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List of progressive rock artists

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

#	name	Popularity	instrumentalness	danceability	energy	acousticness	Happiness	tempo	followers
1	Pink Floyd	79	27	39	42	32	26	117	19078049
2	Supertramp	70	2	50	58	44	48	112	3096083
3	TOOL	69	62	39	65	6	27	126	3164317
4	Genesis	68	6	45	62	28	39	118	3024437
5	Kansas	66	2	43	70	14	55	129	1391068
6	Rush	66	12	44	84	4	49	132	2112110
7	Peter Gabriel	65	10	53	48	40	39	112	1533187
8	Blue Öyster Cult	63	4	45	79	10	56	130	1423127
9	Styx	62	0	42	58	13	45	128	1776546
10	The Alan Parsons Project	62	14	59	53	35	49	118	1319719
11	Yes	60	10	44	64	20	46	119	1754820
12	Jethro Tull	59	6	51	53	29	62	125	1727571
13	Mike Oldfield	59	37	51	50	35	43	127	565415
14	The Moody Blues	58	15	38	50	39	41	117	1224698
15	Jeff Beck	57	44	45	64	20	47	119	688807
16	Free	57	0	60	51	20	64	120	478706
17	Frank Zappa	57	22	45	65	25	57	125	854133
18	King Crimson	55	28	39	46	22	31	121	1015048
19	Marillion	55	4	39	52	16	27	118	455046
20	Porcupine Tree	55	39	44	50	20	24	124	631237
21	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	55	6	47	55	19	43	118	392852
22	Robert Plant	55	9	52	67	20	45	123	1032568
23	Roger Waters	55	16	49	36	39	26	118	1425371
24	Asia	54	0	41	73	16	40	129	547145
25	Al Stewart	53	2	54	56	27	57	118	252896
26	David Gilmour	53	23	42	45	37	28	112	1743856
27	Ten Years After	52	25	42	64	20	58	129	507608
28	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	51	22	42	51	25	44	118	986958
29	Procol Harum	51	9	40	63	28	46	130	411841
30	Uriah Heep	50	12	38	60	12	45	119	729452
31	Traffic	49	2	45	56	29	57	113	555504
32	Steven Wilson	47	34	44	43	26	18	126	364743
33	Camel	47	44	38	44	42	41	123	339046
34	Focus	44	72	40	57	23	40	120	186454
35	Barclay James Harvest	43	4	40	43	33	31	117	159589
36	Jon & Vangelis	43	2	52	39	35	43	141	177604
37	Iron Butterfly	42	12	49	52	17	61	123	378661
38	Aphrodite's Child	42	12	33	55	26	37	110	89060
39	Wishbone Ash	42	11	45	61	11	51	127	192859
40	Jimmy Page	42	14	54	66	26	63	125	490601
41	Roger Hodgson	42	1	46	56	35	39	128	250620
42	Eloy	41	24	41	61	13	30	110	78764
43	Gentle Giant	41	20	49	40	37	49	123	205021
44	Rick Wakeman	40	61	41	43	33	24	120	186188
45	Jean-Luc Ponty	40	77	46	59	35	56	125	96099
46	RPWL	40	24	47	60	15	22	122	41210
47	Steve Hackett	39	29	34	46	28	24	118	144073
48	Saga	39	13	54	64	16	52	119	83017
49	Gong	38	43	40	45	30	45	119	91051
50	Soft Machine	38	71	35	42	51	37	116	120600
51	Alan Parsons	38	29	53	49	42	35	116	281809
52	Premiata Forneria Marconi	37	41	35	45	35	26	118	108769
53	Ray Wilson	37	6	44	61	21	27	117	18946
54	Robert Fripp	37	35	25	29	65	16	101	75751
55	Renaissance	37	14	37	39	50	35	126	138163
56	Mahavishnu Orchestra	36	64	35	76	15	38	118	139427
57	Arena	36	6	40	61	14	29	124	27579
58	Tony Levin	36	22	40	56	11	32	101	24822
59	Jon Anderson	36	10	48	51	36	43	119	106795
60	Sylvan	35	6	36	50	18	16	131	19203
61	Fish	35	1	43	59	29	31	121	107221
62	Caravan	35	19	43	46	27	45	122	105761
63	Geddy Lee	34	2	53	82	0	47	135	28815
64	Brand X	34	65	36	48	38	34	112	42241
65	Pavlov's Dog	33	0	40	53	34	39	125	29953
66	Triumvirat	33	43	43	52	3	38	147	49834
