Soukous

African music genre. Emerged 1968. Wikipedia

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48 artists with 432.3K combined listeners. 73% of them sit in the Ndombolo / Coupe-Decale / Rumba community on the map. It shares the most artists with Rumba.

Where Soukous sits on the map

• Ndombolo / Coupe-Decale / Rumba · 35 artists (73%)
• Kompa Gouyad / Kompa / Zouk · 4 artists (8%)
• Vallenato / Champeta / Musica Popular Colombiana · 4 artists (8%)
• Kizomba / Kizomba Antigas / Musica Angolana · 3 artists (6%)
• Kenyan R&B / Bongo Flava / Gengetone · 1 artists (2%)
• Afropop / South African Jazz / South African Hip Hop · 1 artists (2%)

Strongest pairings in Soukous

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

1. Extra Musica & Koffi Olomidé · 37 shared playlists
2. Pépé Kallé & Kanda Bongo Man · 34 shared playlists
3. Pépé Kallé & Extra Musica · 23 shared playlists
4. Kanda Bongo Man & Diblo Dibala · 23 shared playlists
5. Pépé Kallé & Diblo Dibala · 22 shared playlists
6. Extra Musica & Kanda Bongo Man · 21 shared playlists
7. Pépé Kallé & Sam Mangwana · 19 shared playlists
8. Oliver N'goma & Kanda Bongo Man · 19 shared playlists
9. Oliver N'goma & Monique Séka · 19 shared playlists
10. Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virunga & Kanda Bongo Man · 19 shared playlists

Related genres

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

• Rumba · 18 shared artistsBoth: Koffi Olomidé, Extra Musica, Pépé Kallé
• Ndombolo · 14 shared artistsBoth: Koffi Olomidé, Extra Musica, Pépé Kallé
• Champeta · 7 shared artistsBoth: Soukous Stars, Empire Bakuba, Loketo
• Kizomba Antigas · 4 shared artistsBoth: Oliver N'goma, Monique Séka, Experience 7
• Velha Guarda · 2 shared artistsBoth: Chiktay, Alander
• Zouk · 3 shared artistsBoth: Experience 7, Chiktay, Alander
• Zouglou · 2 shared artistsBoth: Meiway, Gadji Celi

Artists

48 artists tagged Soukous, ranked by listeners.

1. Koffi Olomidé241.1K listeners · Ndombolo
2. Meiway29.4K listeners · Coupe-Decale
3. Extra Musica18.5K listeners · Ndombolo
4. Pépé Kallé15.3K listeners · Rumba
5. Oliver N'goma14.0K listeners · Rumba
6. Wenge Musica12.9K listeners · Ndombolo
7. Nahawa Doumbia8.8K listeners
8. Gadji Celi7.8K listeners · Zouglou
9. Monique Séka7.2K listeners · Rumba
10. Sam Mangwana7.0K listeners · Rumba
11. Tshala Muana6.7K listeners · Rumba
12. Nyboma5.2K listeners · Rumba
13. Experience 75.1K listeners · Zouk
14. Soukous Stars4.7K listeners
15. Kanda Bongo Man4.0K listeners · Rumba
16. Empire Bakuba3.6K listeners · Champeta
17. Winnie Nwagi3.2K listeners · Tanzanian Pop
18. Sam Fan Thomas2.5K listeners
19. Chiktay2.3K listeners · Velha Guarda
20. Aurlus Mabele2.2K listeners
21. Loketo1.6K listeners
22. Diblo Dibala1.6K listeners
23. Soukouss Express1.5K listeners
24. Americo Gomes1.5K listeners
25. Defao1.4K listeners · Ndombolo
26. Lokassa Ya Mbongo1.2K listeners
27. Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virunga1.0K listeners · Rumba
28. Zitany Neil1.0K listeners
29. Yondo Sister1.0K listeners
30. La Embajada Cultural De Colombia1.0K listeners · Champeta
31. Alain Kounkou1.0K listeners
32. Les Wanyika1.0K listeners · Rumba
33. Sahlomon1.0K listeners
34. Freddy de Majunga1.0K listeners
35. Soule Ngofo Man1.0K listeners
36. Lutchiana1.0K listeners · Champeta
37. Théo Blaise Kounkou1.0K listeners · Champeta
38. Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens1.0K listeners
39. Dally Kimoko1.0K listeners
40. Ngouma Lokito1.0K listeners
41. Them Mushrooms1.0K listeners · Rumba
42. Jean Baron1.0K listeners
43. Alander1.0K listeners · Velha Guarda
44. Afro dance1.0K listeners · Flint Hip Hop
45. Les Mangelepa1.0K listeners · Rumba
46. Ballou Canta1.0K listeners
47. Soukouss Masters1.0K listeners
48. Pompom Kuleta1.0K listeners