Southern soul music is a genre that originated in the southern United States during the 1960s and 1970s. It is characterized by its emotional and soulful vocals, often accompanied by a horn section and a heavy rhythm section. The lyrics often deal with themes of love, heartbreak, and social issues. The genre is known for its powerful and passionate performances, and has influenced many other genres of music.
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 71 | 0 | 58 | 47 | 52 | 59 | 115 | 3145534 | |
2 | 70 | 0 | 62 | 38 | 48 | 66 | 128 | 2094380 | |
3 | 67 | 0 | 57 | 75 | 43 | 69 | 97 | 164341 | |
4 | 65 | 6 | 66 | 41 | 34 | 64 | 112 | 1805860 | |
5 | 59 | 9 | 70 | 64 | 29 | 73 | 119 | 960013 | |
6 | 58 | 1 | 68 | 43 | 36 | 70 | 120 | 307326 | |
7 | 58 | 2 | 63 | 55 | 32 | 74 | 120 | 82741 | |
8 | 58 | 2 | 59 | 58 | 41 | 68 | 113 | 665688 | |
9 | 57 | 4 | 61 | 60 | 47 | 71 | 110 | 291143 | |
10 | 57 | 2 | 66 | 55 | 24 | 83 | 121 | 587877 | |
11 | 56 | 4 | 48 | 40 | 65 | 44 | 102 | 537817 | |
12 | 56 | 74 | 68 | 39 | 48 | 63 | 117 | 270577 | |
13 | 56 | 0 | 64 | 50 | 61 | 62 | 115 | 246792 | |
14 | 54 | 0 | 51 | 32 | 39 | 44 | 107 | 470161 | |
15 | 54 | 0 | 60 | 62 | 32 | 63 | 110 | 544032 | |
16 | 53 | 4 | 67 | 57 | 35 | 74 | 107 | 322019 | |
17 | 53 | 1 | 82 | 57 | 15 | 86 | 113 | 215015 | |
18 | 53 | 1 | 73 | 43 | 33 | 75 | 119 | 105221 | |
19 | 51 | 17 | 55 | 56 | 15 | 67 | 118 | 644326 | |
20 | 51 | 0 | 58 | 55 | 39 | 70 | 125 | 350586 | |
21 | 51 | 4 | 53 | 60 | 35 | 54 | 116 | 69937 | |
22 | 50 | 0 | 64 | 52 | 46 | 61 | 116 | 94339 | |
23 | 49 | 1 | 57 | 41 | 48 | 56 | 117 | 94199 | |
24 | 49 | 10 | 69 | 67 | 20 | 83 | 117 | 149366 | |
25 | 49 | 4 | 58 | 45 | 36 | 61 | 125 | 138466 | |
26 | 49 | 0 | 74 | 47 | 46 | 90 | 116 | 22392 | |
27 | 49 | 8 | 64 | 59 | 54 | 64 | 105 | 44096 | |
28 | 48 | 1 | 67 | 59 | 41 | 79 | 120 | 259293 | |
29 | 48 | 1 | 65 | 63 | 16 | 75 | 121 | 211708 | |
30 | 47 | 3 | 67 | 62 | 27 | 72 | 106 | 37846 | |
31 | 47 | 0 | 60 | 51 | 33 | 75 | 122 | 40510 | |
32 | 46 | 0 | 68 | 44 | 35 | 80 | 111 | 50440 | |
33 | 46 | 0 | 65 | 48 | 39 | 85 | 115 | 174386 | |
34 | 46 | 0 | 68 | 63 | 48 | 67 | 105 | 182512 | |
35 | 45 | 0 | 68 | 55 | 28 | 70 | 112 | 202107 | |
36 | 45 | 0 | 56 | 57 | 34 | 63 | 121 | 537486 | |
37 | 44 | 5 | 70 | 50 | 48 | 78 | 114 | 19684 | |
38 | 44 | 1 | 68 | 63 | 24 | 73 | 117 | 304370 | |
39 | 44 | 37 | 64 | 45 | 57 | 64 | 116 | 85763 | |
40 | 44 | 4 | 47 | 30 | 58 | 49 | 115 | 65371 | |
41 | 44 | 0 | 54 | 79 | 34 | 91 | 149 | 30244 | |
42 | 44 | 0 | 56 | 34 | 50 | 65 | 122 | 64348 | |
43 | 44 | 0 | 53 | 37 | 56 | 57 | 124 | 66009 | |
44 | 43 | 0 | 46 | 52 | 46 | 64 | 134 | 212408 | |
