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Genre in a city

Pop artists from Los Angeles

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

134 artists are tagged pop in Los Angeles. The biggest move was Roshon Fegan, up 19 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	KATSEYEdance-pop, pop	716,483	+2
02	Kate Hudsonpop	283,005	0
03	Hailee Steinfelddance-pop, electropop	280,350	+1
04	Gracie Abramspop, folk pop	219,601	-3
05	Katey Sagalpop	172,380	+4
06	Emily Osmentpop	151,036	-1
07	Miranda Cosgrovepop, teen pop	100,842	+1
08	Rita Wilsonpop	81,145	+2
09	Katharine McPheepop	80,810	+3
10	The Monkeespop, sunshine pop	74,341	+3
11	Adam Levinepop, funk rock	66,324	0
12	FINNEASpop, indie pop	66,094	+8
13	Belinda Carlislepop, pop rock	65,623	+1
14	Nat Wolffpop	63,945	+3
15	SOFIA ISELLAart pop, post-industrial	62,285	+15
16	Susanna Hoffspop, pop rock	54,732	+7
17	Maroon 5pop, pop rock	53,890	+1
18	The Banglespop, jangle pop	52,047	+3
19	Wilson Phillipspop, soft rock	50,851	+3
20	Mike Lovepop, rock	50,201	-4
21	Shaun Cassidypop	49,907	-2
22	E.G. Dailyfolk, pop	46,083	+2
23	The Righteous Brothersblue-eyed soul, brill building	45,801	+3
24	The Pussycat Dollspop, dance-pop	45,360	-9
25	HAIMindie rock, pop	37,711	+2
26	Bill Medleyblue-eyed soul, pop	34,177	+6
27	Hayley Kiyokopop, alternative pop	31,993	+1
28	Carnie Wilsonpop	31,207	+1
29	David Faustinopop	28,254	+5
30	Laura Maranopop	27,542	+8
31	Kim Carnespop, country pop	26,977	-6
32	MUNApop, indie pop	25,908	+4
33	Foster the Peopleindie pop, pop	24,987	+2
34	Wendy Wilsonpop	24,149	+3
35	Charlotte Lawrencepop	23,544	+7
36	Eric Balfourpop	23,523	+3
37	Big Time Rushteen pop, pop	22,494	-4
38	The 5th Dimensionpop, pop soul	21,570	+2
39	Roshon Feganhip hop, pop	19,995	+19
40	Taj Jacksonpop	18,093	+1
41	Jillian Herveypop	18,084	+7
42	Romina Powerpop	17,261	+2
43	98°pop, contemporary r&b	16,627	0
44	Darlene Lovepop	16,308	-13
45	The Associationpop, sunshine pop	15,488	0
46	Samiaindie pop, pop	11,953	0
47	Farrah Franklincontemporary r&b, pop	10,527	0
48	Simone Battlecontemporary r&b, pop	10,109	-42
49	G.R.L.pop	9,154	-42
50	Phantom Planetalternative rock, indie rock	8,732	+2

Rising outside the top 50this month

73	Gabrielselectronic, classical	2,522	+15
96	Prima Jpop	1,186	+12
64	Ava Kolkerpop	4,100	+8
120	Willa Amaialternative pop, indie pop	270	+8
93	Wrabelpop	1,315	+6

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.