Reggae artists, songs, decades and similar genres

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List of reggae artists

Here is a list of reggae artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the reggae genre. You can find out what reggae 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	Bob Marley & The Wailers	79	2	78	51	20	77	119	11549262
2	Damian Marley	67	0	77	69	11	74	98	1432046
3	SOJA	61	0	73	61	10	59	120	1067260
4	Stephen Marley	61	0	63	62	18	65	105	618448
5	Inner Circle	60	0	78	76	6	83	125	359499
6	Jimmy Cliff	59	1	76	52	27	79	117	755385
7	Alborosie	58	12	75	64	8	67	116	633683
8	Ky-Mani Marley	58	0	65	64	22	66	105	369051
9	Barrington Levy	58	8	77	53	12	69	121	239275
10	Protoje	58	0	79	72	18	76	108	364091
11	Ini Kamoze	57	0	81	58	9	62	117	132807
12	The Wailers	57	14	78	60	41	77	113	503765
13	Steel Pulse	57	0	81	62	8	85	116	608743
14	Gregory Isaacs	57	11	81	49	12	81	103	618414
15	Alpha Blondy	57	0	77	67	15	82	122	585267
16	Peter Tosh	56	15	76	61	12	82	121	1023220
17	Big Mountain	56	0	71	69	13	76	131	119555
18	Ziggy Marley	56	0	75	61	22	71	110	1181523
19	Sizzla	56	0	70	67	15	69	109	555984
20	Toots & The Maytals	55	0	70	56	31	87	132	453890
21	Capleton	55	0	67	72	16	75	117	301837
22	10 Ft. Ganja Plant	54	33	78	57	10	73	119	74623
23	Beres Hammond	54	0	71	64	10	68	108	300269
24	Israel Vibration	53	1	83	51	8	79	119	472780
25	Max Romeo	53	9	81	56	15	78	113	111699
26	Wailing Souls	52	4	80	53	10	81	123	141609
27	Desmond Dekker	52	1	79	53	25	91	120	134567
28	Don Carlos	51	14	77	44	7	65	105	205872
29	Dawn Penn	51	9	78	48	19	74	109	49856
30	Dennis Brown	51	3	76	57	22	78	108	272887
31	John Holt	51	1	77	56	16	78	125	127355
32	The Gladiators	51	2	82	47	10	81	115	162651
33	Anthony B	51	0	72	68	20	75	120	296868
34	Bunny Wailer	50	4	74	46	16	76	95	335716
35	Groundation	50	5	76	56	5	60	114	305211
36	Lutan Fyah	50	0	72	65	15	75	103	145513
37	Eek-A-Mouse	50	3	80	52	12	73	109	237364
38	Maxi Priest	50	0	70	65	8	73	109	207604
39	Althea And Donna	50	1	85	58	11	84	106	37374
40	Morgan Heritage	49	0	67	70	22	76	97	328652
41	Freddie McGregor	49	1	77	53	11	75	104	159082
42	The Upsetters	49	50	76	63	31	87	130	51262
43	Alton Ellis	49	7	77	46	28	82	102	109411
44	The Maytals	49	0	68	54	26	80	126	68504
45	Burning Spear	49	14	73	47	11	74	112	475420
46	Lee "Scratch" Perry	48	8	76	65	27	72	115	185158
47	Culture	48	0	73	56	12	76	124	314681
48	Jacob Miller	47	0	78	47	13	80	120	79225
49	Ken Boothe	47	0	75	50	27	82	111	75308
50	Third World	47	1	79	59	7	79	126	159905
51	Augustus Pablo	47	72	76	57	14	71	123	86598
52	Marcia Griffiths	47	13	72	56	13	80	111	56890
53	Cocoa Tea	46	0	79	54	15	75	115	158963
54	The Skatalites	46	38	73	61	33	78	127	217479
55	Yellowman	46	0	81	56	15	74	100	150031
56	Richie Spice	46	0	74	62	17	73	97	192360
57	The Viceroys	46	5	79	50	14	81	126	14329
