The Groove

The greatest artists of the 2010s

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

No. 1

BTS

South Korea · 2013– · pop

104.690

Why this number?

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385 Metric

Canada · 1998– · indie rock 4.000

386

Sade

United Kingdom · 1982– · smooth soul 4.000

387 Avantasia

Germany · 2000– · power metal 4.000

388 Alizée

France · 1984– · pop 4.000

389

Justin Timberlake

United States of America · 1981– · pop 4.000

390 Natalie Imbruglia

Australia · 1975– · pop 4.000

391 Tally Hall

United States of America · 2002–2011 · pop 4.000

392 In This Moment

United States of America · 2005– · alternative metal 4.000

393 Airbourne

Australia · 2004– · rock 4.000

394 Baroness

United States of America · 2003– · sludge metal 4.000

395 Blank Banshee

Canada · 1986– · vaporwave 4.000

396 Cigarettes After Sex

United States of America · 2008– · dream pop 4.000

397 Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley

Jamaica · 1978– · reggae 4.000

398 Django Django

United Kingdom · 2009– · indie rock 4.000

399

Perfume

Japan · 2000– · j-pop 4.000

400 Prophets of Rage

United States of America · 2016– · rock 4.000

401 Run the Jewels

United States of America · 2013– · hardcore hip hop 4.000

402 SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]

Japan · 1980– · j-pop 4.000

403

SCANDAL

Japan · 2006– · pop 4.000

404 Батюшка

Poland · 2015– · black metal 4.000

405 The Caretaker

United Kingdom · 1974– · ambient 3.950

406 Candy Claws

United States of America · 2007– · shoegaze 3.900

407

Lil Peep

United States of America · 1996–2017 · hip hop 3.900

408

Pet Shop Boys

United Kingdom · 1981– · synth-pop 3.800