Natiruts, Maneva and Armandinho are among the most listened to Brazilian artists on the platform in Brazil
Brazil is the second country in the world that most consumes reggae, a genre celebrated next Saturday, July 1st, International Reggae Day. Who set the date was the Jamaican organizer Andrea Davis for inspiration in the speech of Winnie Mandela in Kingston, Jamaica in 1992.
Reggae was born out of a strong influence on Jamaica’s cultural and musical roots, giving rise to iconic figures such as Bob Marleysinger responsible for the dissemination of the musical rhythm worldwide that occupies the first position in the world ranking of most heard artists of the genre, according to data calculated by Spotify.
Natiruts, handle, The Rappa It is Armandinho are among the most listened to reggae artists in Brazil. Its tracks also dominate the TOP 5 favorite songs: “I Want to Be Happy Too – Live”per Natiruts; “My soul (The peace I don’t want)”per The Rappa; “Be For Me – Acoustic”per handle; It is “Another life”per Armandinho.
Still according to the platform, the band Free soul is the fastest growing reggae group in Brazil, with a 457% increase in streams from January to June of this year. Among the international names that are succeeding in Brazil, the highlight is Andrew Tosh with 310% increase in streams.
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In this first half of 2023 alone, more than half a million playlists were created by users on Spotify, totaling approximately 9 million user playlists on the platform. Check below the data related to reggae on Spotify:
Countries that consume the most reggae on Spotify
- U.S
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Germany
- UK
Fastest Growing Brazilian Reggae Artists on Spotify in Brazil in 2023
- Free soul
- Smooth path
- bye
- nation in this
- Alma Djem
Fastest Growing International Reggae Artists on Spotify in Brazil in 2023
- Andrew Tosh
- prince jammy
- Dennis Bovell
- 10 ft. ganja plant
- Linval Thompson
Source: Rollingstone
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