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List of urban contemporary artists

Here is a list of urban contemporary artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the urban contemporary genre. You can find out what urban contemporary 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	Rihanna	90	0	60	68	16	48	123	55195815
2	Ne-Yo	79	0	66	64	28	55	120	7984753
3	Usher	79	1	68	60	17	55	114	10508757
4	PARTYNEXTDOOR	78	1	58	51	22	30	114	5180010
5	Mariah Carey	77	3	58	57	33	44	121	9012980
6	T-Pain	77	2	60	59	11	37	122	4351715
7	John Legend	76	2	53	56	44	43	114	6485534
8	Jennifer Lopez	75	2	69	73	14	59	111	12357975
9	Nelly	75	0	77	71	9	64	120	2417374
10	Jeremih	74	0	69	52	33	48	113	6323347
11	Missy Elliott	72	5	82	66	21	62	115	2217276
12	Ciara	71	1	70	64	13	43	119	6151791
13	Ashanti	71	0	63	62	32	50	107	2727915
14	Mary J. Blige	71	0	69	63	18	58	113	3534787
15	Destiny's Child	71	1	67	66	18	57	112	6380913
16	Trey Songz	70	0	61	60	19	39	118	7264545
17	TLC	69	3	73	64	8	64	121	3545513
18	Ja Rule	69	0	69	68	4	53	106	1654322
19	Jamie Foxx	69	0	69	52	31	46	122	1094936
20	Eve	68	0	75	80	13	64	110	1234396
21	Kelly Rowland	68	1	61	69	12	51	110	3433013
22	Aaliyah	67	2	69	61	26	63	118	3845716
23	Tinashe	67	1	66	56	27	43	116	2592311
24	Keri Hilson	67	0	66	75	18	64	121	1913947
25	Keyshia Cole	67	0	58	62	20	40	125	3495977
26	Boyz II Men	66	0	59	55	30	42	107	2773888
27	Fabolous	66	0	74	73	18	59	111	2577127
28	Janet Jackson	66	7	72	72	19	61	113	3581237
29	Mario	66	0	65	58	21	48	114	3153833
30	Ginuwine	66	0	71	55	18	63	109	2435479
31	Lil' Kim	65	0	75	69	11	64	96	1599064
32	Omarion	65	0	69	65	10	59	116	2777516
33	Lloyd	65	0	61	65	11	48	120	2165472
34	Brandy	65	0	62	57	25	54	112	3270371
35	Mase	65	6	80	67	12	66	109	736272
36	Cherish	65	0	71	53	17	42	115	595281
37	112	65	0	65	52	21	51	118	1071933
38	The-Dream	64	4	68	58	15	43	120	1235467
39	Robin Thicke	64	3	73	48	37	60	118	1936275
40	Faith Evans	64	3	62	56	26	48	112	1498217
41	Toni Braxton	64	1	67	61	21	52	113	3745387
42	Joe	64	0	65	56	22	56	112	1718868
43	Blackstreet	63	0	77	57	18	62	91	719346
44	Kelis	63	1	78	67	11	71	110	559720
45	Jazmine Sullivan	63	0	61	61	28	48	123	1949555
46	Cassie	63	3	72	60	20	63	107	1448846
47	August Alsina	62	0	61	58	19	39	122	2529143
48	Mýa	62	0	67	67	12	53	112	1316795
49	Jagged Edge	62	0	70	58	23	59	111	2003036
50	Monica	62	0	65	56	14	55	121	2427720
51	Syleena Johnson	62	0	62	55	19	50	104	307403
52	Charlie Wilson	61	0	66	66	11	60	113	1049504
53	Teyana Taylor	61	1	58	54	44	46	110	1687488
54	SWV	61	1	67	59	18	55	114	1775233
55	Sammie	61	0	68	49	39	46	113	569425
56	Baby Bash	61	0	77	62	4	50	130	878047
57	Solange	61	13	66	59	26	49	110	1970661
58	Tamia	61	3	65	57	27	43	123	1524380
59	K-Ci & JoJo	60	0	68	62	13	51	119	1526262
60	Musiq Soulchild	60	0	61	60	22	52	108	1089705
61	Mario Winans	60	0	77	54	24	60	118	53982
62	Bow Wow	60	4	78	69	10	68	110	1325106
63	Brian McKnight	59	0	64	43	40	40	120	1407182
64	Teddy Pendergrass	59	1	62	60	36	65	117	1225699
65	Remy Ma	59	0	67	65	12	54	92	737698
