Top artists of no wave genre

Tom Tom Club
Swans
Television
Suicide
ESG
The Slits
The Residents
Pylon
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List of no wave artists

Here is a list of no wave artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the no wave genre. You can find out what no wave genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

                                                                                                                       
#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Tom Tom Club
46 13 80 59 8 76 120 123996
2
Swans
45 48 35 63 14 15 122 236417
3
Television
45 15 56 60 7 66 124 304185
4
Suicide
42 43 47 70 5 66 137 142566
5
ESG
42 39 71 53 6 68 123 72909
6
The Slits
41 19 66 68 2 79 134 106919
7
The Residents
36 37 51 53 36 32 117 74447
8
Pylon
36 66 48 80 4 63 154 22966
9
Arto Lindsay
34 54 63 47 51 42 129 24859
10
Lizzy Mercier Descloux
34 24 71 75 9 75 119 39427
11
Liquid Liquid
33 77 69 78 8 51 117 27946
12
Tuxedomoon
31 36 48 36 38 41 111 43135
13
A Certain Ratio
31 43 73 78 4 61 125 31291
14
The Lounge Lizards
31 39 50 40 45 54 126 20111
15
Bush Tetras
30 3 67 86 6 78 127 15792
16
Alan Vega
30 29 62 74 8 43 153 28411
17
Au Pairs
28 1 61 77 1 88 139 27168
18
This Heat
28 37 48 66 26 25 111 24786
19
The Lounge Lizards
28 42 79 62 8 62 121 8664
20
Kleenex
28 2 52 83 11 66 139 16461
21
Lee Ranaldo
26 33 43 51 52 26 131 24133
22
Martin Rev
25 42 52 56 30 42 121 8460
23
Essential Logic
25 9 53 82 11 65 122 11526
24
Rosa Yemen
24 68 53 69 72 66 128 6504
25
Lydia Lunch
23 7 44 61 11 40 135 34146
26
James White And The Blacks
22 24 65 83 3 77 131 2602
27
Material
22 13 66 65 13 63 127 6668
28
Family Fodder
21 13 54 71 9 73 137 5918
29
Ambitious Lovers
21 10 71 55 25 63 110 3965
30
Vivien Goldman
18 10 57 51 30 50 138 5253
31
Dinosaur L
17 42 74 71 9 77 126 4475
32
Konk
16 49 80 63 20 82 118 4881
33
Glenn Branca
16 73 23 86 21 21 150 18774
34
Maximum Joy
16 31 64 70 11 78 127 9818
35
Glaxo Babies
16 23 62 73 11 54 136 4658
36
Dog Faced Hermans
16 62 39 85 2 62 147 5434
37
James Chance & The Contortions
15 16 68 71 10 71 132 6006
38
james chance
15 8 68 88 3 90 134 15661
39
Teenage Jesus & The Jerks
13 60 34 55 47 47 139 14624
40
The Dance
11 4 68 69 4 73 130 239
41
Ludus
11 11 42 54 44 60 120 5510
42
Blurt
10 53 69 81 32 64 135 5631
43
Band Of Susans
9 78 31 82 1 33 148 2981
44
Theoretical Girls
9 64 31 84 17 38 134 6765
45
Rip Rig & Panic
8 58 42 34 84 44 102 3510
46
Dark Day
8 45 66 62 27 79 139 3751
47
Rhys Chatham
6 86 24 34 1 13 101 2740
48
Arto Lindsay & The Ambitious Lovers
6 5 72 55 17 54 117 1917
49
Judy Nylon
6 56 60 81 3 57 126 400
50
Ike Yard
5 88 65 54 22 41 125 1857
51
MX-80
4 36 31 78 11 45 130 1825
52
Live Skull
3 49 23 87 0 43 140 1070
53
Ut
3 27 63 75 38 67 118 196
54
Von Lmo
2 3 34 92 5 48 132 532
55
Certain General
2 6 47 76 1 44 136 348
56
MARS
2 86 25 97 0 85 178 178
57
Liliput
1 1 54 81 40 61 147 1507
58
RayBeats
0 43 50 91 0 17 130 41
59
Mars and DNA
0 43 35 62 66 26 100 86
60
Red Transistor
0 37 21 82 2 12 147 117