Salsa artists, songs, decades and similar genres

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List of salsa artists

Here is a list of salsa artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the salsa genre. You can find out what salsa 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	Marc Anthony	76	0	59	76	41	69	113	8903871
2	Willie Colón	68	0	58	67	54	68	98	1572193
3	Grupo Niche	68	1	69	78	50	81	135	2982182
4	Adolescent's Orquesta	67	0	68	72	55	85	101	818107
5	Frankie Ruiz	67	0	73	72	35	92	104	1279134
6	Gilberto Santa Rosa	67	0	64	65	54	68	129	2628705
7	Eddie Santiago	66	0	67	77	51	87	138	1703247
8	Yiyo Sarante	65	0	67	69	55	84	112	501724
9	Jerry Rivera	65	0	72	70	57	82	111	1729599
10	Elvis Crespo	65	1	79	86	30	86	124	996334
11	Héctor Lavoe	64	8	56	68	51	77	107	1665026
12	Maelo Ruiz	64	0	66	73	44	79	157	1594789
13	Celia Cruz	63	0	69	62	50	84	117	533674
14	Víctor Manuelle	63	0	64	76	37	81	122	1734267
15	Rubén Blades	62	0	66	55	55	75	107	1431514
16	El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico	61	2	71	72	60	93	101	1409402
17	Tito Nieves	60	1	67	83	45	84	115	1344189
18	ChiChi Peralta	60	0	74	89	34	89	114	648003
19	Luis Enrique	60	0	63	73	44	76	112	991298
20	Guayacán Orquesta	59	1	69	70	21	83	146	382621
21	Willie Gonzalez	59	0	67	57	59	87	122	868589
22	Olga Tañón	59	0	73	82	30	78	130	903616
23	Dimension Latina	59	3	70	66	62	90	111	47151
24	Oscar D'León	58	3	69	72	49	86	119	1486393
25	Lalo Rodriguez	58	0	63	60	65	87	106	193911
26	Joe Arroyo	58	0	67	76	34	85	115	712805
27	LA INDIA	57	2	62	77	45	68	119	914658
28	Rey Ruiz	57	0	71	75	49	83	135	863633
29	Tito Rojas	57	0	67	62	45	89	110	1278675
30	Tony Vega	56	0	65	73	38	73	127	948521
31	Luisito Ayala Y La Puerto Rican Power	56	0	67	76	49	89	127	279800
32	David Pabon	56	1	66	79	49	78	133	159253
33	Adalberto Santiago	56	7	72	70	71	89	124	173045
34	La Sonora Matancera	56	1	66	57	68	89	102	233094
35	Proyecto Uno	55	1	81	79	11	80	128	304756
36	Fruko Y Sus Tesos	54	11	73	83	20	85	116	309068
37	DLG	54	0	67	87	29	87	122	159579
38	Andy Montañez	54	2	69	71	55	87	112	711267
39	Antonio Cartagena	53	0	66	82	40	88	137	167039
40	Mickey Taveras	53	0	64	74	53	79	133	283749
41	Johnny Rivera	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	308737
42	Los Titanes	51	6	64	79	34	85	150	123334
43	Roberto Roena Y Su Apollo Sound	51	0	68	75	51	86	95	81683
44	Fulanito	51	0	75	88	7	81	134	315518
45	Hildemaro	51	0	73	60	60	89	114	102558
46	Ismael Rivera	51	2	61	65	61	90	125	500686
47	Los Hermanos Rosario	51	1	73	81	39	91	134	283111
48	Toño Rosario	50	1	73	81	39	83	133	268120
49	Johnny Pacheco	50	0	68	68	66	84	97	233756
50	Grupo Galé	49	3	61	80	39	83	156	176646
51	Tito Puente	49	25	67	71	68	89	115	170829
52	Hansel Y Raul	49	0	66	79	53	91	112	230559
53	Sonora Ponceña	48	2	58	61	52	80	142	347196
54	Ray Barretto	48	15	59	64	48	83	113	193477
55	Nino Segarra	48	0	66	63	45	74	136	286806
56	La Suprema Corte	48	0	71	81	54	92	127	66421
57	Edgar Joel	48	0	66	81	47	86	141	79720
58	Tito Gomez	48	0	70	70	54	84	139	162537
59	The Latin Brothers	48	0	72	73	25	89	95	207465
60	Cheo Feliciano	48	0	63	57	66	83	93	524612
61	Chiquito Team Band	47	0	73	82	60	84	106	59766
62	La Makina	47	0	78	88	24	90	124	199483
63	Pedro Conga	47	0	73	75	59	89	109	228961
64	N'Klabe	47	0	68	81	42	89	118	92497
