Salsa is a lively and upbeat music genre that originated in Latin America. It is characterized by its use of percussion instruments such as congas, bongos, and timbales, as well as brass and woodwind instruments. Salsa often incorporates elements of jazz, funk, and rock music, and is known for its infectious rhythms and danceability. The lyrics of salsa songs typically focus on love, relationships, and social issues. It has been popularized by numerous artists, including some of the most iconic figures in Latin music history.
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 76 | 0 | 59 | 76 | 41 | 69 | 113 | 8903871 | |
2 | 68 | 0 | 58 | 67 | 54 | 68 | 98 | 1572193 | |
3 | 68 | 1 | 69 | 78 | 50 | 81 | 135 | 2982182 | |
4 | 67 | 0 | 68 | 72 | 55 | 85 | 101 | 818107 | |
5 | 67 | 0 | 73 | 72 | 35 | 92 | 104 | 1279134 | |
6 | 67 | 0 | 64 | 65 | 54 | 68 | 129 | 2628705 | |
7 | 66 | 0 | 67 | 77 | 51 | 87 | 138 | 1703247 | |
8 | 65 | 0 | 67 | 69 | 55 | 84 | 112 | 501724 | |
9 | 65 | 0 | 72 | 70 | 57 | 82 | 111 | 1729599 | |
10 | 65 | 1 | 79 | 86 | 30 | 86 | 124 | 996334 | |
11 | 64 | 8 | 56 | 68 | 51 | 77 | 107 | 1665026 | |
12 | 64 | 0 | 66 | 73 | 44 | 79 | 157 | 1594789 | |
13 | 63 | 0 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 84 | 117 | 533674 | |
14 | 63 | 0 | 64 | 76 | 37 | 81 | 122 | 1734267 | |
15 | 62 | 0 | 66 | 55 | 55 | 75 | 107 | 1431514 | |
16 | 61 | 2 | 71 | 72 | 60 | 93 | 101 | 1409402 | |
17 | 60 | 1 | 67 | 83 | 45 | 84 | 115 | 1344189 | |
18 | 60 | 0 | 74 | 89 | 34 | 89 | 114 | 648003 | |
19 | 60 | 0 | 63 | 73 | 44 | 76 | 112 | 991298 | |
20 | 59 | 1 | 69 | 70 | 21 | 83 | 146 | 382621 | |
21 | 59 | 0 | 67 | 57 | 59 | 87 | 122 | 868589 | |
22 | 59 | 0 | 73 | 82 | 30 | 78 | 130 | 903616 | |
23 | 59 | 3 | 70 | 66 | 62 | 90 | 111 | 47151 | |
24 | 58 | 3 | 69 | 72 | 49 | 86 | 119 | 1486393 | |
25 | 58 | 0 | 63 | 60 | 65 | 87 | 106 | 193911 | |
26 | 58 | 0 | 67 | 76 | 34 | 85 | 115 | 712805 | |
27 | 57 | 2 | 62 | 77 | 45 | 68 | 119 | 914658 | |
28 | 57 | 0 | 71 | 75 | 49 | 83 | 135 | 863633 | |
29 | 57 | 0 | 67 | 62 | 45 | 89 | 110 | 1278675 | |
30 | 56 | 0 | 65 | 73 | 38 | 73 | 127 | 948521 | |
31 | 56 | 0 | 67 | 76 | 49 | 89 | 127 | 279800 | |
32 | 56 | 1 | 66 | 79 | 49 | 78 | 133 | 159253 | |
33 | 56 | 7 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 89 | 124 | 173045 | |
34 | 56 | 1 | 66 | 57 | 68 | 89 | 102 | 233094 | |
35 | 55 | 1 | 81 | 79 | 11 | 80 | 128 | 304756 | |
36 | 54 | 11 | 73 | 83 | 20 | 85 | 116 | 309068 | |
37 | 54 | 0 | 67 | 87 | 29 | 87 | 122 | 159579 | |
38 | 54 | 2 | 69 | 71 | 55 | 87 | 112 | 711267 | |
39 | 53 | 0 | 66 | 82 | 40 | 88 | 137 | 167039 | |
40 | 53 | 0 | 64 | 74 | 53 | 79 | 133 | 283749 | |
41 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 308737 | |
