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The greatest dance-rock artists of all time

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

No. 1

U2

Ireland · 1976– · rock

5.291

Why this number?

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2

a‐ha

Norway · 1983– · pop 3.776

3

David Bowie

United Kingdom · 1947–2016 · rock 2.669

4

Queen

United Kingdom · 1970– · rock 2.334

5

Nine Inch Nails

United States of America · 1988– · industrial 1.821

6

Depeche Mode

United Kingdom · 1980– · electronic 1.731

7

The Sisters of Mercy

United Kingdom · 1980– · gothic rock 1.464

8

Duran Duran

United Kingdom · 1978– · new wave 1.410

9

Prince

United States of America · 1958–2016 · funk 1.130

10

Beck

United States of America · 1970– · alternative rock 1.044

11 George Michael

United Kingdom · 1963–2016 · pop 1.025

12

INXS

Australia · 1977–2012 · rock 0.940

13

The Rolling Stones

United Kingdom · 1962– · rock 0.845

14 The Revolution

United States of America · 1979–1986 · funk 0.828

15

New Order

United Kingdom · 1980– · electronic 0.774

16

Garbage

United States of America · 1994– · rock 0.762

17 DEVO

United States of America · 1972– · new wave 0.700

18

Yes

United Kingdom · 1968– · progressive rock 0.686

19

The Cure

United Kingdom · 1977– · new wave 0.502

20

Talking Heads

United States of America · 1974–1991 · new wave 0.474

21

The Prodigy

United Kingdom · 1990– · big beat 0.442

22 Killing Joke

United Kingdom · 1979– · rock 0.420

23 The B‐52s

United States of America · 1976– · pop rock 0.408

24 Terence Trent D’Arby

United States of America · 1962– · funk 0.323