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Artists from St. Louis

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

179 artists are ranked in St. Louis. The biggest move was Gayle McCormick, up 13 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Slayyyterpop, hyperpop	163,387	+2
02	Kevin Klinewestern	97,137	0
03	Akonhip hop, r&b	92,571	-2
04	Chuck Berryrock and roll, rock	76,897	0
05	Michael McDonaldsoul	74,600	+1
06	SZAcontemporary r&b, electronic	64,407	-1
07	William S. Burroughsbeat poetry	56,277	0
08	Joséphine Bakercabaret	55,831	0
09	Sexyy Redhip hop, trap	30,596	0
10	Tunde Adebimpeexperimental rock	23,249	+8
11	Frost Childrenhyperpop, pop	22,395	0
12	Chingycontemporary r&b, pop rap	18,484	+2
13	Ellen Foleyaor	18,333	-1
14	Richard Fortusrock	17,624	+7
15	Metro Boominhip hop, trap	17,441	-2
16	T‐Bone Burnettrock, country	17,100	0
17	100 gecshyperpop, deconstructed club	15,017	-2
18	James Pankowjazz	14,191	-8
19	Gayle McCormickrock	13,060	+13
20	Steve Walshrock	12,579	-3
21	The Dark Horsesblues rock	11,263	-1
22	Angela Winbushr&b, soul	10,417	+8
23	Louise Postalternative rock, indie rock	10,137	0
24	Dylan Bradyedm, noise pop	9,122	+1
25	Story of the Yearalternative rock, emo	8,930	-6
26	Zach Callisonrap rock	8,431	-4
27	Ken Pagemusical	7,766	+4
28	Son Voltamericana, alternative country	7,050	+1
29	Chris Reddsketch comedy	5,863	-2
30	Truth Hurtship hop, r&b	5,675	+12
31	Kay Thompsonpop	5,624	-3
32	Angel Olsenindie rock, folk rock	5,432	-8
33	Marvin Millerwestern	5,216	+11
34	Grant Greenjazz, hard bop	4,822	0
35	Lamonte McLemorepop	4,725	0
36	Ron Townsonpop	4,523	+4
37	Sminohip hop, alternative r&b	4,473	-11
38	Pavlov’s Dogprogressive rock	4,400	+5
39	J‐Kwonhip hop, pop rap	3,938	-3
40	Cal Tjaderlatin jazz, jazz	3,756	-7
41	St. Lunaticship hop	3,742	-2
42	Fontella Basssoul, avant-garde jazz	3,509	-1
43	Ann Peeblessoul	3,476	-5
44	Dave Weckljazz, jazz fusion	3,469	-7
45	The Kendallscountry	2,695	0
46	Lee Dormanpsychedelic rock	2,619	0
47	Oliver Nelsonjazz, hard bop	2,329	+2
48	Clark Terryjazz, bebop	2,198	+2
49	Ike Willisrock	2,111	-2
50	Foxingindie rock, emo	2,020	+1

Rising outside the top 50this month

106	Barbara Carrblues, soul blues	321	+22
156	Bob Shoffnerjazz	57	+20
140	Kim Massiesoul	111	+19
77	Jimmy McCracklinblues, r&b	702	+14
134	Harold “Shorty” Bakerjazz	126	+14

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.