45 | 43 | 28 | 78 | 67 | 15 | 89 | 121 | 265251 | |
46 | 43 | 10 | 69 | 60 | 33 | 79 | 116 | 44854 | |
47 | 42 | 5 | 49 | 56 | 59 | 63 | 129 | 201990 | |
48 | 42 | 7 | 60 | 47 | 74 | 83 | 124 | 29141 | |
49 | 42 | 2 | 53 | 53 | 33 | 60 | 132 | 198782 | |
50 | 41 | 1 | 59 | 52 | 39 | 66 | 123 | 110635 | |
51 | 41 | 0 | 72 | 57 | 43 | 79 | 101 | 19587 | |
52 | 41 | 0 | 54 | 50 | 51 | 66 | 113 | 78284 | |
53 | 41 | 7 | 58 | 65 | 35 | 78 | 123 | 80795 | |
54 | 41 | 12 | 76 | 75 | 9 | 89 | 115 | 157115 | |
55 | 41 | 1 | 60 | 71 | 24 | 79 | 116 | 21221 | |
56 | 41 | 1 | 53 | 45 | 55 | 50 | 128 | 224639 | |
57 | 41 | 1 | 64 | 54 | 27 | 72 | 114 | 166475 | |
58 | 40 | 0 | 61 | 47 | 42 | 73 | 130 | 24697 | |
59 | 40 | 0 | 59 | 52 | 39 | 67 | 120 | 48557 | |
60 | 40 | 0 | 75 | 44 | 39 | 56 | 95 | 103310 | |
61 | 40 | 0 | 64 | 46 | 45 | 70 | 124 | 47362 | |
62 | 39 | 0 | 74 | 67 | 19 | 81 | 117 | 142746 | |
63 | 39 | 0 | 51 | 36 | 45 | 45 | 141 | 36236 | |
64 | 39 | 0 | 50 | 47 | 71 | 63 | 106 | 28366 | |
65 | 39 | 0 | 49 | 48 | 42 | 62 | 120 | 257645 | |
66 | 39 | 0 | 63 | 51 | 52 | 72 | 115 | 45106 | |
67 | 39 | 2 | 61 | 64 | 29 | 74 | 122 | 86042 | |
68 | 39 | 8 | 48 | 53 | 44 | 64 | 123 | 99620 | |
69 | 38 | 0 | 79 | 69 | 19 | 78 | 108 | 71813 | |
70 | 38 | 0 | 67 | 62 | 39 | 79 | 115 | 43208 | |
71 | 38 | 0 | 58 | 44 | 37 | 60 | 129 | 41476 | |
72 | 38 | 2 | 64 | 58 | 39 | 66 | 124 | 15423 | |
73 | 38 | 0 | 54 | 44 | 67 | 60 | 119 | 85126 | |
74 | 37 | 1 | 66 | 52 | 34 | 82 | 123 | 43101 | |
75 | 37 | 5 | 64 | 63 | 34 | 72 | 120 | 50093 | |
76 | 36 | 1 | 63 | 54 | 40 | 71 | 117 | 9842 | |
77 | 36 | 0 | 58 | 53 | 18 | 62 | 129 | 130397 | |
78 | 35 | 1 | 52 | 61 | 29 | 64 | 121 | 54964 | |
79 | 35 | 0 | 72 | 64 | 8 | 67 | 121 | 28812 | |
80 | 35 | 0 | 66 | 64 | 37 | 78 | 113 | 8606 | |
81 | 35 | 0 | 55 | 49 | 48 | 67 | 103 | 9005 | |
82 | 35 | 2 | 43 | 45 | 47 | 52 | 124 | 28670 | |
83 | 35 | 0 | 52 | 52 | 32 | 52 | 127 | 153361 | |
84 | 35 | 13 | 78 | 59 | 8 | 84 | 116 | 13171 | |
85 | 35 | 6 | 76 | 57 | 33 | 79 | 113 | 75913 | |
86 | 34 | 8 | 70 | 60 | 64 | 80 | 113 | 24172 | |
87 | 34 | 2 | 64 | 55 | 44 | 65 | 103 | 83739 | |
88 | 34 | 0 | 64 | 44 | 40 | 48 | 122 | 86121 | |
89 | 34 | 0 | 61 | 59 | 34 | 78 | 133 | 33246 | |
90 | 34 | 0 | 76 | 51 | 12 | 68 | 124 | 102132 | |
91 | 33 | 1 | 51 | 57 | 28 | 69 | 98 | 29299 | |
92 | 33 | 9 | 56 | 57 | 40 | 68 | 120 | 133211 | |
93 | 33 | 0 | 62 | 51 | 38 | 70 | 148 | 42843 | |
94 | 33 | 2 | 76 | 60 | 36 | 77 | 123 | 25253 | |
95 | 33 | 0 | 80 | 60 | 12 | 81 | 110 | 40639 | |
96 | 32 | 1 | 62 | 51 | 48 | 73 | 110 | 69087 | |
97 | 32 | 0 | 52 | 61 | 43 | 70 | 105 | 23247 | |
