South African jazz music is a genre that blends traditional African rhythms and melodies with elements of Western jazz. It often features complex polyrhythms, improvisation, and a strong emphasis on percussion. This genre has been shaped by the country's history of apartheid and the struggle for freedom, and has produced some of the most influential musicians in the world. Its unique sound has been embraced by audiences worldwide, and continues to evolve and inspire new generations of musicians.
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 63 | 6 | 68 | 49 | 47 | 54 | 112 | 59777 | |
2 | 47 | 1 | 60 | 45 | 68 | 72 | 124 | 155759 | |
3 | 44 | 20 | 64 | 55 | 25 | 60 | 124 | 45976 | |
4 | 44 | 3 | 67 | 63 | 65 | 77 | 130 | 165476 | |
5 | 44 | 37 | 65 | 63 | 40 | 73 | 126 | 129665 | |
6 | 39 | 78 | 47 | 19 | 84 | 31 | 101 | 46496 | |
7 | 39 | 0 | 72 | 69 | 18 | 83 | 111 | 54796 | |
8 | 38 | 9 | 70 | 54 | 36 | 71 | 126 | 36133 | |
9 | 33 | 0 | 76 | 75 | 7 | 80 | 118 | 76824 | |
10 | 32 | 15 | 50 | 57 | 37 | 53 | 116 | 65855 | |
11 | 32 | 0 | 64 | 51 | 40 | 43 | 103 | 67399 | |
12 | 32 | 0 | 68 | 65 | 78 | 85 | 87 | 84052 | |
13 | 32 | 1 | 73 | 64 | 31 | 80 | 111 | 19751 | |
14 | 31 | 0 | 79 | 59 | 8 | 85 | 107 | 60435 | |
15 | 31 | 18 | 85 | 72 | 2 | 83 | 114 | 58908 | |
16 | 31 | 2 | 65 | 70 | 35 | 77 | 110 | 60407 | |
17 | 31 | 0 | 80 | 86 | 9 | 76 | 103 | 64951 | |
18 | 31 | 0 | 72 | 89 | 34 | 87 | 110 | 63675 | |
19 | 31 | 0 | 67 | 63 | 28 | 74 | 115 | 39537 | |
20 | 30 | 2 | 74 | 69 | 36 | 82 | 103 | 17325 | |
21 | 30 | 5 | 70 | 79 | 2 | 60 | 102 | 34221 | |
22 | 30 | 2 | 64 | 68 | 5 | 69 | 142 | 24788 | |
23 | 30 | 2 | 76 | 74 | 1 | 82 | 111 | 61553 | |
24 | 29 | 0 | 75 | 86 | 7 | 65 | 115 | 62308 | |
25 | 29 | 7 | 59 | 45 | 55 | 54 | 116 | 33764 | |
26 | 29 | 0 | 46 | 22 | 85 | 25 | 114 | 19533 | |
27 | 29 | 0 | 74 | 55 | 45 | 80 | 116 | 70620 | |
28 | 29 | 0 | 68 | 69 | 34 | 83 | 115 | 11848 | |
29 | 29 | 81 | 68 | 64 | 57 | 72 | 120 | 32885 | |
30 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24447 | |
31 | 28 | 0 | 63 | 54 | 47 | 45 | 93 | 28514 | |
32 | 28 | 0 | 74 | 69 | 12 | 79 | 111 | 5837 | |
33 | 27 | 1 | 65 | 39 | 53 | 35 | 111 | 43909 | |
34 | 27 | 35 | 63 | 67 | 51 | 74 | 125 | 33014 | |
35 | 27 | 0 | 62 | 57 | 25 | 71 | 121 | 30812 | |
36 | 26 | 10 | 80 | 74 | 37 | 94 | 118 | 26453 | |
37 | 26 | 0 | 68 | 81 | 13 | 89 | 125 | 25183 | |
38 | 26 | 2 | 66 | 54 | 22 | 82 | 109 | 32088 | |
39 | 26 | 0 | 84 | 76 | 7 | 79 | 110 | 40507 | |
40 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1041 | |
41 | 26 | 0 | 58 | 80 | 18 | 84 | 90 | 26545 | |
42 | 26 | 0 | 46 | 49 | 44 | 56 | 107 | 20456 | |
43 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33865 | |
44 | 26 | 19 | 76 | 69 | 21 | 88 | 107 | 6566 | |
45 | 25 | 0 | 71 | 71 | 22 | 53 | 99 | 31604 | |
46 | 25 | 0 | 84 | 50 | 16 | 94 | 118 | 7765 | |
47 | 25 | 48 | 71 | 69 | 9 | 81 | 120 | 4682 | |
48 | 24 | 69 | 56 | 55 | 20 | 58 | 114 | 17453 | |
49 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32691 | |
50 | 24 | 0 | 47 | 45 | 63 | 26 | 117 | 41897 | |
51 | 24 | 0 | 69 | 51 | 15 | 75 | 88 | 28213 | |
52 | 24 | 3 | 36 | 32 | 65 | 27 | 107 | 16521 | |
53 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18150 | |
54 | 24 | 94 | 63 | 81 | 73 | 96 | 171 | 3321 | |
55 | 24 | 59 | 78 | 90 | 10 | 87 | 116 | 29959 | |
56 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33356 | |
57 | 24 | 1 | 62 | 37 | 38 | 49 | 108 | 42375 | |
58 | 23 | 0 | 31 | 26 | 94 | 43 | 202 | 27126 | |
59 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5211 | |
60 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5251 | |
61 | 22 | 13 | 71 | 76 | 5 | 83 | 135 | 22746 | |
