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Artists from London

The 50 most-read artists based in London, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

Artists

200

Readers August

6,698,897

New entries

00
Data 2026-08-01·MusicBrainz + Wikimedia

200 artists are ranked in London. The biggest move was Jungle, up 44 places.

#ArtistReaders30d
01
Dua Lipadance-pop, pop
380,941
0
02
Fleetwood Macrock, soft rock
268,468
+1
03
Led Zeppelinhard rock, rock
196,677
+2
04
Pink Floydprogressive rock, psychedelic rock
177,844
+3
05
The Rolling Stonesrock, blues rock
172,891
-3
06
Queenrock, glam rock
146,949
+2
07
Spice Girlsdance-pop, pop
145,289
-3
08
Sienna Spiropop soul, classical crossover
133,245
-2
09
Kelly Osbournenew wave, pop
128,675
+21
10
Cynthia Erivosoul
110,076
-1
11
Zev Love Xhip hop
107,959
+3
12
Sam Smithpop, soul
98,018
+7
13
Mumford & Sonsfolk pop, indie folk
94,249
-3
14
The Whorock, hard rock
91,838
+1
15
Yesprogressive rock, symphonic prog
81,634
-3
16
Sex Pistolspunk rock, punk
79,134
-3
17
Jacob Collierjazz, contemporary r&b
75,529
-6
18
King Crimsonprogressive rock, art rock
73,776
0
19
Coldplayalternative rock, pop
71,455
-3
20
The Policenew wave, rock
70,835
0
21
Florence + the Machineindie rock, indie pop
68,175
+8
22
Charlotte Gainsbourgindie pop, rock
67,648
-5
23
The Yardbirdsblues rock, psychedelic rock
61,224
+1
24
Bluralternative rock, britpop
60,238
-2
25
Siouxsie and the Bansheesnew wave, post-punk
59,825
+1
26
Didopop, trip hop
59,547
-5
27
FLOpop, r&b
58,903
+16
28
The Clashpunk rock, dance-punk
58,768
-3
29
Klark Kentnew wave
55,575
+8
30
Bananaramapop, dance-pop
54,537
+3
31
Sadesmooth jazz, contemporary r&b
52,694
-3
32
Junglefunktronica, funk
52,008
+44
33
Creamblues rock, rock
52,007
+2
34
Supertrampprogressive rock, rock
51,324
-3
35
Jessie Jpop, r&b
50,895
+4
36
The Kinksrock, mod
50,569
-9
37
Motörheadheavy metal, hard rock
50,256
-1
38
Siouxsie Siouxgothic rock, post-punk
49,844
-6
39
Lizzy Pattinsonalternative rock, pop
49,732
+1
40
Americasoft rock, rock
49,710
-17
41
Sleep Tokenprogressive metal, alternative metal
48,910
-7
42
Mandy Smithdance-pop, pop
44,774
+44
43
Squeezenew wave, rock
40,983
+20
44
Roxy Musicart rock, glam rock
40,104
+6
45
Sugababespop, dance-pop
39,284
+23
46
Geoffrey Chaucerpoetry
38,727
0
47
Peter Lawfordjazz
37,373
+1
48
Zak Starkeyrock
37,271
+6
49
Asiaprogressive rock, rock
36,964
-8
50
Eurythmicsnew wave, synth-pop
36,343
+11

Rising outside the top 50this month

58
Elasticabritpop, alternative rock
32,895
+84
118
Ella Eyrealternative r&b, neo soul
14,432
+80
69
Cleo Solr&b, soul
28,917
+63
64
Death in Juneneofolk, martial industrial
29,879
+57
139
Blancmangeelectropop, synth-pop
12,148
+57

Adjacent scenes

Bands from LondonRockPopBlues rockHard rockNew waveProgressive rockAlternative rock

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.