The Groove

The greatest artists of the 1990s

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

No. 1

Radiohead

United Kingdom · 1991– · alternative rock

168.610

Why this number?

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313 Shania Twain

Canada · 1965– · country 6.840

314

Leonard Cohen

Canada · 1934–2016 · rock 6.800

315

Kate Bush

United Kingdom · 1958– · art rock 6.800

316

Lynyrd Skynyrd

United States of America · 1964– · southern rock 6.800

317 Symphony X

United States of America · 1994– · progressive metal 6.800

318 平沢進

Japan · 1954– · rock 6.800

319 Tiamat

Sweden · 1987– · gothic metal 6.692

320 Sunny Day Real Estate

United States of America · 1992– · emo 6.660

321 Entombed

Sweden · 1989– · death metal 6.640

322 Type O Negative

United States of America · 1989–2010 · rock 6.640

323

Alice Cooper

United States of America · 1948– · hard rock 6.600

324 Landser

Germany · 1993– · rock 6.600

325

Lou Reed

United States of America · 1942–2013 · rock 6.580

326 Skid Row

United States of America · 1986– · hard rock 6.580

327 John Cale

United States of America · 1942– · art rock 6.580

328 Wilmington Chester Mass Choir

United States of America · 1978– · gospel 6.467

329

Infected Mushroom

Israel · 1996– · electronic 6.400

330 Tom Petty

United States of America · 1950–2017 · rock 6.400

331 Skunk Anansie

United Kingdom · 1994– · rock 6.400

332 Rob Zombie

United States of America · 1965– · heavy metal 6.320

333 The Verve

United Kingdom · 1989–2009 · britpop 6.300

334 Melvins

United States of America · 1983– · sludge metal 6.240

335 Fields of the Nephilim

United Kingdom · 1984– · gothic rock 6.020

336 Sleep

United States of America · 1990– · doom metal 6.020