67	Mystery	33	9	39	57	10	17	121	14414
68	Jon Lord	33	71	35	41	50	23	79	36823
69	Strawbs	33	11	47	60	30	48	113	46367
70	Nektar	32	33	34	62	44	30	122	55263
71	IQ	32	6	36	57	17	18	130	32051
72	Van Der Graaf Generator	32	2	28	56	12	34	114	125488
73	Anthony Phillips	32	43	32	23	83	18	103	27864
74	Rare Bird	31	10	50	39	40	39	123	25688
75	Argent	31	13	42	55	33	43	114	48288
76	Magma	31	39	40	66	42	37	119	54183
77	Gazpacho	30	9	42	38	21	15	118	51167
78	Mostly Autumn	30	3	34	48	28	13	125	21001
79	Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso	30	8	55	64	34	58	113	52741
80	Le Orme	30	5	37	54	16	56	130	40384
81	Steve Howe	30	46	43	46	55	50	120	66250
82	Blind Ego	30	16	49	76	1	30	116	11423
83	David Minasian	29	0	43	44	7	19	104	3867
84	Adrian Belew	29	13	57	52	35	45	128	46556
85	Ian Anderson	29	4	63	50	33	60	119	154912
86	John Wetton	29	19	41	52	21	21	125	30511
87	Hatfield & The North	29	50	37	33	40	46	133	28952
88	Steve Hillage	29	54	30	65	43	41	114	31061
89	U.K.	28	3	35	61	24	40	108	47485
90	Big Big Train	28	10	39	54	33	27	135	31272
91	Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe	28	0	46	52	41	50	125	62120
92	The Flower Kings	28	22	36	58	16	24	130	39478
93	Unitopia	28	15	46	48	51	25	131	11609
94	Atomic Rooster	27	19	49	79	12	54	126	63067
95	Spock's Beard	27	8	41	75	3	36	141	56282
96	Chris Squire	27	5	46	54	58	48	108	39390
97	Transatlantic	27	19	39	74	6	32	129	48285
98	Jan Akkerman	27	89	46	44	46	37	127	21767
99	Curved Air	27	11	39	57	24	48	130	39214
100	Jadis	26	9	34	50	23	30	113	5833
101	Beggars Opera	26	24	34	68	8	43	138	14419
102	Phideaux	26	27	32	42	32	20	108	12589
103	No-Man	26	62	43	23	52	9	116	30518
104	Tony Banks	26	11	42	57	31	28	113	44808
105	Neal Morse	25	14	42	69	8	34	135	36122
106	Galahad	25	3	46	51	30	20	106	13715
107	Lonely Robot	25	10	44	59	24	26	133	10673
108	Phil Manzanera	24	63	44	82	13	44	118	18881
109	Steve Rothery	24	88	27	43	53	11	112	9424
110	Greg Lake	24	8	38	67	8	35	123	33871
111	Colosseum	24	18	32	77	19	46	123	21916
112	Peter Hammill	24	13	39	62	17	24	120	33246
113	GTR	24	15	51	65	19	35	138	18140
114	Egg	24	66	39	45	24	31	118	16773
115	Gryphon	23	33	41	34	65	43	105	30440
116	Beardfish	23	21	47	61	26	35	122	21975
117	Bill Bruford	23	87	36	48	47	63	94	39193
118	Tim Bowness	23	41	45	44	28	23	113	10032
119	Kaipa	22	16	37	66	12	30	120	15648
120	Anekdoten	22	38	35	64	9	22	127	24060
121	Clepsydra	22	9	34	53	32	12	135	3629
122	The Alan Parsons Symphonic Project	21	75	42	78	4	26	91	29886
123	The Nice	21	48	37	57	7	44	132	39979
124	Keith Emerson	20	60	37	13	98	16	135	81766
125	It Bites	20	0	59	82	17	62	112	8577
126	Jade Warrior	20	47	37	24	60	21	114	9542
127	Nad Sylvan	20	3	44	53	22	30	129	4987
128	Greenslade	20	55	39	51	53	32	119	20341
129	Wobbler	20	22	38	40	30	29	120	16455
130	Emerson, Lake & Powell	20	0	55	68	20	50	108	30321
131	Matching Mole	19	11	51	13	92	24	108	17026
132	The Tangent	19	18	55	60	26	44	134	14183
133	Taï Phong	19	0	28	48	31	12	120	2341
134	Knight Area	18	2	37	67	8	22	121	8793
135	Crack The Sky	18	3	50	59	11	62	123	6247
136	Sebastian Hardie	18	67	29	45	43	22	131	3899
137	Starcastle	18	12	43	75	2	55	134	13192
138	Patrick Moraz	17	45	39	51	49	45	113	14686
