Lovers Rock

Style of reggae music noted for its romantic sound and content. Emerged 1972. Wikipedia

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106 artists with 4.1M combined listeners. 84% of them sit in the Roots Rock / Lovers Rock / Rocksteady community on the map. It shares the most artists with Roots Rock.

Where Lovers Rock sits on the map

• Roots Rock / Lovers Rock / Rocksteady · 89 artists (84%)
• Lagu Timur / Hip Hop Timur / Melanesian Pop · 7 artists (7%)
• French Reggae / French Dub / West Coast Reggae · 2 artists (2%)
• Christian Hip Hop / Christian Indie / Christian Trap · 1 artists (1%)
• Vocal Jazz / Contemporary Vocal Jazz / French Jazz · 1 artists (1%)
• Rock-And-Roll / Mellow Gold / Canadian Rock · 1 artists (1%)

Strongest pairings in Lovers Rock

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

1. Barrington Levy & Gregory Isaacs · 63 shared playlists
2. Beres Hammond & Gregory Isaacs · 56 shared playlists
3. Dennis Brown & Gregory Isaacs · 54 shared playlists
4. Beres Hammond & Morgan Heritage · 53 shared playlists
5. Beres Hammond & Freddie Mcgregor · 49 shared playlists
6. Gregory Isaacs & Freddie Mcgregor · 47 shared playlists
7. Beres Hammond & Sanchez · 45 shared playlists
8. Gregory Isaacs & John Holt · 44 shared playlists
9. Beres Hammond & Tarrus Riley · 44 shared playlists
10. Beres Hammond & Barrington Levy · 43 shared playlists

Related genres

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

• Roots Rock · 38 shared artistsBoth: Jimmy Cliff, Gregory Isaacs, Barrington Levy
• Reggae · 14 shared artistsBoth: Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, Tarrus Riley
• Rocksteady · 12 shared artistsBoth: Jimmy Cliff, Ken Boothe, John Holt
• Riddim · 6 shared artistsBoth: Morgan Heritage, Da'ville, Wayne Wade
• Dub · 6 shared artistsBoth: Horace Andy, Johnny Osbourne, Mighty Diamonds
• African Reggae · 4 shared artistsBoth: Majek Fashek, Cynthia Schloss, Tyrone Taylor
• Reggae Cristao · 3 shared artistsBoth: Carlene Davis, Anslom, Zion Producer
• Virgin Islands Reggae · 4 shared artistsBoth: Pressure Busspipe, George Nooks, Vivian Jones

Artists

106 artists tagged Lovers Rock, ranked by listeners.

