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Top artists of urban contemporary genre

Rihanna
Usher
Jhené Aiko
John Legend
Ne-Yo
Alicia Keys
Whitney Houston
Kehlani
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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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                       
namepopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1. Rihanna
92 0 65 57 18 48 131 41,427,414
2. Usher
85 0 75 66 14 60 117 8,485,720
3. Jhené Aiko
84 0 62 53 45 46 111 4,246,219
4. John Legend
84 0 46 59 45 42 131 5,505,412
5. Ne-Yo
83 0 67 64 29 63 124 5,891,658
6. Alicia Keys
83 0 55 48 50 32 93 8,415,593
7. Whitney Houston
82 0 57 50 37 40 111 6,337,039
8. Kehlani
82 0 63 57 32 46 125 4,390,929
9. PARTYNEXTDOOR
82 0 61 53 22 30 107 2,819,535
10. Mariah Carey
82 0 49 67 32 42 135 6,380,536
11. Miguel
82 0 60 58 23 46 107 3,274,230
12. Jeremih
82 0 67 56 30 46 123 4,846,440
13. T-Pain
82 0 66 56 9 51 117 3,125,782
14. Jennifer Lopez
81 0 72 73 17 69 118 9,517,949
15. Kelly Clarkson
80 0 56 78 9 51 136 7,425,345
16. Timbaland
80 8 67 70 13 50 109 1,878,732
17. Nelly
79 0 75 63 7 52 128 1,726,811
18. Gwen Stefani
78 0 67 85 13 74 121 4,499,196
19. Trey Songz
78 0 70 60 28 40 103 5,639,028
20. Wale
78 0 64 68 29 49 116 2,990,977
21. Missy Elliott
76 2 79 68 16 56 114 1,577,290
22. Ella Mai
76 0 56 56 28 33 108 3,396,271
23. Destiny's Child
76 0 71 68 15 64 110 4,490,602
24. Ms. Lauryn Hill
76 0 64 62 18 67 104 1,743,745
25. Ciara
76 0 75 64 8 53 122 4,849,669
26. Sean Kingston
76 0 74 74 13 71 128 2,017,074
27. Ashanti
75 0 65 58 35 59 105 2,035,766
28. The Pussycat Dolls
75 0 73 75 8 56 124 4,103,894
29. Mary J. Blige
75 0 67 65 21 66 117 2,591,811
30. Fergie
74 0 72 61 12 47 129 4,294,458
31. Ja Rule
74 0 72 74 18 66 93 1,168,357
32. Jazmine Sullivan
74 0 55 54 42 48 98 1,272,683
33. Tinashe
74 0 81 62 19 51 113 1,930,104
34. Jacquees
74 0 70 59 11 44 124 1,855,780
35. Leona Lewis
73 0 47 66 35 36 130 2,668,246
36. Fabolous
73 0 62 64 30 54 134 1,799,103
37. Jay Sean
72 0 71 70 17 64 102 1,269,786
38. Kiana Ledé
72 0 66 50 44 48 109 856,503
39. TLC
72 7 70 62 7 61 124 2,512,460
40. Ari Lennox
72 1 70 52 18 45 127 401,053
41. Kelly Rowland
72 0 66 75 6 55 120 2,573,022
42. Craig David
72 0 64 76 22 69 119 655,927
43. Boyz II Men
71 0 59 46 39 45 112 2,032,867
44. Mario
71 0 61 56 21 48 126 2,145,639
45. Kelis
71 5 80 79 6 77 124 393,544
46. Keyshia Cole
71 0 63 66 16 47 108 2,378,379
47. Eric Bellinger
71 0 59 65 14 48 106 639,726
48. Keri Hilson
71 0 59 76 10 53 137 1,412,488
49. Snoh Aalegra
71 2 68 49 30 45 126 531,081
50. Jamie Foxx
71 0 67 61 23 49 142 770,207
51. Janet Jackson
71 6 71 62 26 53 111 2,399,026
52. Twista
71 0 78 77 19 58 125 683,331
53. Erykah Badu
71 6 70 41 34 48 106 2,034,493
54. Plies
71 0 75 61 6 54 118 1,283,353
55. dvsn
70 9 64 42 18 38 123 906,105
56. Brandy
70 0 66 53 38 54 102 2,032,370
57. Robin Thicke
70 1 67 47 40 57 126 1,688,886
58. Queen Naija
70 0 65 64 27 50 134 1,775,991
59. Eve
70 0 76 77 17 70 111 836,999
60. Teyana Taylor
69 1 54 57 43 51 108 1,055,511
61. Toni Braxton
69 0 64 63 21 49 111 2,507,482
62. Victoria Monét
69 1 65 56 35 51 123 307,390
63. Pia Mia
69 0 65 63 14 46 110 1,414,651
64. Faith Evans
69 0 68 58 15 52 110 979,789
65. Mase
69 0 72 69 12 69 116 511,497
66. Lloyd
69 0 63 69 12 53 131 1,578,591
67. Chaka Khan
69 1 64 69 22 71 119 1,078,151
68. 112
69 0 73 55 11 73 129 786,947
69. Joe
69 0 67 56 19 47 98 1,184,560
70. Ginuwine
69 0 70 51 18 65 109 1,781,733
71. Lil' Kim
68 0 78 66 12 69 97 1,043,035
72. Jordin Sparks
68 0 53 67 23 40 134 1,685,760
73. Jesse McCartney
68 0 67 72 14 63 106 772,989
74. Solange
68 9 74 56 36 40 112 1,349,997
75. Luther Vandross
68 0 57 40 51 29 110 1,671,233
76. Monica
68 0 67 51 15 54 129 1,714,838
77. The-Dream
68 0 66 55 18 32 98 913,599
78. JoJo
68 0 57 61 26 48 122 1,770,948
79. Baby Bash
68 9 71 62 26 54 104 623,866
80. August Alsina
68 0 56 63 6 39 121 2,094,390
81. Omarion
67 0 73 62 18 64 116 1,968,082
82. Colby O'Donis
67 0 73 66 11 50 116 103,324
83. Remy Ma
67 0 60 78 7 50 125 528,897
84. Blackstreet
67 0 70 59 24 53 98 547,722
85. LL Cool J
67 7 74 57 15 59 116 1,077,644
86. Jagged Edge
67 0 69 59 35 67 114 1,416,909
87. Tamia
67 0 66 54 19 44 134 999,921
88. Mýa
67 0 70 65 18 57 105 913,495
89. Brian McKnight
66 0 58 37 38 32 121 998,719
90. William Singe
66 0 69 45 31 40 125 591,940
91. Frankie J
66 0 61 57 26 50 109 403,597
92. Sammie
66 0 70 53 36 45 117 389,323
93. The Emotions
66 2 72 53 33 86 118 363,066
94. Dwele
66 0 67 51 29 49 101 212,997
95. SWV
66 4 70 59 15 61 108 1,241,361
96. Rotimi
66 0 74 57 19 50 99 174,259
97. Sugababes
65 0 68 80 4 66 121 478,059
98. Sevyn Streeter
65 0 68 65 14 48 106 939,408
99. Aaliyah
65 1 68 57 26 68 106 2,511,871
100. Bow Wow
65 0 75 65 9 62 110 919,297