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Similar Genres to r&b

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List of r&b artists

Here is a list of r&b artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the r&b genre. You can find out what r&b 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	SZA	92	4	61	53	38	40	113	12264179
2	Chris Brown	88	0	61	63	11	46	116	19329979
3	Beyoncé	87	2	58	63	17	43	121	34603581
4	Brent Faiyaz	82	1	55	39	54	35	112	3770683
5	Michael Jackson	82	4	69	69	24	60	117	27308224
6	Ty Dolla $ign	81	0	70	49	19	45	113	4624690
7	Miguel	81	2	60	58	21	35	115	4643886
8	Tory Lanez	80	0	62	60	17	39	120	5518770
9	Summer Walker	80	0	59	37	52	28	114	5015298
10	Ne-Yo	79	0	66	64	28	55	120	7984753
11	Giveon	79	0	54	40	53	35	113	2948634
12	Usher	79	1	68	60	17	55	114	10508757
13	Bryson Tiller	79	0	62	53	26	42	122	6964686
14	Alicia Keys	78	3	54	54	39	40	115	10737234
15	PARTYNEXTDOOR	78	1	58	51	22	30	114	5180010
16	Big Sean	77	0	67	63	19	37	114	10818217
17	Jhené Aiko	77	2	49	44	55	33	116	6475665
18	T-Pain	77	2	59	59	11	37	123	4351715
19	6LACK	76	3	61	54	34	31	111	4216830
20	H.E.R.	75	0	52	46	44	28	110	6372698
21	Jeremih	74	0	68	52	35	48	112	6323347
22	Kehlani	74	0	53	59	30	44	110	6891067
23	Jorja Smith	72	3	59	50	41	35	113	3126567
24	Ms. Lauryn Hill	72	0	61	57	32	63	110	2461546
25	Missy Elliott	72	4	82	66	21	61	115	2217276
26	Ashanti	72	0	63	62	32	50	107	2706473
27	Justine Skye	71	1	63	53	30	40	119	758603
28	Destiny's Child	71	1	67	66	18	58	112	6380913
29	Ciara	71	1	70	64	13	44	119	6151791
30	Ella Mai	71	0	58	55	28	36	113	4991398
31	Mary J. Blige	71	0	69	63	18	58	113	3534787
32	Trey Songz	70	0	61	60	19	39	118	7264545
33	Wale	70	0	68	72	29	55	115	4088112
34	Jamie Foxx	69	0	69	52	31	46	122	1094936
35	TLC	69	3	73	64	8	64	121	3545513
36	Eve	68	0	75	80	13	64	110	1234396
37	Normani	68	0	63	76	18	76	152	2401447
38	Sonder	68	5	55	35	46	25	113	629802
39	Kaash Paige	68	0	57	45	57	36	114	349106
40	Kelly Rowland	68	1	61	69	12	51	110	3427913
41	Keyshia Cole	67	0	58	62	20	40	125	3495977
42	Keri Hilson	67	0	66	75	18	64	121	1912912
43	Janelle Monáe	67	4	61	60	21	50	129	1335087
44	Jacquees	67	0	62	51	23	44	109	2457469
45	Erykah Badu	67	6	66	45	28	48	100	2654603
46	Tinashe	67	1	66	56	27	43	116	2591898
47	Lucky Daye	67	1	63	55	37	48	111	535321
48	Aaliyah	67	2	69	61	26	63	118	3840781
49	Estelle	66	0	59	76	13	58	111	258584
50	Ginuwine	66	0	71	55	18	63	107	2435479
51	Mario	66	0	65	58	21	48	114	3150666
52	Boyz II Men	66	0	59	55	30	42	107	2773888
53	Janet Jackson	66	7	72	72	20	61	113	3581237
54	Aloe Blacc	65	4	62	62	22	62	115	706853
55	Omarion	65	0	69	65	10	59	116	2776255
56	Lloyd	65	0	61	65	11	48	120	2162879
57	112	65	0	65	52	21	51	118	1071933
58	Kiana Ledé	65	0	70	51	35	43	110	1516974
59	Cherish	65	0	71	53	17	42	115	595281
60	Brandy	65	0	62	57	25	54	112	3266417
61	Lil' Kim	65	0	75	69	11	63	96	1599064
62	Mase	65	6	79	68	13	65	110	736272
63	Toni Braxton	64	1	67	61	21	52	113	3745387
64	Robin Thicke	64	3	72	49	36	61	118	1936275
65	Chlöe	64	1	59	52	36	48	118	294068
66	Faith Evans	64	3	62	56	26	48	112	1498217
67	Joe	64	0	65	56	22	56	112	1718868
68	The-Dream	64	4	68	58	15	43	120	1234861
69	DeJ Loaf	63	0	62	58	24	35	127	1567102
70	Sabrina Claudio	63	3	56	45	58	30	113	1562933
71	Cassie	63	3	73	61	18	63	108	1448846
72	Emeli Sandé	63	1	56	58	42	38	115	2263107
73	Jazmine Sullivan	63	0	61	60	29	48	122	1949555
74	FLO	63	0	54	51	31	71	105	202481
75	Blackstreet	63	0	77	57	18	62	91	719346
76	Mýa	62	0	67	66	12	52	111	1316795
77	Syleena Johnson	62	0	62	55	19	50	104	307291
78	Jagged Edge	62	0	70	58	23	59	111	2001925
79	Monica	62	0	65	56	14	55	121	2427720
80	August Alsina	62	0	61	58	19	39	122	2529143
81	Eric Bellinger	62	0	56	54	32	46	120	800497
82	SWV	61	1	66	58	19	54	114	1775233
83	Teyana Taylor	61	1	58	54	44	46	110	1685582
84	Solange	61	13	66	59	26	49	110	1970661
85	Tamia	61	3	65	56	27	43	123	1524380
86	Queen Naija	61	1	61	54	31	42	124	2741258
87	Sammie	61	0	68	49	39	46	113	569425
88	Charlie Wilson	61	0	66	66	12	59	113	1048089
89	dvsn	60	4	66	45	20	34	125	1168688
90	DaniLeigh	60	0	76	51	27	43	119	1158258
91	K-Ci & JoJo	60	0	68	62	13	51	119	1526262
92	Bow Wow	60	4	78	69	11	68	108	1325106
93	Musiq Soulchild	60	0	61	60	22	52	108	1089705
94	Mario Winans	60	0	77	54	24	60	118	53982
95	Remy Ma	59	0	67	65	12	54	92	737491
96	Anthony Hamilton	59	0	66	56	25	49	119	1497161
97	Brian McKnight	59	0	64	43	40	40	120	1407182
98	Coco Jones	59	0	59	56	27	46	106	268938
99	Jermaine Dupri	59	0	76	37	52	69	135	426671
100	Sisqo	59	6	68	76	13	60	120	895067
101	Babyface	58	1	69	58	20	53	111	941490
102	Jill Scott	58	3	66	52	26	43	113	1697280
103	Chase Shakur	58	4	57	45	57	38	119	83252
104	Chloe x Halle	58	2	61	57	23	39	128	2128843
105	Montell Jordan	58	0	77	55	15	68	102	815926
106	Maxwell	58	7	64	49	32	51	111	1616165
107	Keith Sweat	58	0	64	55	19	61	122	1921808
108	Bobby V.	58	0	60	63	25	46	126	907644
109	Chingy	58	0	80	75	6	72	117	897118
110	En Vogue	57	0	70	58	19	56	102	1281744
111	Tevin Campbell	57	0	67	60	14	58	126	966951
112	Jennifer Hudson	57	0	54	52	26	34	109	1770089
113	Paperboy Fabe	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	16908
114	Sevyn Streeter	57	1	66	63	13	45	111	1341802
115	SAYGRACE	57	0	58	56	45	46	116	176809
116	Tank	57	2	57	52	36	35	123	675729
117	New Edition	57	1	70	57	28	65	107	1498300
118	Fantasia	57	0	61	63	16	48	112	1944443
119	Bobby Brown	57	1	70	73	6	67	110	1079246
120	Andra Day	56	0	54	49	47	32	106	391464
121	Jodeci	56	0	65	57	24	62	120	1859582
122	Next	56	3	76	55	11	67	113	1115437
123	SoMo	56	0	61	57	29	43	124	703131
124	DeBarge	56	0	67	57	28	66	126	573398
125	Donell Jones	56	0	69	54	16	59	112	1132279
126	India.Arie	56	0	69	47	29	50	118	863478
127	Total	56	3	71	53	19	61	98	474030
128	Dru Hill	56	0	63	53	26	48	114	1409117
129	Foxy Brown	56	0	73	71	4	66	107	630527
130	702	56	0	71	58	20	66	98	735227
131	Anita Baker	56	0	58	54	50	47	105	1176632
132	Tyrese	56	0	65	57	13	50	107	2322600
133	Chrisette Michele	55	0	57	52	39	35	117	565841
