GenRank™

World & Traditional Music Artists

Rankings are recomputed on the monthly poll cycle.

AI Consensus Ranking

  1. #1Youssou N’Dour129.7
  2. #2Angelique Kidjo98.4
  3. #3Buena Vista Social Club86.0
  4. #4Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan85.9
  5. #5Peter Gabriel75.3
  6. #6Ali Farka Touré65.9
  7. #7Ravi Shankar58.0
  8. #8Tinariwen57.2
  9. #9Cesária Évora50.3
  10. #10Fela Kuti47.7
  11. #11Paul Simon42.0
  12. #12Woody Guthrie40.6
  13. #13Salif Keita39.3
  14. #14Rokia Traoré38.5
  15. #15Oumou Sangaré34.1
  16. #16Pete Seeger32.2
  17. #17National Education Association30.0
  18. #18A.R. Rahman30.0
  19. #19Paddy Moloney29.2
  20. #20The Beatles29.0
  21. #21Miriam Makeba28.0
  22. #22Lead Belly27.6
  23. #23Ladysmith Black Mambazo27.6
  24. #24Enya27.5
  25. #25Bob Dylan27.1
  26. #26ictm.ie25.0
  27. #27Gipsy Kings25.0
  28. #28The Chieftains24.6
  29. #29National Heritage Fellowships23.1
  30. #30George Harrison22.9
  31. #31Amadou and Mariam22.6
  32. #32Martin Hayes22.4
  33. #33Manu Chao22.0
  34. #34Anoushka Shankar21.6
  35. #35Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill21.0
  36. #36arts.gov20.3
  37. #37Loreena McKennitt19.9
  38. #38Odetta19.7
  39. #39The Carter Family19.7
  40. #40AllMusic19.2
  41. #41John Carty19.0
  42. #42Bill Monroe18.7
  43. #43Bob Marley18.6
  44. #44Dead Can Dance17.7
  45. #45Bessie Jones17.7
  46. #46Branford Marsalis16.9
  47. #47govinfo.gov16.9
  48. #48Mick Moloney16.3
  49. #49Mike Seeger15.8
  50. #50Fatoumata Diawara15.4

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