Sophisti-Pop

Subgenre of pop music. Emerged 1985. Wikipedia

Description from Wikidata (CC0).

89 artists with 2.4M combined listeners. 75% of them sit in the Classic Rock / New Wave / Synthpop community on the map. It shares the most artists with Synthpop.

Where Sophisti-Pop sits on the map

• Classic Rock / New Wave / Synthpop · 67 artists (75%)
• Quiet Storm / Classic Soul / Dutch R&B · 3 artists (3%)
• Mellow Gold / Yacht Rock / Eurobeat · 3 artists (3%)
• Australian Rock / Aussie Drill / Australian Pop · 2 artists (2%)
• Mellow Gold / Baroque Pop / Sunshine Pop · 2 artists (2%)
• Punk / Socal Pop Punk / Power Pop · 1 artists (1%)

Strongest pairings in Sophisti-Pop

Sophisti-Pop artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. Roxy Music & Talk Talk · 27 shared playlists
2. Howard Jones & Talk Talk · 19 shared playlists
3. Johnny Hates Jazz & Level 42 · 19 shared playlists
4. Roxy Music & ABC · 18 shared playlists
5. Roxy Music & Bryan Ferry · 18 shared playlists
6. Kajagoogoo & Talk Talk · 17 shared playlists
7. The Fixx & Howard Jones · 16 shared playlists
8. Thompson Twins & Talk Talk · 16 shared playlists
9. Aztec Camera & Deacon Blue · 16 shared playlists
10. ABC & Howard Jones · 16 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Sophisti-Pop, for their size.

• Synthpop · 23 shared artistsBoth: Talk Talk, Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry
• New Wave · 17 shared artistsBoth: The Stranglers, Talk Talk, Roxy Music
• New Wave Pop · 8 shared artistsBoth: Mike + The Mechanics, The The, Propaganda
• Scottish Rock · 7 shared artistsBoth: The Communards, Deacon Blue, Fairground Attraction
• British Singer-Songwriter · 2 shared artistsBoth: Maggie Reilly, Curiosity Killed the Cat
• Scottish Indie · 3 shared artistsBoth: Deacon Blue, Orange Juice, The Blue Nile
• Yacht Rock · 5 shared artistsBoth: Donald Fagen, Swing Out Sister, Basia
• Japanese New Wave · 2 shared artistsBoth: China Crisis, The Lotus Eaters

Artists

89 artists tagged Sophisti-Pop, ranked by listeners.

1. The Stranglers211.3K listeners · New Wave
2. Talk Talk211.2K listeners · Synthpop
3. Chris Rea200.6K listeners · Rock
4. Roxy Music157.0K listeners · New Wave
5. Sananda Maitreya149.0K listeners · R&B
6. Bryan Ferry117.0K listeners
7. Level 42106.1K listeners
8. Lisa Stansfield86.5K listeners · R&B
9. Cliff Richard85.6K listeners · Rockabilly
10. Everything but the Girl75.4K listeners · UK Dance
11. Cock Robin68.2K listeners
12. Grace Jones55.0K listeners · Disco
13. The Communards53.6K listeners · Synthpop
14. Boy George52.9K listeners · MPB
15. The Beautiful South46.7K listeners
16. Joe Jackson40.0K listeners · New Wave
17. Wet Wet Wet35.9K listeners
18. Mike + The Mechanics32.3K listeners
19. The Style Council27.8K listeners
20. Hall & Oates27.2K listeners
21. Alison Moyet27.1K listeners
22. The Housemartins26.5K listeners · Bedroom Pop
23. Prefab Sprout26.0K listeners
24. Donald Fagen25.4K listeners · Yacht Rock
25. The The25.3K listeners · New Wave
26. Thompson Twins22.7K listeners · New Wave
27. David Sylvian22.1K listeners · New Wave
28. ABC21.8K listeners · New Wave
29. Nik Kershaw21.0K listeners · Synthpop
30. Deacon Blue20.4K listeners
31. Wax18.4K listeners · Italian Pop
32. Tanita Tikaram18.1K listeners · Pop
33. Howard Jones18.1K listeners · New Wave
34. Swing Out Sister17.6K listeners
35. Basia17.1K listeners
36. Propaganda15.7K listeners · Synthpop
37. Icehouse15.3K listeners · Australian Rock
38. Matt Bianco14.4K listeners
39. Robin Gibb14.2K listeners · German Pop
40. Kajagoogoo13.7K listeners · Synthpop
41. Destroyer11.6K listeners
42. Heaven 1710.9K listeners · New Wave
43. Johnny Hates Jazz10.5K listeners
44. Fairground Attraction8.3K listeners
45. Go West7.0K listeners · Synthpop
46. China Crisis6.7K listeners
47. The Bolshoi6.6K listeners
48. Aztec Camera6.3K listeners
49. The Fixx5.5K listeners · New Wave
50. Orange Juice5.1K listeners
51. Scritti Politti5.1K listeners
52. The Blue Nile5.0K listeners
53. The Blow Monkeys4.8K listeners
54. Bucks Fizz4.5K listeners · German Pop
55. Fra Lippo Lippi4.4K listeners · OPM
56. Nick Kamen4.3K listeners · Singer-Songwriter Pop
57. Maggie Reilly3.7K listeners
58. Dan Hartman3.6K listeners · Disco
59. Haircut 1003.5K listeners · New Wave
60. The Pasadenas3.4K listeners
61. Feargal Sharkey3.2K listeners
62. Curiosity Killed the Cat3.2K listeners
63. Climie Fisher3.1K listeners
64. Fiction Factory3.0K listeners · New Wave Pop
65. Yaz3.0K listeners · New Wave
66. Glass Tiger3.0K listeners · Canadian Pop
67. Living In A Box2.9K listeners
68. Double2.9K listeners
69. The Power Station2.6K listeners · Rock-And-Roll
70. Boy Meets Girl2.6K listeners · Synthpop
71. The Dream Academy2.3K listeners
72. Jimmy Nail2.2K listeners · New Wave Pop
73. Benjamin Orr1.8K listeners
74. Benny Mardones1.7K listeners · Yacht Rock
75. Robbie Dupree1.5K listeners · Yacht Rock
76. Ric Ocasek1.4K listeners
77. The Lotus Eaters1.4K listeners
78. Danny Wilson1.2K listeners
79. breathe.1.2K listeners · New Wave Pop
80. Hipsway1.2K listeners
81. SØ1.0K listeners
82. Kurt Maloo1.0K listeners
83. Hue & Cry1.0K listeners
84. DJ LOCO CABANA-PERU1.0K listeners
85. David & David1.0K listeners · New Wave
86. Chakra Balancing Sound Therapy1.0K listeners
87. Robbie Nevil1.0K listeners
88. The Colourfield1.0K listeners
89. Deon Estus1.0K listeners