 58 | 27 | 54 | 61 | 24 | 56 | 116 | 483116 | |
74 | 58 | 1 | 63 | 63 | 23 | 52 | 112 | 246085 | |
75 | 58 | 3 | 62 | 62 | 30 | 65 | 130 | 508447 | |
76 | 58 | 27 | 58 | 58 | 42 | 58 | 117 | 538776 | |
77 | 58 | 9 | 62 | 68 | 14 | 64 | 104 | 523244 | |
78 | 58 | 14 | 54 | 54 | 24 | 40 | 119 | 725459 | |
79 | 58 | 11 | 61 | 91 | 7 | 71 | 126 | 353927 | |
80 | 57 | 0 | 49 | 44 | 56 | 41 | 124 | 685058 | |
81 | 57 | 33 | 52 | 77 | 3 | 64 | 136 | 552161 | |
82 | 57 | 18 | 67 | 75 | 15 | 46 | 138 | 98563 | |
83 | 57 | 5 | 68 | 74 | 23 | 71 | 115 | 635870 | |
84 | 57 | 28 | 56 | 73 | 6 | 76 | 130 | 509711 | |
85 | 56 | 16 | 68 | 88 | 7 | 78 | 122 | 712771 | |
86 | 56 | 11 | 59 | 40 | 54 | 51 | 122 | 445125 | |
87 | 56 | 0 | 53 | 61 | 32 | 55 | 128 | 459666 | |
88 | 56 | 1 | 57 | 59 | 19 | 44 | 130 | 368490 | |
89 | 56 | 2 | 53 | 74 | 11 | 73 | 142 | 216341 | |
90 | 56 | 0 | 60 | 85 | 5 | 86 | 137 | 357514 | |
91 | 56 | 0 | 43 | 66 | 32 | 32 | 120 | 573660 | |
92 | 56 | 3 | 66 | 81 | 13 | 68 | 119 | 420055 | |
93 | 56 | 1 | 67 | 70 | 18 | 56 | 113 | 496424 | |
94 | 56 | 0 | 58 | 50 | 28 | 61 | 126 | 522683 | |
95 | 56 | 2 | 58 | 73 | 10 | 62 | 112 | 452265 | |
96 | 55 | 1 | 57 | 74 | 26 | 53 | 121 | 239870 | |
97 | 55 | 16 | 65 | 48 | 54 | 33 | 110 | 70031 | |
98 | 55 | 0 | 54 | 55 | 45 | 51 | 99 | 237912 | |
99 | 55 | 19 | 62 | 71 | 13 | 71 | 142 | 504560 | |
100 | 55 | 3 | 70 | 59 | 26 | 79 | 130 | 282878 | |
101 | 55 | 0 | 58 | 54 | 40 | 48 | 130 | 377269 | |
102 | 55 | 1 | 58 | 52 | 38 | 61 | 123 | 559109 | |
103 | 55 | 0 | 58 | 59 | 11 | 64 | 122 | 507646 | |
104 | 55 | 0 | 66 | 52 | 44 | 64 | 117 | 609389 | |
105 | 55 | 4 | 49 | 44 | 66 | 43 | 123 | 728901 | |
106 | 54 | 23 | 71 | 82 | 4 | 67 | 118 | 231828 | |
107 | 54 | 0 | 55 | 54 | 28 | 38 | 131 | 235627 | |
108 | 54 | 1 | 51 | 86 | 9 | 75 | 155 | 694201 | |
109 | 54 | 1 | 59 | 61 | 18 | 64 | 123 | 367300 | |
110 | 54 | 2 | 63 | 82 | 5 | 65 | 130 | 213690 | |
111 | 54 | 5 | 48 | 78 | 6 | 57 | 131 | 527050 | |
112 | 54 | 2 | 62 | 65 | 24 | 68 | 114 | 292357 | |
113 | 54 | 1 | 69 | 67 | 23 | 71 | 111 | 662104 | |
114 | 53 | 0 | 51 | 60 | 30 | 54 | 119 | 184292 | |
115 | 53 | 6 | 62 | 63 | 28 | 55 | 117 | 513249 | |
