Afrofuturism

Musical movement.

Description from Wikidata (CC0).

70 artists with 1.4M combined listeners. 11% of them sit in the Indie Soul / Modern Funk / R&B community on the map. It shares the most artists with Jazz Rap.

Where Afrofuturism sits on the map

• Indie Soul / Modern Funk / R&B · 8 artists (11%)
• Smooth Jazz / Smooth Saxophone / Cool Jazz · 5 artists (7%)
• Jazztronica / British Jazz / Lo-Fi Brasileiro · 4 artists (6%)
• R&B / Rap / High Vibe · 4 artists (6%)
• Desert Blues / Ethiopian Pop / Mbalax · 4 artists (6%)
• Diva House / New French Touch / Acid House · 3 artists (4%)

Strongest pairings in Afrofuturism

Afrofuturism artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. Pharoah Sanders & The Blackbyrds · 8 shared playlists
2. Alice Coltrane & Pharoah Sanders · 8 shared playlists
3. Alice Coltrane & Sun Ra · 8 shared playlists
4. Sons Of Kemet & Kamasi Washington · 6 shared playlists
5. Dust & Janelle Monáe · 6 shared playlists
6. Dust & Vox · 6 shared playlists
7. Janelle Monáe & Vox · 5 shared playlists
8. Ronnie Foster & The Blackbyrds · 5 shared playlists
9. The Internet & Dinner Party · 4 shared playlists
10. Flying Lotus & Shabazz Palaces · 4 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Afrofuturism, for their size.

• Jazz Rap · 5 shared artistsBoth: Madlib, Flying Lotus, Kaiit
• Ohio Hip Hop · 2 shared artistsBoth: Rapsody, Shelf
• High Vibe · 3 shared artistsBoth: Iniko, Nija, OSHUN
• Alt Z · 4 shared artistsBoth: Mico, Sampa the Great, LION BABE
• Free Jazz · 2 shared artistsBoth: Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane
• Jazz · 4 shared artistsBoth: Kamasi Washington, Alice Coltrane, Theo Croker
• Strut · 2 shared artistsBoth: Big Freedia, Nija
• Experimental Hip Hop · 2 shared artistsBoth: Flying Lotus, Saul Williams

Artists

70 artists tagged Afrofuturism, ranked by listeners.

1. Janelle Monáe149.6K listeners · R&B
2. FKA twigs144.1K listeners · Pop
3. Solange113.6K listeners · R&B
4. Kelis101.8K listeners · R&B
5. Little Simz101.7K listeners · UK Hip Hop
6. Madlib97.2K listeners · Golden Age Hip Hop
7. Flying Lotus87.6K listeners
8. The Internet79.7K listeners · R&B
9. Grace Jones55.0K listeners · Disco
10. Kamasi Washington36.1K listeners
11. Hollie Cook28.6K listeners
12. Laura Mvula24.0K listeners
13. Mico21.8K listeners · Alt Z
14. Sun Ra19.0K listeners
15. Iniko17.6K listeners · High Vibe
16. Ron Carter17.5K listeners
17. Sampa the Great17.1K listeners · Alt Z
18. Pharoah Sanders15.3K listeners
19. Buddy Miles14.7K listeners · Rock-And-Roll
20. Alice Coltrane14.6K listeners
21. Rapsody14.2K listeners · R&B
22. Saul Williams12.6K listeners · Conscious Hip Hop
23. LION BABE12.2K listeners · Alt Z
24. Yellow Magic Orchestra12.0K listeners · Art Rock
25. Sons Of Kemet10.6K listeners
26. Sudan Archives10.2K listeners
27. Tank and The Bangas9.3K listeners
28. Big Freedia9.0K listeners · North Carolina Hip Hop
29. Kolinga8.2K listeners · French Pop
30. Nija7.6K listeners
31. Kenji Kawai7.4K listeners
32. Shabazz Palaces7.3K listeners
33. Jamila Woods7.0K listeners
34. Drexciya6.0K listeners
35. The Blackbyrds5.6K listeners · Classic Soul
36. THE FATBACK BAND5.6K listeners · Funk
37. OSHUN4.9K listeners
38. Theo Croker4.6K listeners
39. The Reflex4.6K listeners · Classic Rock
40. Abhi The Nomad3.8K listeners · Indietronica
41. Les Mccann3.2K listeners
42. Sa-Roc3.1K listeners · Alt Z
43. Dust3.0K listeners
44. Bohannon2.9K listeners · Disco
45. Muzi2.3K listeners
46. Kaiit2.1K listeners · UK Contemporary R&B
47. Tsegue-maryam Guebrou2.0K listeners
48. Africa Express2.0K listeners
49. Hyenah1.8K listeners
50. Raymond Scott1.8K listeners
51. Lonnie Smith1.7K listeners
52. Samory I1.7K listeners
53. Syreeta1.5K listeners · Folk-Pop
54. Roger Troutman1.5K listeners · Golden Age Hip Hop
55. Sio1.4K listeners
56. Ramp1.3K listeners · R&B
57. Ronnie Foster1.3K listeners · Escape Room
58. Dinner Party1.3K listeners · Indie Soul
59. Amanaz1.3K listeners
60. Brian Bennett1.2K listeners
61. Stones Throw1.0K listeners · Jazztronica
62. Vox1.0K listeners
63. Palm1.0K listeners · Brooklyn Indie
64. TECH.N.O.1.0K listeners
65. Nobody1.0K listeners · Funk Metal
66. Mad Wax1.0K listeners · Detroit Hip Hop
67. Dj Vlad1.0K listeners · Gangster Rap
68. Shelf1.0K listeners
69. Parisi1.0K listeners
70. Red Hot1.0K listeners · Art Rock