Genre in a city
The 50 most-read new wave artists based in London, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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58 artists are tagged new wave in London. The biggest move was Seona Dancing, up 6 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Policenew wave, rock | 70,835 | 0 |
02 | Siouxsie and the Bansheesnew wave, post-punk | 59,825 | 0 |
03 | Klark Kentnew wave | 55,575 | 0 |
04 | Squeezenew wave, rock | 40,983 | +2 |
05 | Eurythmicsnew wave, synth-pop | 36,343 | 0 |
06 | Talk Talknew wave, post-rock | 33,119 | -2 |
07 | Culture Clubnew wave, pop | 32,734 | 0 |
08 | Public Image Ltdpost-punk, new wave | 22,716 | 0 |
09 | Wang Chungnew wave, pop | 22,431 | 0 |
10 | Killing Jokepost-punk, industrial metal | 19,005 | +1 |
11 | The Thealternative rock, new wave | 18,235 | -1 |
12 | Thomas Dolbynew wave, synth-pop | 18,189 | 0 |
13 | Bow Wow Wownew wave, punk | 16,966 | +2 |
14 | Adam and the Antsnew wave, post-punk | 14,908 | +5 |
15 | The Psychedelic Fursnew wave, alternative rock | 14,656 | -2 |
16 | Ultravoxnew wave, new romantic | 13,533 | +2 |
17 | Roger O’Donnellnew wave | 13,144 | -3 |
18 | Cutting Crewnew wave, pop | 13,018 | -1 |
19 | The Fixxnew wave | 11,236 | -3 |
20 | Graham Parkernew wave, pub rock | 7,847 | +2 |
21 | Paul Humphreysnew wave | 7,646 | -1 |
22 | Visagenew romantic, new wave | 7,440 | -1 |
23 | Seona Dancingnew wave | 5,615 | +6 |
24 | Sigue Sigue Sputniknew wave, electronica | 5,486 | -1 |
25 | Nick Feldmannew wave | 5,079 | +2 |
26 | The Soundpost-punk, new wave | 4,894 | -1 |
27 | Tubeway Armynew wave, post-punk | 4,706 | -1 |
28 | Dry Cleaningpost-punk, alternative rock | 4,152 | -4 |
29 | The Only Onesnew wave, power pop | 4,035 | +4 |
30 | The Lords of the New Churchgothic rock, new wave | 3,926 | -2 |
31 | Jimmy Purseynew wave, punk | 3,599 | +1 |
32 | Rich Kidsnew wave | 2,983 | -1 |
33 | Rusty Egannew wave | 2,961 | -3 |
34 | Spear of Destinyalternative rock, gothic rock | 2,869 | +1 |
35 | 999punk, new wave | 2,726 | -1 |
36 | Then Jericoalternative rock, new wave | 2,170 | 0 |
37 | The Monochrome Setindie rock, new wave | 1,841 | 0 |
38 | Classix Nouveauxnew romantic, new wave | 1,627 | +1 |
39 | JoBoxersnew wave | 1,407 | -1 |
40 | Vivien Goldmannew wave | 1,193 | +1 |
41 | Phil Spaldingnew wave, rock | 1,105 | +1 |
42 | Furniturenew wave | 1,049 | -2 |
43 | Adrian Leenew wave, pop | 985 | 0 |
44 | Polecatsnew wave | 852 | +2 |
45 | The Chordsmod, new wave | 758 | -1 |
46 | Boo Hewerdinenew wave | 727 | -1 |
47 | The Monksnew wave | 694 | 0 |
48 | Frank Chickenssynth-pop, j-pop | 450 | +1 |
49 | Jim Irvinnew wave | 427 | -1 |
50 | Ron Francoisnew wave, pop | 405 | +5 |
56 | New Heartsnew wave | 127 | +2 |
52 | Family Fodderpost-punk, dub | 273 | +1 |
53 | Big Dealnew wave | 248 | +1 |
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.