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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385

Franz Ferdinand

United Kingdom · 2001– · indie rock 0.587

386 Jon Hopkins

United Kingdom · 1979– · idm 0.587

387 Lisa Gerrard

Australia · 1961– · trance 0.586

388 Culture Club

United Kingdom · 1981– · pop 0.580

389

Céline Dion

Canada · 1968– · pop 0.579

390 Mayhem

Norway · 1984– · black metal 0.578

391

Ricky Martin

Puerto Rico · 1971– · latin 0.578

392

Boris

Japan · 1992– · drone 0.574

393 Anaal Nathrakh

United Kingdom · 1999– · black metal 0.571

394 Kruder & Dorfmeister

Austria · 1993– · electronica 0.561

395 Emperor

Norway · 1991– · black metal 0.560

396 No Doubt

United States of America · 1986– · rock 0.554

397 Suicide

United States of America · 1975–2016 · no wave 0.554

398 Camille

France · 1978– · chanson française 0.553

399 Jeff Wayne

United Kingdom · 1943– · rock opera 0.553

400

Paradise Lost

United Kingdom · 1988– · gothic metal 0.550

401

Robbie Williams

United Kingdom · 1974– · pop rock 0.548

402 Benny Andersson

Sweden · 1946– · disco 0.547

403 Björn Ulvaeus

Sweden · 1945– · disco 0.547

404 The KLF

United Kingdom · 1988–1992 · acid house 0.546

405 Perturbator

France · 1993– · darksynth 0.543

406 Mylène Farmer

France · 1961– · electronic 0.543

407 Babylon Zoo

United Kingdom · 1992–2000 · rock 0.542

408

Yolanda Adams

United States of America · 1961– · gospel 0.539