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The greatest art pop artists of all time

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

No. 1

Björk

Iceland flagIceland · 1965– · electronic
30.951
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49 Stereolab United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1990– · electronic 0.735
50 Scott Walker United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1943–2019 · baroque pop 0.720
51 Ulver Norway flagNorway · 1992– · black metal 0.709
52 John Lennon United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1940–1980 · rock 0.706
53 Yoko Ono United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1933– · rock 0.706
54 Lorde New Zealand flagNew Zealand · 1996– · indie pop 0.706
55 Poppy United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1995– · nu metal 0.697
56 Linda McCartney United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1941–1998 · rock 0.681
57 Beck United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1970– · alternative rock 0.657
58 Stromae Belgium flagBelgium · 1985– · electro house 0.633
59 John Cale United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1942– · art rock 0.633
60 Roxy Music United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1971– · art rock 0.593
61 The Flaming Lips United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1983– · neo-psychedelia 0.587
62 Birdy United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1996– · pop 0.587
63 Electric Light Orchestra United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1970–2025 · rock 0.568
64 Gustavo Cerati Argentina flagArgentina · 1959–2014 · downtempo 0.558
65 PJ Harvey United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1969– · indie rock 0.553
66 The Cure United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1977– · new wave 0.489
67 Talking Heads United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1974–1991 · new wave 0.474
68 Everything Everything United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 2007– · indie rock 0.473
69 The Weeknd Canada flagCanada · 1990– · contemporary r&b 0.467
70 The Who United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1964– · rock 0.415
71 Yellow Magic Orchestra Japan flagJapan · 1978– · synth-pop 0.400
72 Beastie Boys United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1979–2014 · hip hop 0.399