62 | 22 | 0 | 62 | 67 | 10 | 65 | 117 | 4961 | |
63 | 22 | 2 | 50 | 46 | 50 | 46 | 115 | 20009 | |
64 | 22 | 0 | 70 | 75 | 5 | 87 | 214 | 23894 | |
65 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3153 | |
66 | 21 | 14 | 59 | 59 | 34 | 64 | 120 | 6504 | |
67 | 20 | 55 | 63 | 51 | 52 | 65 | 105 | 21865 | |
68 | 20 | 15 | 42 | 36 | 79 | 31 | 111 | 13539 | |
69 | 20 | 20 | 67 | 63 | 13 | 93 | 119 | 2798 | |
70 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 662 | |
71 | 20 | 0 | 64 | 78 | 20 | 76 | 94 | 8984 | |
72 | 19 | 82 | 79 | 51 | 61 | 82 | 106 | 14377 | |
73 | 19 | 22 | 37 | 35 | 80 | 34 | 129 | 9373 | |
74 | 19 | 44 | 62 | 35 | 48 | 51 | 108 | 11934 | |
75 | 19 | 8 | 68 | 73 | 1 | 90 | 116 | 8223 | |
76 | 19 | 7 | 50 | 37 | 36 | 27 | 112 | 24343 | |
77 | 19 | 34 | 67 | 63 | 35 | 83 | 124 | 12392 | |
78 | 19 | 0 | 51 | 52 | 56 | 50 | 111 | 12456 | |
79 | 18 | 3 | 76 | 75 | 13 | 87 | 105 | 3804 | |
80 | 18 | 4 | 84 | 62 | 23 | 89 | 113 | 5138 | |
81 | 18 | 1 | 78 | 66 | 26 | 93 | 107 | 11453 | |
82 | 18 | 4 | 58 | 35 | 82 | 72 | 141 | 10591 | |
83 | 18 | 23 | 73 | 86 | 13 | 78 | 108 | 6395 | |
84 | 18 | 84 | 74 | 57 | 40 | 94 | 113 | 4816 | |
85 | 17 | 1 | 79 | 66 | 8 | 76 | 104 | 23597 | |
86 | 16 | 46 | 70 | 75 | 37 | 87 | 113 | 4652 | |
87 | 16 | 32 | 80 | 42 | 2 | 89 | 104 | 27385 | |
88 | 16 | 0 | 52 | 63 | 76 | 68 | 94 | 6171 | |
89 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1384 | |
90 | 13 | 0 | 43 | 11 | 87 | 9 | 101 | 1832 | |
91 | 13 | 0 | 55 | 53 | 21 | 21 | 125 | 2238 | |
92 | 13 | 17 | 73 | 59 | 41 | 64 | 124 | 9361 | |
93 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3752 | |
94 | 13 | 96 | 57 | 17 | 98 | 54 | 151 | 555 | |
95 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9948 | |
96 | 11 | 86 | 76 | 80 | 33 | 79 | 115 | 7209 | |
97 | 11 | 0 | 73 | 72 | 21 | 81 | 113 | 1812 | |
98 | 11 | 31 | 84 | 56 | 47 | 96 | 108 | 1915 | |
99 | 11 | 88 | 76 | 49 | 78 | 68 | 103 | 4898 | |
100 | 10 | 85 | 53 | 26 | 94 | 43 | 100 | 11202 | |
101 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 42 | 65 | 54 | 103 | 5683 | |
102 | 10 | 40 | 84 | 66 | 3 | 69 | 109 | 7912 | |
103 | 10 | 86 | 57 | 41 | 38 | 27 | 109 | 6753 | |
104 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1945 | |
105 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1790 | |
106 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22046 | |
107 | 9 | 15 | 36 | 31 | 54 | 24 | 83 | 2772 | |
108 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 978 | |
109 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1658 | |
110 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2957 | |
111 | 9 | 0 | 47 | 30 | 63 | 36 | 119 | 1811 | |
112 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1648 | |
113 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2193 | |
114 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 421 | |
115 | 8 | 0 | 47 | 29 | 30 | 42 | 157 | 225 | |
116 | 8 | 15 | 51 | 43 | 75 | 52 | 114 | 7258 | |
117 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1495 | |
118 | 8 | 59 | 76 | 57 | 0 | 67 | 114 | 566 | |
119 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1650 | |
120 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 69 | 13 | 74 | 164 | 987 | |
121 | 7 | 0 | 71 | 61 | 13 | 77 | 107 | 6530 | |
122 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 53 | 19 | 36 | 83 | 1596 | |
123 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1384 | |
124 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 520 | |
125 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 462 | |
126 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 582 | |
