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Genre
soukous
Parent Genre: World/Traditional

Top artists of soukous genre

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A look at the history of soukous

Lists of soukous songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view its songs.

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soukous playlist created by Chosic

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List of soukous artists

Here is a list of soukous artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the soukous genre. You can find out what soukous genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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