Traditional folk music is a genre that has been passed down through generations, often telling stories of everyday life and struggles. It typically features acoustic instruments such as guitar, banjo, and fiddle, and is characterized by its simplicity and honesty. The lyrics often touch on themes of social justice, political activism, and the human experience. This genre has been popularized by musicians who have dedicated their lives to preserving and sharing these songs with the world.
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 48 | 13 | 53 | 29 | 86 | 72 | 120 | 97173 | |
2 | 43 | 1 | 54 | 30 | 90 | 62 | 115 | 157880 | |
3 | 40 | 53 | 46 | 23 | 96 | 70 | 116 | 60154 | |
4 | 40 | 5 | 61 | 18 | 94 | 65 | 117 | 174576 | |
5 | 38 | 9 | 64 | 11 | 95 | 65 | 126 | 7668 | |
6 | 37 | 1 | 62 | 32 | 95 | 64 | 114 | 54181 | |
7 | 35 | 14 | 53 | 29 | 65 | 44 | 122 | 30243 | |
8 | 34 | 35 | 64 | 32 | 79 | 81 | 105 | 22740 | |
9 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 885 | |
10 | 32 | 0 | 65 | 34 | 72 | 75 | 132 | 31650 | |
11 | 31 | 5 | 45 | 8 | 95 | 49 | 108 | 14548 | |
12 | 29 | 0 | 45 | 26 | 87 | 45 | 101 | 10186 | |
13 | 28 | 0 | 58 | 20 | 79 | 64 | 119 | 9902 | |
14 | 27 | 0 | 61 | 38 | 71 | 77 | 130 | 8364 | |
15 | 26 | 24 | 50 | 35 | 90 | 68 | 121 | 2519 | |
16 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1430 | |
17 | 26 | 6 | 60 | 26 | 90 | 77 | 113 | 8962 | |
18 | 25 | 1 | 53 | 26 | 91 | 44 | 115 | 16994 | |
19 | 25 | 90 | 47 | 21 | 90 | 68 | 109 | 5878 | |
20 | 25 | 0 | 58 | 13 | 96 | 65 | 122 | 9076 | |
21 | 24 | 21 | 62 | 39 | 88 | 64 | 126 | 8698 | |
22 | 24 | 19 | 62 | 28 | 93 | 76 | 113 | 12705 | |
23 | 24 | 6 | 60 | 27 | 98 | 68 | 124 | 6775 | |
24 | 24 | 5 | 55 | 23 | 92 | 53 | 129 | 3201 | |
25 | 23 | 0 | 60 | 20 | 95 | 64 | 119 | 7432 | |
26 | 23 | 30 | 60 | 25 | 98 | 70 | 119 | 5307 | |
27 | 22 | 36 | 51 | 41 | 95 | 62 | 122 | 4275 | |
28 | 22 | 93 | 49 | 26 | 99 | 89 | 124 | 3226 | |
29 | 21 | 88 | 55 | 41 | 93 | 90 | 118 | 1488 | |
30 | 21 | 30 | 49 | 39 | 86 | 58 | 125 | 12650 | |
31 | 21 | 29 | 53 | 26 | 97 | 73 | 124 | 2442 | |
32 | 20 | 0 | 47 | 21 | 96 | 29 | 114 | 7634 | |
33 | 19 | 0 | 79 | 28 | 99 | 92 | 127 | 557 | |
34 | 19 | 91 | 59 | 46 | 98 | 92 | 132 | 1893 | |
35 | 19 | 88 | 56 | 37 | 95 | 73 | 100 | 1618 | |
36 | 19 | 73 | 45 | 29 | 94 | 82 | 120 | 2836 | |
37 | 18 | 43 | 61 | 27 | 98 | 78 | 141 | 888 | |
38 | 18 | 2 | 59 | 46 | 97 | 92 | 133 | 7111 | |
39 | 18 | 47 | 56 | 54 | 85 | 76 | 117 | 338 | |
40 | 18 | 21 | 56 | 35 | 99 | 71 | 113 | 5810 | |
41 | 17 | 26 | 48 | 22 | 98 | 57 | 127 | 1170 | |
42 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1550 | |
43 | 17 | 0 | 60 | 26 | 85 | 73 | 124 | 8886 | |
44 | 16 | 0 | 48 | 43 | 89 | 59 | 147 | 4594 | |
45 | 16 | 0 | 53 | 37 | 99 | 71 | 140 | 4498 | |
46 | 14 | 89 | 61 | 38 | 90 | 96 | 124 | 773 | |
47 | 13 | 5 | 55 | 23 | 98 | 66 | 125 | 5258 | |
48 | 13 | 93 | 32 | 22 | 100 | 39 | 134 | 1788 | |
49 | 13 | 0 | 61 | 32 | 96 | 69 | 121 | 2615 | |
50 | 13 | 54 | 58 | 58 | 73 | 88 | 113 | 2180 | |
51 | 13 | 0 | 53 | 46 | 75 | 81 | 142 | 1219 | |
52 | 12 | 77 | 56 | 27 | 99 | 59 | 133 | 1043 | |
53 | 12 | 0 | 72 | 34 | 91 | 94 | 134 | 1375 | |
54 | 12 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 98 | 31 | 88 | 4461 | |
55 | 11 | 56 | 47 | 51 | 82 | 84 | 128 | 3135 | |
56 | 11 | 3 | 53 | 16 | 91 | 56 | 110 | 1191 | |
57 | 11 | 0 | 52 | 21 | 81 | 66 | 112 | 2091 | |
58 | 10 | 0 | 61 | 26 | 99 | 75 | 126 | 2759 | |
59 | 10 | 0 | 57 | 36 | 99 | 88 | 138 | 3313 | |
60 | 10 | 79 | 58 | 22 | 96 | 91 | 121 | 987 | |
61 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |
62 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 534 | |
63 | 9 | 0 | 55 | 18 | 84 | 41 | 126 | 3187 | |
64 | 9 | 17 | 65 | 63 | 90 | 97 | 128 | 2224 | |
65 | 8 | 0 | 46 | 20 | 95 | 58 | 144 | 874 | |
66 | 8 | 51 | 51 | 18 | 100 | 72 | 96 | 2609 | |
67 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 361 | |
68 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |
69 | 8 | 12 | 58 | 22 | 98 | 66 | 110 | 2235 | |
70 | 8 | 22 | 50 | 25 | 99 | 62 | 110 | 790 | |
71 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447 | |
72 | 7 | 36 | 53 | 51 | 89 | 87 | 125 | 1786 | |
73 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 427 | |