58	U-Roy	46	16	79	54	24	78	95	43393
59	Mighty Diamonds	45	1	80	51	20	81	130	101649
60	Aswad	45	11	73	61	12	73	124	167642
61	The Heptones	45	18	75	44	28	83	116	87773
62	Bob Andy	45	4	76	48	37	88	117	29737
63	Johnny Osbourne	45	3	76	51	17	72	117	61051
64	The Congos	45	9	73	54	15	71	130	110671
65	Black Uhuru	45	22	77	52	6	74	119	355560
66	Horace Andy	44	6	76	57	18	78	113	69664
67	King Tubby	44	60	75	53	10	63	123	106716
68	Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers	44	0	77	47	16	76	125	228052
69	Fantan Mojah	44	0	74	67	26	68	105	128794
70	The Abyssinians	44	11	72	48	26	80	115	112036
71	Junior Byles	44	2	82	51	30	77	125	24616
72	The Melodians	44	3	80	44	46	81	104	46824
73	Julian Marley	44	0	73	69	20	77	114	270968
74	Jackie Mittoo	44	68	79	57	19	79	109	41488
75	Delroy Wilson	44	7	75	53	26	80	107	41087
76	The Ethiopians	44	13	81	51	39	82	101	66171
77	Sly & Robbie	44	61	82	56	17	61	122	48391
78	Junior Murvin	43	7	81	44	7	70	119	44931
79	Dennis Bovell	43	0	87	63	12	89	134	13755
80	The Paragons	43	4	61	47	45	75	114	32691
81	Junior Reid	43	0	78	54	10	74	92	50664
82	Clinton Fearon	43	0	83	51	16	73	122	81269
83	Sugar Minott	43	0	77	52	20	73	107	82718
84	Phyllis Dillon	43	2	69	44	45	79	115	35348
85	Junior Kelly	42	0	72	71	14	81	104	126608
86	Mad Professor	42	33	77	51	2	68	126	62614
87	Luciano	42	1	66	56	23	66	111	197642
88	Cornell Campbell	42	9	75	55	21	77	101	32923
89	The Pioneers	42	0	79	58	16	82	112	29468
90	Bushman	42	0	73	61	10	75	105	79068
91	Half Pint	41	0	77	52	4	63	111	64568
92	Garnett Silk	41	0	71	62	23	75	120	134116
93	Chezidek	40	0	71	67	12	83	144	60453
94	Prince Buster	40	34	79	58	40	81	112	58923
95	Scientist	40	58	73	52	10	65	123	62091
96	Hopeton Lewis	40	2	74	45	58	78	116	18672
97	Linton Kwesi Johnson	39	1	76	43	5	82	111	45370
98	Big Youth	39	8	78	50	23	73	109	28279
99	The Aggrovators	39	39	75	48	24	69	103	17608
100	Pablo Moses	39	11	84	59	16	74	123	65079
101	Midnite	38	0	76	59	9	73	108	75050
102	Niney The Observer	38	41	82	51	22	69	106	8701
103	Rita Marley	38	1	78	43	10	70	113	83206
104	Errol Dunkley	38	6	75	46	32	80	122	16043
105	Linval Thompson	38	14	79	52	12	79	118	41187
106	Yabby You	38	15	82	50	11	83	128	41455
107	Eric Donaldson	38	0	85	34	23	83	128	34690
108	Frankie Paul	38	0	77	40	12	61	103	62670
109	Jah Mason	38	0	64	69	10	74	103	94208
110	Hugh Mundell	38	13	74	44	6	70	128	51894
111	Roots Radics	37	78	80	60	5	68	141	25054
112	Everton Blender	37	0	76	55	12	79	101	45263
113	Mykal Rose	37	0	78	65	10	73	126	42123
114	Glen Washington	37	0	74	50	12	73	98	64108
115	Ras Shiloh	37	0	72	52	16	71	106	46095
116	The Twinkle Brothers	36	34	81	49	13	71	131	55090
117	Mikey Dread	36	11	76	63	8	81	131	66995
118	Turbulence	36	0	68	66	13	66	127	85525
119	Tenor Saw	35	0	69	60	12	60	98	42214
120	Yami Bolo	35	0	73	58	33	72	130	20442
121	Ijahman Levi	34	0	79	45	9	78	126	53782
