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Genre in a city

Pop artists from New York

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

77 artists are tagged pop in New York. The biggest move was Nydia Caro, up 15 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Audrey Hobertpop, alternative pop	305,042	+3
02	Paris Hiltonpop	177,336	-1
03	Hayes Warnerpop, singer-songwriter	161,547	+12
04	Terry Melcherpop	86,451	+8
05	David Cassidypop	84,202	+1
06	Bebe Rexhapop, dance-pop	82,545	-4
07	Marc Anthonylatin, latin pop	72,181	-4
08	Tab Hunterpop	44,701	+1
09	Huey Lewisrock, blue-eyed soul	43,784	-4
10	Funpop	36,599	-2
11	Scissor Sisterspop, glam rock	36,305	-1
12	Frank Stallonepop	36,075	-5
13	Rob Pilatuspop	30,909	+1
14	Gloria Loringpop	25,989	+8
15	Tony Orlandopop	23,864	+1
16	James Maslowpop	23,736	+1
17	AJRpop, indie pop	22,433	-4
18	Barbi Bentoncountry, pop	21,581	0
19	Jackie Tohnpop	17,508	-8
20	Edd Byrnesballad, pop	15,107	0
21	Liberty DeVittopop	14,678	0
22	The Driftersdoo-wop, pop	14,617	-3
23	Sophie B. Hawkinsrock, pop	10,957	0
24	Brian Hylandpop, pop rock	9,460	0
25	The Crystalspop, brill building	7,528	0
26	MAXelectronic, pop	7,155	+1
27	The Left Bankebaroque pop, psychedelic pop	6,246	+1
28	Alan Jay Lernerpop	5,937	-2
29	Petra Hadenpop	4,381	0
30	A Great Big Worldindie pop, pop	3,658	0
31	David Pomeranzpop, singer-songwriter	2,989	+3
32	Margo Guryanpop, psychedelic pop	2,514	-1
33	The Orion Experiencepop	2,256	0
34	Claude Kellypop	2,165	-2
35	Jon Carinpop	1,918	0
36	Bobby Bloompop	1,896	0
37	The World’s Most Dangerous Bandpop	1,641	0
38	Fly by Midnightpop	1,543	+1
39	Kristin Kontrolpop	1,475	+1
40	Imani Coppolapop	1,299	-2
41	Sam Hollanderpop	1,151	+3
42	The Murmursalternative rock, pop	1,120	-1
43	Annet Artanipop	1,101	-1
44	Nydia Caropop	1,096	+15
45	Lenny Welchballad, pop	1,048	+1
46	Marié Digbypop	1,004	+3
47	ナノj-pop, j-rock	997	-4
48	Peter Zizzopop	852	-1
49	Gregory and the Hawkpop	781	-1
50	Boy Krazydance-pop, hi-nrg	725	+5

Rising outside the top 50this month

58	Lucas Pratapop	447	+12
57	유나킴pop	448	+4
55	Kristina Trainpop	569	+3
63	András Kállay‐Saunderspop	378	+3
52	Apollo Smilepop	613	+2

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.