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World Fusion Artists

The 50 most-read world fusion artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

Artists

69

Readers October

42,727

New entries

00
Data 2026-10-01·MusicBrainz + Wikimedia

69 artists are ranked in world fusion. The biggest move was 山本邦山, up 19 places.

#ArtistReaders30d
01
Angélique KidjoCotonou · Benin
6,962
0
02
Rachid TahaSig · Algeria
3,147
0
03
Toumani DiabatéBamako · Mali
2,061
+2
04
Yamandu CostaRio Grande do Sul · Brazil
1,696
+4
05
Hassan HakmounMarrakesh-Safi · Morocco
1,679
-2
06
OregonEugene · United States
1,431
+1
07
Arto TunçboyacıyanIstanbul · Türkiye
1,386
-1
08
Anouar BrahemTunis · Tunisia
1,357
+1
09
Leni SternMünchen · Germany
1,253
+7
10
Trilok GurtuMumbai · India
1,201
+1
11
芸能山城組Japan
1,181
-7
12
ShadowfaxChicago · United States
1,152
-2
13
民謡クルセイダーズJapan
1,066
-1
14
GyakieKumasi · Ghana
939
-1
15
Lionel LouekeCotonou · Benin
828
+7
16
Ջիվան ԳասպարյանKotayk' · Armenia
808
+5
17
FirewaterNew York · United States
774
-3
17
Mark NauseefCortland · United States
774
-2
19
萨顶顶Pingdingshan · China
716
-2
20
Transglobal UndergroundLondon · United Kingdom
691
-1
21
Tete MontoliuCádiz · Spain
665
-3
22
Fun‐Da‐MentalBradford · United Kingdom
661
-2
23
Collin WalcottNew York · United States
650
0
24
Yazz AhmedCarshalton · United Kingdom
544
+1
25
Shashank SubramanyamIndia
505
+3
26
山本邦山Ōtsu · Japan
444
+19
27
Glen MoorePortland · United States
425
+7
28
Janalynn CastelinoLos Angeles · United States
411
+9
29
Jenny ScheinmanJacksonville · United States
405
+4
30
GoviGermany
395
-6
31
Jamshied SharifiTopeka · United States
390
-4
32
DissidentenBerlin · Germany
375
-3
32
Suns of ArqaUnited Kingdom
375
0
34
Oded TzurNetherlands
365
-3
35
Jamey HaddadCleveland · United States
356
0
36
上妻宏光Hitachi · Japan
323
-10
37
Badal RoyComilla · Bangladesh
307
+1
38
Erkan OğurTürkiye
304
-8
39
CodonaUnited States
264
+5
40
Louis MhlangaZimbabwe
235
+8
41
Farmers MarketTrondheim · Norway
210
-2
42
Majid BekkasMorocco
198
-1
43
Ray LemaLufu-Toto · Democratic Republic of the Congo
187
-1
44
Aïyb DiengSenegal
183
+2
45
GONTITIJapan
181
-5
46
George BrooksNew York · United States
174
+8
47
Bengt BergerStockholm · Sweden
164
0
48
Steve GornNew York · United States
156
+8
49
PiirpaukeFinland
151
+3
50
Eliana BurkiFeldbrunnen-St. Niklaus · Switzerland
144
-7

Rising outside the top 50this month

52
沢井忠夫Inazawa · Japan
114
+9
61
Karl SeglemNorway
83
+7
55
沢井一恵Kyoto · Japan
106
+4
66
Károly BinderBudapest · Hungary
40
+1
65
Mo BomaBoston · United States
42
+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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.