The Groove

The greatest dance-pop artists of all time

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

No. 1

Madonna

United States of America · 1958– · pop

21.365

Why this number?

The full board · page 3

49 Sabrina Carpenter

United States of America · 1999– · pop 0.918

50 Rick Astley

United Kingdom · 1966– · pop 0.909

Christina Aguilera

United States of America · 1980– · pop 0.896

Cher

United States of America · 1946– · pop 0.880

53 The Human League

United Kingdom · 1977– · new wave 0.879

54 Miley Cyrus

United States of America · 1992– · pop rock 0.840

55 Ava Max

United States of America · 1994– · pop 0.830

56 OneRepublic

United States of America · 2004– · pop rock 0.775

57 Sigrid

Norway · 1996– · pop 0.764

58 Gwen Stefani

United States of America · 1969– · pop 0.684

59 AURORA

Norway · 1996– · art pop 0.676

60 Madeon

France · 1994– · synth-pop 0.664

61 Nelly Furtado

Canada · 1978– · pop 0.617

62 Chumbawamba

United Kingdom · 1982–2012 · alternative rock 0.596

63 Wham!

United Kingdom · 1981–1986 · pop 0.587

Sparks

United States of America · 1970– · synth-pop 0.583

Robbie Williams

United Kingdom · 1974– · pop rock 0.582

66 Alizée

France · 1984– · pop 0.576

Coldplay

United Kingdom · 1996– · alternative rock 0.557

68 Neneh Cherry

Sweden · 1964– · electronic 0.540

69 MARINA

United Kingdom · 1985– · pop 0.533

70 Allie X

United States of America · 1985– · dance-pop 0.533

71 Deborah Harry

United States of America · 1945– · pop rock 0.475

Duran Duran

United Kingdom · 1978– · new wave 0.420