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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409 Nouvelle Vague

France · 2003– · bossa nova 0.533

410 Tosca

Austria · 1994– · electronica 0.518

411 3OH!3

United States of America · 2004– · crunk 0.516

412 Chuck Person

United States of America · 1982– · vaporwave 0.513

413 The Notwist

Germany · 1989– · indie rock 0.511

414 ABC

United Kingdom · 1980– · pop 0.504

415 Have a Nice Life

United States of America · 2000– · shoegaze 0.502

416 Mick Gordon

Australia · 1985– · industrial metal 0.500

417

Buckethead

United States of America · 1969– · rock 0.491

418

Charli xcx

United Kingdom · 1992– · electropop 0.490

419 Gong

France · 1966– · space rock 0.489

420 Gary Numan

United Kingdom · 1958– · new wave 0.484

421 Isaac Hayes

United States of America · 1942–2008 · soul 0.475

422 Myrkur

Denmark · 1985– · folk 0.475

423 Deborah Harry

United States of America · 1945– · pop rock 0.475

424 JPEGMAFIA

United States of America · 1989– · hip hop 0.474

425

The 1975

United Kingdom · 2002– · pop rock 0.473

426 *NSYNC

United States of America · 1995– · pop 0.470

427

Adele

United Kingdom · 1988– · pop 0.469

428 Bonnie Tyler

United Kingdom · 1951– · rock 0.468

429 Samantha Fox

United Kingdom · 1966– · pop 0.467

430 Panic! at the Disco

United States of America · 2004–2023 · pop rock 0.463

431 Wendy Carlos

United States of America · 1939– · experimental 0.462

432 Charlotte Gainsbourg

France · 1971– · folk rock 0.457