Singer-songwriter music is a genre characterized by introspective and personal lyrics, often accompanied by acoustic guitar or piano. The songs are usually written and performed by the same artist, and often touch on themes of love, heartbreak, and self-reflection. The genre has a long history, dating back to the 1960s, and has produced some of the most iconic and influential musicians of all time. Today, singer-songwriters continue to captivate audiences with their heartfelt and authentic music.
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Instruments used
Piano, Flute, Vocals, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drum Kit, Synthesizer, Keyboard/Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Fiddle, Banjo, Harmonica
Releases by year
Here you can see the popularity of Singer-songwriter genre over time. This graph shows albums and singles releases count by year and decade.
7446 releases
Popular singer-songwriter Songs
Top New singer-songwriter Songs of 2024
Slowhand 35th Anniversary
1977
The Very Best of Daryl Hall / John Oates
2001
Call Me By Your Name (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2017
Fifty Shades Of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2015
singer-songwriter music by decade
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List of singer-songwriter artists
Here is a list of singer-songwriter artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the singer-songwriter genre. You can find out what singer-songwriter 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
64
1683077
2
66
1760846
3
59
1233782
4
59
1037709
5
69
2597076
6
59
1372387
7
68
1888990
8
61
1371827
9
70
2542448
10
65
2406766
11
58
726544
12
66
1122003
13
69
2382067
14
63
1236060
15
69
2769035
16
59
1236495
17
64
1805182
18
75
3304831
19
69
2692235
20
65
1644893
21
64
1799185
22
57
866377
23
71
2658631
24
70
2863707
25
61
1525552
26
68
3101766
27
61
1622124
28
73
6039129
29
79
6376440
30
71
1490347
31
77
2544520
32
63
932065
33
71
1986180
34
59
1064113
35
68
2684027
36
64
1605682
37
65
1017272
38
65
1192793
39
70
3052943
40
59
1041199
41
59
1908222
42
68
1133350
43
63
1648828
44
57
1037099
45
64
2424395
46
68
2095512
47
73
4686342
48
64
1617574
49
66
2643493
50
74
6653872
51
58
1210484
52
62
990266
53
59
745509
54
71
2294510
55
69
2927216
56
57
822000
57
62
525055
58
58
414680
59
58
1349771
60
58
714405
61
79
6614310
62
65
1882364
63
59
493703
64
62
1098760
65
57
420500
66
73
1587221
67
63
1514205
68
60
298367
69
61
386635
70
63
805137
71
72
2184875
72
67
1577237
73
65
1387735
74
73
2325680
75
72
1844936
76
68
1222772
77
60
1124023
78
63
849836
79
58
510531
80
72
2106675
81
66
3467143
82
69
1518720
83
66
634345
84
59
572171
85
71
862797
86
62
767920
87
57
681932
88
69
2931107
89
68
1462467
90
58
807820
91
60
1400075
92
67
1178618
93
64
1284809
94
79
6064905
95
57
765411
96
58
1164302
97
61
346082
98
60
512059
99
59
1108630
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62
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singer-songwriter playlist created by Chosic
Enjoy this playlist of popular singer-songwriter music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.