Yacht Rock

Emerged 1971.

174 artists with 10.7M combined listeners. 47% of them sit in the Mellow Gold / Yacht Rock / Eurobeat community on the map. It shares the most artists with Mellow Gold.

Where Yacht Rock sits on the map

• Mellow Gold / Yacht Rock / Eurobeat · 82 artists (47%)
• Smooth Jazz / Smooth Saxophone / Cool Jazz · 13 artists (7%)
• Quiet Storm / Classic Soul / Dutch R&B · 13 artists (7%)
• Classic Rock / New Wave / Synthpop · 11 artists (6%)
• Chalga / Manila Sound / Bulgarian Pop · 9 artists (5%)
• Mellow Gold / Baroque Pop / Sunshine Pop · 6 artists (3%)

Strongest pairings in Yacht Rock

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

1. The Doobie Brothers & America · 101 shared playlists
2. George Benson & Grover Washington, Jr. · 83 shared playlists
3. The Doobie Brothers & Steely Dan · 77 shared playlists
4. Gordon Lightfoot & America · 74 shared playlists
5. America & Jim Croce · 67 shared playlists
6. Steely Dan & America · 65 shared playlists
7. Chicago & America · 64 shared playlists
8. Kenny Loggins & Daryl Hall & John Oates · 63 shared playlists
9. Boney James & Ronny Jordan · 62 shared playlists
10. Gordon Lightfoot & Jim Croce · 61 shared playlists

Related genres

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

• Mellow Gold · 85 shared artistsBoth: Joe Cocker, Bill Withers, Barbra Streisand
• Soft Rock · 15 shared artistsBoth: Chicago, Christopher Cross, The Doobie Brothers
• Singer-Songwriter · 10 shared artistsBoth: Crosby, Stills & Nash, Carole King, Jim Croce
• Classic Rock · 14 shared artistsBoth: Lionel Richie, The Pointer Sisters, Daryl Hall & John Oates
• Classic Soul · 12 shared artistsBoth: George Benson, Bill Withers, Al Jarreau
• Smooth Jazz · 9 shared artistsBoth: Al Jarreau, George Duke, Boney James
• Disco · 7 shared artistsBoth: The Pointer Sisters, Boz Scaggs, Andy Gibb
• Cool Jazz · 4 shared artistsBoth: Bob James, Herb Alpert, The Brecker Brothers

Artists

174 artists tagged Yacht Rock, ranked by listeners.