42 | 51 | 6 | 64 | 79 | 34 | 85 | 150 | 123334 | |
43 | 51 | 0 | 68 | 75 | 51 | 86 | 95 | 81683 | |
44 | 51 | 0 | 75 | 88 | 7 | 81 | 134 | 315518 | |
45 | 51 | 0 | 73 | 60 | 60 | 89 | 114 | 102558 | |
46 | 51 | 2 | 61 | 65 | 61 | 90 | 125 | 500686 | |
47 | 51 | 1 | 73 | 81 | 39 | 91 | 134 | 283111 | |
48 | 50 | 1 | 73 | 81 | 39 | 83 | 133 | 268120 | |
49 | 50 | 0 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 84 | 97 | 233756 | |
50 | 49 | 3 | 61 | 80 | 39 | 83 | 156 | 176646 | |
51 | 49 | 25 | 67 | 71 | 68 | 89 | 115 | 170829 | |
52 | 49 | 0 | 66 | 79 | 53 | 91 | 112 | 230559 | |
53 | 48 | 2 | 58 | 61 | 52 | 80 | 142 | 347196 | |
54 | 48 | 15 | 59 | 64 | 48 | 83 | 113 | 193477 | |
55 | 48 | 0 | 66 | 63 | 45 | 74 | 136 | 286806 | |
56 | 48 | 0 | 71 | 81 | 54 | 92 | 127 | 66421 | |
57 | 48 | 0 | 66 | 81 | 47 | 86 | 141 | 79720 | |
58 | 48 | 0 | 70 | 70 | 54 | 84 | 139 | 162537 | |
59 | 48 | 0 | 72 | 73 | 25 | 89 | 95 | 207465 | |
60 | 48 | 0 | 63 | 57 | 66 | 83 | 93 | 524612 | |
61 | 47 | 0 | 73 | 82 | 60 | 84 | 106 | 59766 | |
62 | 47 | 0 | 78 | 88 | 24 | 90 | 124 | 199483 | |
63 | 47 | 0 | 73 | 75 | 59 | 89 | 109 | 228961 | |
64 | 47 | 0 | 68 | 81 | 42 | 89 | 118 | 92497 | |
65 | 47 | 44 | 78 | 69 | 54 | 95 | 106 | 429875 | |
66 | 47 | 0 | 69 | 70 | 48 | 78 | 122 | 493271 | |
67 | 47 | 0 | 78 | 85 | 28 | 92 | 146 | 215956 | |
68 | 47 | 0 | 68 | 79 | 48 | 79 | 119 | 186023 | |
69 | 46 | 0 | 60 | 73 | 34 | 81 | 108 | 104723 | |
70 | 46 | 0 | 77 | 73 | 56 | 89 | 112 | 41605 | |
71 | 46 | 0 | 89 | 77 | 8 | 87 | 132 | 221266 | |
72 | 46 | 0 | 70 | 76 | 47 | 82 | 152 | 17487 | |
73 | 46 | 0 | 63 | 67 | 49 | 80 | 128 | 166501 | |
74 | 46 | 0 | 66 | 72 | 62 | 85 | 108 | 41329 | |
75 | 46 | 3 | 73 | 71 | 60 | 90 | 92 | 126803 | |
76 | 46 | 0 | 72 | 72 | 52 | 86 | 104 | 147471 | |
77 | 45 | 0 | 65 | 80 | 44 | 86 | 105 | 231256 | |
78 | 45 | 0 | 66 | 72 | 46 | 76 | 151 | 267616 | |
79 | 45 | 4 | 71 | 47 | 47 | 88 | 134 | 128046 | |
80 | 45 | 0 | 65 | 72 | 67 | 86 | 147 | 192099 | |
81 | 45 | 0 | 65 | 73 | 50 | 86 | 142 | 58435 | |
82 | 45 | 0 | 63 | 67 | 48 | 85 | 126 | 124666 | |
83 | 45 | 13 | 69 | 85 | 30 | 85 | 139 | 171948 | |
84 | 44 | 0 | 78 | 84 | 39 | 86 | 138 | 121866 | |
85 | 44 | 1 | 62 | 61 | 72 | 81 | 122 | 67218 | |
86 | 44 | 0 | 74 | 70 | 38 | 87 | 99 | 346122 | |
87 | 44 | 1 | 79 | 87 | 21 | 91 | 124 | 138146 | |
88 | 44 | 1 | 68 | 66 | 64 | 85 | 129 | 86345 | |
89 | 44 | 1 | 61 | 70 | 57 | 85 | 128 | 126464 | |
90 | 44 | 0 | 70 | 64 | 60 | 88 | 141 | 95238 | |
91 | 44 | 0 | 61 | 73 | 49 | 85 | 110 | 119863 | |
92 | 44 | 0 | 68 | 83 | 48 | 89 | 127 | 62496 | |
93 | 43 | 0 | 67 | 83 | 29 | 78 | 142 | 98139 | |
94 | 43 | 0 | 68 | 80 | 38 | 81 | 123 | 41927 | |
95 | 43 | 0 | 78 | 66 | 59 | 81 | 104 | 32715 | |
