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The greatest artists of all time from United Kingdom

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

No. 1

Pink Floyd

United Kingdom · 1965–2014 · progressive rock

651.560

Why this number?

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49

Van der Graaf Generator

United Kingdom · 1967–1978 · progressive rock 63.017

50

Pet Shop Boys

United Kingdom · 1981– · synth-pop 62.110

51

Adele

United Kingdom · 1988– · pop 61.950

52

Anathema

United Kingdom · 1990–2020 · alternative rock 60.836

53

Paradise Lost

United Kingdom · 1988– · gothic metal 60.030

54

Electric Light Orchestra

United Kingdom · 1970–2025 · rock 59.170

55

Suede

United Kingdom · 1989– · britpop 56.740

56

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

United Kingdom · 1970–2011 · progressive rock 56.680

57

New Order

United Kingdom · 1980– · electronic 56.610

58

Phil Collins

United Kingdom · 1951– · pop rock 55.420

59

Cradle of Filth

United Kingdom · 1991– · black metal 55.120

60

Supertramp

United Kingdom · 1969–1970 · art rock 54.470

61

Def Leppard

United Kingdom · 1977– · hard rock 53.720

62

The Police

United Kingdom · 1977–2008 · rock 49.320

63

Joy Division

United Kingdom · 1978–1980 · post-punk 49.290

64

Bring Me the Horizon

United Kingdom · 2004– · metalcore 47.460

65

Belle and Sebastian

United Kingdom · 1996– · indie pop 47.080

66

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

United Kingdom · 1966–1969 · blues rock 46.310

67

Florence + the Machine

United Kingdom · 2007– · alternative rock 44.090

68

Placebo

United Kingdom · 1994– · alternative rock 42.800

69

John Lennon

United Kingdom · 1940–1980 · rock 42.770

70

Uriah Heep

United Kingdom · 1970– · rock 41.850

71

Franz Ferdinand

United Kingdom · 2001– · indie rock 38.930

72

Amy Winehouse

United Kingdom · 1983–2011 · soul 37.872