66	Anthony Hamilton	59	0	66	57	25	50	117	1497161
67	Sisqo	59	6	68	76	13	60	120	895067
68	Jermaine Dupri	58	0	76	37	52	69	135	427689
69	Keith Sweat	58	0	64	55	19	61	122	1921808
70	Jill Scott	58	3	66	52	26	43	113	1697280
71	Maxwell	58	7	64	49	32	51	111	1616165
72	Frankie J	58	0	65	56	29	48	119	578045
73	Babyface	58	1	69	58	20	53	111	941490
74	Bobby V.	58	0	60	63	25	46	126	908139
75	Blu Cantrell	58	0	70	60	19	54	106	235227
76	Montell Jordan	58	0	77	55	15	68	102	815926
77	New Edition	57	1	70	57	28	65	107	1498300
78	Fantasia	57	0	61	63	16	48	112	1946456
79	Sevyn Streeter	57	1	66	63	13	45	112	1343899
80	Tevin Campbell	57	0	67	60	14	58	126	966951
81	En Vogue	57	0	72	61	17	60	104	1281744
82	Bobby Brown	57	1	70	73	6	67	110	1079246
83	Jennifer Hudson	57	0	54	52	26	34	109	1770771
84	India.Arie	56	0	69	47	29	50	118	863478
85	Dru Hill	56	0	63	53	26	48	114	1409117
86	702	56	0	71	58	20	66	98	736333
87	DeBarge	56	0	67	57	28	66	126	573398
88	Tyrese	56	0	65	57	13	50	107	2322600
89	Anita Baker	56	0	58	54	50	47	105	1176632
90	Jodeci	56	0	65	57	24	62	120	1859582
91	Next	56	3	76	55	11	67	113	1115437
92	Donell Jones	56	0	69	54	16	60	111	1132279
93	Chrisette Michele	55	0	57	52	39	35	117	565841
94	Avant	55	0	71	58	21	66	124	1363510
95	Pretty Ricky	55	0	70	64	7	50	115	1566488
96	Jaheim	55	0	64	60	22	54	105	1350087
97	Case	55	0	69	54	27	66	95	846451
98	Bell Biv DeVoe	55	1	73	71	5	63	118	997304
99	Angie Stone	54	0	74	57	31	66	107	633719
100	Tony! Toni! Toné!	54	0	77	55	22	69	96	958180
101	Amerie	54	2	67	73	8	61	116	891384
102	Patti LaBelle	53	0	60	59	41	59	126	912573
103	Deniece Williams	53	1	62	53	43	64	109	433249
104	Cheryl Lynn	53	5	72	67	11	78	115	236212
105	The Whispers	52	2	70	63	19	77	113	609435
106	Christina Milian	52	0	74	75	15	67	122	1319430
107	Xscape	52	0	72	43	19	48	113	1482916
108	B2K	52	0	70	63	11	65	106	775094
109	Kem	52	6	71	51	34	42	110	803474
110	Jon B.	52	0	70	52	18	59	107	1176764
111	Da Brat	52	0	83	66	9	69	105	515824
112	Empire Cast	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	579476
113	Lil' Mo	52	0	66	59	15	37	113	278171
114	Shalamar	52	2	75	67	14	82	119	400608
115	Neneh Cherry	52	0	64	56	14	58	115	150461
116	J. Holiday	51	0	60	59	24	54	109	1543641
117	Vanessa Williams	51	3	62	45	38	42	119	435416
118	Evelyn "Champagne" King	51	3	77	66	11	82	120	319570
119	Maze	51	89	87	88	63	94	108	466963
120	Deborah Cox	50	1	63	66	22	46	117	777383
121	Carl Thomas	50	0	63	56	20	44	112	636447
122	Eric Benét	50	0	66	51	34	52	107	642005
123	Kelly Price	49	0	59	59	23	48	111	970666
124	K. Michelle	49	0	56	57	22	36	120	1680233
125	Teena Marie	49	0	63	72	25	63	126	578933
126	Melanie Fiona	48	0	61	64	23	64	116	844738
127	Regina Belle	48	0	54	59	31	52	124	381562
128	Alexander O'Neal	48	2	69	67	13	65	109	335199
129	Floetry	48	0	62	56	15	50	103	695862
130	Stephanie Mills	48	2	71	62	27	77	116	539244
131	Jeffrey Osborne	48	0	63	60	26	62	100	477211
132	Freddie Jackson	48	0	68	48	32	63	125	691321
133	Tweet	47	1	64	50	44	51	111	576380
134	Ledisi	47	0	64	61	19	56	117	614070