127 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 649 | |
128 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2890 | |
129 | 6 | 34 | 63 | 41 | 87 | 43 | 91 | 2470 | |
130 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 55 | 59 | 28 | 90 | 1197 | |
131 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 945 | |
132 | 5 | 91 | 73 | 79 | 19 | 91 | 115 | 458 | |
133 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1114 | |
134 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1957 | |
135 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 720 | |
136 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 719 | |
137 | 5 | 90 | 75 | 17 | 89 | 56 | 98 | 1218 | |
138 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 374 | |
139 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 643 | |
140 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 853 | |
141 | 4 | 83 | 65 | 49 | 45 | 84 | 112 | 416 | |
142 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1463 | |
143 | 4 | 79 | 41 | 49 | 41 | 62 | 97 | 997 | |
144 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 207 | |
145 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1620 | |
146 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 330 | |
147 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10418 | |
148 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 360 | |
149 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 802 | |
150 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | |
151 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2990 | |
152 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 328 | |
153 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1004 | |
154 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 896 | |
155 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 763 | |
156 | 3 | 85 | 75 | 43 | 19 | 64 | 93 | 286 | |
157 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 997 | |
158 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 | |
159 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 732 | |
160 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | |
161 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 809 | |
162 | 2 | 86 | 64 | 70 | 60 | 72 | 145 | 619 | |
163 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 294 | |
164 | 2 | 86 | 55 | 49 | 51 | 33 | 93 | 148 | |
165 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1124 | |
166 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 202 | |
167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 529 | |
168 | 1 | 11 | 76 | 55 | 8 | 94 | 77 | 178 | |
169 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 628 | |
170 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | |
171 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | |
172 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 584 | |
173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161 | |
174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | |
175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | |
177 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |
178 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | |
179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13830 | |
180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |
181 | 0 | 69 | 50 | 32 | 77 | 48 | 126 | 12 | |
182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166 | |
183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | |
184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | |
185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | |
186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | |
187 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |