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The 50 most-read world fusion artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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69 artists are ranked in world fusion. The biggest move was Francis Wong, up 10 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Angélique KidjoCotonou · Benin | 22,373 | 0 |
02 | Rachid TahaSig · Algeria | 3,608 | 0 |
03 | Toumani DiabatéBamako · Mali | 2,015 | 0 |
04 | Arto TunçboyacıyanIstanbul · Türkiye | 1,885 | 0 |
05 | Hassan HakmounMarrakesh-Safi · Morocco | 1,573 | 0 |
06 | OregonEugene · United States | 1,454 | +1 |
07 | Lionel LouekeCotonou · Benin | 1,378 | +3 |
08 | ShadowfaxChicago · United States | 1,283 | +1 |
09 | 芸能山城組Japan | 1,257 | -3 |
10 | Anouar BrahemTunis · Tunisia | 1,196 | -2 |
11 | Yamandu CostaRio Grande do Sul · Brazil | 1,191 | +4 |
12 | Trilok GurtuMumbai · India | 1,111 | -1 |
13 | Leni SternMünchen · Germany | 1,005 | 0 |
14 | 萨顶顶Pingdingshan · China | 965 | 0 |
15 | Mark NauseefCortland · United States | 947 | +2 |
16 | Ջիվան ԳասպարյանKotayk' · Armenia | 944 | +2 |
17 | GyakieKumasi · Ghana | 912 | -5 |
18 | Tete MontoliuCádiz · Spain | 831 | +2 |
19 | FirewaterNew York · United States | 786 | 0 |
20 | Transglobal UndergroundLondon · United Kingdom | 710 | -4 |
21 | Collin WalcottNew York · United States | 662 | +2 |
22 | Fun‐Da‐MentalBradford · United Kingdom | 654 | -1 |
23 | 民謡クルセイダーズJapan | 531 | -1 |
24 | Yazz AhmedCarshalton · United Kingdom | 503 | 0 |
25 | GoviGermany | 501 | 0 |
26 | DissidentenBerlin · Germany | 471 | +6 |
27 | Jamshied SharifiTopeka · United States | 435 | 0 |
28 | Glen MoorePortland · United States | 418 | +5 |
29 | Suns of ArqaUnited Kingdom | 378 | -1 |
30 | Jamey HaddadCleveland · United States | 342 | 0 |
31 | Shashank SubramanyamIndia | 338 | -2 |
32 | 上妻宏光Hitachi · Japan | 333 | -6 |
33 | Erkan OğurTürkiye | 330 | -2 |
34 | Janalynn CastelinoLos Angeles · United States | 321 | 0 |
35 | Badal RoyComilla · Bangladesh | 296 | +1 |
36 | Jenny ScheinmanJacksonville · United States | 265 | -1 |
37 | Aïyb DiengSenegal | 255 | +4 |
38 | CodonaUnited States | 249 | 0 |
39 | Bengt BergerStockholm · Sweden | 248 | +1 |
40 | GONTITIJapan | 237 | -3 |
41 | Louis MhlangaZimbabwe | 226 | +3 |
42 | Oded TzurNetherlands | 224 | +3 |
43 | Francis WongUnited States | 199 | +10 |
44 | Ray LemaLufu-Toto · Democratic Republic of the Congo | 196 | +3 |
45 | Farmers MarketTrondheim · Norway | 181 | -2 |
46 | りんけんバンドJapan | 175 | +4 |
47 | Теодосий СпасовBulgaria | 168 | +5 |
48 | Eliana BurkiFeldbrunnen-St. Niklaus · Switzerland | 164 | -2 |
49 | Majid BekkasMorocco | 163 | -1 |
50 | 山本邦山Ōtsu · Japan | 161 | 0 |
53 | Mark IzuVallejo · United States | 112 | +13 |
55 | House of WatersBrooklyn · United States | 109 | +3 |
64 | Károly BinderBudapest · Hungary | 42 | +3 |
59 | Dresch Dudás MihályBudapest · Hungary | 92 | +3 |
63 | 沢井一恵Kyoto · Japan | 70 | +1 |
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.