122	Chuck Fenda	34	0	70	69	31	73	105	62139
123	Johnny Clarke	34	12	81	51	7	70	115	36638
124	Sylford Walker	34	6	80	54	6	70	131	22772
125	Jah Shaka	34	56	68	52	1	46	137	28716
126	The Jamaicans	33	29	74	42	46	71	107	20037
127	Derrick Morgan	33	9	79	50	46	84	121	35902
128	Keith Hudson	33	40	74	60	13	66	132	18876
129	Prince Jammy	33	84	75	50	1	62	116	21120
130	Joe Higgs	33	1	80	49	42	86	133	18653
131	Dillinger	32	6	79	55	14	81	115	27597
132	Prince Far I	32	23	76	48	7	72	129	27624
133	Apple Gabriel	32	24	83	43	9	72	120	9284
134	Toots Hibbert	31	0	78	54	17	86	96	5702
135	Warrior King	31	0	64	72	16	72	113	49137
136	Tappa Zukie	30	36	76	61	14	59	137	12401
137	Ranking Joe	30	0	76	72	11	83	129	12672
138	Black Roots	30	13	81	41	8	79	117	36302
139	Prince Alla	30	1	80	57	2	75	138	13929
140	Dennis Alcapone	29	5	79	56	26	77	92	10483
141	Junior Delgado	29	8	78	48	11	70	113	30727
142	Prince Jazzbo	29	0	76	60	21	89	113	8130
143	Dub Syndicate	29	41	72	46	7	66	126	26098
144	Joe Gibbs & The Professionals	29	55	73	51	2	60	116	9049
145	Judy Mowatt	29	6	76	46	11	78	111	27560
146	Scotty	29	0	82	43	0	67	82	421
147	Lacksley Castell	29	0	84	42	4	72	122	22861
148	The Revolutionaries	29	85	74	46	6	70	126	20123
149	Leroy Smart	28	0	80	57	16	74	118	22754
150	Barry Brown	28	4	83	51	13	69	121	25428
151	Rockamovya	27	54	76	58	7	66	104	8642
152	I-Roy	27	0	74	68	23	70	108	31444
153	Al Campbell	27	2	76	50	23	69	105	28712
154	Misty In Roots	27	7	81	56	3	70	127	49394
155	Willie Williams	27	4	74	53	10	63	111	3781
156	The Itals	26	0	81	34	7	81	118	27121
157	Triston Palma	26	7	72	44	10	64	122	13072
158	Soul Syndicate	26	7	76	45	10	86	130	6400
159	KIDDUS I	26	2	91	45	13	84	127	14893
160	The Meditations	26	0	78	48	13	73	127	13140
161	Michael Prophet	26	3	73	56	12	72	117	28625
162	Rod Taylor	25	0	79	59	18	85	139	9613
163	Mutabaruka	25	0	80	53	14	77	108	9918
164	Dr. Alimantado	25	9	76	61	3	67	116	17462
165	Pablo Gad	25	15	79	54	1	68	123	12822
166	Capital Letters	24	9	80	68	8	82	123	9483
167	Fred Locks	24	0	71	53	5	78	99	14857
168	Rockers All Stars	24	65	75	48	18	52	134	6804
169	Andrew Tosh	23	0	78	58	36	75	88	12391
170	Ranking Dread	22	0	76	68	23	67	117	15711
171	Lee Perry & The Upsetters	22	75	79	40	9	65	115	32937
172	Natty King	22	0	76	71	20	84	124	35313
173	Cultural Roots	21	0	78	44	13	73	112	16371
174	Jah Stitch	21	0	72	50	4	56	127	8132
175	Peter Broggs	19	10	81	66	10	84	143	29271
176	Wayne Jarrett	18	20	75	47	9	65	127	8695
177	Israel Vibration\|Cocoa Tea	11	1	83	44	15	50	130	360
178	Don Carlos In Dub	7	88	69	51	1	59	122	3181
179	Jimmy C	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	286
180	Suger Minott	3	0	87	40	17	89	134	1330
181	Lauren Aitken	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1372
182	Errol Walker	2	0	92	66	0	75	130	229

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