Ska

Music genre from Jamaica in the 1950s. Emerged 1958. Wikipedia

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43 artists with 785.2K combined listeners. 65% of them sit in the Roots Rock / Lovers Rock / Rocksteady community on the map. It shares the most artists with Ska Revival.

Where Ska sits on the map

• Roots Rock / Lovers Rock / Rocksteady · 28 artists (65%)
• Punk / Socal Pop Punk / Power Pop · 9 artists (21%)
• Jazz / Hard Bop / Vocal Jazz · 2 artists (5%)
• J-Pop / Anime Rock / Classic J-Pop · 1 artists (2%)
• Classic Rock / New Wave / Synthpop · 1 artists (2%)
• Pop / Singer-Songwriter Pop / Coverchill · 1 artists (2%)

Strongest pairings in Ska

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

1. The Specials & Madness · 38 shared playlists
2. The Specials & The Selecter · 29 shared playlists
3. Madness & The English Beat · 21 shared playlists
4. The Specials & The English Beat · 21 shared playlists
5. Madness & The Selecter · 19 shared playlists
6. The Skatalites & Prince Buster · 15 shared playlists
7. The Specials & Melbourne Ska Orchestra · 14 shared playlists
8. The Selecter & The English Beat · 13 shared playlists
9. Phyllis Dillon & Prince Buster · 13 shared playlists
10. The Ethiopians & Prince Buster · 13 shared playlists

Related genres

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

• Ska Revival · 10 shared artistsBoth: The Selecter, The Beat, The Slackers
• Jamaican Ska · 8 shared artistsBoth: The Skatalites, The Selecter, Laurel Aitken
• Ska Jazz · 4 shared artistsBoth: New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble, North East Ska Jazz Orchestra, New York Ska Jazz Ensemble
• Rocksteady · 10 shared artistsBoth: The Skatalites, Laurel Aitken, The Paragons
• New Wave · 6 shared artistsBoth: Madness, The Specials, The Beat
• Roots Reggae · 2 shared artistsBoth: Owen Gray, Burak Yıldırım
• Lovers Rock · 3 shared artistsBoth: Phyllis Dillon, Delroy Wilson, Jorge M.
• Axe · 2 shared artistsBoth: Symarip, Maytals

Artists

43 artists tagged Ska, ranked by listeners.

1. Madness261.9K listeners · New Wave
2. The Specials123.5K listeners · New Wave
3. The Skatalites64.5K listeners · Rocksteady
4. Lucky Chops54.2K listeners · Jazz
5. The Selecter29.1K listeners · Ska Revival
6. THE SKINTS24.2K listeners
7. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra22.5K listeners · J-Pop
8. Laurel Aitken22.2K listeners
9. The Beat18.1K listeners · New Wave
10. The Paragons16.4K listeners · Rocksteady
11. The Pioneers14.8K listeners · Rocksteady
12. The Ethiopians13.8K listeners · Rocksteady
13. The Slackers13.7K listeners · Ska Revival
14. Dillinger13.2K listeners
15. Prince Buster11.7K listeners · Jamaican Ska
16. New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble9.3K listeners
17. Phyllis Dillon8.8K listeners · Rocksteady
18. Delroy Wilson7.3K listeners · Lovers Rock
19. Symarip6.2K listeners
20. Skatalites5.9K listeners
21. Rx Bandits5.9K listeners · Punk
22. Fun Boy Three4.8K listeners · New Wave
23. The English Beat4.4K listeners · New Wave
24. Brushy One String3.8K listeners
25. The Planet Smashers3.2K listeners · Punk
26. Melbourne Ska Orchestra2.5K listeners
27. Grace Kelly1.7K listeners · Brooklyn Indie
28. Wicked Dub Division1.5K listeners
29. The Bodysnatchers1.4K listeners
30. Owen Gray1.3K listeners · Roots Reggae
31. North East Ska Jazz Orchestra1.3K listeners · Ska Jazz
32. Burak Yıldırım1.0K listeners · Reggae
33. Maytals1.0K listeners · Axe
34. The Hippos1.0K listeners · Ska Revival
35. The Four Aces1.0K listeners · Vocal Jazz
36. Jorge M.1.0K listeners
37. Bim Skala Bim1.0K listeners · Ska Revival
38. Quinn1.0K listeners
39. New York Ska Jazz Ensemble1.0K listeners
40. L'Enfant Terrible1.0K listeners · New Wave
41. Stubborn All-Stars1.0K listeners · Ska Revival
42. Jeffries Fan Club1.0K listeners · Ska Revival
43. Jazz Jamaica All Stars1.0K listeners