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List of swing artists

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

#	name	Popularity	instrumentalness	danceability	energy	acousticness	Happiness	tempo	followers
1	Louis Armstrong	69	13	55	30	82	53	108	2672569
2	Nat King Cole	67	1	38	26	81	38	105	2030927
3	Ella Fitzgerald	66	0	45	26	83	42	109	2292335
4	Billie Holiday	64	1	52	17	89	40	105	1746205
5	Count Basie	61	27	58	31	76	63	124	328824
6	Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox	59	26	57	56	57	64	119	977681
7	Louis Prima	58	0	59	44	71	77	120	181334
8	Duke Ellington	57	43	49	26	82	43	110	821731
9	Glenn Miller	56	27	52	25	91	52	115	468841
10	Django Reinhardt	52	64	65	36	92	70	111	371884
11	Nat King Cole Trio	51	15	61	10	97	41	112	158106
12	Benny Goodman	51	50	60	35	87	65	134	348336
13	Harry James	51	47	41	28	84	43	104	86992
14	The Andrews Sisters	50	0	66	33	78	75	142	185265
15	Tommy Dorsey	49	53	49	21	94	51	123	113866
16	Mel Tormé	48	1	47	25	80	51	120	169432
17	Artie Shaw	46	40	54	29	89	49	120	93295
18	The Mills Brothers	45	6	60	17	95	50	123	96033
19	Fats Waller	45	21	66	26	88	64	117	120126
20	Lionel Hampton	44	20	67	31	83	66	116	61274
21	Big Bad Voodoo Daddy	43	6	61	71	29	69	134	137371
22	Squirrel Nut Zippers	41	7	51	73	24	60	120	96408
23	Cab Calloway	41	4	65	33	90	68	121	134370
24	The Brian Setzer Orchestra	40	0	50	82	12	72	135	90864
25	Johnny Mercer	39	5	62	31	85	67	119	37252
26	Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra	39	66	64	21	93	62	135	3664
27	Benny Goodman Sextet	39	88	66	15	98	53	110	30361
28	Glenn Miller Orchestra	39	48	46	28	83	43	111	106427
29	Chick Webb	38	35	65	39	86	77	149	22642
30	Dick Haymes	38	48	33	18	96	28	78	17454
31	Louis Jordan	37	0	66	37	52	57	108	39864
32	The Puppini Sisters	37	0	79	56	59	77	125	63039
33	Danny Kaye	37	0	48	25	84	48	101	39588
34	Benny Goodman Quartet	36	59	69	30	95	67	122	47888
35	Cherry Poppin' Daddies	36	2	56	85	10	73	141	51434
36	Royal Crown Revue	35	9	56	73	17	56	135	33102
37	Earl Hines	35	46	54	31	87	53	118	27245
38	Bob Crosby	35	31	56	25	97	60	120	7966
39	Gene Krupa	35	62	61	46	82	64	138	44308
40	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	34	54	37	22	77	48	110	24651
41	The Speakeasies' Swing Band!	34	4	66	50	68	57	121	31397
42	Billy Eckstine	34	11	46	26	93	40	104	42830
43	Bix Beiderbecke	33	73	64	32	98	77	130	29971
44	Duke Ellington Orchestra	33	58	44	39	81	47	97	18208
45	Tex Beneke	33	11	56	32	85	75	133	9106
46	Vaughn Monroe	33	13	43	28	94	47	108	17147
47	Woody Herman & His Orchestra	33	25	58	34	85	61	119	16293
48	Benny Goodman Trio	32	36	71	26	94	59	111	33529
49	Slim Gaillard	32	27	73	37	88	80	122	12673
50	Les Brown & His Orchestra	32	26	48	23	92	50	109	5539
51	Guy Lombardo	32	16	52	29	93	49	123	12498
52	Charlie Barnet	32	51	59	44	87	80	126	15729
53	Count Basie Orchestra	32	42	57	41	51	60	146	50423
54	Jimmy Dorsey	31	25	48	29	91	52	109	50059
55	Fletcher Henderson	30	67	66	41	97	82	131	21956
56	Stan Kenton	30	39	31	39	73	37	103	24207
57	Jimmie Lunceford	30	30	66	35	91	66	124	18398
58	Al Jolson	29	14	50	24	93	54	107	27584
59	Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra	29	59	52	45	92	72	141	25664
60	Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra	28	45	59	27	96	65	120	3374
61	Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers	28	0	59	42	68	66	131	7336
62	Jack Hylton & His Orchestra	27	29	64	34	99	76	136	4027
