Lexical richness in New Wave

43 New Wave artists ranked by how varied their vocabulary is.

  • 1 The Ravenous 8 songs · 348 distinct words English 87
  • 2 Zed Yago 19 songs · 811 distinct words English 65
  • 3 Miguel Bosé 14 songs · 778 distinct words Spanish 60
  • 4 Real Life 20 songs · 526 distinct words English 55
  • 5 Lil' Bow Wow 11 songs · 791 distinct words English 54
  • 6 Exxocet 8 songs · 469 distinct words English 54
  • 7 Crystal Castle 39 songs · 1,3 K distinct words English 53
  • 8 Blondie 82 songs · 2,7 K distinct words English 48
  • 9 Sting 217 songs · 4,5 K distinct words English 47
  • 10 Buggles 8 songs · 452 distinct words English 47
  • 11 Gary Numan 136 songs · 1,9 K distinct words English 46
  • 12 Mesh 32 songs · 917 distinct words English 46
  • 13 Devo 104 songs · 2,2 K distinct words English 45
  • 14 INXS 90 songs · 1,7 K distinct words English 45
  • 15 Power Station 20 songs · 887 distinct words English 45
  • 16 Kajagoogoo 22 songs · 821 distinct words English 45
  • 17 The Raveonettes 33 songs · 666 distinct words English 45
  • 18 The B-52's 5 songs · 189 distinct words English 45
  • 19 Icehouse 46 songs · 1,2 K distinct words English 44
  • 20 Joy Division 42 songs · 1,3 K distinct words English 44
  • 21 Ure Midge 30 songs · 970 distinct words English 44
  • 22 Blue Nile 8 songs · 334 distinct words English 44
  • 23 Spandau Ballet 45 songs · 1,3 K distinct words English 43
  • 24 Indochine 43 songs · 1,6 K distinct words French 43
  • 25 Tears For Fears 72 songs · 1,9 K distinct words English 42
  • 26 Calum Hood 9 songs · 466 distinct words English 42
  • 27 The Thompson Twins 9 songs · 427 distinct words English 42
  • 28 Nik Kershaw 16 songs · 713 distinct words English 41
  • 29 Cyndi Lauper 97 songs · 2,2 K distinct words English 40
  • 30 Depeche Mode 69 songs · 1,5 K distinct words English 40
  • 31 Boy Meets Girl 10 songs · 467 distinct words English 40
  • 32 (We Are) Performance 10 songs · 530 distinct words English 39
  • 33 a-ha 50 songs · 1,1 K distinct words English 38
  • 34 Abra Moore 34 songs · 855 distinct words English 38
  • 35 Brazilian Girls 7 songs · 342 distinct words English 37
  • 36 Hazel O'Connor 23 songs · 920 distinct words English 35
  • 37 Julia Fordham 46 songs · 1,1 K distinct words English 34
  • 38 Vapors 10 songs · 618 distinct words English 33
  • 39 Trevor Something 9 songs · 286 distinct words English 32
  • 40 The Police 45 songs · 1,4 K distinct words English 31
  • 41 Breakbot 9 songs · 469 distinct words English 31
  • 42 Oakey Philip And Moroder Giorgio 8 songs · 327 distinct words English 22
  • 43 A Flock of Seagulls 40 songs · 891 distinct words English 21