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The greatest aor artists of all time

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

No. 1

38 Special

United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1974– · southern rock
3.483
Why this number?
The full board
2 Styx United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1970– · rock 3.009
3 Def Leppard United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1977– · hard rock 2.607
4 Rush Canada flagCanada · 1968– · progressive rock 2.575
5 Blue Öyster Cult United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1967– · hard rock 2.304
6 Bryan Adams Canada flagCanada · 1959– · rock 2.210
7 Asia United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1981– · rock 2.154
8 Boston United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1975– · rock 1.960
9 Foreigner United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1976– · rock 1.766
10 Heart United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1973– · rock 1.337
11 Van Halen United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1972–2019 · hard rock 1.228
12 Kansas United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1973– · progressive rock 1.186
13 Bruce Springsteen United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1949– · rock 1.069
14 Toto United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1977– · rock 1.016
15 Bad Company United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1973–2023 · rock 0.885
16 Meat Loaf United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1947–2022 · rock 0.853
17 The Cars United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1976–1988 · rock 0.711
18 Survivor United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1977–2020 · rock 0.690
19 Yes United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1968– · progressive rock 0.686
20 Bon Jovi United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1983– · hard rock 0.602
21 Fleetwood Mac United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1967–2022 · rock 0.461
22 Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1974– · rock 0.422
23 Europe Sweden flagSweden · 1982– · hard rock 0.391
24 The Alan Parsons Project United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1975–1987 · progressive rock 0.365