65	Fania All Stars	47	44	78	69	54	95	106	429875
66	Ismael Miranda	47	0	69	70	48	78	122	493271
67	Rikarena	47	0	78	85	28	92	146	215956
68	Salsa Kids	47	0	68	79	48	79	119	186023
69	Roberto Blades	46	0	60	73	34	81	108	104723
70	Raulin Rosendo	46	0	77	73	56	89	112	41605
71	Sandy & Papo	46	0	89	77	8	87	132	221266
72	La Sabrosura Orquesta	46	0	70	76	47	82	152	17487
73	Fernando Villalona	46	0	63	67	49	80	128	166501
74	Viti Ruiz	46	0	66	72	62	85	108	41329
75	Lebrón Brothers	46	3	73	71	60	90	92	126803
76	Paquito Guzman	46	0	72	72	52	86	104	147471
77	Tommy Olivencia	45	0	65	80	44	86	105	231256
78	Salserin	45	0	66	72	46	76	151	267616
79	Billo's	45	4	71	47	47	88	134	128046
80	Grupo Caneo	45	0	65	72	67	86	147	192099
81	Mariano Civico	45	0	65	73	50	86	142	58435
82	Rubby Pérez	45	0	63	67	48	85	126	124666
83	Sonora Carruseles	45	13	69	85	30	85	139	171948
84	Kinito Mendez	44	0	78	84	39	86	138	121866
85	Joe Cuba Sextet	44	1	62	61	72	81	122	67218
86	Roberto Roena	44	0	74	70	38	87	99	346122
87	Grupo Mania	44	1	79	87	21	91	124	138146
88	La Misma Gente	44	1	68	66	64	85	129	86345
89	Conjunto Chaney	44	1	61	70	57	85	128	126464
90	Ray Sepulveda	44	0	70	64	60	88	141	95238
91	José Alberto "El Canario"	44	0	61	73	49	85	110	119863
92	Michel el Buenón	44	0	68	83	48	89	127	62496
93	Rubby Perez	43	0	67	83	29	78	142	98139
94	Willy Chirino	43	0	68	80	38	81	123	41927
95	Hector Rey	43	0	78	66	59	81	104	32715
96	Huey Dunbar	43	0	62	74	54	71	134	91115
97	Los Van Van	43	0	69	79	52	87	107	110709
98	Eddie Palmieri	43	21	60	59	62	78	116	201694
99	Angel Canales	43	2	58	57	60	71	107	189099
100	Jossie Esteban	43	0	73	87	41	93	139	95391
101	Bobby Cruz	43	0	77	78	46	83	102	77526
102	Pedro Arroyo	43	0	66	73	59	80	148	137475
103	Milly Quezada	43	0	71	79	31	86	131	156210
104	Issac Delgado	43	0	71	75	38	89	127	58974
105	Orquesta Harlow	43	0	57	69	75	87	87	9343
106	Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez	42	0	63	65	71	89	121	85690
107	Rolando Laserie	42	0	61	38	66	83	112	96828
108	Justo Betancourt	42	0	70	72	58	92	98	88888
109	Max Torres	41	0	62	65	62	88	133	33046
110	Tito Rodriguez	41	10	57	63	79	75	101	88801
111	Amilcar Boscan	41	0	66	74	51	85	124	43000
112	Michael Stuart	41	0	76	72	36	91	126	32727
113	Bobby Valentin	41	0	68	67	58	90	93	195747
114	Willie Rosario	41	17	67	65	58	91	104	338009
115	Roberto Torres	41	0	72	54	46	83	115	44478
116	Las Chicas Del Can	41	11	70	73	61	89	142	211726
117	Marvin Santiago	40	0	75	71	48	92	106	168419
118	Bonny Cepeda	40	0	68	76	34	91	134	151392
119	Luisito Carrion	40	0	66	84	42	89	120	130918
120	Orquesta Aragón	40	0	61	46	68	79	105	62890
121	Cuco Valoy	40	0	70	64	45	91	105	188597
122	Willy Garcia	39	0	70	83	58	83	175	46427
123	Cano Estremera	39	0	68	62	55	86	103	229029
124	Larry Harlow	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	106939
125	Hansel Camacho	39	1	67	69	38	90	152	79175
126	Tommy Olivencia y Su Orquesta	39	6	67	74	58	93	96	32457
127	Mon Rivera	39	6	70	67	54	90	101	27141
128	Joe Cuba	39	0	59	63	79	87	119	103811
129	La Lupe	39	0	52	46	76	65	107	46008
130	Conjunto Clásico	39	0	56	50	62	89	175	83779
131	Nelson Y Sus Estrellas	38	0	64	62	42	85	121	113740
132	Henry Fiol	38	0	63	59	66	82	101	143415
133	Cheo Andujar	38	0	66	70	48	79	114	25463
134	Los Hermanos Moreno	38	0	61	77	38	82	111	29509
135	Junior Gonzalez	38	0	70	67	64	88	114	11999
