Desert Blues

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67 artists with 1.6M combined listeners. 82% of them sit in the Desert Blues / Ethiopian Pop / Mbalax community on the map. It shares the most artists with Malian Blues.

Where Desert Blues sits on the map

• Desert Blues / Ethiopian Pop / Mbalax · 55 artists (82%)
• Arab Pop / Egyptian Pop / Classic Arab Pop · 3 artists (4%)
• Rai / Rai Algerien / Kabyle · 2 artists (3%)
• Moroccan Pop / Rap Maroc / Trap Maroc · 2 artists (3%)
• Polish Classical / Baroque / Classical · 1 artists (1%)
• Bedroom Pop / New Jersey Indie / Kingston On Indie · 1 artists (1%)

Strongest pairings in Desert Blues

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

1. Ali Farka Toure & Fatoumata Diawara · 26 shared playlists
2. Sona Jobarteh & Ali Farka Toure · 21 shared playlists
3. Ali Farka Toure & Tinariwen · 21 shared playlists
4. Sona Jobarteh & Fatoumata Diawara · 21 shared playlists
5. Ali Farka Toure & Ballaké Sissoko · 20 shared playlists
6. Ali Farka Toure & Vieux Farka Touré · 20 shared playlists
7. Ali Farka Toure & Boubacar Traoré · 19 shared playlists
8. Imarhan & Tinariwen · 19 shared playlists
9. Ali Farka Toure & Rokia Traoré · 18 shared playlists
10. Ali Farka Toure & Amadou & Mariam · 17 shared playlists

Related genres

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

• Malian Blues · 16 shared artistsBoth: Amadou & Mariam, Ali Farka Toure, Fatoumata Diawara
• African Rock · 2 shared artistsBoth: Terakaft, Etran Finatawa
• World Fusion · 3 shared artistsBoth: Tissilawen, TASUTA N-IMAL, Sarah & Ismael
• Mbalax · 3 shared artistsBoth: Ismaël Lô, Baaba Maal, Cheikh Lo
• Neo-Psychedelic · 4 shared artistsBoth: Tinariwen, Vieux Farka Touré, Mdou Moctar
• Moroccan Pop · 2 shared artistsBoth: Djam, Karima Gouit
• Arab Pop · 2 shared artistsBoth: Le Trio Joubran, Ali Sabah

Artists

67 artists tagged Desert Blues, ranked by listeners.

1. Jordi Savall164.4K listeners · Baroque
2. Amadou & Mariam153.8K listeners
3. Idir144.5K listeners · Kabyle
4. Ali Farka Toure119.1K listeners
5. Fatoumata Diawara115.0K listeners
6. Rokia Traoré94.5K listeners
7. Tinariwen85.4K listeners · Neo-Psychedelic
8. Oumou Sangaré81.4K listeners
9. Toumani Diabaté75.1K listeners · Malian Blues
10. Ismaël Lô39.3K listeners · Malian Blues
11. Oum37.1K listeners
12. Baaba Maal33.8K listeners · Mbalax
13. Ballaké Sissoko26.3K listeners · Malian Blues
14. Le Trio Joubran25.3K listeners · Arab Pop
15. Labess22.9K listeners
16. Victor Démé22.7K listeners
17. Lubiana21.4K listeners
18. Lamomali20.7K listeners · French Pop
19. BOMBINO19.3K listeners
20. Sékouba Bambino19.0K listeners · Ndombolo
21. Blick Bassy18.7K listeners · Psychedelic Folk
22. Boubacar Traoré16.5K listeners
23. Habib Koité16.5K listeners · Malian Blues
24. Cheikh Lo15.2K listeners
25. Sona Jobarteh14.5K listeners
26. Vieux Farka Touré14.3K listeners
27. Songhoy Blues11.3K listeners · Roots Rock
28. Tamikrest10.3K listeners
29. Imarhan9.0K listeners
30. Aster Aweke7.9K listeners · Ethiopian Pop
31. Mdou Moctar7.6K listeners · Neo-Psychedelic
32. Afel Bocoum7.3K listeners
33. Ablaye Cissoko7.0K listeners · Jamgrass
34. Ahmed Soultan6.7K listeners · Trap Maroc
35. Djam6.4K listeners · Shush
36. Terakaft5.7K listeners
37. Yin Yin5.5K listeners · Neo-Psychedelic
38. Bassekou Kouyate4.1K listeners
39. Ayub Ogada3.8K listeners · Moombahton
40. The Touré-Raichel Collective3.1K listeners
41. Djelimady Tounkara2.8K listeners
42. Les Filles de Illighadad2.7K listeners
43. Tikoubaouine2.4K listeners
44. Samba Touré2.4K listeners
45. Kel Assouf2.3K listeners
46. Tissilawen2.1K listeners
47. Mariem Hassan2.1K listeners
48. The Rock Orchestra2.1K listeners · Hard Rock
49. Tartit1.9K listeners
50. Etran de L'AÏr1.8K listeners
51. Rajery1.7K listeners
52. Malouma1.5K listeners
53. Etran Finatawa1.4K listeners
54. Maria Augusta1.3K listeners
55. Lobi Traoré1.3K listeners
56. Mohamed Rouane1.2K listeners
57. Les Frères Guissé1.1K listeners
58. Tarwa N-Tiniri1.0K listeners
59. Ali Sabah1.0K listeners · Arab Pop
60. Bm pro1.0K listeners
61. TASUTA N-IMAL1.0K listeners
62. Sarah & Ismael1.0K listeners
63. Kader Tarhanine1.0K listeners
64. N'gou Bagayoko1.0K listeners
65. Ron Wyman1.0K listeners
66. Karima Gouit1.0K listeners · Moroccan Pop
67. Ahmoudou Madassane1.0K listeners