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Dark r&b

Most popular artists in Dark r&b

This chart is based on the monthly listeners metric for all artists tagged with the genre dark r&b by Spotify. It may contain some errors or some data may not be up to date. You can check the artist profile to update data if necessary.

# Artist Monthly Listeners Followers
1
6,892,552
517,589
2
Chris Grey
5,295,617
481,020
3
5,105,609
548,082
4
Dutch Melrose
3,547,009
191,797
5
3,411,484
138,794
6
3,348,535
239,704
7
3,260,284
56,795
8
3,220,788
226,199
9
3,040,666
254,684
10
Aurora Olivas
2,830,760
23,127
11
Reed Wonder
2,790,500
38,078
12
2,654,866
361,961
13
Limi
2,484,773
61,198
14
zandros
2,362,498
42,764
15
Ex Habit
1,993,181
85,234
16
Toby Mai
1,762,494
63,775
17
benny mayne
1,589,952
31,749
18
Chandler Leighton
1,574,140
134,719
19
Omido
1,567,070
46,967
20
Connor Kauffman
1,563,330
125,682
21
1,524,765
45,091
22
1,510,657
84,963
23
1,483,625
232,035
24
Austin Giorgio
1,438,442
174,999
25
Angelicca
1,302,276
28,479
26
Nicholas Bonnin
1,297,918
35,433
27
1,290,839
53,130
28
Rosenfeld
1,158,141
146,724
29
Kendyle Paige
1,093,959
7,895
30
1,060,456
66,636
31
Daniel Di Angelo
1,051,074
252,931
32
BURY
1,035,162
6,705
33
Layto
1,030,961
140,886
34
Avivian
1,017,828
5,769
35
arya x
983,906
47,024
36
Madalen Duke
958,144
26,483
37
Beneld
937,351
6,255
38
PLAZA
929,395
192,861
39
Mickey Valen
927,893
64,441
40
Diana Goldberg
911,572
6,754
41
881,892
61,106
42
King Kavalier
860,839
11,801
43
The Tech Thieves
808,860
101,168
44
Black Atlass
781,281
118,298
45
Rick Jansen
769,088
3,110
46
Jake Daniels
716,708
97,534
47
CVBZ
672,540
101,128
48
Joey Myron
660,690
3,727
49
SWIM
627,608
33,253
50
Mandrazo
595,211
6,164
51
Kae
589,697
18,326
52
Ashlee
540,887
27,910
53
PatrickReza
530,437
37,023
54
Saint Chaos
511,689
41,676
55
Ordell
508,661
2,825
56
Austin George
503,032
97,812
57
Shaker
499,325
48,837
58
ChrisLee
478,980
3,374
59
Mellina Tey
466,430
51,797
60
Kid Travis
447,048
123,048
61
IOVA
442,671
3,294
62
Thomas LaRosa
439,911
71,433
63
421,349
82,087
64
SUNDERWORLD
417,385
7,644
65
Retronaut
416,450
5,334
66
Crypto
412,851
18,931
67
Nic Dean
410,394
24,544
68
Mitchel Dae
410,239
18,101
69
COBRA
402,995
8,705
70
Stevie Howie
379,531
121,762
71
BB Cooper
376,165
11,637
72
Henry Verus
372,419
65,068
73
Always Never
353,373
118,532
74
Josh Makazo
352,789
95,631
75
Azee
348,385
27,290
76
Santino Le Saint
345,849
97,957
77
Dxvn.
341,932
44,316
78
Xavier Mayne
338,882
19,309
79
Beauty School Dropout
337,963
64,257
80
Nikki Idol
316,976
18,551
81
EMM
312,372
28,313
82
ORYL
310,591
9,961
83
THEMXXNLIGHT
307,409
21,498
84
Foreign Figures
303,779
28,761
85
updog
301,165
36,474
86
VICE MONRÖE
298,544
10,802
87
JOY.
291,629
60,035
88
Joseph Feinstein
275,416
3,686
89
Sani Knight
273,585
12,962
90
Facading
271,577
9,786
91
UNDREAM
269,934
16,937
92
OZZIE
263,551
40,617
93
Gomey
257,035
11,273
94
Vosai
250,180
8,890
95
Teflon Sega
247,293
72,392
96
BOBI ANDONOV
245,693
25,282
97
VIZIER
243,768
738
98
TIMMS
238,463
35,570
99
R3YAN
237,159
9,058
100
hxnry
232,876
12,232
101
Essiyas
223,464
23,572
102
Paper Idol
223,068
24,049
103
Poe the Passenger
216,993
20,464
104
Biometrix
214,852
22,272
105
LOWBORN
203,460
20,689
106
Kodoku
203,328
111,631
107
Tokyo Project
201,811
8,344
108
sobhhï
192,562
37,278
109
BAUWZ
189,782
3,656
110
Page
184,319
1,163
111
Casual Sex
183,508
6,853
112
L.A. Rose
175,105
3,095
113
Linn Sandin
173,480
2,197
114
Jonny T
172,949
3,637
115
Thorgan
172,933
4,522
116
the fashion show
162,424
8,622
117
Oscen
159,523
10,888
118
451
157,532
25,532
119
One Hope
148,898
25,085
120
DREAMDNVR
145,960
16,949
121
DEIIN
145,410
964
122
Society of Villains
140,196
4,144
123
Cjbeards
139,915