134	Jaheim	55	0	64	60	22	54	105	1350087
135	Lauren Jauregui	55	7	49	38	53	34	125	1288425
136	Pretty Ricky	55	0	70	64	7	50	115	1566043
137	Case	55	0	68	54	29	67	95	846451
138	Mila J	55	0	64	51	38	51	115	738603
139	Avant	55	0	71	58	21	66	124	1363510
140	Bell Biv DeVoe	55	1	73	71	5	63	118	997304
141	All-4-One	55	0	55	54	32	39	106	715741
142	The Carters	55	0	69	62	13	44	139	1544555
143	Trina	55	0	83	68	5	58	113	1039712
144	Tony! Toni! Toné!	54	0	77	55	22	69	96	957523
145	Amerie	54	2	67	73	8	61	116	891384
146	Soul For Real	54	0	65	56	8	59	122	634058
147	Angie Stone	54	0	74	57	31	66	107	633719
148	Patti LaBelle	53	0	60	59	41	59	126	912573
149	Lakeyah	53	0	90	56	24	56	116	141418
150	Keke Palmer	53	0	71	65	15	48	128	657294
151	Empire Cast	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	579152
152	Da Brat	52	0	83	66	9	69	105	514646
153	Kem	52	4	70	49	38	38	111	802535
154	Zhané	52	3	79	59	11	66	98	305253
155	Xscape	52	0	72	43	19	48	113	1482916
156	Lil' Mo	52	0	66	59	15	37	113	278171
157	Christina Milian	52	0	76	75	17	68	121	1318320
158	AUGUST 08	52	1	63	57	27	33	119	35860
159	B2K	52	0	70	63	11	65	106	774150
160	Jon B.	52	0	70	52	18	59	107	1176764
161	J. Holiday	51	0	60	59	24	54	109	1542850
162	Eric Benét	50	0	66	51	34	52	107	642005
163	Carl Thomas	50	0	63	55	21	43	114	636447
164	Mint Condition	50	1	66	56	12	50	113	708591
165	Deborah Cox	50	1	63	66	22	46	117	775327
166	Guy	49	6	70	57	5	67	109	686696
167	K. Michelle	49	0	56	57	22	36	120	1679331
168	Johnny Gill	49	2	65	62	18	56	117	961168
169	Groove Theory	49	4	70	56	12	74	95	178373
170	Kelly Price	49	0	59	59	23	48	111	970666
171	Teena Marie	49	0	63	72	25	63	126	578933
172	Floetry	48	0	62	56	15	50	103	695862
173	Silk	48	0	66	54	14	49	123	989786
174	Stephanie Mills	48	2	72	62	26	77	116	539244
175	Regina Belle	48	0	54	59	31	52	124	380782
176	Melanie Fiona	48	0	61	64	23	64	116	844738
177	Freddie Jackson	48	0	68	47	33	61	123	690130
178	Shai	48	0	59	38	44	47	129	740988
179	Raheem DeVaughn	47	0	58	57	30	45	112	503960
180	Tweet	47	1	64	50	44	51	111	576380
181	Lalah Hathaway	47	0	58	48	45	41	104	409026
182	After 7	47	0	67	67	12	63	104	557707
183	Adina Howard	47	0	68	59	15	54	112	397768
184	Lyfe Jennings	47	0	61	45	29	50	118	1129284
185	Pleasure P	47	0	64	65	7	46	114	1232987
186	Tamar Braxton	47	0	53	57	31	42	120	1135561
187	Michel'le	47	4	71	63	8	63	129	266714
188	Marques Houston	47	0	65	59	19	53	104	822033
189	Aaron Hall	47	0	67	68	7	49	120	498108
190	Ledisi	47	0	64	61	16	56	118	613885
191	Danity Kane	46	2	65	65	15	57	120	619312
192	TWENTY88	46	0	56	63	16	45	118	558779
193	Nivea	46	0	71	51	22	62	117	703545
194	Blaque	46	0	73	67	6	62	117	467053
195	Al B. Sure!	46	2	67	51	14	57	114	546632
196	H-Town	46	0	66	53	22	52	120	831173
197	Ro James	46	1	66	57	34	35	115	271621
198	Leela James	45	1	71	55	24	53	117	409884
199	KeKe Wyatt	45	0	53	57	29	40	117	671583
200	Gerald Levert	45	0	71	56	19	52	116	882544

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