Here's a list of popular bands from wikipedia based on pageviews in the last 500 days. The columns are band_name, page_views, band_location
Van Halen 3678352 Los Angeles
Metallica 3578022 San Francisco
Red Hot Chili Peppers 3519678 Los Angeles
Eagles (band) 3216278 Los Angeles
Beastie Boys 3038412 New York City
Wu-Tang Clan 2910395 New York City
R.E.M. 2762807 Athens, Georgia
Lynyrd Skynyrd 2682106 Jacksonville, Florida
Foo Fighters 2648808 Seattle
Backstreet Boys 2641526 Orlando, Florida
Mötley Crüe 2479646 Los Angeles
Guns N' Roses 2468870 Los Angeles
Green Day 2442694 Berkeley, California
Rage Against the Machine 2319905 Los Angeles
Pearl Jam 2301367 Seattle
Talking Heads 2283065 New York City
Kiss (band) 2249243 New York City
Blink-182 2164807 San Diego
Grateful Dead 2093998 San Francisco
N.W.A 2041392 Los Angeles
ZZ Top 2031063 Houston
The Pussycat Dolls 2013956 Los Angeles
System of a Down 1910150 Los Angeles
Simon & Garfunkel 1906716 New York City
The Smashing Pumpkins 1846394 Chicago
Chloe x Halle 1827581 Atlanta
Aerosmith 1819782 Boston
Destiny's Child 1773846 Houston
Alice in Chains 1737124 Seattle
Journey (band) 1716873 San Francisco
New Kids on the Block 1689526 Boston
Ramones 1684684 New York City
Tool (band) 1672275 Los Angeles
The Doors 1660277 Los Angeles
The Killers 1640228 Las Vegas
The Strokes 1587307 New York City
Haim (band) 1539943 Los Angeles
Fifth Harmony 1539325 Miami
NSYNC 1538991 Orlando, Florida
Heart (band) 1536555 Seattle
The Temptations 1535653 Detroit
Evanescence 1534125 Little Rock, Arkansas
Black Eyed Peas 1468883 Los Angeles
Village People 1456982 New York City
Nine Inch Nails 1441549 Cleveland
Boyz II Men 1436106 Philadelphia
Toto (band) 1428697 Los Angeles
The Monkees 1424911 Los Angeles
The Clark Sisters 1418848 Detroit
Weezer 1412776 Los Angeles
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