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Bands from Rio de Janeiro

The 33 most-read bands based in Rio de Janeiro, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

33 bands are ranked in Rio de Janeiro. The biggest move was LS Jack, up 11 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Azymuthjazz, jazz-funk	2,369	0
02	Los Hermanosfolk, rock	892	+1
03	Grupo Revelaçãopagode, samba	603	+2
04	Os Paralamas do Sucessorock, new wave	593	0
05	Kid Abelharock	574	-3
06	Empreguetesdance	413	+1
07	BLITZpop rock	356	+6
08	Planet Hemphardcore punk, hip hop	340	+2
09	Grupo Fundo de Quintalsamba	332	+3
10	Matanzacowpunk, heavy metal	330	+1
11	Banda Black Riofunk, jazz	298	-2
12	Bonde da Strondahip hop	244	+2
13	Detonautas Roque Cluberock, rock and roll	229	+2
14	Forfunalternative rock	218	-6
15	LS Jacklatin rock, pop rock	195	+11
16	Trio Esperançadoo-wop, jovem guarda	168	+2
17	Sorriso Marotopagode	162	+5
18	The Feversinstrumental rock, jovem guarda	160	+6
19	Orquestra Imperialjazz	151	0
20	Cidinho & Docafunk carioca, hip hop	143	0
21	The Twelvesalternative dance, house	141	-4
22	Dorsal Atlânticathrash metal	126	-6
23	Gangrena Gasosahardcore punk	118	-17
24	Bando da Luasamba	112	-1
25	Bossacucanovabossa nova, electronica	107	-5
26	Molejopagode, samba	96	+6
27	Renato e Seus Blue Capsbeat music, jovem guarda	94	+6
28	Felgukcomplextro, edm	92	+1
29	Yahoohard rock	90	-1
29	Banda do Marbossa nova, mpb	90	-2
31	P9pop	87	-1
32	Golden Boysdoo-wop, jovem guarda	84	-7
33	Autoramasgarage rock, garage punk	63	-2

Adjacent scenes

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.