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Genre
spirituals
Parent Genre: Folk/Acoustic

Top artists of spirituals genre

Mavis Staples
The Fisk Jubilee Singers
Odetta
Mahalia Jackson
Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir
Jessye Norman
Barbara Hendricks
Leontyne Price
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A look at the history of spirituals

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List of spirituals artists

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

                                                                                                                             
#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Mavis Staples
51 0 56 56 49 49 95 88530
2
The Fisk Jubilee Singers
51 0 44 55 53 41 114 3712
3
Odetta
45 0 61 34 74 62 116 67540
4
Mahalia Jackson
38 0 47 20 84 47 101 80993
5
Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir
38 4 46 71 25 63 132 20692
6
Jessye Norman
37 23 31 22 100 4 89 42392
7
Barbara Hendricks
32 0 25 16 97 4 101 12982
8
Leontyne Price
32 14 24 13 98 14 112 21354
9
The Golden Gate Quartet
30 12 72 38 81 75 107 14875
10
The Fairfield Four
30 0 52 25 85 41 120 8126
11
Paul Robeson
29 1 44 20 91 48 108 16512
12
Vera Hall
28 6 50 2 98 36 109 4069
13
Alan Lomax
28 18 51 24 92 44 126 15352
14
Bessie Jones
24 7 65 48 75 64 113 4591
15
The McIntosh County Shouters
20 0 61 45 63 42 117 2530
16
Topsy Chapman
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 816
17
Bernice Johnson Reagon
19 0 34 21 92 35 115 1873
18
Wilhelmenia Fernandez
19 38 29 20 89 15 89 396
19
Marian Anderson
16 11 26 14 98 13 82 6414
20
Etta Cameron
12 1 47 43 61 31 112 737
21
The Riverside Singers
11 8 55 20 95 47 107 330
22
Georgia Sea Island Singers
11 0 63 43 82 63 109 635
23
Simon Estes
8 27 23 19 97 13 90 316
24
The Montgomery Gospel Trio, The Nashville Quartet, and Guy Carawan
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 138
25
Mary Moore
6 0 51 8 93 34 143 57
26
Fannie Lou Hamer
6 0 56 21 93 39 111 835
27
Dock Reed
5 10 42 7 98 35 122 118
28
The Moving Star Hall Singers
3 0 47 43 86 55 93 242
29
Roland Hayes
2 4 41 16 95 37 118 566
30
Coro Estable De Rosario
2 1 31 16 99 27 101 100
31
Viola James & Congregation
2 0 43 48 78 50 103 86
32
Horace Sprott
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 145
33
American Spiritual Ensemble
2 0 29 26 98 19 101 261
34
Samuel Brooks
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 51
35
Jackson Singers
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
36
Andy Mosely
1 0 59 33 92 49 117 11
37
Selah Jubilee Singers
1 3 53 23 95 63 108 314
38
Willis Proctor & the Georgia Sea Island Singers
1 0 68 20 99 63 68 27
39
Wings Over Jordan Choir
1 11 26 15 98 22 94 76
40
Al Fats Edwards
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
41
Roosevelt Charles
1 0 60 13 91 40 94 27
42
Arthur Bell
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 83
43
Michel LaRue
1 0 52 4 83 24 101 99
44
Oral Moses
1 1 46 19 98 31 110 166
45
Ishman Williams & the William Singers
0 0 44 56 84 52 131 77
46
Gerard Sekoto
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
47
Mary Pinckney
0 0 35 1 97 32 62 17
48
The Original Five Blind Boys
0 72 38 50 98 48 95 235
49
The Swan Silverstones
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
50
Doris Mayes
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
51
Angola Quartet
0 0 52 27 90 45 96 5
52
Child Development Group of Mississippi
0 0 57 34 87 70 113 40
53
Rev. Benjamin E. Osborne
0 0 60 44 91 67 92 2
54
Osceola Mays
0 0 57 8 78 34 103 1
55
The de Paur Infantry Chorus
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
56
Angola Vocal Group
0 0 54 19 97 41 114 5
57
Brother Cleophus Robinson
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
58
The Southernaires
0 25 45 18 91 33 96 36
59
Tom Dutson
0 0 48 31 90 63 131 18
60
Leon & Eric Bibb
0 9 42 22 78 31 119 226
61
Ruth Bligen
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
62
Virgil Asbury
0 0 44 27 98 38 116 0
63
Mary Pinckney and Janie Hunter
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14