135	L.T.D.	47	5	60	47	43	55	122	308773
136	Lalah Hathaway	47	0	58	48	45	41	104	409283
137	Raheem DeVaughn	47	0	58	57	30	45	112	504631
138	Shanice	47	1	66	63	14	59	104	275726
139	Pleasure P	47	0	64	65	7	46	114	1233253
140	Lyfe Jennings	47	0	61	45	29	50	118	1129284
141	Marques Houston	47	0	65	59	19	53	104	822683
142	Midnight Star	47	4	79	68	8	74	113	424294
143	Blaque	46	0	73	67	6	65	116	467187
144	Mary Jane Girls	46	7	76	60	9	81	118	252154
145	Nivea	46	0	71	51	22	62	117	703761
146	Loose Ends	46	3	72	54	28	77	112	223343
147	Tamar Braxton	46	0	54	57	31	43	121	1137033
148	Danity Kane	46	2	65	65	15	58	120	619475
149	H-Town	46	0	66	53	22	52	120	831173
150	Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam	45	3	73	70	7	75	123	321936
151	El DeBarge	45	1	67	55	24	56	117	312519
152	Karyn White	45	0	67	65	26	66	119	384347
153	Gerald Levert	45	0	71	56	19	52	116	883170
154	KeKe Wyatt	45	0	53	57	29	40	117	671908
155	Leela James	45	1	71	55	24	53	117	409995
156	Lakeside	44	1	68	64	23	74	117	303039
157	Marsha Ambrosius	44	0	47	62	32	31	113	528739
158	Ryan Leslie	44	0	68	72	20	63	93	181070
159	Rene & Angela	44	0	71	65	21	71	103	196003
160	Goapele	44	7	63	52	37	36	110	287791
161	The S.O.S Band	44	9	72	69	10	73	108	531650
162	Con Funk Shun	44	1	70	54	20	75	131	356500
163	Angela Bofill	44	1	54	58	30	55	111	166023
164	3LW	43	0	74	62	12	62	121	588472
165	Ashford & Simpson	43	10	68	64	21	77	113	442798
166	Paula DeAnda	43	0	67	62	19	52	110	439198
167	Mtume	43	7	80	50	25	73	106	224114
168	Elle Varner	42	0	53	62	19	40	121	326411
169	Cherrelle	42	1	78	70	16	79	111	194738
170	Amanda Perez	42	0	64	52	37	44	121	481904
171	Chanté Moore	42	1	66	59	23	50	129	514257
172	Klymaxx	42	12	73	58	14	68	126	266788
173	LeToya	42	0	61	67	18	54	124	616865
174	Phyllis Hyman	41	0	64	55	30	60	120	312064
175	Ann Nesby	41	0	51	47	62	44	91	13087
176	Rahsaan Patterson	41	5	71	54	19	62	99	165907
177	TQ	41	0	63	61	10	50	109	56099
178	Will Downing	41	0	68	57	29	57	111	209320
179	Jody Watley	40	9	75	67	12	74	121	291755
180	Meli'sa Morgan	40	0	66	50	24	57	112	138317
181	Yarbrough & Peoples	40	9	76	69	10	79	106	61128
182	Melba Moore	40	0	75	66	19	81	118	142451
183	Sheila E.	40	10	71	65	10	72	105	316586
184	Angela Winbush	39	15	65	53	20	63	114	222597
185	Kindred The Family Soul	39	0	62	61	20	56	101	242338
186	Amel Larrieux	39	1	59	40	52	42	113	266907
187	Vivian Green	39	0	66	53	19	50	106	425495
188	Sounds Of Blackness	39	1	57	57	47	38	109	35764
189	Kashif	39	5	79	52	11	72	121	143601
190	The System	38	1	68	76	8	83	117	77911
191	K'Jon	38	0	59	65	21	61	119	52706
192	Stacy Lattisaw	38	2	66	58	24	60	117	161449
193	Mario Vazquez	37	0	64	61	7	49	93	91311
194	DAY26	37	0	57	69	15	48	122	301966
195	Skyy	37	2	74	67	10	76	117	151361
196	Shirley Murdock	36	0	52	42	32	37	108	219849
197	LeToya Luckett	34	0	56	55	15	34	125	451746
198	Jennifer Holliday	33	0	45	54	30	33	115	34616
199	Tiffany Evans	32	0	57	59	22	40	123	326234
200	Latif	32	0	69	62	26	62	101	78376

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