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The greatest downtempo 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

Air

France flagFrance · 1995– · downtempo
18.728
Why this number?
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2 Massive Attack United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1987– · trip hop 16.034
3 Björk Iceland flagIceland · 1965– · electronic 13.259
4 Moby United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1965– · electronic 11.537
5 Boards of Canada United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1986– · electronic 10.555
6 Bonobo United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1976– · electronic 8.049
7 Portishead United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1991– · trip hop 7.495
8 Dido United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1971– · pop 5.335
9 Röyksopp Norway flagNorway · 1998– · downtempo 4.970
10 Emancipator United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1987– · downtempo 4.714
11 Zero 7 United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1997– · downtempo 4.475
12 Madonna United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1958– · pop 4.058
13 Thievery Corporation United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1995– · electronic 3.789
14 Peter Gabriel United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1950– · rock 3.508
15 Amon Tobin Brazil flagBrazil · 1972– · electronic 3.488
16 Enigma Germany flagGermany · 1990– · new age 2.771
17 Gorillaz United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1999– · electronic 2.414
18 Morcheeba United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1995– · trip hop 2.124
19 Depeche Mode United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1980– · electronic 2.102
20 Sade United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1982– · smooth soul 2.068
21 Goldfrapp United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1999– · electronic 1.889
22 Alizée France flagFrance · 1984– · pop 1.845
23 Gustavo Cerati Argentina flagArgentina · 1959–2014 · downtempo 1.674
24 Lana Del Rey United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1985– · pop 1.601