98 | 32 | 0 | 79 | 64 | 14 | 84 | 116 | 16023 | |
99 | 32 | 0 | 72 | 58 | 38 | 77 | 95 | 9418 | |
100 | 31 | 67 | 78 | 47 | 46 | 88 | 116 | 28095 | |
101 | 31 | 14 | 54 | 52 | 63 | 73 | 128 | 7191 | |
102 | 31 | 0 | 66 | 60 | 38 | 60 | 141 | 59866 | |
103 | 31 | 1 | 80 | 53 | 16 | 73 | 124 | 20881 | |
104 | 31 | 0 | 82 | 65 | 9 | 87 | 106 | 21710 | |
105 | 31 | 0 | 55 | 54 | 25 | 68 | 128 | 38346 | |
106 | 31 | 0 | 78 | 49 | 8 | 68 | 107 | 51714 | |
107 | 31 | 0 | 54 | 31 | 83 | 46 | 91 | 8638 | |
108 | 30 | 8 | 73 | 76 | 8 | 83 | 119 | 120012 | |
109 | 30 | 0 | 57 | 38 | 76 | 59 | 142 | 3700 | |
110 | 30 | 0 | 79 | 58 | 16 | 71 | 118 | 28016 | |
111 | 30 | 0 | 58 | 84 | 41 | 71 | 95 | 4809 | |
112 | 30 | 0 | 80 | 65 | 16 | 74 | 110 | 26632 | |
113 | 30 | 0 | 72 | 66 | 12 | 72 | 122 | 19654 | |
114 | 29 | 0 | 56 | 51 | 50 | 67 | 126 | 15629 | |
115 | 29 | 0 | 68 | 63 | 19 | 91 | 125 | 34601 | |
116 | 29 | 0 | 70 | 42 | 21 | 59 | 112 | 22319 | |
117 | 29 | 1 | 63 | 38 | 52 | 73 | 115 | 21247 | |
118 | 29 | 1 | 67 | 31 | 58 | 50 | 109 | 12536 | |
119 | 28 | 0 | 50 | 44 | 59 | 57 | 134 | 42917 | |
120 | 28 | 0 | 48 | 51 | 44 | 72 | 132 | 13811 | |
121 | 28 | 0 | 79 | 57 | 16 | 68 | 120 | 24367 | |
122 | 28 | 0 | 60 | 47 | 49 | 74 | 120 | 18943 | |
123 | 28 | 2 | 58 | 46 | 70 | 57 | 123 | 66174 | |
124 | 28 | 6 | 68 | 63 | 28 | 83 | 127 | 75132 | |
125 | 28 | 0 | 73 | 57 | 28 | 63 | 111 | 21134 | |
126 | 27 | 0 | 75 | 57 | 39 | 55 | 112 | 35493 | |
127 | 27 | 1 | 56 | 54 | 58 | 69 | 113 | 11697 | |
128 | 27 | 0 | 65 | 56 | 31 | 61 | 99 | 38591 | |
129 | 27 | 0 | 75 | 54 | 16 | 80 | 114 | 22599 | |
130 | 27 | 0 | 65 | 50 | 45 | 81 | 124 | 9626 | |
131 | 26 | 0 | 52 | 46 | 44 | 69 | 154 | 28303 | |
132 | 26 | 0 | 49 | 31 | 72 | 52 | 124 | 3385 | |
133 | 26 | 2 | 64 | 67 | 22 | 82 | 103 | 7150 | |
134 | 26 | 1 | 57 | 33 | 62 | 63 | 105 | 11882 | |
135 | 26 | 0 | 57 | 56 | 21 | 75 | 135 | 5141 | |
136 | 26 | 7 | 62 | 50 | 37 | 74 | 127 | 19971 | |
137 | 26 | 0 | 70 | 65 | 12 | 77 | 125 | 27467 | |
138 | 26 | 1 | 68 | 46 | 61 | 77 | 121 | 6085 | |
139 | 25 | 0 | 81 | 54 | 16 | 62 | 98 | 10124 | |
140 | 25 | 0 | 74 | 59 | 25 | 70 | 111 | 20479 | |
141 | 25 | 1 | 69 | 52 | 34 | 54 | 118 | 25501 | |
142 | 25 | 1 | 55 | 61 | 36 | 69 | 126 | 3927 | |
143 | 24 | 1 | 59 | 46 | 42 | 65 | 121 | 12429 | |
144 | 24 | 0 | 33 | 37 | 33 | 35 | 142 | 8603 | |
145 | 24 | 2 | 63 | 56 | 64 | 67 | 122 | 7614 | |
146 | 24 | 0 | 69 | 50 | 38 | 67 | 118 | 42589 | |
147 | 24 | 0 | 64 | 43 | 44 | 58 | 119 | 7117 | |
148 | 24 | 1 | 63 | 78 | 5 | 96 | 164 | 8885 | |
149 | 23 | 0 | 52 | 48 | 49 | 56 | 110 | 12056 | |
150 | 23 | 0 | 57 | 45 | 19 | 76 | 110 | 19298 | |
