Jamaican Ska

Emerged 1960.

51 artists with 1.4M combined listeners. 96% of them sit in the Roots Rock / Lovers Rock / Rocksteady community on the map. It shares the most artists with Rocksteady.

Where Jamaican Ska sits on the map

• Roots Rock / Lovers Rock / Rocksteady · 49 artists (96%)
• Jazz / Hard Bop / Vocal Jazz · 1 artists (2%)
• Christian Alternative Rock / Christian Metal / Pop Punk · 1 artists (2%)

Strongest pairings in Jamaican Ska

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

1. Desmond Dekker & Toots & The Maytals · 29 shared playlists
2. Desmond Dekker & Prince Buster · 19 shared playlists
3. Toots & The Maytals & The Ethiopians · 16 shared playlists
4. The Skatalites & Prince Buster · 15 shared playlists
5. Toots & The Maytals & Althea & Donna · 15 shared playlists
6. Bad Manners & The Selecter · 15 shared playlists
7. The Melodians & Prince Buster · 15 shared playlists
8. Desmond Dekker & The Ethiopians · 15 shared playlists
9. The Melodians & Desmond Dekker · 14 shared playlists
10. The Melodians & The Paragons · 14 shared playlists

Related genres

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

• Rocksteady · 33 shared artistsBoth: Toots & The Maytals, The Upsetters, The Melodians
• Ska · 8 shared artistsBoth: The Skatalites, The Selecter, Laurel Aitken
• Ska Revival · 4 shared artistsBoth: Bad Manners, The Selecter, The Bodysnatchers
• Roots Rock · 5 shared artistsBoth: Toots & The Maytals, The Melodians, Desmond Dekker
• Lovers Rock · 3 shared artistsBoth: Ken Boothe, Marcia Griffiths, Majek Fashek

Artists

51 artists tagged Jamaican Ska, ranked by listeners.

1. Toots & The Maytals468.0K listeners · Roots Rock
2. The Upsetters297.0K listeners · Rocksteady
3. The Melodians142.1K listeners · Rocksteady
4. Ken Boothe131.0K listeners · Rocksteady
5. The Skatalites64.5K listeners · Rocksteady
6. Desmond Dekker63.0K listeners · Rocksteady
7. Bad Manners30.3K listeners · Ska Revival
8. The Selecter29.1K listeners · Ska Revival
9. Marcia Griffiths23.4K listeners · Lovers Rock
10. Laurel Aitken22.2K listeners · Ska
11. Junior Murvin20.1K listeners · Roots Rock
12. The Paragons16.4K listeners · Rocksteady
13. Derrick Morgan14.1K listeners · Rocksteady
14. The Ethiopians13.8K listeners · Rocksteady
15. Prince Buster11.7K listeners
16. Jackie Mittoo11.4K listeners
17. Skatalites5.9K listeners · Ska
18. Tommy McCook4.8K listeners · Rocksteady
19. Hopeton Lewis4.1K listeners · Rocksteady
20. Dandy4.1K listeners · Rocksteady
21. The Jamaicans3.2K listeners · Rocksteady
22. Don Drummond3.1K listeners · Rocksteady
23. Althea & Donna3.0K listeners · Roots Rock
24. Dandy Livingstone2.9K listeners
25. Roland Alphonso2.7K listeners · Rocksteady
26. I-Roy2.6K listeners · West Coast Reggae
27. Derrick Harriott2.4K listeners · Rocksteady
28. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes2.2K listeners · Rocksteady
29. Majek Fashek2.0K listeners · Lovers Rock
30. Keith & Tex1.7K listeners
31. Stockholm Jazz Quartet1.7K listeners · French Jazz
32. The Bodysnatchers1.4K listeners · Ska
33. Millie Small1.0K listeners
34. Louis Bertrand1.0K listeners
35. The Slickers1.0K listeners · Rocksteady
36. Harry J Allstars1.0K listeners
37. David Perez1.0K listeners · Rocksteady
38. Lord Tanamo1.0K listeners · Rocksteady
39. Reggay1.0K listeners · Rocksteady
40. Clancy Eccles1.0K listeners · Rocksteady
41. Don Diego1.0K listeners
42. Claudette1.0K listeners · Rocksteady
43. The Versatiles1.0K listeners · Axe
44. Studio One1.0K listeners · Ska
45. Lester Sterling1.0K listeners · Rocksteady
46. Bruno Ferreira1.0K listeners · Ska Argentino
47. Diogo Lima1.0K listeners · Roots Rock
48. The Creations1.0K listeners · Doo-Wop
49. Rudy Mills1.0K listeners · Rocksteady
50. Justin Hinds1.0K listeners · Rocksteady
51. The Maytones1.0K listeners