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Pop Artists from London

The 50 most-read pop artists based in London, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

128 artists are tagged pop in London. The biggest move was Liberty X, up 22 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Spice Girlsdance-pop, pop	134,753	0
02	Sugababespop, dance-pop	84,028	+6
03	Coldplayalternative rock, pop	63,610	+1
04	Sam Smithpop, soul	60,969	-1
05	Didopop, trip hop	57,069	+1
06	Bananaramapop, dance-pop	47,701	+3
07	Jessie Jpop, r&b	39,259	0
08	S Clubpop, ballad	38,953	+8
09	Mandy Smithdance-pop, pop	33,783	+11
10	Eurythmicsnew wave, synth-pop	32,188	0
11	Liberty Xpop	30,528	+22
12	Benjamin Clementineart pop, pop	28,614	-10
13	All Saintspop, rock	24,924	-2
14	Culture Clubnew wave, pop	23,196	0
15	Girls Aloudpop, europop	23,156	0
16	Bluepop, contemporary r&b	22,704	-3
17	Lizzy Pattinsonalternative rock, pop	21,428	-5
18	Ella Maipop, contemporary r&b	19,493	0
19	Camille O’Sullivancabaret, folk	19,047	+3
20	The Communardspop, dance-pop	18,736	-3
21	Cutting Crewnew wave, pop	18,091	+6
22	FLOpop, r&b	16,972	-3
23	Mel & Kimpop	16,517	+13
24	Shakespears Sisterpop	14,292	+5
25	Wang Chungnew wave, pop	14,222	-4
26	Stepspop, electropop	13,754	0
27	Brotherhood of Manpop, disco	12,924	+13
28	Lynsey de Paulpop	12,616	0
29	Fivepop, dance-pop	12,479	-5
30	Michael Des Barrespop	11,201	-5
31	Girl Thingeuropop, pop	9,817	+19
32	The Saturdayspop, dance-pop	8,897	-9
33	Des’reepop, r&b	7,222	-3
34	Matt Gosspop	6,333	-2
35	Julie Covingtonpop	6,230	-1
36	The Blow Monkeyspop, rock	6,057	+3
37	CHINCHILLApop, dance	5,110	+5
38	Rose Bettspop, folk	4,837	-1
39	Londonbeatdance-pop, pop	4,831	+2
40	Eighth Wonderpop, synth-pop	4,481	+4
41	The Rubettespop	4,448	+2
42	The Flying Lizardspop	4,034	-4
43	Alisha’s Atticpop, alternative rock	3,920	+12
44	The Honeycombspop	3,806	+1
45	Oh Wonderelectronic, indie pop	3,325	+6
46	Carole Davispop	3,022	+1
47	Antigonipop	2,777	+2
48	Jive Bunny & the Mastermixerspop, rock	2,684	-13
49	Sailorpop, pop rock	2,671	+5
50	Michelle Gaylepop, pop soul	2,614	+6

Rising outside the top 50this month

62	Norrie Paramorpop	1,636	+14
59	Big Funpop	1,727	+11
100	Remi Nicolepop	264	+11
51	Ash Kingpop	2,556	+10
63	Princesspop	1,633	+9

Adjacent scenes

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.