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The 50 most-read bands based in Birmingham, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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82 bands are ranked in Birmingham. The biggest move was The Nightingales, up 7 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Black Sabbathheavy metal, hard rock | 113,336 | 0 |
02 | Judas Priestheavy metal, nwobhm | 75,295 | +1 |
03 | Duran Durannew wave, pop | 74,587 | -1 |
04 | Electric Light Orchestraprogressive rock, art rock | 61,746 | 0 |
05 | The Moody Bluesprogressive rock, art rock | 44,302 | 0 |
06 | UB40reggae, dub | 35,933 | 0 |
07 | Dexys Midnight Runnersnew wave, blue-eyed soul | 27,783 | +1 |
08 | Trafficprogressive rock, psychedelic rock | 26,414 | -1 |
09 | Fine Young Cannibalsnew wave, pop | 25,257 | 0 |
10 | The Beatska, 2 tone | 19,111 | 0 |
11 | The Spencer Davis Groupblue-eyed soul, rock | 17,430 | 0 |
12 | Godfleshindustrial metal, sludge metal | 12,232 | +2 |
13 | The Movepsychedelic pop, psychedelic rock | 10,395 | -1 |
14 | Musical Youthreggae, reggae-pop | 9,537 | -1 |
15 | Broadcastindietronica, avant-garde pop | 5,773 | 0 |
16 | Magnumhard rock, aor | 5,302 | +2 |
17 | Wizzardglam rock, rock | 5,225 | -1 |
18 | GBHhardcore punk, punk | 4,747 | -1 |
19 | Anaal Nathrakhblack metal, grindcore | 4,225 | +2 |
20 | Fuzzboxc86, indie pop | 3,981 | +2 |
21 | Electric Light Orchestra Part IIcrossover prog | 2,667 | +3 |
22 | Swell Mapsart punk, post-punk | 2,493 | +3 |
23 | City Boyart rock | 2,422 | +4 |
24 | Benedictiondeath metal | 2,310 | -1 |
25 | Oceans Ate Alaskametalcore, metal | 2,309 | -5 |
26 | Doomcrust punk, d-beat | 2,036 | 0 |
27 | The Idle Racepsychedelic pop, toytown pop | 1,958 | +3 |
28 | Au Pairspost-punk, dance-punk | 1,745 | +3 |
29 | Bentley Rhythm Acebig beat, breakbeat | 1,647 | +6 |
30 | Scornambient dub, electronic | 1,594 | -2 |
31 | The Twangindie rock | 1,561 | -2 |
32 | Sacrilegepunk, doom metal | 1,264 | 0 |
33 | Balaam and the Angelrock | 1,135 | +6 |
34 | Guillemotsart pop, alternative rock | 1,102 | -1 |
35 | Memoriamdeath metal, old school death metal | 1,080 | -1 |
36 | The Nightingalesindie rock, post-punk | 1,035 | +7 |
37 | The Rockin’ Berriesrock | 960 | -1 |
38 | Pramart pop, ambient pop | 941 | 0 |
39 | Hollywood Beyondpop | 799 | -20 |
40 | Fashionsynth-pop, new wave | 769 | -3 |
41 | Esotericfuneral doom metal | 757 | 0 |
42 | Johnny Foreignerindie rock | 754 | +2 |
43 | Lock Updeathgrind, death metal | 751 | -3 |
44 | Quartzheavy metal, metal | 733 | -2 |
45 | Denimbubblegum pop, glam rock | 679 | +2 |
46 | Solarstonetrance | 642 | -1 |
47 | The Renegadesbeat music, pop rock | 559 | -1 |
48 | Meathook Seedindustrial rock | 534 | 0 |
49 | The Killjoyspunk | 511 | +2 |
50 | Birdlandalternative rock | 467 | +3 |
60 | Besharalovers rock, dub | 213 | +10 |
53 | The Prefectspunk | 406 | +5 |
77 | The Werntpunk | 52 | +5 |
57 | Hard Rainaor, hard rock | 282 | +4 |
70 | Suburban Studspunk | 124 | +3 |
How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.