74 | 7 | 0 | 65 | 37 | 89 | 69 | 132 | 1090 | |
75 | 7 | 0 | 53 | 21 | 99 | 71 | 120 | 1717 | |
76 | 7 | 89 | 58 | 42 | 97 | 89 | 131 | 372 | |
77 | 7 | 3 | 57 | 3 | 100 | 58 | 92 | 1301 | |
78 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 10 | 93 | 28 | 85 | 2819 | |
79 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 528 | |
80 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 790 | |
81 | 6 | 48 | 48 | 38 | 99 | 88 | 158 | 343 | |
82 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |
83 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 850 | |
84 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 427 | |
85 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 877 | |
86 | 5 | 0 | 57 | 24 | 97 | 69 | 125 | 243 | |
87 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 440 | |
88 | 5 | 38 | 55 | 47 | 87 | 75 | 127 | 2028 | |
89 | 5 | 0 | 61 | 43 | 93 | 44 | 96 | 920 | |
90 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1496 | |
91 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 199 | |
92 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1065 | |
93 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 864 | |
94 | 4 | 0 | 69 | 37 | 98 | 76 | 102 | 860 | |
95 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 578 | |
96 | 4 | 23 | 49 | 2 | 99 | 52 | 169 | 212 | |
97 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 43 | 99 | 96 | 148 | 403 | |
98 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 948 | |
99 | 4 | 8 | 61 | 38 | 91 | 73 | 131 | 930 | |
100 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 24 | 88 | 55 | 102 | 471 | |
101 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |
102 | 4 | 0 | 70 | 44 | 90 | 81 | 114 | 203 | |
103 | 3 | 83 | 47 | 43 | 97 | 76 | 125 | 197 | |
104 | 3 | 0 | 63 | 33 | 100 | 76 | 97 | 881 | |
105 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 628 | |
106 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 59 | 92 | 61 | 123 | 332 | |
107 | 3 | 24 | 54 | 24 | 87 | 69 | 95 | 241 | |
108 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 349 | |
109 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | |
110 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184 | |
111 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 332 | |
112 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 491 | |
113 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 96 | 33 | 90 | 252 | |
114 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 25 | 87 | 58 | 95 | 352 | |
115 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 659 | |
116 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 57 | 97 | 83 | 117 | 599 | |
117 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | |
118 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 360 | |
119 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 21 | 94 | 55 | 132 | 767 | |
120 | 2 | 85 | 77 | 46 | 99 | 96 | 135 | 516 | |
121 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 179 | |
122 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 781 | |
123 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 537 | |
124 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 377 | |
125 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 193 | |
126 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 5 | 92 | 44 | 75 | 73 | |
127 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 25 | 98 | 90 | 111 | 189 | |
128 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | |
129 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 446 | |
130 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | |
131 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 580 | |
132 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |
133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 315 | |
134 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 | |
135 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 354 | |
136 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | |
137 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 691 | |
138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | |
140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |
141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 189 | |
142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |