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Genre in a city

Pop artists from London

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

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

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Spice Girlsdance-pop, pop	145,289	0
02	Sam Smithpop, soul	98,018	+1
03	Coldplayalternative rock, pop	71,455	-1
04	Didopop, trip hop	59,547	0
05	FLOpop, r&b	58,903	+3
06	Bananaramapop, dance-pop	54,537	-1
07	Jessie Jpop, r&b	50,895	-1
08	Lizzy Pattinsonalternative rock, pop	49,732	-1
09	Mandy Smithdance-pop, pop	44,774	+7
10	Sugababespop, dance-pop	39,284	+4
11	Eurythmicsnew wave, synth-pop	36,343	+1
12	Culture Clubnew wave, pop	32,734	+1
13	All Saintspop, rock	32,010	+2
14	Girls Aloudpop, europop	25,927	-3
15	S Clubpop, ballad	25,649	-6
16	Lynsey de Paulpop	22,487	+2
17	Wang Chungnew wave, pop	22,431	0
18	Ella Maipop, contemporary r&b	22,386	-8
19	Fivepop, dance-pop	17,266	0
20	Bluepop, contemporary r&b	15,767	0
21	Stepspop, electropop	15,766	+2
22	The Communardspop, dance-pop	14,942	+3
23	Camille O’Sullivancabaret, folk	14,624	+1
24	Shakespears Sisterpop	13,294	+3
25	Cutting Crewnew wave, pop	13,018	+3
26	The Saturdayspop, dance-pop	12,342	+4
27	Michael Des Barrespop	11,565	+2
28	Des’reepop, r&b	10,881	+3
29	Liberty Xpop	9,351	-8
30	Mel & Kimpop	7,842	-4
31	Matt Gosspop	7,779	+3
32	Benjamin Clementineart pop, pop	7,389	0
33	The Rubettespop	7,363	-11
34	Julie Covingtonpop	7,222	-1
35	Brotherhood of Manpop, disco	6,737	0
36	The Blow Monkeyspop, rock	5,974	0
37	The Honeycombspop	4,782	+3
38	The Flying Lizardspop	4,638	+3
39	Londonbeatdance-pop, pop	4,603	+3
40	Rose Bettspop, folk	4,389	-3
41	CHINCHILLApop, dance	4,039	-2
42	Eighth Wonderpop, synth-pop	3,967	+11
43	Jasmine Thompsondance-pop, pop	3,897	+2
44	Antigonipop	3,482	-6
45	Modern Romancepop	3,173	+22
46	Jive Bunny & the Mastermixerspop, rock	2,964	+8
47	G4operatic pop, pop	2,959	0
48	Carole Davispop	2,833	-1
49	Sailorpop, pop rock	2,811	+2
50	The Flightpop	2,806	+5

Rising outside the top 50this month

94	Ron Francoisnew wave, pop	405	+15
51	Steve Brooksteinpop	2,787	+12
59	Haroonpop	2,140	+11
103	Luminitespop	275	+11
73	Nick Straker Bandboogie, disco	1,020	+7

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