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Red song artists

The 14 most-read red song artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

Artists

14

Readers August

24,122

New entries

00
Data 2026-08-01·MusicBrainz + Wikimedia

14 artists are ranked in red song. The biggest move was 马玉涛, up 7 places.

#ArtistReaders30d
01
彭丽媛Heze · China
21,065
0
02
宋祖英Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture · China
970
0
03
马玉涛Xinzhou · China
850
+7
04
李玲玉Shanghai · China
225
+1
05
董文华Shenyang · China
183
-1
06
李谷一Kunming · China
180
-3
07
阎维文Jinzhong · China
124
+4
08
雷佳Yiyang · China
122
+1
08
汤灿Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture · China
122
-1
10
戴玉强China
120
-4
11
张也Changsha · China
77
-3
12
祖海Bengbu · China
45
0
13
郁钧剑Guilin · China
23
0
14
吕继宏Tianshui · China
16
0

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.