14,002
124
Kaphy
138,685
3,689
125
Rohan
137,892
6,842
126
Kidd Phantomm
137,823
10,534
127
Constance
132,927
1,609
128
TRUU
131,703
1,351
129
Alter.
131,584
17,060
130
Calivania
131,140
3,282
131
EHLE
128,747
13,842
132
Hemi Moore
126,003
2,906
133
Mia Vaile
124,478
24,488
134
Xenia
122,887
5,236
135
Sølv
122,721
25,046
136
Eli Sostre
120,902
164,758
137
Rhea Raj
119,188
20,510
138
Jordyne
118,814
10,451
139
NUVILICES
117,949
7,306
140
Kujah
112,741
4,986
141
Bosquet
111,859
2,689
142
Cheyanne
111,428
4,546
143
BLVKES
111,088
4,893
144
Mblue
108,268
3,044
145
LEOWOLF
100,878
1,920
146
Velvet Cash
99,826
1,525
147
Safe Trvls
97,918
4,163
148
Makk Mikkael
97,911
5,495
149
Highlnd
96,543
6,252
150
Liza
95,041
1,172
151
ThatBehavior
90,285
3,678
152
12AM
89,942
48,783
153
Henri Werner
89,489
7,047
154
N i G H T S
88,061
27,694
155
Yuppycult
86,644
2,703
156
Omri
84,787
25,303
157
Jaymie Deville
84,020
4,678
158
Adrian Daniel
83,211
20,131
159
Eloy
81,786
7,911
160
memyself&vi
80,861
8,458
161
Boon
78,907
10,324
162
Nick Alexandr
78,506
18,687
163
mxze
78,291
2,314
164
Sidi
77,701
7,770
165
Clarei
75,300
813
166
Apollo On The Run
75,288
1,935
167
sebabrazy
74,729
498
168
pablø
71,933
3,919
169
Kiyashqo
70,497
871
170
Zaryah
66,893
8,833
171
Andrea Russett
64,517
39,902
172
QUINTA
62,199
1,911
173
Natalie
61,704
8,445
174
ORZC
59,794
1,287
175
Say So City
59,006
3,407
176
Hahlweg
58,863
5,268
177
Ja¥en X District
58,439
12,244
178
Hannabelle
54,647
1,008
179
Felix Lean
54,604
543
180
Anna Cotter
54,570
484
181
Cheska Moore
53,116
2,845
182
REGI FLIH
52,018
3,867
183
K-Si Yang
51,559
21,056
184
NEVR KNØW
50,598
2,336
185
Bentez
48,953
1,339
186
Arkane Skye
48,772
3,905
187
WRKINSILENCE
47,499
14,590
188
ruindkid
46,365
491
189
Chase Amari
43,818
4,642
190
Rhea Robertson
43,127
3,353
191
Eros
42,288
776
192
DEELYLE
42,118
7,998
193
notefly
41,416
979
194
Fleuke
40,416
585
195
SØR
39,820
483
196
Alejandro Lema
39,283
49,150
197
Kaila Hoy
38,839
1,284
198
ECÂF
37,456
6,623
199
Greg Gatsby
37,366
2,322
200
NHYN
36,698
1,173
201
CLRBLND.
36,504
406
202
AMEIRO
36,255
2,740
203
NIVO
34,677
2,398
204
Austin Hull
34,175
6,583
205
MIRA
31,113
6,498
206
Minzie
29,509
2,320
207
Frizzy The Streetz
29,224
1,051
208
Aestetic
28,125
3,169
209
Desire The Unknown
27,815
2,504
210
blurblur
26,592
2,772
211
Lou
26,496
549
212
whatyoudid.
26,000
1,313
213
Loby
25,955
3,700
214
Yonexx
25,641
1,796
215
ISEEBLUE
24,891
12,709
216
LVNDVN
23,987
19,530
217
11 LIT3S
23,206
10,792
218
Joey Luna
22,623
683
219
Georgina Black
21,610
817
220
Lo Nightly
21,050
6,263
221
Michael Miller
20,954
1,673
222
Lone Me
19,640
445
223
Koray
18,604
1,447
224
Noita
17,333
5,174
225
Heather Jeanette
17,224
386
226
Lani Daye
15,717
559
227
Lucad
15,079
661
228
Wavey Vayn
14,879
1,318
229
Damaged.
13,770
1,835
230
Gianni Canetti
13,545
2,006
231
Dej Monae
12,401
33
232
Perrin Xthona
12,234
4,861
233
Arcane
11,782
4,442
234
Kiki Beats
11,342
1,117
235
SixFoor
11,228
314
236
Sarah Kennedy
10,944
2,134
237
Viktoria Liv
10,911
1,801
238
EMBUE
10,848
2,677
239
YOTAL
10,556
155
240
Sebi Ali
10,184
1,025
241
Who's Calling
10,086
1,055
242
Mamie
10,079
899
243
Moniac
9,570
1,295
244
Abra Taylor
9,059
3,504
245
NotAVillain
8,833
246
246
jess_xd
8,410
2,513
247
Saint XIX
8,152
3,079
248
Sayge
7,873
1,344
249
Mazzie
7,735
984
250
EIGHTYEIGHTWAV
7,149
2,625
251
LUV SCARS
6,597
1,015
252
Strange Alias
6,405
1,029
253
Twenty7
6,291
2,036
254
Aegexan
5,638
509
255
Kreate
5,625
405
256
Thrones
5,150
1,382
257
ADRIVN
4,816
2,558
258
Kayvahn
4,779
2,926
259
notsick
4,730
3,260
260
Nolo Wrldpul
4,642
1,347
261
Aiona
4,276
2,313
262
Mace Syre
3,432
1,819
263
Drudini
2,184
956
264
Madhouse
1,613
2,949
265
elio lio
1,569
701
266
Kwota B.
1,355
609

