Roots Reggae

Subgenre of reggae. Emerged 1968. Wikipedia

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42 artists with 2.5M combined listeners. 69% of them sit in the Roots Rock / Lovers Rock / Rocksteady community on the map. It shares the most artists with Roots Rock.

Where Roots Reggae sits on the map

• Roots Rock / Lovers Rock / Rocksteady · 29 artists (69%)
• French Reggae / French Dub / West Coast Reggae · 7 artists (17%)
• Colombian Hip Hop / Rap Conciencia / Rap Chileno · 1 artists (2%)
• Jawaiian / NZ Reggae / Hawaiian · 1 artists (2%)
• Rkt / Trap Argentino / Techengue · 1 artists (2%)
• Afrikaans / South African Rock / Bluegrass · 1 artists (2%)

Strongest pairings in Roots Reggae

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

1. Peter Tosh & Steel Pulse · 30 shared playlists
2. Burning Spear & Peter Tosh · 29 shared playlists
3. Peter Tosh & Culture · 26 shared playlists
4. Burning Spear & Steel Pulse · 21 shared playlists
5. Burning Spear & Culture · 21 shared playlists
6. Israel Vibration & Peter Tosh · 20 shared playlists
7. Black Uhuru & Steel Pulse · 20 shared playlists
8. Peter Tosh & Black Uhuru · 19 shared playlists
9. Israel Vibration & Burning Spear · 18 shared playlists
10. Israel Vibration & Steel Pulse · 18 shared playlists

Related genres

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

• Roots Rock · 14 shared artistsBoth: Peter Tosh, Burning Spear, Israel Vibration
• Brazilian Reggae · 5 shared artistsBoth: Peter Tosh, Misty In Roots, Banda Reprise
• West Coast Reggae · 5 shared artistsBoth: Israel Vibration, Steel Pulse, Culture
• Reggae · 4 shared artistsBoth: Etana, Banda Reprise, Burak Yıldırım
• UK Reggae · 2 shared artistsBoth: Johnny Clarke, Misty In Roots
• German Reggae · 2 shared artistsBoth: Irievibrations, Rafael Mendes
• Reggae Uruguayo · 3 shared artistsBoth: Wailing Souls, Jc Lodge, Bernard Collins
• Ska · 2 shared artistsBoth: Owen Gray, Burak Yıldırım

Artists

42 artists tagged Roots Reggae, ranked by listeners.

1. Peter Tosh710.4K listeners · Roots Rock
2. Burning Spear444.9K listeners · Roots Rock
3. Israel Vibration274.7K listeners · Roots Rock
4. Steel Pulse231.1K listeners · Roots Rock
5. Black Uhuru155.7K listeners · Roots Rock
6. Culture141.6K listeners · Roots Rock
7. L'Entourloop110.2K listeners · French Reggae
8. Etana84.2K listeners · Reggae
9. Johnny Clarke78.5K listeners
10. Jacob Miller72.6K listeners · Roots Rock
11. Musical Youth33.5K listeners · Roots Rock
12. Eric Donaldson29.4K listeners · Roots Rock
13. Hollie Cook28.6K listeners · Afrofuturism
14. Sara Lugo13.5K listeners
15. Wailing Souls9.7K listeners
16. Judy Mowatt7.4K listeners
17. Misty In Roots3.4K listeners
18. Rosie Delmah3.0K listeners
19. Keznamdi2.9K listeners · Dancehall
20. Iba Mahr2.8K listeners
21. Michael Prophet1.9K listeners
22. Eddie Lovette1.5K listeners · Roots Rock
23. Owen Gray1.3K listeners
24. Banda Reprise1.3K listeners · Reggae
25. Ray Mondo1.1K listeners
26. Burak Yıldırım1.0K listeners · Reggae
27. Alvaro Sanchez1.0K listeners · Reggae Fusion
28. Number 91.0K listeners
29. Shiba Inu1.0K listeners
30. Robert Shaw1.0K listeners
31. Baco Sessions1.0K listeners
32. Joyce Bond1.0K listeners
33. Jc Lodge1.0K listeners
34. Bernard Collins1.0K listeners
35. Tony Montana1.0K listeners
36. RASTA VIBRATION1.0K listeners
37. Hollywood Boulevard1.0K listeners
38. Archie Wonder1.0K listeners
39. The Wailers Band1.0K listeners
40. Irievibrations1.0K listeners
41. Rafael Mendes1.0K listeners
42. Marco Weststar1.0K listeners