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Genre
vallenato
Parent Genre: latin

Vallenato is a popular music genre from Colombia that originated in the Caribbean coastal region. It is characterized by its accordion sound, caja vallenata (drum), and guacharaca (percussion instrument). The lyrics often tell stories of love, nature, and everyday life. Vallenato gained international recognition in the 1990s and has since become a symbol of Colombian culture. It has been performed by various artists and groups, including those mentioned above.


Top artists of vallenato genre

Carlos Vives
Binomio de Oro de América
Silvestre Dangond
Los inquietos del vallenato
Diomedes Diaz
Los Diablitos
Jorge Celedón
Los Chiches Vallenatos
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List of vallenato artists

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

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Carlos Vives
74 0 65 83 11 76 111 5959036
2
Binomio de Oro de América
66 0 65 65 30 80 135 1731804
3
Silvestre Dangond
65 0 75 84 25 90 127 4306420
4
Los inquietos del vallenato
64 0 73 62 42 75 138 976643
5
Diomedes Diaz
63 0 60 73 27 91 143 3722543
6
Los Diablitos
63 0 69 68 43 83 146 1497160
7
Jorge Celedón
60 0 0 0 0 0 0 1729151
8
Los Chiches Vallenatos
58 0 72 60 37 91 142 1031711
9
Felipe Peláez
57 0 71 75 22 73 114 1336389
10
Juancho Rois
56 0 0 0 0 0 0 23155
11
Amin Martinez
55 0 0 0 0 0 0 3515
12
Binomio de Oro
54 0 71 65 52 90 125 1438058
13
Los Gigantes Del Vallenato
54 0 79 65 52 82 138 908010
14
Juancho De La Espriella
54 0 0 0 0 0 0 44646
15
La Combinación Vallenata
53 0 0 0 0 0 0 180501
16
Kaleth Morales
52 0 73 56 53 88 123 1200202
17
Miguel Morales
51 0 72 65 29 85 137 663281
18
Jean Carlos Centeno
50 0 68 63 45 68 136 731499
19
El Gran Martín Elías
50 0 68 78 31 87 133 286769
20
Peter Manjarrés
50 0 74 74 25 84 138 784947
21
Ivan Zuleta
50 0 0 0 0 0 0 30830
22
Juan David Herrera
49 0 0 0 0 0 0 1716
23
Patricia Teherán
49 0 60 54 40 93 159 399014
24
Luis Mateus
49 0 0 0 0 0 0 522853
25
Ivan Villazon
48 0 82 80 44 93 130 875208
26
Otto Serge
48 0 79 50 46 85 131 341888
27
Omar Geles
48 0 71 76 23 89 142 432564
28
Churo Diaz
48 0 0 0 0 0 0 160815
29
Nelson Velasquez
47 0 72 71 43 82 141 1017024
30
Farid Ortiz
46 0 0 0 0 0 0 551369
31
Jorge Oñate
46 0 66 63 58 97 153 791318
32
Alfredo Gutierrez
45 1 77 58 25 94 115 123541
33
Diego Daza
45 0 63 93 35 76 115 321707
34
Los Betos
45 0 67 74 39 97 149 568197
35
Los Hermanos Zuleta
45 0 67 71 58 94 160 760253
36
Franco Argüelles
44 0 0 0 0 0 0 5145
37
Daniel Calderón
44 0 73 81 52 92 143 82979
38
Erick Escobar
44 0 67 37 79 40 136 19343
39
Silvio Brito
43 0 66 72 49 97 154 267821
40
Jose Luis Carrascal
43 0 76 58 33 87 142 36342
41
Jesús Manuel
43 0 0 0 0 0 0 67849
42
Rafa Perez
43 0 69 70 63 82 149 146839
43
Grupo Kvrass
42 0 77 84 38 85 141 163284
44
Hebert Vargas
41 0 68 73 59 84 149 265928
45
Poncho Zuleta
41 0 0 0 0 0 0 222591
46
Beto Zabaleta
41 0 0 0 0 0 0 160214
47
Mono Zabaleta
39 0 81 90 36 94 105 128314
48
Fabian Corrales
39 0 69 64 79 95 84 320864
49
Romualdo Brito
39 0 73 64 40 93 141 35935
50
Estrellas Vallenatas
39 0 66 55 49 90 130 34541
51
Las Musas Del Vallenato
38 0 74 58 38 93 138 108682
52
Rafael Orozco
38 0 0 0 0 0 0 319448
53
Los Embajadores Vallenatos
38 0 74 73 29 96 139 319952
54
Gusi & Beto
36 0 71 88 13 83 114 191437
55
Enaldo Barrera Diomedito
34 0 77 81 58 95 160 29779
56
Luifer Cuello
34 0 61 75 49 74 107 198406
57
Luis Miguel Fuentes
33 0 0 0 0 0 0 129454
58
Rafael Escalona
32 0 74 61 53 93 131 102216
59
Joaco pertuz
32 0 76 65 59 92 136 2869
60
Los K Morales
32 0 77 87 25 91 100 144962
61
Alejo Duran
32 0 83 65 28 94 99 102826
62
Osmar Pérez
31 0 0 0 0 0 0 7268
63
Alejandro Palacio
30 0 72 89 16 85 147 101040
64
Rugido Vallenato
30 0 68 61 47 89 153 5360
65
Jesus Manuel Estrada
30 0 67 70 61 95 131 11082
66
La Decision Vallenata
30 0 72 68 60 69 136 70694
67
Los Juglares Vallenatos
27 0 77 70 37 96 134 7952
68
Miguel Herrera
26 0 66 62 59 97 80 52035
69
Los Pechichones
26 0 64 60 35 91 143 31928
70
El Doble Poder
26 0 72 65 63 97 129 14512
71
Enaldo Barrera
26 0 0 0 0 0 0 29030
72
Martin Elías
25 0 0 0 0 0 0 72551
73
Iván Ovalle
23 0 75 81 53 92 153 21831
74
Alberto Tico Mercado
23 0 79 63 23 54 132 12363
75
José Alfonso ''Chiche'' Maestre
22 0 71 56 60 78 125 5496
76
Ramiro Y Joche
22 0 0 0 0 0 0 9404
77
Miguel Lopez
22 0 0 0 0 0 0 1804
78
Dubán Bayona
21 0 70 78 24 91 143 2832
79
Pello Osorio
21 0 0 0 0 0 0 45807
80
Jorge Oñate & Alvaro Lopez
21 0 0 0 0 0 0 103644
81
Israel Romero
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 580
82
Sentimiento Vallenato
19 0 80 86 25 98 152 37942
83
Penchy Castro
18 0 70 78 68 94 133 19034
84
Hermanos Naranjo
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 163
85
Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá
17 75 38 52 84 88 114 3459
86
Mario Fuscaldo
17 0 79 86 45 91 129 19426
87
Jhon Mindiola
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 28545
88
Andrés Ariza Villazón
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 12192
89
Daniel Celedon
14 0 53 62 61 81 153 25855
90
Armando Mendoza
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 296
91
La Pandilla del Vallenato
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 744
92
Jose Maria "Chema" Ramos
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 940
93
El Toby Tovar
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 156
94
Alfonso "Poncho" Zuleta
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 12152
95
Los Chiches Del Vallenato
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 26183
96
Carlos Mario Zabaleta
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 759
97
Duvan Campos
4 0 76 89 2 84 107 233
98
LuisK Farfán
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 123
99
Patricia Teheran y las diosas del vallenato
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 27714
100
Felipe Pelaez A Duo Eddy Herrera
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 410