The Groove

The greatest artists of the 2000s

640 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

212.380

Why this number?

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505

ZZ Top

United States of America · 1969– · rock 4.200

506 Tracy Chapman

United States of America · 1964– · folk rock 4.200

507

Yello

Switzerland · 1979– · electronic 4.200

508 Goo Goo Dolls

United States of America · 1986– · rock 4.200

509 Morphine

United States of America · 1990–1999 · alternative rock 4.200

510 Bonobo

United Kingdom · 1976– · electronic 4.200

511 Built to Spill

United States of America · 1992– · indie rock 4.200

512 Blackmore’s Night

United States of America · 1997– · folk rock 4.200

513 Silverchair

Australia · 1992–2011 · alternative rock 4.200

514

Alan Jackson

United States of America · 1958– · country 4.200

515 Fountains of Wayne

United States of America · 1996–2013 · rock 4.200

516 Natalie Imbruglia

Australia · 1975– · pop 4.200

517 “Weird Al” Yankovic

United States of America · 1959– · comedy 4.200

518 Sleep

United States of America · 1990– · doom metal 4.200

519 Yasiin Bey

United States of America · 1973– · hip hop 4.200

520 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss country 4.200

521 Speedranch speedcore 4.200

522 ANOHNI and the Johnsons

United Kingdom · 1995– · art pop 4.200

523 Broken Social Scene

Canada · 1999– · indie rock 4.200

524 Eluveitie

Switzerland · 2002– · folk metal 4.200

525 Eve 6

United States of America · 1995– · rock 4.200

526 Fort Minor

United States of America · 2004–2017 · hip hop 4.200

527 Hollywood Undead

United States of America · 2005– · heavy metal 4.200

528 James Blunt

United Kingdom · 1974– · alternative rock 4.200