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.
Here you can see the popularity of Visual Kei genre over time. This graph shows albums and singles releases count by year and decade.
2353 releases
Explore visual kei history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.
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.
| # | name | popularity | followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48 | 107988 | |
| 2 | 40 | 118673 | |
| 3 | 73 | 4142144 | |
| 4 | 51 | 146731 | |
| 5 | 50 | 369144 | |
| 6 | 48 | 272853 | |
| 7 | 40 | 116154 | |
| 8 | 55 | 291382 | |
| 9 | 29 | 47669 | |
| 10 | 38 | 70862 | |
| 11 | 58 | 896130 | |
| 12 | 39 | 47129 | |
| 13 | 59 | 279849 | |
| 14 | 31 | 28523 | |
| 15 | 29 | 21634 | |
| 16 | 34 | 97051 | |
| 17 | 34 | 52824 | |
| 18 | 51 | 629362 | |
| 19 | 54 | 251488 | |
| 20 | 44 | 135262 | |
| 21 | 31 | 16056 | |
| 22 | 28 | 49252 | |
| 23 | 28 | 19168 | |
| 24 | 30 | 13970 | |
| 25 | 29 | 52913 | |
| 26 | 54 | 306895 | |
| 27 | 40 | 46955 | |
| 28 | 28 | 13531 | |
| 29 | 24 | 15023 | |
| 30 | 27 | 17329 | |
| 31 | 26 | 16283 | |
| 32 | 26 | 16625 | |
| 33 | 48 | 142254 | |
| 34 | 25 | 7877 | |
| 35 | 23 | 18742 | |
| 36 | 48 | 240429 | |
| 37 | 45 | 262029 | |
| 38 | 47 | 126882 | |
| 39 | 34 | 15210 | |
| 40 | 46 | 247180 | |
| 41 | 46 | 205973 | |
| 42 | 32 | 44438 | |
| 43 | 32 | 37418 | |
| 44 | 31 | 32964 | |
| 45 | 38 | 49799 | |
| 46 | 44 | 264742 | |
| 47 | 39 | 48826 | |
| 48 | 43 | 45257 | |
| 49 | 40 | 42997 | |
| 50 | 40 | 46587 | |
| 51 | 27 | 11117 | |
| 52 | 38 | 61211 | |
| 53 | 40 | 75842 | |
| 54 | 39 | 45281 | |
| 55 | 38 | 44358 | |
| 56 | 38 | 161912 | |
| 57 | 24 | 26163 | |
| 58 | 37 | 68573 | |
| 59 | 37 | 35702 | |
| 60 | 24 | 11656 | |
| 61 | 36 | 22859 | |
| 62 | 22 | 4328 | |
| 63 | 35 | 18506 | |
| 64 | 34 | 37283 | |
| 65 | 34 | 27997 | |
| 66 | 34 | 25465 | |
| 67 | 32 | 13432 | |
| 68 | 27 | 12787 | |
| 69 | 32 | 23767 | |
| 70 | 31 | 24053 | |
| 71 | 31 | 19096 | |
| 72 | 31 | 12704 | |
| 73 | 31 | 31438 | |
| 74 | 30 | 47363 | |
| 75 | 30 | 21244 | |
| 76 | 24 | 5332 | |
| 77 | 29 | 17168 | |
| 78 | 29 | 14310 | |
| 79 | 29 | 18529 | |
| 80 | 28 | 21615 | |
| 81 | 28 | 11148 | |
| 82 | 23 | 7507 | |
| 83 | 23 | 4810 | |
| 84 | 23 | 5594 | |
| 85 | 28 | 32218 | |
| 86 | 27 | 17833 | |
| 87 | 26 | 10769 | |
| 88 | 26 | 14342 | |
| 89 | 25 | 13036 | |
| 90 | 25 | 17913 | |
| 91 | 25 | 13858 | |
| 92 | 25 | 10692 | |
| 93 | 25 | 10080 | |
| 94 | 25 | 21290 | |
| 95 | 25 | 12718 | |
| 96 | 24 | 8126 | |
| 97 | 24 | 10529 | |
| 98 | 24 | 11733 | |
| 99 | 24 | 10200 | |
| 100 | 22 | 10160 |
Enjoy this playlist of popular visual kei music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.
