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List of traditional blues artists

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

#	name	popularity	followers
1	Sonny Boy Williamson II	46	175997
2	Keb' Mo'	48	362379
3	Buddy Guy	50	805986
4	Howlin' Wolf	49	501129
5	Taj Mahal	49	206794
6	Lightnin' Hopkins	41	266175
7	Albert Collins	45	188726
8	Lead Belly	36	187717
9	Ry Cooder	45	300619
10	Mississippi John Hurt	36	132007
11	Freddie King	47	387520
12	Blind Lemon Jefferson	22	47675
13	Bo Diddley	43	309030
14	R.L. Burnside	41	126795
15	Blind Willie McTell	29	54680
16	Lonnie Johnson	26	29550
17	Big Bill Broonzy	28	58610
18	Mississippi Fred McDowell	31	55454
19	Dr. John	49	237514
20	Son House	32	154339
21	Sonny Terry	28	22353
22	Roy Buchanan	36	167431
23	Skip James	30	69047
24	Charley Patton	24	66450
25	Muddy Waters	53	1265324
26	The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	35	104620
27	Blind Willie Johnson	31	102903
28	Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	34	28296
29	Bukka White	27	40877
30	Lowell Fulson	34	25932
31	John Lee Hooker	54	839589
32	Big Joe Williams	25	38415
33	Jimmie Vaughan	45	134975
34	Brownie McGhee	27	17422
35	Junior Wells	38	120852
36	Elmore James	41	189545
37	T-Bone Walker	42	196959
38	B.B. King	59	2659636
39	Memphis Minnie	24	42200
40	Johnny Winter	42	497787
41	Blind Boy Fuller	22	36528
42	Champion Jack Dupree	35	33678
43	J.B. Lenoir	39	32846
44	Slim Harpo	42	55616
45	Robert Johnson	42	563911
46	Big Mama Thornton	39	176940
47	Robert Cray	46	245811
48	Robert Lockwood, Jr.	21	20473
49	Mike Bloomfield	33	88553
50	Canned Heat	52	610942
51	Albert King	48	431982
52	Koko Taylor	41	122799
53	John Mayall	39	246043
54	Willie Dixon	37	148675
55	Little Walter	43	204936
56	Otis Rush	39	174844
57	Duane Allman	31	151075
58	Big Walter Horton	38	29760
59	Snooks Eaglin	29	24382
60	Bessie Smith	35	146303
61	John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers	43	416753
62	Fenton Robinson	43	21634
63	Jimmy Reed	38	138876
64	Louisiana Red	24	12306
65	Otis Spann	31	55108
66	James Cotton	30	70331
67	Magic Sam	33	71911
68	Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee	23	17403
69	Earl Hooker	37	50730
70	Jimmy Rogers	35	63061
71	John Hammond	28	39690
72	Hound Dog Taylor	33	52743
73	Junior Kimbrough	36	68616
74	Memphis Slim	28	90219
75	Tampa Red	22	15256
76	Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown	31	67686
77	Robert Nighthawk	18	9620
78	Rev. Gary Davis	29	35124
79	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	48	103154
80	Blind Blake	20	22305
81	Guitar Slim	26	14993
82	Pee Wee Crayton	26	8926
83	Big Joe Turner	34	46178
84	Ma Rainey	22	49364
85	Sonny Boy Williamson I	19	9317
86	Scrapper Blackwell	20	9670
87	Link Wray	41	103612
88	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	36	150853
89	Johnny Shines	20	9719
90	Bo Carter	19	12210
91	Henry Thomas	20	7273
92	Mance Lipscomb	23	17939
93	Furry Lewis	21	18798
94	Professor Longhair	34	50084
95	Lucille Bogan	26	47242
96	Sleepy John Estes	18	17020
97	Big Maceo	20	3692
98	Elizabeth Cotten	38	65338
99	Woody Guthrie	37	184013
100	Odetta	36	76830

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