The Groove

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 · 1965– · electronic

30.951

Why this number?

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73 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

United Kingdom · 1977– · electronic 0.399

74 Bat for Lashes

United Kingdom · 1979– · indie rock 0.390

75 James Blake

United Kingdom · 1988– · dubstep 0.384

Blur

United Kingdom · 1990– · britpop 0.380

77 Gotye

Australia · 1980– · indie rock 0.366

The Beach Boys

United States of America · 1961– · pop 0.365

Lady Gaga

United States of America · 1986– · pop 0.363

80 Angel Olsen

United States of America · 1987– · indie rock 0.350

81 Imogen Heap

United Kingdom · 1977– · electronic 0.341

82 The Avalanches

Australia · 1997– · plunderphonics 0.322

83 Mitski

United States of America · 1990– · indie rock 0.302

84 Bryan Ferry

United Kingdom · 1945– · pop rock 0.300

85 XTC

United Kingdom · 1976–2006 · new wave 0.300

Leonard Cohen

Canada · 1934–2016 · rock 0.292

87 The Smile

United Kingdom · 2021– · rock 0.284

88 Goldfrapp

United Kingdom · 1999– · electronic 0.274

89 alt‐J

United Kingdom · 2007– · alternative rock 0.263

90 Glass Animals

United Kingdom · 2010– · electronic 0.259

Todd Rundgren

United States of America · 1948– · experimental 0.222

Weezer

United States of America · 1992– · alternative rock 0.220

93 Panda Bear

United States of America · 1978– · electronic 0.213

94 Avey Tare

United States of America · 1979– · experimental 0.213

95 Miley Cyrus

United States of America · 1992– · pop rock 0.200

ABBA

Sweden · 1972–2022 · pop 0.200