The Groove

The greatest electronic artists of all time

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

No. 1

Björk

Iceland · 1965– · electronic

72.029

Why this number?

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241

Fear Factory

United States of America · 1990– · industrial metal 1.217

242

Donna Summer

United States of America · 1948–2012 · disco 1.211

243 Basement Jaxx

United Kingdom · 1994– · house 1.200

244 Toby Fox

United States of America · 1991– · chiptune 1.200

245 Zedd

Germany · 1989– · electro house 1.194

246 Derek Duke

United States of America · 1965– · rockabilly 1.191

247 Glenn Stafford

United States of America · rock 1.191

248 Jason Hayes electronic 1.191

249 Blanck Mass

United Kingdom · 2010– · electronic 1.167

250 Foster the People

United States of America · 2009– · alternative rock 1.163

251 Propellerheads

United Kingdom · 1995–2003 · big beat 1.157

252 Tegan and Sara

Canada · 1998– · rock 1.155

253

INXS

Australia · 1977–2012 · rock 1.154

254 James Blake

United Kingdom · 1988– · dubstep 1.151

255 Killing Joke

United Kingdom · 1979– · rock 1.144

256 Blank Banshee

Canada · 1986– · vaporwave 1.143

257 The Shamen

United Kingdom · 1986–1999 · electronic 1.143

258 Madeon

France · 1994– · synth-pop 1.141

259

Carly Rae Jepsen

Canada · 1985– · pop 1.125

260

Lemon Demon

United States of America · 2003– · comedy 1.120

261 Emilie Autumn

United States of America · 1979– · classical 1.116

262

The Mothers of Invention

United States of America · 1964–1975 · rock 1.106

263 AURORA

Norway · 1996– · art pop 1.105

264 Jon and Vangelis 1979– · electronic 1.100