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Artists from United Kingdom

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

200 artists are ranked in United Kingdom. The biggest move was Strange Cargo, up 233 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Bonnie Tylerrock, pop	466,835	0
02	Dua Lipadance-pop, pop	380,941	+1
03	Strange Cargoambient, house	365,306	+233
04	Phil Collinssoft rock, pop	337,533	+14
05	The Beatlesrock, pop	315,350	+2
06	Olivia Deanneo soul, pop soul	313,037	+11
07	David Bowieart rock, glam rock	306,485	+2
08	Paul McCartneypop, pop rock	295,816	-3
09	Fleetwood Macrock, soft rock	268,468	+7
10	Charli xcxelectropop, dance-pop	267,822	-4
11	John Lennonrock, pop	267,347	+1
12	Julie Andrewschristmas music	265,008	+14
13	George Harrisonrock, electronic	257,047	+1
14	Harry Stylespop, new wave	250,821	-10
15	Paul Heatonalternative rock, indie pop	240,421	+192
16	George Michaelpop, blue-eyed soul	238,624	+3
17	Amy Winehousesoul, contemporary r&b	231,874	-4
18	RAYEpop, dance	229,687	+38
19	Ozzy Osbourneheavy metal, hard rock	226,323	-8
20	Elton Johnpop, pop rock	213,766	+3
21	Ringo Starrrock	201,478	-6
22	Led Zeppelinhard rock, rock	196,677	+2
23	Eric Claptonblues, blues rock	186,049	+9
24	Richard O’Brienmusical, glam rock	184,909	+172
25	Tom Jonespop, pop soul	181,641	+22
26	Pink Floydprogressive rock, psychedelic rock	177,844	+2
27	Olivia Newton‐Johnpop, country	177,345	+8
28	The Rolling Stonesrock, blues rock	172,891	-20
29	Mick Jaggerrock, blues	172,662	-27
30	Rod Stewartrock, blues rock	171,905	+9
31	James Bluntpop, pop rock	171,346	+151
32	Deep Purplehard rock, rock	168,665	+21
33	Liam Paynepop	165,964	-6
34	Ed Sheeranpop, folk pop	151,691	+3
35	Minnie Driverpop	149,904	+14
36	Robert Plantrock, blues rock	147,112	+6
37	Queenrock, glam rock	146,949	+11
38	Rhys Ifanscomedy	146,899	-2
39	Spice Girlsdance-pop, pop	145,289	-19
40	The Curepost-punk, gothic rock	141,259	-7
41	Adelepop, soul	135,746	-12
42	Robert Smithindie rock, post-punk	133,716	-11
43	Sienna Spiropop soul, classical crossover	133,245	-18
44	Christine McVieblues rock, british blues	132,654	+15
45	Jeremy Ironscrossover prog	130,889	+6
46	Kelly Osbournenew wave, pop	128,675	+128
47	Gorillazelectronic, alternative rock	127,068	-6
48	Jimmy Pagerock, acoustic rock	123,824	+17
49	Susan Boyleeasy listening, operatic pop	123,597	+94
50	Slashheavy metal, blues	123,461	+16

Rising outside the top 50this month

73	Jacqui Abbottindie pop	103,301	+195
68	The Beautiful Southpop, sophisti-pop	106,581	+140
89	The Housemartinsalternative pop, pop	95,520	+116
179	Dave Hemingwaypop	61,013	+111
75	Tracey Ullmanpop, doo-wop	101,676	+108

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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.