96 | 43 | 0 | 62 | 74 | 54 | 71 | 134 | 91115 | |
97 | 43 | 0 | 69 | 79 | 52 | 87 | 107 | 110709 | |
98 | 43 | 21 | 60 | 59 | 62 | 78 | 116 | 201694 | |
99 | 43 | 2 | 58 | 57 | 60 | 71 | 107 | 189099 | |
100 | 43 | 0 | 73 | 87 | 41 | 93 | 139 | 95391 | |
101 | 43 | 0 | 77 | 78 | 46 | 83 | 102 | 77526 | |
102 | 43 | 0 | 66 | 73 | 59 | 80 | 148 | 137475 | |
103 | 43 | 0 | 71 | 79 | 31 | 86 | 131 | 156210 | |
104 | 43 | 0 | 71 | 75 | 38 | 89 | 127 | 58974 | |
105 | 43 | 0 | 57 | 69 | 75 | 87 | 87 | 9343 | |
106 | 42 | 0 | 63 | 65 | 71 | 89 | 121 | 85690 | |
107 | 42 | 0 | 61 | 38 | 66 | 83 | 112 | 96828 | |
108 | 42 | 0 | 70 | 72 | 58 | 92 | 98 | 88888 | |
109 | 41 | 0 | 62 | 65 | 62 | 88 | 133 | 33046 | |
110 | 41 | 10 | 57 | 63 | 79 | 75 | 101 | 88801 | |
111 | 41 | 0 | 66 | 74 | 51 | 85 | 124 | 43000 | |
112 | 41 | 0 | 76 | 72 | 36 | 91 | 126 | 32727 | |
113 | 41 | 0 | 68 | 67 | 58 | 90 | 93 | 195747 | |
114 | 41 | 17 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 91 | 104 | 338009 | |
115 | 41 | 0 | 72 | 54 | 46 | 83 | 115 | 44478 | |
116 | 41 | 11 | 70 | 73 | 61 | 89 | 142 | 211726 | |
117 | 40 | 0 | 75 | 71 | 48 | 92 | 106 | 168419 | |
118 | 40 | 0 | 68 | 76 | 34 | 91 | 134 | 151392 | |
119 | 40 | 0 | 66 | 84 | 42 | 89 | 120 | 130918 | |
120 | 40 | 0 | 61 | 46 | 68 | 79 | 105 | 62890 | |
121 | 40 | 0 | 70 | 64 | 45 | 91 | 105 | 188597 | |
122 | 39 | 0 | 70 | 83 | 58 | 83 | 175 | 46427 | |
123 | 39 | 0 | 68 | 62 | 55 | 86 | 103 | 229029 | |
124 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106939 | |
125 | 39 | 1 | 67 | 69 | 38 | 90 | 152 | 79175 | |
126 | 39 | 6 | 67 | 74 | 58 | 93 | 96 | 32457 | |
127 | 39 | 6 | 70 | 67 | 54 | 90 | 101 | 27141 | |
128 | 39 | 0 | 59 | 63 | 79 | 87 | 119 | 103811 | |
129 | 39 | 0 | 52 | 46 | 76 | 65 | 107 | 46008 | |
130 | 39 | 0 | 56 | 50 | 62 | 89 | 175 | 83779 | |
131 | 38 | 0 | 64 | 62 | 42 | 85 | 121 | 113740 | |
132 | 38 | 0 | 63 | 59 | 66 | 82 | 101 | 143415 | |
133 | 38 | 0 | 66 | 70 | 48 | 79 | 114 | 25463 | |
134 | 38 | 0 | 61 | 77 | 38 | 82 | 111 | 29509 | |
135 | 38 | 0 | 70 | 67 | 64 | 88 | 114 | 11999 | |
136 | 38 | 0 | 66 | 73 | 41 | 86 | 142 | 29641 | |
137 | 38 | 0 | 74 | 79 | 58 | 71 | 107 | 139048 | |
138 | 37 | 1 | 74 | 83 | 69 | 92 | 115 | 25328 | |
139 | 37 | 0 | 68 | 66 | 63 | 83 | 98 | 37127 | |
140 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51815 | |
141 | 37 | 0 | 68 | 67 | 58 | 84 | 112 | 42683 | |
142 | 37 | 0 | 66 | 66 | 54 | 83 | 120 | 91789 | |
143 | 37 | 0 | 67 | 68 | 57 | 89 | 117 | 98732 | |
144 | 37 | 0 | 69 | 88 | 42 | 85 | 122 | 30330 | |
145 | 37 | 2 | 69 | 71 | 58 | 87 | 118 | 106325 | |
146 | 37 | 0 | 72 | 80 | 59 | 87 | 92 | 58661 | |
147 | 36 | 0 | 71 | 65 | 23 | 48 | 160 | 72538 | |
148 | 36 | 0 | 54 | 67 | 34 | 68 | 107 | 154258 | |
