Genre in a city
The 50 most-read new wave artists based in London, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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58 artists are tagged new wave in London. The biggest move was Cutting Crew, up 7 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Policenew wave, rock | 63,926 | 0 |
02 | Siouxsie and the Bansheesnew wave, post-punk | 49,848 | 0 |
03 | Klark Kentnew wave | 41,622 | 0 |
04 | Eurythmicsnew wave, synth-pop | 32,188 | +1 |
05 | Squeezenew wave, rock | 29,485 | -1 |
06 | Talk Talknew wave, post-rock | 26,024 | +1 |
07 | Public Image Ltdpost-punk, new wave | 23,740 | -1 |
08 | Culture Clubnew wave, pop | 23,196 | 0 |
09 | Killing Jokepost-punk, industrial metal | 18,203 | +1 |
10 | Cutting Crewnew wave, pop | 18,091 | +7 |
11 | The Thealternative rock, new wave | 17,670 | -2 |
12 | The Psychedelic Fursnew wave, alternative rock | 16,481 | -1 |
13 | Ultravoxnew wave, new romantic | 15,386 | +3 |
14 | Thomas Dolbynew wave, synth-pop | 14,826 | +1 |
15 | Bow Wow Wownew wave, punk | 14,554 | -1 |
16 | Wang Chungnew wave, pop | 14,222 | -4 |
17 | Sigue Sigue Sputniknew wave, electronica | 13,409 | +7 |
18 | Adam and the Antsnew wave, post-punk | 13,019 | -5 |
19 | Visagenew romantic, new wave | 8,072 | +1 |
20 | The Fixxnew wave | 6,583 | -2 |
21 | Graham Parkernew wave, pub rock | 5,918 | -2 |
22 | The Soundpost-punk, new wave | 5,634 | +1 |
23 | Tubeway Armynew wave, post-punk | 5,013 | +2 |
24 | Paul Humphreysnew wave | 4,790 | +2 |
25 | Roger O’Donnellnew wave | 4,729 | -4 |
26 | The Lords of the New Churchgothic rock, new wave | 4,617 | -4 |
27 | Rusty Egannew wave | 3,309 | +2 |
28 | Nick Feldmannew wave | 2,959 | 0 |
29 | 999punk, new wave | 2,810 | +4 |
30 | The Only Onesnew wave, power pop | 2,754 | +1 |
31 | Rich Kidsnew wave | 2,671 | +3 |
32 | Dry Cleaningpost-punk, alternative rock | 2,605 | -2 |
33 | Jimmy Purseynew wave, punk | 2,538 | -1 |
34 | Seona Dancingnew wave | 2,526 | -7 |
35 | Then Jericoalternative rock, new wave | 2,091 | 0 |
36 | The Monochrome Setindie rock, new wave | 1,922 | +2 |
37 | Spear of Destinyalternative rock, gothic rock | 1,703 | 0 |
38 | Classix Nouveauxnew romantic, new wave | 1,531 | -2 |
39 | Vivien Goldmannew wave | 1,354 | 0 |
40 | JoBoxersnew wave | 1,190 | +1 |
41 | Furniturenew wave | 1,073 | -1 |
42 | Adrian Leenew wave, pop | 964 | +1 |
43 | Boo Hewerdinenew wave | 906 | +3 |
44 | Polecatsnew wave | 904 | +1 |
45 | Phil Spaldingnew wave, rock | 840 | -1 |
46 | The Monksnew wave | 766 | -4 |
47 | The Chordsmod, new wave | 608 | 0 |
48 | Jim Irvinnew wave | 470 | 0 |
49 | Frank Chickenssynth-pop, j-pop | 387 | 0 |
50 | Cuddly Toysglam, glam rock | 342 | 0 |
54 | Automaticsnew wave, indie rock | 150 | +1 |
57 | New Heartsnew wave | 87 | +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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.