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The greatest art rock artists of all time

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

No. 1

Pink Floyd

United Kingdom · 1965–2014 · progressive rock

88.932

Why this number?

The full board

2

Radiohead

United Kingdom · 1991– · alternative rock 56.890

3

David Bowie

United Kingdom · 1947–2016 · rock 51.461

4

King Crimson

United Kingdom · 1968–2021 · progressive rock 31.073

5

Genesis

United Kingdom · 1967–2022 · progressive rock 28.744

6

Peter Gabriel

United Kingdom · 1950– · rock 21.072

7

Kate Bush

United Kingdom · 1958– · art rock 19.602

8

Queen

United Kingdom · 1970– · rock 19.401

9

Yes

United Kingdom · 1968– · progressive rock 19.366

10

Supertramp

United Kingdom · 1969–1970 · art rock 13.180

11

Roxy Music

United Kingdom · 1971– · art rock 12.267

12

Brian Eno

United Kingdom · 1948– · ambient 12.118

13

The Velvet Underground

United States of America · 1964–1996 · art rock 11.481

14

Camel

United Kingdom · 1971– · progressive rock 9.812

15

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

United Kingdom · 1970–2011 · progressive rock 9.040

16

Electric Light Orchestra

United Kingdom · 1970–2025 · rock 8.603

17

Lou Reed

United States of America · 1942–2013 · rock 8.063

18

Sparks

United States of America · 1970– · synth-pop 7.976

19

Nine Inch Nails

United States of America · 1988– · industrial 7.079

20

The Beatles

United Kingdom · 1960–1970 · rock 6.504

21 Nico

Germany · 1938–1988 · art rock 6.335

22

David Gilmour

United Kingdom · 1946– · rock 6.167

23

The Alan Parsons Project

United Kingdom · 1975–1987 · progressive rock 5.840

24

Steven Wilson

United Kingdom · 1967– · progressive rock 5.506