The Groove

The greatest artists of all time from France

33 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Daft Punk

France · 1993–2021 · electronic

133.440

Why this number?

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25 Nouvelle Vague

France · 2003– · bossa nova 4.000

26 Les Brayauds

France 3.935

27 Deep Forest

France · 1992– · ambient 3.800

28 Mylène Farmer

France · 1961– · electronic 3.800

29 David Donatien

France · 1970– · folk 3.650

30 Yael Naïm

France · 1978– · folk 3.650

31 Charlotte Gainsbourg

France · 1971– · folk rock 3.200

32 Gotan Project

France · 1999– · tango 3.200

33 Tom Ibarra

France · 1999– 2.156