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The greatest alternative pop artists of all time

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

No. 1

Taylor Swift

United States of America · 1989– · pop

12.363

Why this number?

The full board

2

Billie Eilish

United States of America · 2001– · alternative pop 7.972

3

twenty one pilots

United States of America · 2009– · pop rock 5.788

4

Lana Del Rey

United States of America · 1985– · pop 3.370

5

Linkin Park

United States of America · 1996– · nu metal 2.687

6

Sleep Token

United Kingdom · 2016– · alternative metal 2.670

7 AJR

United States of America · 2006– · pop 2.265

8

Arctic Monkeys

United Kingdom · 2002– · indie rock 1.610

9

Radiohead

United Kingdom · 1991– · alternative rock 1.605

10

The Cranberries

Ireland · 1989–2019 · alternative rock 1.495

11

The 1975

United Kingdom · 2002– · pop rock 1.420

12

Tori Amos

United States of America · 1963– · rock 1.391

13

Nine Inch Nails

United States of America · 1988– · industrial 1.377

14 Halsey

United States of America · 1994– · pop 1.272

15 Fiona Apple

United States of America · 1977– · rock 1.195

16

Weezer

United States of America · 1992– · alternative rock 1.120

17 Chappell Roan

United States of America · 1998– · synth-pop 1.093

18 Tame Impala

Australia · 1986– · psychedelic rock 0.924

19 Tove Lo

Sweden · 1987– · dance-pop 0.767

20 Bat for Lashes

United Kingdom · 1979– · indie rock 0.740

21 Purity Ring

Canada · 2010– · electropop 0.686

22

Poppy

United States of America · 1995– · nu metal 0.669

23 Lorde

New Zealand · 1996– · indie pop 0.667

24 Lily Allen

United Kingdom · 1985– · pop 0.663

25 MARINA

United Kingdom · 1985– · pop 0.662

26

Grimes

Canada · 1988– · synth-pop 0.662

27 Goldfrapp

United Kingdom · 1999– · electronic 0.661

28

Coldplay

United Kingdom · 1996– · alternative rock 0.624

29 The xx

United Kingdom · 2005– · indie pop 0.579

30

Depeche Mode

United Kingdom · 1980– · electronic 0.560

31 Miley Cyrus

United States of America · 1992– · pop rock 0.543

32

Madonna

United States of America · 1958– · pop 0.540

33

Carly Rae Jepsen

Canada · 1985– · pop 0.450

34

Muse

United Kingdom · 1994– · alternative rock 0.402

35 James Blake

United Kingdom · 1988– · dubstep 0.384

36

The Killers

United States of America · 2001– · alternative rock 0.381

37

Kate Bush

United Kingdom · 1958– · art rock 0.378

38

The Weeknd

Canada · 1990– · contemporary r&b 0.356

39

The White Stripes

United States of America · 1997–2011 · rock 0.349

40

Placebo

United Kingdom · 1994– · alternative rock 0.324

41

Ween

United States of America · 1984–2024 · alternative rock 0.314

42

Alanis Morissette

Canada · 1974– · rock 0.288

43

Bring Me the Horizon

United Kingdom · 2004– · metalcore 0.277

44

Gorillaz

United Kingdom · 1999– · electronic 0.273

45 Bastille

United Kingdom · 2010– · indie rock 0.273

46 Dua Lipa

United Kingdom · 1995– · dance-pop 0.273

47 MGMT

United States of America · 2002– · neo-psychedelia 0.264

48 Glass Animals

United Kingdom · 2010– · electronic 0.259