139	Karnataka	17	8	40	60	5	19	122	6443
140	Moon Safari	17	2	34	55	21	28	119	10974
141	Karmakanic	16	11	40	54	22	27	110	11334
142	Fruupp	16	17	35	50	15	34	128	4539
143	Annie Haslam	16	0	61	54	37	53	123	7738
144	Echolyn	15	0	45	80	20	45	154	7771
145	Bill Bruford's Earthworks	14	17	39	64	6	63	100	14531
146	Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3207
147	Richard Wright	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	7711
148	The Watch	14	1	42	46	24	24	122	6052
149	Comedy of Errors	13	20	39	70	6	36	132	5136
150	Magic Pie	13	9	44	62	24	34	130	9602
151	Enchant	13	0	40	87	0	43	135	10901
152	Quatermass	12	38	32	57	24	25	120	5817
153	Sound Of Contact	12	21	42	63	23	22	143	5696
154	Pallas	11	2	46	56	13	30	141	9840
155	Colosseum II	11	28	34	81	27	35	140	7813
156	Squackett	11	0	44	69	1	16	120	3158
157	Happy the man	11	70	49	58	44	39	107	9068
158	Anyone's Daughter	10	6	46	83	0	51	127	3109
159	National Health	10	43	33	43	53	27	126	7925
160	IZZ	10	20	45	66	4	32	107	5688
161	Kino	10	0	48	70	3	35	137	3659
162	The Enid	10	2	35	37	62	10	71	3834
163	Magenta	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1986
164	Peter Banks	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2520
165	Roine Stolt	9	43	43	65	17	27	128	7848
166	Abel Ganz	9	0	54	35	88	16	111	4007
167	Isildurs Bane	9	57	44	30	61	48	99	4430
168	Twelfth Night	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2118
169	Rocket Scientists	8	21	43	72	0	57	83	5315
170	England	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3612
171	Carl Palmer	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	12369
172	Gnidrolog	8	1	45	32	43	29	149	4285
173	Keith Emerson Band	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	15480
174	Secret Oyster	8	75	47	27	69	11	83	6629
175	After Crying	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3521
176	Magellan	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2963
177	Lifesigns	6	1	49	48	19	29	125	2624
178	Änglagård	6	16	32	33	68	15	120	9938
179	Pierre Moerlen's Gong	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6478
180	Martin Orford	6	26	35	63	46	42	118	1774
181	Glass Hammer	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5532
182	Clearlight	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4887
183	Satellite	6	0	51	49	42	16	106	1667
184	Panic Room	6	0	51	65	7	34	79	5075
185	Carptree	5	4	43	47	8	24	148	4984
186	Mandalaband	5	68	15	50	21	24	169	803
187	Landmarq	5	0	47	57	7	15	118	2934
188	Anderson/Stolt	5	0	34	59	34	30	173	3228
189	The Lens	5	87	25	56	12	4	126	2009
190	The Reasoning	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2706
191	Yezda Urfa	4	0	39	44	18	62	134	4103
192	Refugee	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1834
193	Also Eden	3	0	44	48	34	25	140	2833
194	Agents Of Mercy	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1730
195	Presto Ballet	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3387
196	Pendragon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23754
197	Rick Wakeman & Ramon Remedios	1	1	32	25	84	21	112	3774
198	Rick Wright	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	207

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