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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433

Miles Davis

United States of America · 1926–1991 · jazz 4.380

434 The Jesus and Mary Chain

United Kingdom · 1984– · alternative rock 4.380

435

Johnny Cash

United States of America · 1932–2003 · country 4.380

436

Missy Elliott

United States of America · 1971– · hip hop 4.380

437 Moloko

United Kingdom · 1993–2006 · trip hop 4.380

438 Ash

United Kingdom · 1989– · alternative rock 4.380

439 Jellyfish

United States of America · 1989–1994 · power pop 4.380

440 Raekwon

United States of America · 1970– · hip hop 4.380

441 The New Power Generation

United States of America · 1990– · pop 4.380

442 Veruca Salt

United States of America · 1993– · alternative rock 4.380

443 Kruder & Dorfmeister

Austria · 1993– · electronica 4.300

444 Over the Rhine

United States of America · 1989– · folk rock 4.300

445

INXS

Australia · 1977–2012 · rock 4.200

446 Killing Joke

United Kingdom · 1979– · rock 4.200

447

John Williams

United States of America · 1932– · classical 4.200

448 Violent Femmes

United States of America · 1980– · rock 4.200

449 Jimmy Eat World

United States of America · 1993– · alternative rock 4.200

450 Natalie Imbruglia

Australia · 1975– · pop 4.200

451 Gogol Bordello

United States of America · 1999– · folk rock 4.200

452 Orchid

United States of America · 1997– · emoviolence 4.200

453

Arch Enemy

Sweden · 1996– · melodic death metal 4.200

454 Poe

United States of America · 1968– · alternative rock 4.200

455 Bloodhound Gang

United States of America · 1988– · alternative rock 4.200

456 Aqua

Denmark · 1994–2026 · europop 4.200