149 | 36 | 0 | 66 | 77 | 47 | 91 | 93 | 25234 | |
150 | 36 | 1 | 69 | 88 | 15 | 83 | 121 | 153170 | |
151 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8479 | |
152 | 35 | 4 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 85 | 102 | 29445 | |
153 | 35 | 0 | 68 | 70 | 71 | 93 | 140 | 27333 | |
154 | 35 | 15 | 70 | 58 | 67 | 89 | 105 | 34193 | |
155 | 35 | 6 | 76 | 75 | 50 | 93 | 96 | 31534 | |
156 | 35 | 0 | 70 | 71 | 30 | 81 | 127 | 13272 | |
157 | 34 | 0 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 84 | 105 | 66900 | |
158 | 34 | 0 | 61 | 83 | 38 | 72 | 124 | 18964 | |
159 | 34 | 0 | 78 | 81 | 49 | 86 | 107 | 14269 | |
160 | 34 | 0 | 68 | 55 | 72 | 83 | 153 | 18483 | |
161 | 34 | 0 | 73 | 59 | 53 | 71 | 112 | 9912 | |
162 | 34 | 0 | 73 | 68 | 49 | 93 | 145 | 55791 | |
163 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7959 | |
164 | 33 | 0 | 61 | 77 | 29 | 89 | 90 | 33682 | |
165 | 33 | 19 | 64 | 67 | 63 | 87 | 107 | 26153 | |
166 | 32 | 0 | 62 | 72 | 70 | 76 | 89 | 22328 | |
167 | 32 | 8 | 66 | 59 | 63 | 91 | 115 | 54939 | |
168 | 32 | 0 | 75 | 82 | 57 | 73 | 93 | 28064 | |
169 | 32 | 0 | 68 | 80 | 50 | 67 | 100 | 36960 | |
170 | 32 | 0 | 70 | 65 | 57 | 84 | 123 | 78944 | |
171 | 32 | 0 | 69 | 77 | 39 | 80 | 117 | 35038 | |
172 | 32 | 5 | 76 | 78 | 54 | 91 | 104 | 36334 | |
173 | 32 | 2 | 64 | 76 | 58 | 87 | 111 | 21636 | |
174 | 31 | 0 | 70 | 67 | 60 | 74 | 118 | 17781 | |
175 | 31 | 0 | 70 | 70 | 52 | 83 | 106 | 59858 | |
176 | 31 | 0 | 72 | 81 | 57 | 91 | 132 | 35462 | |
177 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40882 | |
178 | 31 | 0 | 70 | 67 | 65 | 95 | 115 | 17230 | |
179 | 31 | 9 | 65 | 61 | 82 | 78 | 119 | 13980 | |
180 | 30 | 0 | 73 | 81 | 32 | 86 | 109 | 20320 | |
181 | 30 | 0 | 68 | 42 | 74 | 74 | 87 | 22354 | |
182 | 30 | 22 | 63 | 62 | 50 | 85 | 112 | 86499 | |
183 | 30 | 0 | 75 | 78 | 55 | 95 | 97 | 25748 | |
184 | 30 | 0 | 74 | 91 | 52 | 93 | 96 | 6128 | |
185 | 30 | 1 | 53 | 64 | 59 | 87 | 99 | 19630 | |
186 | 30 | 0 | 70 | 63 | 56 | 86 | 134 | 23746 | |
187 | 30 | 0 | 71 | 85 | 50 | 88 | 104 | 12134 | |
188 | 29 | 0 | 75 | 55 | 47 | 80 | 115 | 23745 | |
189 | 29 | 0 | 77 | 68 | 50 | 93 | 96 | 1307 | |
190 | 29 | 0 | 69 | 62 | 35 | 90 | 119 | 8227 | |
191 | 29 | 5 | 79 | 77 | 44 | 94 | 141 | 74595 | |
192 | 28 | 1 | 66 | 63 | 57 | 93 | 143 | 21174 | |
193 | 28 | 0 | 63 | 69 | 50 | 82 | 136 | 25468 | |
194 | 28 | 0 | 53 | 57 | 57 | 86 | 108 | 40179 | |
195 | 28 | 3 | 69 | 68 | 71 | 86 | 99 | 51345 | |
196 | 28 | 0 | 75 | 89 | 33 | 88 | 139 | 26267 | |
197 | 28 | 1 | 81 | 55 | 43 | 94 | 126 | 29348 | |
198 | 27 | 0 | 64 | 86 | 24 | 86 | 172 | 14279 | |
199 | 27 | 0 | 59 | 52 | 14 | 72 | 126 | 4774 | |
200 | 27 | 0 | 71 | 85 | 58 | 90 | 104 | 16656 |