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Genre: western swing

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Western swing is a genre of music that combines elements of country, jazz, and blues. It originated in the 1920s and 1930s in Texas and Oklahoma and became popular in the 1940s. The music features a prominent fiddle and steel guitar, along with a rhythm section of drums and bass. Western swing is known for its upbeat tempo and danceability, and often includes humorous lyrics. It has been performed by many notable artists, including those mentioned above.


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List of western swing artists

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

#namepopularityfollowers
1 66 66096
2 39 145993
3 47 320930
4 37 107033
5 33 40295
6 39 100466
7 33 44173
8 22 9719
9 31 46645
10 29 55049
11 37 69805
12 28 52670
13 25 13344
14 25 13971
15 34 60728
16 42 36797
17 47 69864
18 22 6615
19 35 9336
20 38 28215
21 33 39833
22 29 6925
23 23 9271
24 32 44902
25 31 11320
26 26 29771
27 31 74794
28 24 6620
29 32 92169
30 34 5102
31 33 40402
32 26 6343
33 31 40681
34 30 14922
35 29 2122
36 29 19178
37 18 15552
38 9 3095
39 28 39823
40 30 33276
41 32 30798
42 19 6230
43 25 10031
44 7 2908
45 30 5851
46 28 6357
47 16 5143
48 37 4468
49 16 3379
50 15 668
51 26 12066
52 12 5453
53 13 1051
54 29 32774
55 11 4179
56 10 2322
57 29 6444
58 20 9871
59 5 1496
60 6 2424
61 23 3175
62 17 6894
63 18 2885
64 16 4812
65 21 537
66 1 409
67 18 475
68 18 1299
69 14 2419
70 12 5241
71 6 323
72 2 414
73 13 473
74 11 388
75 10 121
76 9 221
77 4 577
78 8 686
79 7 254
80 7 1089
81 5 557
82 4 1013
83 3 236
84 3 339
85 2 211
86 2 77
87 2 227
88 1 151
89 1 290
90 1 113
91 1 328
92 1 121
93 1 72
94 1 169
95 1 280
96 1 213
97 1 34
98 1 23
99 1 59
100 1 273

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