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Genre: visual kei

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Parent Genre: pop

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Visual kei is a Japanese music genre that emphasizes on the visual appearance of the performers, with flamboyant costumes, makeup, and hairstyles. The music is a fusion of rock, pop, and metal, with lyrics that often explore themes of love, loss, and personal struggles. The genre gained popularity in the 1980s and has since evolved to include various sub-genres. It is characterized by its theatrical performances, elaborate stage setups, and energetic live shows.


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List of visual kei artists

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

#namepopularityfollowers
1 38 114595
2 44 98064
3 46 337089
4 45 247611
5 69 3708691
6 42 79776
7 42 36123
8 26 44516
9 34 95512
10 36 46444
11 35 65336
12 51 264979
13 33 36824
14 33 53450
15 32 94417
16 29 46575
17 25 25962
18 25 19557
19 31 47200
20 54 816514
21 23 16474
22 25 15262
23 53 206724
24 25 43512
25 21 13289
26 24 7774
27 24 12079
28 23 10994
29 47 600166
30 39 125323
31 49 257875
32 21 15304
33 21 12521
34 20 5614
35 20 16624
36 19 13459
37 50 297390
38 19 5744
39 18 13928
40 46 126446
41 32 24388
42 45 229453
43 30 13015
44 29 43605
45 43 192644
46 43 227854
47 28 36583
48 40 244671
49 41 80637
50 41 249193
51 27 28579
52 36 41295
53 34 65449
54 22 3756
55 33 51655
56 35 159207
57 21 10758
58 21 23469
59 29 34241
60 35 64593
61 33 32219
62 20 5630
63 19 5755
64 32 20326
65 32 24624
66 32 32065
67 30 11456
68 30 19498
69 29 20703
70 28 19674
71 27 43431
72 27 20078
73 26 12472
74 26 15135
75 26 30754
76 26 14618
77 26 10107
78 26 20521
79 25 16346
80 25 11742
81 25 26974
82 24 10197
83 24 13410
84 23 11235
85 23 11519
86 22 8785
87 22 7858
88 22 13243
89 22 19343
90 22 13798
91 22 6434
92 21 8195
93 21 8151
94 21 14690
95 20 3664
96 20 10342
97 20 9354
98 20 7524
99 19 6710
100 19 11936

visual kei playlist created by Chosic

Enjoy this playlist of popular visual kei music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.