116 | 53 | 7 | 66 | 70 | 13 | 59 | 114 | 301194 | |
117 | 53 | 0 | 50 | 48 | 41 | 38 | 101 | 161189 | |
118 | 53 | 3 | 52 | 64 | 21 | 65 | 136 | 259451 | |
119 | 53 | 2 | 74 | 74 | 21 | 68 | 116 | 1015806 | |
120 | 53 | 0 | 61 | 63 | 37 | 53 | 117 | 553493 | |
121 | 53 | 1 | 64 | 66 | 14 | 73 | 127 | 287072 | |
122 | 53 | 0 | 64 | 72 | 19 | 57 | 94 | 117080 | |
123 | 52 | 0 | 71 | 53 | 35 | 54 | 118 | 33943 | |
124 | 52 | 15 | 71 | 63 | 1 | 56 | 114 | 264144 | |
125 | 52 | 7 | 59 | 73 | 36 | 65 | 124 | 306050 | |
126 | 52 | 0 | 63 | 55 | 19 | 59 | 105 | 169283 | |
127 | 52 | 31 | 54 | 74 | 5 | 64 | 135 | 488755 | |
128 | 52 | 0 | 64 | 56 | 14 | 58 | 115 | 150461 | |
129 | 52 | 7 | 65 | 75 | 14 | 71 | 119 | 350609 | |
130 | 51 | 1 | 57 | 65 | 18 | 57 | 120 | 350016 | |
131 | 51 | 13 | 55 | 66 | 7 | 37 | 120 | 422152 | |
132 | 51 | 3 | 56 | 75 | 33 | 67 | 119 | 300879 | |
133 | 51 | 0 | 69 | 57 | 24 | 69 | 115 | 448430 | |
134 | 51 | 0 | 54 | 58 | 27 | 76 | 124 | 217369 | |
135 | 51 | 2 | 76 | 79 | 4 | 77 | 119 | 237268 | |
136 | 51 | 0 | 62 | 71 | 14 | 75 | 127 | 237251 | |
137 | 51 | 5 | 73 | 70 | 19 | 74 | 113 | 609400 | |
138 | 51 | 2 | 66 | 65 | 20 | 66 | 114 | 196688 | |
139 | 51 | 10 | 79 | 57 | 4 | 69 | 103 | 323137 | |
140 | 50 | 2 | 60 | 58 | 31 | 55 | 116 | 265567 | |
141 | 50 | 0 | 61 | 75 | 11 | 68 | 125 | 299521 | |
142 | 50 | 3 | 61 | 68 | 28 | 63 | 112 | 390645 | |
143 | 50 | 11 | 58 | 40 | 53 | 38 | 102 | 48758 | |
144 | 50 | 1 | 54 | 79 | 15 | 50 | 123 | 90631 | |
145 | 49 | 1 | 60 | 60 | 25 | 60 | 116 | 435382 | |
146 | 49 | 21 | 48 | 71 | 1 | 60 | 142 | 164848 | |
147 | 49 | 1 | 55 | 65 | 19 | 64 | 126 | 90689 | |
148 | 49 | 6 | 51 | 47 | 46 | 40 | 121 | 227818 | |
149 | 49 | 4 | 63 | 65 | 17 | 73 | 121 | 60841 | |
150 | 49 | 0 | 59 | 74 | 10 | 70 | 126 | 198562 | |
151 | 49 | 1 | 64 | 73 | 9 | 75 | 128 | 151429 | |
152 | 49 | 0 | 51 | 47 | 41 | 43 | 116 | 148859 | |
153 | 49 | 1 | 45 | 41 | 46 | 28 | 123 | 359653 | |
154 | 48 | 0 | 62 | 73 | 23 | 63 | 120 | 57645 | |
155 | 48 | 1 | 54 | 65 | 15 | 50 | 116 | 204145 | |
156 | 48 | 3 | 60 | 38 | 54 | 48 | 115 | 133699 | |
157 | 48 | 0 | 59 | 46 | 53 | 50 | 115 | 197596 | |
158 | 48 | 1 | 73 | 60 | 17 | 77 | 113 | 280528 | |