151 | 23 | 0 | 57 | 54 | 46 | 71 | 113 | 10593 | |
152 | 23 | 1 | 59 | 60 | 44 | 74 | 119 | 4464 | |
153 | 23 | 0 | 50 | 60 | 54 | 61 | 127 | 37066 | |
154 | 23 | 0 | 58 | 42 | 43 | 77 | 110 | 12607 | |
155 | 22 | 1 | 73 | 37 | 52 | 87 | 162 | 8040 | |
156 | 22 | 1 | 61 | 53 | 27 | 82 | 127 | 2486 | |
157 | 22 | 3 | 61 | 57 | 43 | 72 | 130 | 6912 | |
158 | 21 | 4 | 51 | 53 | 32 | 70 | 134 | 4166 | |
159 | 21 | 0 | 74 | 62 | 24 | 75 | 114 | 11964 | |
160 | 21 | 0 | 57 | 62 | 19 | 77 | 124 | 4381 | |
161 | 21 | 0 | 67 | 45 | 27 | 80 | 111 | 2141 | |
162 | 20 | 0 | 60 | 76 | 67 | 80 | 116 | 6219 | |
163 | 20 | 0 | 74 | 54 | 29 | 78 | 114 | 1158 | |
164 | 20 | 0 | 78 | 48 | 22 | 62 | 118 | 21290 | |
165 | 19 | 0 | 82 | 56 | 21 | 85 | 105 | 8231 | |
166 | 19 | 0 | 54 | 49 | 52 | 61 | 108 | 5053 | |
167 | 19 | 1 | 79 | 29 | 36 | 87 | 97 | 1820 | |
168 | 19 | 0 | 83 | 64 | 21 | 73 | 94 | 10171 | |
169 | 19 | 0 | 46 | 38 | 26 | 45 | 70 | 10515 | |
170 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6028 | |
171 | 18 | 0 | 49 | 37 | 62 | 44 | 136 | 7438 | |
172 | 17 | 0 | 83 | 54 | 18 | 74 | 138 | 7410 | |
173 | 17 | 0 | 45 | 43 | 23 | 65 | 136 | 5575 | |
174 | 17 | 0 | 66 | 52 | 57 | 80 | 116 | 3339 | |
175 | 17 | 0 | 52 | 45 | 15 | 72 | 109 | 7851 | |
176 | 17 | 2 | 78 | 46 | 23 | 69 | 105 | 7606 | |
177 | 17 | 0 | 39 | 74 | 60 | 89 | 201 | 20826 | |
178 | 17 | 0 | 59 | 61 | 21 | 72 | 131 | 4278 | |
179 | 16 | 0 | 74 | 52 | 32 | 76 | 125 | 20525 | |
180 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2620 | |
181 | 15 | 0 | 70 | 56 | 30 | 57 | 140 | 11315 | |
182 | 14 | 0 | 64 | 48 | 32 | 48 | 109 | 16890 | |
183 | 14 | 0 | 85 | 48 | 31 | 83 | 92 | 6530 | |
184 | 14 | 0 | 89 | 65 | 33 | 86 | 102 | 7435 | |
185 | 13 | 0 | 70 | 41 | 61 | 83 | 93 | 8498 | |
186 | 13 | 0 | 65 | 56 | 24 | 82 | 133 | 2465 | |
187 | 12 | 5 | 71 | 66 | 15 | 80 | 113 | 2257 | |
188 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1224 | |
189 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2612 | |
190 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8085 | |
191 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8207 | |
192 | 9 | 0 | 78 | 77 | 30 | 89 | 120 | 1534 | |
193 | 8 | 0 | 70 | 59 | 56 | 97 | 127 | 335 | |
194 | 8 | 0 | 44 | 31 | 67 | 40 | 182 | 4458 | |
195 | 8 | 0 | 87 | 76 | 21 | 79 | 108 | 10674 | |
196 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 405 | |
197 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 804 | |
198 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 38 | 11 | 73 | 100 | 3802 | |
199 | 6 | 0 | 73 | 75 | 8 | 75 | 109 | 6482 | |
200 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 77 | 18 | 71 | 109 | 1244 |