Genre in a city
The 23 most-read funk artists based in New York, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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23 artists are tagged funk in New York. The biggest move was Sampson Hellerman, up 5 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Terence Trent D’Arbyfunk, soul | 30,250 | 0 |
02 | Chicdisco, funk | 21,507 | 0 |
03 | Ashford & Simpsonfunk, soul | 17,016 | 0 |
04 | Cameofunk, soul | 11,599 | +1 |
05 | Snarky Puppyjazz, funk | 10,335 | -1 |
06 | Lawrencefunk, r&b | 6,459 | 0 |
07 | Liquid Liquiddance-punk, no wave | 2,426 | +1 |
08 | Mtumefunk | 2,276 | -1 |
09 | Sampson Hellermanfunk | 2,093 | +5 |
10 | Indeepfunk, disco | 1,805 | -1 |
11 | Skyydisco, funk | 1,705 | 0 |
12 | Materialexperimental rock, acid jazz | 1,464 | 0 |
13 | Lucky Chopsbrass band, funk | 1,437 | -3 |
14 | Homer Steinweissfunk, soul | 1,120 | -1 |
15 | Tackheadelectronic, dub | 909 | +2 |
16 | Kleeerfunk | 857 | -1 |
17 | Inaya Dayfunk, house | 771 | -1 |
18 | D.STfunk, hip hop | 635 | 0 |
19 | Pat Rizzofunk | 632 | 0 |
20 | Unlimited Touchdisco, funk | 574 | 0 |
21 | The Phenomenal Handclap Bandfunk, psychedelic soul | 185 | 0 |
22 | Uniquedisco, funk | 106 | 0 |
23 | Gary Toms Empiredisco, funk | 93 | 0 |
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.