1. Sade1.5M listeners · R&B
2. Lionel Richie1.4M listeners · Classic Rock
3. Joe Cocker855.4K listeners · Mellow Gold
4. George Benson711.5K listeners
5. Bill Withers451.7K listeners · Mellow Gold
6. Barbra Streisand446.6K listeners · Mellow Gold
7. Chicago430.3K listeners · Mellow Gold
8. The Pointer Sisters378.4K listeners · Disco
9. Al Jarreau313.6K listeners
10. Quincy Jones290.9K listeners · Quiet Storm
11. Daryl Hall & John Oates258.5K listeners · Classic Rock
12. Carpenters256.7K listeners · Mellow Gold
13. Olivia Newton-John212.8K listeners · Mellow Gold
14. Christopher Cross173.0K listeners
15. Steely Dan137.4K listeners · Mellow Gold
16. The Doobie Brothers136.1K listeners · Mellow Gold
17. Gnarls Barkley135.4K listeners · Oxford Indie
18. America135.2K listeners · Mellow Gold
19. Peter Cetera127.5K listeners · Classic Rock
20. Barry Manilow125.5K listeners · Mellow Gold
21. Billy Ocean118.7K listeners · Classic Rock
22. Peter Frampton115.1K listeners · Mellow Gold
23. Kenny Loggins111.9K listeners · Rock
24. The Dave Brubeck Quartet103.8K listeners · Jazz
25. Crosby, Stills & Nash85.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
26. Carole King81.7K listeners · Mellow Gold
27. Grover Washington, Jr.81.0K listeners
28. Lou Rawls64.9K listeners · Classic Soul
29. Linda Ronstadt59.9K listeners · Mellow Gold
30. Redbone59.6K listeners · Mellow Gold
31. George Duke57.4K listeners · Quiet Storm
32. Boney James55.7K listeners · Smooth Jazz
33. James Ingram51.5K listeners
34. Peabo Bryson49.6K listeners · R&B
35. Jackson Browne48.3K listeners · Mellow Gold
36. Michael McDonald46.6K listeners
37. 10cc43.9K listeners · Mellow Gold
38. Bread43.3K listeners · Mellow Gold
39. Steve Winwood41.7K listeners · Mellow Gold
40. Jim Croce40.8K listeners · Mellow Gold
41. Sergio Mendes38.9K listeners · MPB
42. Frankie Valli37.2K listeners · Mellow Gold
43. Average White Band33.3K listeners · Classic Soul
44. Steve Perry31.9K listeners · Classic Rock
45. Bob James30.1K listeners · Smooth Jazz
46. Gordon Lightfoot27.2K listeners · Mellow Gold
47. Chris Norman26.6K listeners · Mellow Gold
48. Donald Fagen25.4K listeners
49. Gerry Rafferty25.2K listeners · Mellow Gold
50. Boz Scaggs24.9K listeners
51. Jimmy Buffett24.3K listeners · Mellow Gold
52. The Four Seasons20.2K listeners · Mellow Gold
53. Bobby Caldwell19.4K listeners
54. Lari Basilio18.7K listeners
55. Bruce Hornsby18.4K listeners
56. Gilbert O'Sullivan18.2K listeners · Mellow Gold
57. Swing Out Sister17.6K listeners · Sophisti-Pop
58. Basia17.1K listeners · Sophisti-Pop
59. Blue Swede16.6K listeners · Mellow Gold
60. Three Dog Night16.2K listeners · Mellow Gold
61. Andy Gibb15.7K listeners · Mellow Gold
62. Al Stewart15.6K listeners · Mellow Gold
63. PJ MORTON15.2K listeners · R&B
64. Dr. Hook15.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
65. Glenn Frey14.8K listeners · Classic Rock
66. Patti Austin14.0K listeners · R&B
67. Little River Band13.0K listeners
68. Gino Vannelli12.6K listeners · Mellow Gold
69. Herb Alpert12.5K listeners
70. Elvin Bishop12.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
71. Todd Rundgren11.8K listeners · Mellow Gold
72. Rupert Holmes11.7K listeners
73. Ronny Jordan9.8K listeners · Smooth Saxophone
74. Dan Fogelberg9.6K listeners · Mellow Gold
75. David Pomeranz9.2K listeners · Classic Rock
76. Laid Back9.2K listeners
77. Jefferson Starship9.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
78. Albert Hammond8.7K listeners · Mellow Gold
79. Ambrosia8.0K listeners
80. Chuck Mangione7.8K listeners
81. Seals and Crofts7.4K listeners · Mellow Gold
82. Andrew Gold7.3K listeners · Halloween
83. Toploader7.1K listeners · Rock
84. Najee6.6K listeners · Smooth Jazz
85. Daryl Hall6.3K listeners
86. The Love Unlimited Orchestra5.9K listeners · Classic Soul
87. Aiza Seguerra5.9K listeners
88. Looking Glass5.8K listeners · Mellow Gold
89. The Brecker Brothers5.7K listeners
90. Captain & Tennille5.5K listeners · Mellow Gold
91. Poco5.4K listeners · Mellow Gold
92. Player5.4K listeners
93. Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show5.2K listeners · Mellow Gold
94. Climax Blues Band5.2K listeners · Mellow Gold
95. Raydio4.7K listeners
96. Alessi Brothers4.5K listeners
97. Ace4.4K listeners
98. Stephen Bishop4.2K listeners · Mellow Gold
99. Loggins & Messina4.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
100. Atlanta Rhythm Section4.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
101. England Dan & John Ford Coley3.9K listeners · Mellow Gold
102. Dave Mason3.9K listeners · Mellow Gold
103. Silver3.4K listeners · Mellow Gold
104. David Gates3.3K listeners · Mellow Gold
105. Tom Scott3.3K listeners
106. Dan Hill3.2K listeners
107. King Harvest3.1K listeners · Mellow Gold
108. P.M. Dawn2.9K listeners · Pop
109. Gary Wright2.5K listeners · Mellow Gold
110. Tony Tonite2.4K listeners
111. Melissa Manchester2.3K listeners · Mellow Gold
112. David Soul2.2K listeners
113. The Hues Corporation2.2K listeners · Disco
114. John Oates2.2K listeners · Mellow Gold
115. Seals & Crofts2.2K listeners · Mellow Gold
116. Paul Davis2.2K listeners
117. Nicolette Larson2.2K listeners · Mellow Gold
118. Firefall2.2K listeners
119. Al Wilson2.0K listeners
120. Orleans2.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
121. Pure Prairie League2.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
122. Jim Capaldi1.9K listeners
123. BIll LaBounty1.9K listeners
124. Benny Mardones1.7K listeners
125. Bob Welch1.7K listeners
126. William DeVaughn1.5K listeners · Classic Soul
127. Robbie Dupree1.5K listeners
128. Party Pupils1.3K listeners
129. Michael Martin Murphey1.2K listeners
130. Stan Taylor1.1K listeners · R&B
131. Hugh Grant1.0K listeners
132. Michael Johnson1.0K listeners
133. Janie Fricke1.0K listeners · Country
134. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band1.0K listeners · Disco
135. Exile1.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
136. The Pat Metheny Group1.0K listeners · Jazz
137. Ric Segreto1.0K listeners
138. Dave Loggins1.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
139. Carlos Sant'Ana1.0K listeners
140. TOKYO POP CITY1.0K listeners · Soul
141. John Doe1.0K listeners
142. Bertie Higgins1.0K listeners
143. The Young-Holt Unlimited1.0K listeners
144. Starland Vocal Band1.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
145. Randy VanWarmer1.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
146. Blues Image1.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
147. Dim Zach1.0K listeners · Synthpop
148. The Jukebox Music Club1.0K listeners · Classic Rock
149. Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds1.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
150. Lee Barzola1.0K listeners
151. Pablo Cruise1.0K listeners
152. MASSIL IA1.0K listeners · Viral Pop
153. Starbuck1.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
154. Robert John1.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
155. Jay Ferguson1.0K listeners
156. Sanford Townsend Band1.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
157. Walter Egan1.0K listeners
158. Jane Child1.0K listeners · R&B
159. Ned Doheny1.0K listeners
160. Pages1.0K listeners
161. Graeham Goble1.0K listeners
162. Rex Smith1.0K listeners · Adult Standards
163. Airplay1.0K listeners
164. Duice1.0K listeners
165. Calloway1.0K listeners
166. Marc Jordan1.0K listeners
167. Velvet Green1.0K listeners · Art Rock
168. Marc Hartman1.0K listeners
169. Richard Carpenter1.0K listeners · New Romantic
170. Dane Donohue1.0K listeners
171. Lúcio Sampaio1.0K listeners
172. The Jaggerz1.0K listeners · Mellow Gold
173. Hudson Horns1.0K listeners
174. ODETTE QUESADA1.0K listeners