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Blues Artists from Mississippi

The 17 most-read blues artists based in Mississippi, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

Artists

17

Readers October

13,766

New entries

00
Data 2026-10-01·MusicBrainz + Wikimedia

17 artists are tagged blues in Mississippi. The biggest move was Richard Johnston, up 2 places.

#ArtistReaders30d
01
Mississippi John Hurtcountry blues, blues
4,676
0
02
Skip Jamesdelta blues, blues
2,777
0
03
Ted Hawkinsblues, soul blues
1,718
0
04
Gus Cannonacoustic blues, blues
1,158
0
05
Magic Slimblues, chicago blues
817
0
06
Eddie Boydblues, chicago blues
578
0
07
Eddie Taylorblues, chicago blues
450
0
08
K.C. Douglasblues
298
0
09
Eddie C. Campbellblues, chicago blues
235
+1
10
Mel Londonblues
216
-1
11
John Littlejohnchicago blues, electric blues
182
+1
12
Richard Johnstonblues
130
+2
13
Houston Stackhouseblues, delta blues
128
-2
14
Garfield Akersblues, country blues
114
-1
15
Rube Lacyblues, country blues
111
0
16
Hammie Nixonblues, country blues
90
+1
17
Mattie Delaneyblues, delta blues
88
-1

Adjacent scenes

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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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.