63	Helen O'Connell	27	0	44	15	95	34	95	6413
64	Stan Kenton & His Orchestra	27	65	47	49	59	47	116	7270
65	Woody Herman	27	28	43	45	72	51	126	26600
66	Lucky Millinder	27	5	62	50	78	68	121	5667
67	Bunny Berigan	27	58	58	38	96	68	132	9626
68	Martha Tilton	26	0	58	14	92	51	118	5632
69	Kay Kyser	26	5	58	21	94	55	113	10404
70	Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra	26	0	53	46	69	78	161	5166
71	Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians	25	50	53	19	96	52	117	4405
72	Les Brown & His Band Of Renown	25	44	56	52	84	48	78	3743
73	Paul Whiteman	25	61	50	31	98	57	144	6646
74	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	25	36	64	38	91	70	113	27084
75	The Cats & The Fiddle	24	8	75	40	82	76	116	6807
76	The Dorsey Brothers	24	6	54	29	94	64	132	3072
77	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	24	29	68	32	87	65	113	2285
78	Bob Crosby & His Orchestra	24	46	49	21	89	56	130	5233
79	Ambrose & His Orchestra	24	35	61	28	95	70	132	4004
80	Andy Kirk	23	35	66	25	94	65	130	3899
81	Erskine Hawkins	23	55	60	33	90	66	110	9079
82	Glen Gray	23	64	56	35	86	55	109	5410
83	Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra	23	48	70	40	95	80	110	8434
84	Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra	22	82	68	25	84	63	103	1579
85	Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra	22	64	57	30	94	66	134	3542
86	Artie Shaw & his Gramercy Five	22	83	39	14	98	31	136	6842
87	Larry Clinton & His Orchestra	21	12	49	13	95	59	155	1069
88	Sammy Kaye	21	1	50	14	92	46	112	4669
89	Gene Krupa & His Orchestra	20	48	44	24	93	47	122	6970
90	Slim & Slam	20	38	75	18	93	86	115	4324
91	Les Brown	19	12	50	29	88	49	133	17392
92	Larry Clinton	19	1	54	34	85	74	152	2393
93	Claude Thornhill	19	91	40	18	95	29	97	2320
94	Casa Loma Orchestra	19	3	34	25	98	17	108	2852
95	The Big 18	18	26	49	35	75	69	155	1472
96	King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band	18	89	51	35	99	78	133	10685
97	Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra	18	87	64	46	97	87	127	2952
98	Red Norvo	17	49	65	11	96	49	128	2575
99	Benny Goodman Quintet	16	43	69	31	84	82	138	13710
100	Mills Blue Rhythm Band	16	65	63	37	92	84	134	3902
101	The Lucky Strikes	15	0	56	50	43	47	107	849
102	Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers	13	79	73	44	85	89	95	7162
103	McKinney's Cotton Pickers	12	73	75	30	98	86	116	2864
104	Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven	12	52	73	20	98	72	136	4250
105	Earl Hines & His Orchestra	12	25	56	38	85	78	143	2518
106	Benny Goodman Septet	11	82	74	43	88	84	111	9171
107	Count Basie Big Band	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	16905
108	Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra	10	56	71	45	74	68	121	7897
109	The New Morty Show	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2351
110	Don Redman	8	50	61	37	98	67	121	2004
111	Artie Shaw Orchestra	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1222
112	Hipster Daddy-O & The Handgrenades	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	800
113	Slim Gaillard Quartet	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	162
114	The Bill Elliot Swing Orchestra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	498
115	Katherine Whalen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	92
116	Slim Gaillard & Bam Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	96

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