159 | 48 | 0 | 62 | 84 | 14 | 76 | 120 | 67861 | |
160 | 48 | 10 | 52 | 58 | 47 | 54 | 122 | 161932 | |
161 | 47 | 1 | 62 | 56 | 25 | 57 | 118 | 189859 | |
162 | 47 | 10 | 54 | 83 | 8 | 63 | 115 | 227806 | |
163 | 47 | 0 | 60 | 67 | 20 | 76 | 111 | 64056 | |
164 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 75 | 31 | 56 | 129 | 149190 | |
165 | 47 | 36 | 57 | 61 | 9 | 55 | 117 | 196019 | |
166 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11546 | |
167 | 46 | 1 | 55 | 64 | 38 | 44 | 107 | 113753 | |
168 | 46 | 8 | 58 | 61 | 36 | 60 | 119 | 138831 | |
169 | 46 | 1 | 59 | 34 | 59 | 39 | 116 | 229479 | |
170 | 46 | 7 | 74 | 77 | 11 | 86 | 114 | 22231 | |
171 | 46 | 0 | 68 | 75 | 16 | 75 | 120 | 29162 | |
172 | 46 | 0 | 66 | 83 | 18 | 64 | 118 | 28612 | |
173 | 46 | 6 | 56 | 76 | 6 | 67 | 126 | 141527 | |
174 | 45 | 7 | 58 | 46 | 33 | 50 | 117 | 57782 | |
175 | 45 | 0 | 58 | 45 | 53 | 44 | 104 | 72018 | |
176 | 45 | 1 | 59 | 58 | 27 | 57 | 103 | 19432 | |
177 | 45 | 10 | 67 | 72 | 11 | 73 | 121 | 230399 | |
178 | 45 | 7 | 63 | 63 | 13 | 58 | 122 | 101003 | |
179 | 45 | 0 | 57 | 57 | 48 | 49 | 96 | 140943 | |
180 | 45 | 0 | 51 | 83 | 17 | 75 | 130 | 100303 | |
181 | 45 | 3 | 66 | 77 | 23 | 61 | 123 | 200647 | |
182 | 45 | 3 | 60 | 73 | 16 | 68 | 123 | 264799 | |
183 | 45 | 5 | 68 | 82 | 9 | 77 | 121 | 309690 | |
184 | 45 | 4 | 61 | 58 | 28 | 55 | 115 | 525525 | |
185 | 45 | 3 | 73 | 70 | 7 | 75 | 123 | 321936 | |
186 | 45 | 0 | 62 | 55 | 36 | 67 | 123 | 11951 | |
187 | 44 | 4 | 56 | 60 | 20 | 54 | 129 | 79122 | |
188 | 44 | 1 | 66 | 78 | 13 | 75 | 126 | 196764 | |
189 | 44 | 1 | 53 | 38 | 58 | 41 | 109 | 126661 | |
190 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3564 | |
191 | 44 | 0 | 66 | 60 | 11 | 60 | 106 | 97407 | |
192 | 44 | 1 | 60 | 55 | 33 | 62 | 118 | 120349 | |
193 | 44 | 6 | 61 | 74 | 6 | 71 | 126 | 233115 | |
194 | 44 | 8 | 63 | 84 | 18 | 74 | 118 | 21086 | |
195 | 44 | 11 | 61 | 64 | 13 | 70 | 125 | 89050 | |
196 | 44 | 14 | 71 | 58 | 32 | 53 | 117 | 10639 | |
197 | 43 | 0 | 42 | 65 | 27 | 48 | 136 | 186981 | |
198 | 43 | 0 | 45 | 34 | 60 | 29 | 128 | 23860 | |
199 | 43 | 9 | 65 | 62 | 18 | 63 | 120 | 153140 | |
200 | 43 | 40 | 57 | 72 | 10 | 56 | 123 | 106679 |