Some info about dark r&b

Dark R&B, also known as alternative R&B or emo R&B, is a subgenre that has emerged from the crossroads of traditional rhythm and blues and more introspective, atmospheric forms of music. While R&B traditionally focuses on soulful expressions of emotion primarily revolving around love and relationships, dark R&B introduces a moodier, more melancholic quality to its narratives, often exploring deeper and sometimes darker themes such as existential angst, personal struggles, and intricate emotional experiences.

The genesis of dark R&B can be traced back to the late 2000s and early 2010s, during which there was a shifting landscape in the mainstream music scene. Artists began experimenting with the traditional R&B formula by incorporating elements from other genres such as electronic, indie, and even trip-hop. This period saw the rise of artists who preferred a less polished, more raw approach to music production and storytelling.

Key figures in this movement include The Weeknd, whose early works like "House of Balloons" set a benchmark for the genre with its haunting production, ethereal soundscapes, and lyrical content that often delved into themes of hedonism, romance, and melancholia. Another pivotal artist is FKA twigs, whose avant-garde approach to music and visuals has carved a unique niche within the genre. Her use of ethereal soundscapes combined with poignant lyrical expression creates a riveting blend that has become a hallmark of dark R&B.

In the United States, dark R&B has resonated deeply, particularly among younger audiences who seek more than just the traditional themes of love and heartbreak. Its reflective and somber tone provides a space for introspection and connection on a more intimate level, something that has appealed widely to listeners navigating the complexities of modern life.

However, the genre is not confined to the US and has found followers across the globe, with countries like the UK, Canada, and Australia also hosting vibrant scenes. In the UK, artists like James Blake have contributed to the genre with his soulful electronic compositions that incorporate the emotional intensity and depth characteristic of dark R&B.

Dark R&B is also heavily influenced by advancements in production technology. The use of atmospheric synths, heavy bass, and minimalist, often sparse beats gives the genre its distinctive sound. This is complemented by vocals that can range from hauntingly subtle to powerfully emotive, adding layers of complexity to the music.

Modern day representatives like SZA and Frank Ocean have taken the genre to new heights, integrating strong lyrical themes that tackle issues from modern existentialism to social commentary, showcasing the versatility and depth dark R&B is capable of offering.

As a genre, dark R&B represents a significant shift in the landscape of contemporary music. It challenges the normative boundaries of R&B by introducing elements that are introspective, raw, and real, appealing to a generation that seeks authenticity and depth in their musical experiences. Its popularity and influence continue to grow as artists push the boundaries of what can be expressed and explored through this evocative style. This intriguing blend of mood, music, and message ensures that dark R&B remains a compelling genre within the vast tapestry of music.