Who is the greatest — of any era, in any corner

Artists of all time

Pink Floyd 651.560

2 The Beatles 610.092

3 Metallica 507.000

4 Radiohead 443.210

5 David Bowie 360.990

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Albums of all time

Harvest 2,621.940

2 Plastic Beach 2,200.500

3 Fleet Foxes 2,103.960

4 Lonerism 1,609.200

5 Physical Graffiti 1,483.200

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Labels of all time

Columbia 1,619.233

2 Warner Bros. Records 1,263.186

3 Atlantic 1,191.723

4 Island 1,110.270

5 Epic 984.568

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Lifetime renown and the renown of a moment are different truths. The Groove tells both — the Beatles own the 1960s, Metallica the 1980s, and neither is the same claim as “greatest of all time.”

Every subdivision rolls up to its sovereign state — England, Scotland and Wales are one British board, as they should be. 27 nations have a board so far. The rest are not absent because their music is absent; they are absent because nobody has voted. That gap is the invitation.

Argentina6 Australia28 Austria3 Belgium6 Brazil6 Canada59 Denmark6 Finland14 France33 Germany34 Iceland5 Ireland11 Italy10 Jamaica5 Japan42 New Zealand3 Norway26 Poland5 Puerto Rico3 Russia4 Spain7 Sweden47 Switzerland8 The Netherlands11 Ukraine4 United Kingdom355 United States of America790

Genre belongs to the record, not to the artist — an album’s Groove is shared across the genres it actually is, by vote share. Seventy-four roots, flat and equal. 42 of them are still empty, and they stay. Every genre →

A band in Guadalajara that is very good may never reach Japan, because the industry keeps them down. Billions are spent making a household name a household name — whether the music is any good is not the question the money is asking. music.nw is paying attention. Every chart on earth is a record of investment dressed up as a record of merit. This one is a mirror.