136	Pupy Santiago	38	0	66	73	41	86	142	29641
137	Charlie Cruz	38	0	74	79	58	71	107	139048
138	Ismael Rivera Y Sus Cachimbos	37	1	74	83	69	92	115	25328
139	Pedro Conga Y Su Orquesta Internacional	37	0	68	66	63	83	98	37127
140	Orquesta Inmensidad	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	51815
141	Ray De La Paz	37	0	68	67	58	84	112	42683
142	Domingo Quiñones	37	0	66	66	54	83	120	91789
143	Roberto Lugo	37	0	67	68	57	89	117	98732
144	Alex Matos	37	0	69	88	42	85	122	30330
145	Gabino Pampini	37	2	69	71	58	87	118	106325
146	Cortijo Y Su Combo	37	0	72	80	59	87	92	58661
147	Alex D'Castro	36	0	71	65	23	48	160	72538
148	Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz	36	0	54	67	34	68	107	154258
149	Charlie Cardona	36	0	66	77	47	91	93	25234
150	Son De Cali	36	1	69	88	15	83	121	153170
151	Santos Colón	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	8479
152	Louie Ramirez	35	4	65	65	66	85	102	29445
153	Moncho Santana	35	0	68	70	71	93	140	27333
154	Wayne Gorbea	35	15	70	58	67	89	105	34193
155	Africando	35	6	76	75	50	93	96	31534
156	Gustavo Rodriguez	35	0	70	71	30	81	127	13272
157	Raphy Leavitt	34	0	72	66	55	84	105	66900
158	Frankie Negrón	34	0	61	83	38	72	124	18964
159	Albita	34	0	78	81	49	86	107	14269
160	Juan Manuel Lebron	34	0	68	55	72	83	153	18483
161	Miles Peña	34	0	73	59	53	71	112	9912
162	Jossie Esteban & La Patrulla 15	34	0	73	68	49	93	145	55791
163	Marlon	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	7959
164	La Grande De Madrid	33	0	61	77	29	89	90	33682
165	Johnny Colon	33	19	64	67	63	87	107	26153
166	Isla Bonita	32	0	62	72	70	76	89	22328
167	Jimmy Sabater	32	8	66	59	63	91	115	54939
168	Choco Orta	32	0	75	82	57	73	93	28064
169	Sexappeal	32	0	68	80	50	67	100	36960
170	Hector Tricoche	32	0	70	65	57	84	123	78944
171	Mimi Ibarra	32	0	69	77	39	80	117	35038
172	David Kada	32	5	76	78	54	91	104	36334
173	Jimmy Bosch	32	2	64	76	58	87	111	21636
174	Bazil Alexander	31	0	70	67	60	74	118	17781
175	Orquesta Mulenze	31	0	70	70	52	83	106	59858
176	Jimmy Saa	31	0	72	81	57	91	132	35462
177	Ismael Quintana	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	40882
178	Mario Ortiz Y Su Orquesta	31	0	70	67	65	95	115	17230
179	Joe Quijano	31	9	65	61	82	78	119	13980
180	Felix Manuel	30	0	73	81	32	86	109	20320
181	Willie Gonzalez Y Su Orquesta Noche Sensual	30	0	68	42	74	74	87	22354
182	Charlie Palmieri	30	22	63	62	50	85	112	86499
183	Orquesta La Solucion	30	0	75	78	55	95	97	25748
184	Jehu El Rey	30	0	74	91	52	93	96	6128
185	Orquesta La Conspiración	30	1	53	64	59	87	99	19630
186	Manolo Lezcano	30	0	70	63	56	86	134	23746
187	Victor Waill	30	0	71	85	50	88	104	12134
188	Orquesta Zodiac	29	0	75	55	47	80	115	23745
189	Jose Alberto	29	0	77	68	50	93	96	1307
190	José Bello	29	0	69	62	35	90	119	8227
191	Jossie Esteban y La Patrulla 15	29	5	79	77	44	94	141	74595
192	Costa Brava	28	1	66	63	57	93	143	21174
193	Wichy Camacho	28	0	63	69	50	82	136	25468
194	Orquesta Broadway	28	0	53	57	57	86	108	40179
195	Willie Rosario and His Orchestra	28	3	69	68	71	86	99	51345
196	Revolucion Salsera	28	0	75	89	33	88	139	26267
197	La Solucion	28	1	81	55	43	94	126	29348
198	La Sabrosura	27	0	64	86	24	86	172	14279
199	Rapphy Levitt Orquesta La Selecta	27	0	59	52	14	72	126	4774
200	Orquesta De La Luz	27	0	71	85	58	90	104	16656

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