Second line music is a genre that originated in New Orleans and is characterized by the use of brass instruments, percussion, and call-and-response vocals. It is often associated with traditional jazz and is played during parades and other festive occasions. The music is upbeat, energetic, and has a distinct rhythm that is meant to get people dancing and moving.
Here you can see the popularity of Second Line genre over time. This graph shows albums and singles releases count by year and decade.
138 releases
Explore second line history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.
Here is a list of second line artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the second line genre. You can find out what second line 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 | 37 | 77034 | |
| 2 | 32 | 36548 | |
| 3 | 43 | 82649 | |
| 4 | 28 | 47154 | |
| 5 | 36 | 61337 | |
| 6 | 33 | 63751 | |
| 7 | 10 | 2870 | |
| 8 | 19 | 16372 | |
| 9 | 15 | 8787 | |
| 10 | 10 | 2378 | |
| 11 | 13 | 2442 | |
| 12 | 4 | 1224 | |
| 13 | 16 | 10956 | |
| 14 | 3 | 2245 | |
| 15 | 23 | 12003 | |
| 16 | 11 | 1162 | |
| 17 | 12 | 6910 | |
| 18 | 16 | 794 | |
| 19 | 10 | 5892 | |
| 20 | 20 | 8335 | |
| 21 | 7 | 3883 | |
| 22 | 6 | 1991 | |
| 23 | 5 | 1425 | |
| 24 | 16 | 13188 | |
| 25 | 15 | 2112 | |
| 26 | 4 | 555 | |
| 27 | 13 | 2218 | |
| 28 | 1 | 267 | |
| 29 | 7 | 1237 | |
| 30 | 14 | 4124 | |
| 31 | 6 | 54 | |
| 32 | 5 | 391 | |
| 33 | 4 | 680 | |
| 34 | 2 | 80 | |
| 35 | 2 | 64 | |
| 36 | 2 | 230 | |
| 37 | 2 | 93 | |
| 38 | 1 | 76 | |
| 39 | 1 | 308 |
Enjoy this playlist of popular second line music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.
