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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?
The full board
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
25 光田康典 Japan flagJapan · 1972– · ambient 1.588
26 Sia Australia flagAustralia · 1975– · pop 1.581
27 George Michael United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1963–2016 · pop 1.516
28 Cocteau Twins United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1979–1997 · dream pop 1.503
29 The Future Sound of London United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1988– · electronic 1.483
30 Beck United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1970– · alternative rock 1.444
31 UNKLE United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1994– · electronic 1.440
32 Carbon Based Lifeforms Sweden flagSweden · 1996– · ambient 1.350
33 KT Tunstall United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1975– · folk 1.295
34 Tosca Austria flagAustria · 1994– · electronica 1.294
35 Coldplay United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1996– · alternative rock 1.248
36 Feist Canada flagCanada · 1976– · indie pop 1.155
37 Akira Yamaoka Japan flagJapan · 1968– · electronic 1.144
38 Kruder & Dorfmeister Austria flagAustria · 1993– · electronica 1.122
39 Four Tet United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1977– · electronic 1.091
40 deadmau5 Canada flagCanada · 1981– · progressive house 1.028
41 Imogen Heap United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1977– · electronic 1.022
42 AURORA Norway flagNorway · 1996– · art pop 1.000
43 宇多田ヒカル Japan flagJapan · 1983– · j-pop 0.971
44 Puscifer United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1995– · rock 0.940
45 DJ Shadow United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1972– · trip hop 0.927
46 Kings of Convenience Norway flagNorway · 1999– · folk rock 0.921
47 Sinéad O’Connor Ireland flagIreland · 1966–2023 · rock 0.820
48 Autechre United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1991– · idm 0.809