1. Jimmy Cliff1.0M listeners · Roots Rock
2. Gregory Isaacs790.0K listeners · Roots Rock
3. Barrington Levy340.5K listeners · Roots Rock
4. Dennis Brown263.2K listeners · Roots Rock
5. Tarrus Riley229.5K listeners · Dancehall
6. Horace Andy149.9K listeners · Roots Rock
7. Ken Boothe131.0K listeners · Rocksteady
8. Beres Hammond110.2K listeners · Roots Rock
9. Johnny Clarke78.5K listeners · Roots Reggae
10. Christopher Martin77.8K listeners · Dancehall
11. Romain Virgo66.7K listeners · Virgin Islands Reggae
12. Junior Kelly65.2K listeners
13. John Holt65.2K listeners · Roots Rock
14. Maxi Priest64.9K listeners · Roots Rock
15. Aswad64.0K listeners · Reggae
16. Richie Spice52.9K listeners
17. Sugar Minott52.0K listeners · Roots Rock
18. Alton Ellis46.8K listeners · Rocksteady
19. Freddie Mcgregor43.4K listeners · Roots Rock
20. Linval Thompson41.9K listeners · Roots Rock
21. Frankie Paul37.5K listeners
22. Cocoa Tea35.5K listeners · Roots Rock
23. Garnett Silk28.5K listeners
24. Sanchez26.1K listeners
25. The Heptones25.4K listeners · Roots Rock
26. Marcia Griffiths23.4K listeners
27. Dawn Penn20.9K listeners · Roots Rock
28. Cornell Campbell18.5K listeners · Roots Rock
29. Johnny Osbourne14.6K listeners · Roots Rock
30. Papa San11.6K listeners · Dancehall
31. Phyllis Dillon8.8K listeners · Rocksteady
32. Mighty Diamonds8.1K listeners · Roots Rock
33. Delroy Wilson7.3K listeners
34. Glen Washington5.4K listeners
35. Morgan Heritage5.2K listeners · Roots Rock
36. Pressure Busspipe4.6K listeners · Dancehall
37. Richie Stephens3.5K listeners
38. Half Pint3.3K listeners
39. The Techniques2.9K listeners · Rocksteady
40. Bitty McLean2.8K listeners
41. Jemere Morgan2.5K listeners
42. Da'ville2.2K listeners
43. Wayne Wade2.2K listeners · Reggae
44. Earl Sixteen2.2K listeners · Ska Mexicano
45. Majek Fashek2.0K listeners
46. Mikey Spice2.0K listeners
47. Junior Byles1.9K listeners
48. Everton Blender1.9K listeners
49. Carlene Davis1.8K listeners
50. The Reggister's1.6K listeners · Reggae Rock
51. George Nooks1.6K listeners
52. Lukie D1.6K listeners
53. Janet Kay1.5K listeners
54. Al Campbell1.5K listeners
55. Slim Smith1.5K listeners · Rocksteady
56. Kofi1.5K listeners
57. The Uniques1.4K listeners · Protopunk
58. Pliers1.4K listeners · Dancehall Queen
59. Jimmy Riley1.3K listeners · Roots Rock
60. Don Campbell1.2K listeners
61. Peter Hunnigale1.1K listeners
62. Vivian Jones1.1K listeners
63. Lloyd Brown1.1K listeners
64. The Meditations1.0K listeners · Roots Rock
65. Garnet Silk_1.0K listeners
66. Cynthia Schloss1.0K listeners
67. J.C. Lodge1.0K listeners
68. Terry Linen1.0K listeners
69. June Lodge1.0K listeners
70. Singing Melody1.0K listeners
71. Louisa Mark1.0K listeners · Axe
72. Cassandra1.0K listeners · Indonesian Pop
73. Ed Robinson1.0K listeners
74. Kashief Lindo1.0K listeners
75. Barry Biggs1.0K listeners · Axe
76. Coconut Rootz1.0K listeners
77. Admiral Tibet1.0K listeners
78. Hortense Ellis1.0K listeners · Rocksteady
79. L.D.B Time to Chill1.0K listeners · Deep Groove House
80. Sandra Cross1.0K listeners
81. Brown Sugar1.0K listeners
82. Stephen McMahon1.0K listeners · Rap Catala
83. Donna Rhoden1.0K listeners
84. Ambelique1.0K listeners
85. Jennifer Lara1.0K listeners · Rocksteady
86. Carroll Thompson1.0K listeners
87. Winston Reedy1.0K listeners
88. Leroy Gibbons1.0K listeners · Reggae Rock
89. Vailedmoon music1.0K listeners
90. Anslom1.0K listeners
91. Barbara Jones1.0K listeners
92. Pam Hall1.0K listeners
93. Jc Lodge1.0K listeners · Roots Reggae
94. Jorge M.1.0K listeners · Ska
95. Natural Mystic1.0K listeners · Polish Reggae
96. Tyrone Taylor1.0K listeners
97. Zion Producer1.0K listeners
98. Tony Tuff1.0K listeners
99. Junior English1.0K listeners · Axe
100. Cah Reggae1.0K listeners
101. Jean Adebambo1.0K listeners
102. Jackie1.0K listeners · Neue Deutsche Harte
103. reggae do bau1.0K listeners
104. Mr 631.0K listeners
105. Daniel Sta1.0K listeners
106. Norris Cole1.0K listeners