Electric Blues

Type of blues music. Emerged 1945. Wikipedia

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85 artists with 10.4M combined listeners. 81% of them sit in the Electric Blues / Texas Blues / Chicago Blues community on the map. It shares the most artists with Traditional Blues.

Where Electric Blues sits on the map

• Electric Blues / Texas Blues / Chicago Blues · 69 artists (81%)
• R&B / Southern Soul / Southern Soul Blues · 4 artists (5%)
• Quiet Storm / Classic Soul / Dutch R&B · 2 artists (2%)
• Stoner Metal / Stoner Rock / Post-Rock · 2 artists (2%)
• Math Rock / Japanese Shoegaze / Japanese Math Rock · 1 artists (1%)
• Jazz / Hard Bop / Vocal Jazz · 1 artists (1%)

Strongest pairings in Electric Blues

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

1. B.B. King & Muddy Waters · 100 shared playlists
2. John Lee Hooker & Muddy Waters · 94 shared playlists
3. John Lee Hooker & B.B. King · 93 shared playlists
4. Muddy Waters & Buddy Guy · 88 shared playlists
5. B.B. King & Buddy Guy · 86 shared playlists
6. B.B. King & Albert King · 84 shared playlists
7. Albert King & Muddy Waters · 83 shared playlists
8. Muddy Waters & Howlin' Wolf · 79 shared playlists
9. John Lee Hooker & Albert King · 77 shared playlists
10. Stevie Ray Vaughan & B.B. King · 71 shared playlists

Related genres

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

• Traditional Blues · 16 shared artistsBoth: B.B. King, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker
• Texas Blues · 15 shared artistsBoth: T-bone Walker, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
• Chicago Blues · 14 shared artistsBoth: Bo Diddley, Little Walter, Elmore James
• Delta Blues · 6 shared artistsBoth: Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins
• Blues · 8 shared artistsBoth: Robert Johnson, T-bone Walker, Little Walter
• Louisiana Blues · 8 shared artistsBoth: Muddy Waters, Albert King, Elmore James
• Chicago Soul · 2 shared artistsBoth: Eddie Dalton Blues, Crossroads Records
• Modern Blues · 8 shared artistsBoth: Joe Bonamassa, Eric Johnson, Big Mama Thornton

Artists

85 artists tagged Electric Blues, ranked by listeners.

1. B.B. King1.7M listeners
2. Muddy Waters1.5M listeners
3. John Lee Hooker1.4M listeners
4. Joe Bonamassa559.7K listeners · Modern Blues
5. Buddy Guy484.0K listeners
6. Howlin' Wolf407.0K listeners
7. Robert Johnson348.0K listeners
8. Gary Moore326.6K listeners · Rock
9. Stevie Ray Vaughan304.6K listeners
10. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble271.9K listeners · Rock
11. J.J. Cale269.8K listeners · Mellow Gold
12. T-bone Walker253.8K listeners
13. Albert King253.0K listeners
14. Lightnin' Hopkins241.3K listeners
15. Bo Diddley189.8K listeners
16. Little Walter162.9K listeners
17. Johnny Winter148.9K listeners · Rock-And-Roll
18. Jimmy Reed117.2K listeners
19. Elmore James114.0K listeners
20. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers107.3K listeners · British Blues
21. Junior Wells102.8K listeners
22. Taj Mahal93.5K listeners · Rock-And-Roll
23. Freddie King93.0K listeners
24. Otis Rush88.1K listeners
25. Willie Dixon84.2K listeners · Chicago Blues
26. Eric Johnson73.0K listeners
27. Big Mama Thornton68.0K listeners
28. Son House61.9K listeners
29. Jimmy Rogers55.3K listeners
30. Robben Ford54.1K listeners
31. Slim Harpo47.4K listeners
32. Alvin Lee42.8K listeners · Rock-And-Roll
33. Snowy White40.7K listeners
34. Bobby Bland40.5K listeners
35. Jonny Lang37.7K listeners
36. The Jeff Healey Band36.5K listeners · Glam Metal
37. Albert Collins29.5K listeners
38. Lowell Fulson20.8K listeners
39. Hubert Sumlin20.0K listeners · Traditional Blues
40. Robin Trower19.2K listeners · Rock-And-Roll
41. Blind Willie Johnson15.5K listeners
42. Lonnie Johnson15.1K listeners
43. Memphis Minnie14.5K listeners
44. Bobby "Blue" Bland12.0K listeners · Classic Soul
45. Christone "Kingfish" Ingram10.7K listeners · Modern Blues
46. Earl Hooker10.2K listeners
47. The Robert Cray Band9.8K listeners
48. Jeff Healey9.8K listeners
49. Eric Gales9.7K listeners · Modern Blues
50. Aiyana-Lee9.5K listeners · R&B
51. Sonny Boy Williamson II8.9K listeners
52. Howlin Wolf7.5K listeners · Classic Soul
53. Magic Sam6.1K listeners
54. Messa5.6K listeners
55. Little Milton4.8K listeners · Motown
56. Freddy King3.8K listeners
57. Doyle Bramhall II3.6K listeners
58. Jimmy Dawkins3.1K listeners · Chicago Blues
59. Mighty Sam McClain3.0K listeners
60. The Vaughan Brothers2.9K listeners
61. Guy Davis2.7K listeners · Country Rock
62. Big Walter Horton2.6K listeners
63. Joe Turner1.9K listeners · Rockabilly
64. Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup1.9K listeners
65. Michael Bloomfield1.8K listeners
66. Let Babylon Burn1.5K listeners
67. Junior Kimbrough And The Soul Blues Boys1.4K listeners
68. Carlos Sant'Ana1.0K listeners · Yacht Rock
69. Sessions on the Green1.0K listeners
70. Chris Beard1.0K listeners
71. The Harmony Sessions1.0K listeners · Classic Soul
72. Elmore James And The Broom Dusters1.0K listeners
73. Delta Blues Brother1.0K listeners
74. Guitar Slim1.0K listeners
75. Bob Barry1.0K listeners · Classic Oklahoma Country
76. Fanny1.0K listeners
77. Eddie Dalton Blues1.0K listeners
78. Crossroads Records1.0K listeners
79. Brian Grey1.0K listeners
80. Shen Lab1.0K listeners
81. Paul Hardcastle Jr.1.0K listeners · German Pop
82. Eirek Sandnes1.0K listeners · Blues Rock
83. Domkraft1.0K listeners
84. Saga Lore AI1.0K listeners
85. Roy Williams1.0K listeners