Russian chanson is a genre of music that originated in the Soviet Union and is characterized by its melancholic and emotional lyrics. The songs often tell stories of love, loss, and hardship, and are typically accompanied by simple guitar or accordion melodies. The genre gained popularity in the 1990s and has since become a staple of Russian music culture.
Here you can see the popularity of Russian Chanson genre over time. This graph shows albums and singles releases count by year and decade.
1049 releases
Explore russian chanson history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.
Here is a list of russian chanson artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the russian chanson genre. You can find out what russian chanson genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.
| # | name | popularity | followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50 | 231245 | |
| 2 | 45 | 108915 | |
| 3 | 45 | 107529 | |
| 4 | 37 | 66306 | |
| 5 | 47 | 146105 | |
| 6 | 34 | 51164 | |
| 7 | 43 | 65575 | |
| 8 | 42 | 53396 | |
| 9 | 42 | 48585 | |
| 10 | 41 | 68059 | |
| 11 | 41 | 9082 | |
| 12 | 41 | 3323 | |
| 13 | 40 | 62047 | |
| 14 | 40 | 12070 | |
| 15 | 39 | 19951 | |
| 16 | 39 | 38526 | |
| 17 | 38 | 7615 | |
| 18 | 37 | 16731 | |
| 19 | 37 | 20825 | |
| 20 | 36 | 32466 | |
| 21 | 36 | 10355 | |
| 22 | 36 | 4296 | |
| 23 | 35 | 34206 | |
| 24 | 34 | 4410 | |
| 25 | 34 | 9563 | |
| 26 | 34 | 8109 | |
| 27 | 34 | 2637 | |
| 28 | 27 | 20713 | |
| 29 | 32 | 21911 | |
| 30 | 32 | 10998 | |
| 31 | 31 | 2947 | |
| 32 | 31 | 3319 | |
| 33 | 31 | 5063 | |
| 34 | 31 | 3218 | |
| 35 | 29 | 4433 | |
| 36 | 29 | 7511 | |
| 37 | 29 | 1870 | |
| 38 | 28 | 3650 | |
| 39 | 28 | 23579 | |
| 40 | 28 | 3127 | |
| 41 | 28 | 3062 | |
| 42 | 28 | 3646 | |
| 43 | 28 | 3804 | |
| 44 | 27 | 5111 | |
| 45 | 27 | 4670 | |
| 46 | 27 | 7693 | |
| 47 | 27 | 5161 | |
| 48 | 27 | 4968 | |
| 49 | 26 | 11203 | |
| 50 | 26 | 9226 | |
| 51 | 26 | 4623 | |
| 52 | 26 | 1971 | |
| 53 | 26 | 2011 | |
| 54 | 26 | 1573 | |
| 55 | 26 | 5455 | |
| 56 | 25 | 5548 | |
| 57 | 25 | 4494 | |
| 58 | 24 | 2709 | |
| 59 | 24 | 4486 | |
| 60 | 23 | 3123 | |
| 61 | 23 | 6963 | |
| 62 | 23 | 4668 | |
| 63 | 22 | 5522 | |
| 64 | 22 | 4723 | |
| 65 | 22 | 3347 | |
| 66 | 21 | 1223 | |
| 67 | 21 | 3050 | |
| 68 | 21 | 1119 | |
| 69 | 21 | 6117 | |
| 70 | 20 | 2560 | |
| 71 | 20 | 2644 | |
| 72 | 19 | 729 | |
| 73 | 19 | 5091 | |
| 74 | 18 | 5096 | |
| 75 | 18 | 1759 | |
| 76 | 18 | 2686 | |
| 77 | 17 | 3162 | |
| 78 | 17 | 2843 | |
| 79 | 16 | 2614 | |
| 80 | 16 | 4874 | |
| 81 | 16 | 5424 | |
| 82 | 16 | 5528 | |
| 83 | 15 | 1867 | |
| 84 | 14 | 1280 | |
| 85 | 14 | 1814 | |
| 86 | 14 | 572 | |
| 87 | 14 | 33364 | |
| 88 | 13 | 727 | |
| 89 | 13 | 2743 | |
| 90 | 12 | 1114 | |
| 91 | 12 | 490 | |
| 92 | 12 | 2412 | |
| 93 | 11 | 2971 | |
| 94 | 10 | 1529 | |
| 95 | 10 | 1797 | |
| 96 | 9 | 2460 | |
| 97 | 9 | 1276 | |
| 98 | 9 | 1433 | |
| 99 | 7 | 1745 | |
| 100 | 6 | 4690 |
Enjoy this playlist of popular russian chanson music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.
