Music Metrics Vault

World

Most popular artists in World

This chart is based on the monthly listeners metric for all artists tagged with the genre world 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
9,765,634
1,835,572
2
7,352,519
7,449,984
3
6,514,566
1,955,662
4
5,082,344
955,824
5
2,413,768
1,313,465
6
1,949,713
220,552
7
Youssou N'Dour
1,246,607
243,806
8
Mulatu Astatke
945,291
259,151
9
Cesária Evora
934,369
415,259
10
Hindi Zahra
848,007
237,033
11
833,721
270,480
12
Salif Keita
684,688
189,483
13
Gotan Project
651,941
397,373
14
Toumani Diabaté
642,059
107,345
15
Miriam Makeba
604,532
186,831
16
Angelique Kidjo
529,359
143,326
17
Loreena McKennitt
505,732
511,584
18
Vieux Farka Touré
478,805
77,940
19
Fela Kuti
469,406
567,144
20
Rodrigo y Gabriela
445,954
440,652
21
Blick Bassy
430,900
51,202
22
Ali Farka Touré
407,490
279,889
23
Tony Allen
407,317
129,839
24
Manu Dibango
404,004
97,622
25
Baaba Maal
369,773
102,015
26
Lhasa De Sela
369,670
186,943
27
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
353,290
121,770
28
Yasmin Levy
335,160
107,030
29
Tinariwen
307,921
361,793
30
Ofra Haza
305,566
50,537
31
Ibeyi
288,885
335,087
32
Ballaké Sissoko
244,574
63,812
33
Orchestra Baobab
239,459
152,880
34
The Lijadu Sisters
224,055
66,014
35
Oumou Sangaré
212,713
159,935
36
Ayub Ogada
180,080
45,293
37
Geoffrey Oryema
166,975
45,574
38
Mathias Duplessy
166,281
19,740
39
Rokia Traoré
157,915
112,011
40
Habib Koité
157,253
69,932
41
Victor Démé
154,078
31,978
42
Ismaël Lô
142,157
90,002
43
Rajery
133,530
8,720
44
Bombino
109,761
99,910
45
Cheikh Lô
105,407
62,708
46
Francis Bebey
91,149
54,742
47
AfroCubism
87,348
28,535
48
Yvonne Chaka Chaka
84,363
86,457
49
Antibalas
76,047
73,359
50
Boubacar Traoré
66,911
69,148
51
Zap Mama
63,819
39,444
52
Afro Celt Sound System
56,728
50,244
53
Bassekou Kouyate
56,196
27,338
54
Sheila Chandra
53,094
30,353
55
Femi Kuti
51,980
69,359
56
Issa Bagayogo
30,028
20,660
57
Susso
29,071
15,904
58
Niyaz
24,679
28,991
59
Djelimady Tounkara
24,379
8,629
60
Les Amazones d'Afrique
21,785
20,183
61
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars
17,706
10,467
62
Simentera
17,018
3,925
63
Konono N°1
9,911
13,900
64
Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra
7,682
3,009
65
Ghorwane
3,997
3,981
66
Positive Black Soul
2,897
3,367
67
Radiokijada
554
494
68
3 Mustaphas 3
497
1,385
69
Juluka
423
8,953
70
Amkoullel
174
149