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The greatest contemporary folk artists of all time

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

No. 1

Bob Dylan

United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1941– · folk rock
8.535
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The full board
2 Nick Drake United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1948–1974 · folk 4.743
3 Leonard Cohen Canada flagCanada · 1934–2016 · rock 4.655
4 Joni Mitchell Canada flagCanada · 1943– · folk 2.964
5 Bruce Springsteen United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1949– · rock 2.097
6 Cameron Winter United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2002– · contemporary folk 1.660
7 Beck United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1970– · alternative rock 1.603
8 John Lennon United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1940–1980 · rock 1.459
9 Plastic Ono Band United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1969–2015 · rock 1.459
10 Opeth Sweden flagSweden · 1990– · progressive metal 1.383
11 Norah Jones United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1979– · jazz 1.052
12 Don McLean United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1945– · rock 1.050
13 Simon & Garfunkel United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1963–1970 · folk rock 0.987
14 Johnny Cash United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1932–2003 · country 0.929
15 Bon Iver United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2006– · indie folk 0.838
16 Taylor Swift United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1989– · pop 0.801
17 Joanna Newsom United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1982– · folk 0.764
18 XXXTENTACION United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1998–2018 · contemporary folk 0.620
19 Tracy Chapman United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1964– · folk rock 0.615
20 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1969–2015 · folk rock 0.540
21 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss country 0.467
22 Giles Corey United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1980– · singer-songwriter 0.467
23 The Killers United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2001– · alternative rock 0.425
24 David Gray United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1968– · rock 0.337