Rocksteady

Music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966. Emerged 1966. Wikipedia

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94 artists with 3.6M combined listeners. 90% of them sit in the Roots Rock / Lovers Rock / Rocksteady community on the map. It shares the most artists with Jamaican Ska.

Where Rocksteady sits on the map

• Roots Rock / Lovers Rock / Rocksteady · 85 artists (90%)
• Psychobilly / Rockabilly / Horror Punk · 1 artists (1%)
• Greek Pop / Laiko / Greek Trap · 1 artists (1%)
• Indonesian Pop / Indonesian Indie / Indonesian Pop Punk · 1 artists (1%)
• Rock-And-Roll / Mellow Gold / Canadian Rock · 1 artists (1%)
• Uplifting Trance / Dream Trance / Trance · 1 artists (1%)

Strongest pairings in Rocksteady

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

1. Desmond Dekker & Toots & The Maytals · 29 shared playlists
2. Max Romeo & Toots & The Maytals · 23 shared playlists
3. Alton Ellis & Prince Buster · 20 shared playlists
4. Desmond Dekker & Prince Buster · 19 shared playlists
5. Max Romeo & Sister Nancy · 18 shared playlists
6. Jimmy Cliff & Toots & The Maytals · 18 shared playlists
7. Phyllis Dillon & Alton Ellis · 18 shared playlists
8. Toots & The Maytals & The Pioneers · 16 shared playlists
9. Toots & The Maytals & The Ethiopians · 16 shared playlists
10. The Skatalites & Prince Buster · 15 shared playlists

Related genres

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

• Jamaican Ska · 33 shared artistsBoth: Toots & The Maytals, The Upsetters, The Melodians
• Ska · 10 shared artistsBoth: The Skatalites, Laurel Aitken, The Paragons
• Early Reggae · 4 shared artistsBoth: Mark Antony, Pat Kelly, Reggay
• Lovers Rock · 12 shared artistsBoth: Jimmy Cliff, Ken Boothe, John Holt
• Dub · 7 shared artistsBoth: Augustus Pablo, Ernest Ranglin, Tony Rebel
• Roots Rock · 16 shared artistsBoth: Jimmy Cliff, Max Romeo, Toots & The Maytals
• Axe · 8 shared artistsBoth: Max Romeo, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Augustus Pablo
• UK Reggae · 2 shared artistsBoth: Mystic Revelation, Jamaica Reggae Band

Artists

94 artists tagged Rocksteady, ranked by listeners.

1. Jimmy Cliff1.0M listeners · Roots Rock
2. Max Romeo559.5K listeners · Roots Rock
3. Toots & The Maytals468.0K listeners · Roots Rock
4. The Upsetters297.0K listeners
5. Lee "Scratch" Perry206.9K listeners
6. The Melodians142.1K listeners
7. Ken Boothe131.0K listeners
8. Augustus Pablo67.2K listeners · Axe
9. U-Roy66.8K listeners · Roots Rock
10. John Holt65.2K listeners · Roots Rock
11. The Skatalites64.5K listeners
12. Desmond Dekker63.0K listeners
13. Alton Ellis46.8K listeners
14. Ernest Ranglin46.3K listeners · Ska Mexicano
15. King Tubby28.0K listeners · Axe
16. Marcia Griffiths23.4K listeners · Lovers Rock
17. Laurel Aitken22.2K listeners · Ska
18. Sister Nancy20.9K listeners · Roots Rock
19. Junior Murvin20.1K listeners · Roots Rock
20. Big Youth19.2K listeners
21. The Paragons16.4K listeners
22. The Pioneers14.8K listeners
23. Derrick Morgan14.1K listeners
24. The Ethiopians13.8K listeners
25. Prince Buster11.7K listeners · Jamaican Ska
26. Phyllis Dillon8.8K listeners
27. Tony Rebel6.8K listeners · Reggae
28. Symarip6.2K listeners · Ska
29. Skatalites5.9K listeners · Ska
30. Mark Antony4.9K listeners
31. Tommy McCook4.8K listeners
32. The Jets4.8K listeners · Rockabilly
33. Bob Andy4.6K listeners
34. Hopeton Lewis4.1K listeners
35. Dandy4.1K listeners
36. The Frightnrs4.0K listeners · Roots Rock
37. The Gaylads3.5K listeners
38. The Jamaicans3.2K listeners
39. Don Drummond3.1K listeners
40. Althea & Donna3.0K listeners · Roots Rock
41. The Techniques2.9K listeners
42. Errol Dunkley2.8K listeners · Axe
43. Roland Alphonso2.7K listeners
44. Derrick Harriott2.4K listeners
45. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes2.2K listeners
46. Jimmy2.1K listeners
47. Pat Kelly2.1K listeners · Axe
48. Lollypop Lorry1.9K listeners
49. Billy Boyo1.9K listeners · Roots Rock
50. Wayne Smith1.6K listeners
51. Stranger Cole1.5K listeners
52. Susan Cadogan1.5K listeners
53. Slim Smith1.5K listeners
54. The Uniques1.4K listeners · Protopunk
55. Dobby Dobson1.4K listeners
56. The Meditations1.0K listeners · Roots Rock
57. Rudolph Francis1.0K listeners · Roots Rock
58. Mystic Revelation1.0K listeners · UK Reggae
59. Jamaica Reggae Band1.0K listeners
60. The Slickers1.0K listeners
61. Maytals1.0K listeners · Axe
62. Harry J Allstars1.0K listeners · Jamaican Ska
63. David Perez1.0K listeners
64. Lord Tanamo1.0K listeners
65. Hortense Ellis1.0K listeners
66. Reggay1.0K listeners
67. Jackie Edwards1.0K listeners
68. Clancy Eccles1.0K listeners
69. Dave & Ansel Collins1.0K listeners
70. Jennifer Lara1.0K listeners
71. Lord Creator1.0K listeners
72. The Untouchables1.0K listeners
73. Claudette1.0K listeners
74. Romain Beauxis1.0K listeners
75. Joya Landis1.0K listeners
76. Val Bennett1.0K listeners
77. Winston Wright1.0K listeners
78. Jackie Opel1.0K listeners · Barbadian Pop
79. The Kingstonians1.0K listeners
80. Glen Adams1.0K listeners
81. The All Seeing I1.0K listeners · Float House
82. The Soul Chance1.0K listeners · Souldies
83. Yehoud I1.0K listeners · Dub
84. Lester Sterling1.0K listeners
85. Marcia Aitken1.0K listeners
86. Rich Hill1.0K listeners
87. Sound Dimension1.0K listeners
88. Phillis Dillon1.0K listeners
89. Rudy Mills1.0K listeners
90. Lloyd Charmers1.0K listeners · Reggae Fusion
91. The Conquerors1.0K listeners
92. Justin Hinds1.0K listeners
93. Fred Locks1.0K listeners
94. Kalles Kaviar1.0K listeners · Ska Argentino