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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505

Todd Rundgren

United States of America · 1948– · experimental 0.274

506 Soft Machine

United Kingdom · 1966– · progressive rock 0.272

507

Asking Alexandria

United Kingdom · 2006– · metalcore 0.271

508 Cardiacs

United Kingdom · 1977–2020 · art rock 0.267

509 Lenny Kravitz

United States of America · 1964– · rock 0.263

510

Janet Jackson

United States of America · 1966– · pop 0.263

511 Trevor Jones

South Africa · 1949– · pop rock 0.262

512 Herbie Hancock

United States of America · 1940– · jazz 0.260

513 Spiritualized

United Kingdom · 1990– · space rock 0.259

514 Tim Rice

United Kingdom · 1944– · pop 0.258

515 Die Ärzte

Germany · 1982– · punk 0.251

516 Happy Mondays

United Kingdom · 1985–1992 · indie rock 0.249

517

Sade

United Kingdom · 1982– · smooth soul 0.248

518

They Might Be Giants

United States of America · 1982– · alternative rock 0.247

519

Weezer

United States of America · 1992– · alternative rock 0.238

520

Bruno Mars

United States of America · 1985– · pop 0.234

521 Kelly Clarkson

United States of America · 1982– · pop 0.233

522

Fleetwood Mac

United Kingdom · 1967–2022 · rock 0.230

523

Disturbed

United States of America · 1996– · alternative metal 0.227

524

JAY‐Z

United States of America · 1969– · hip hop 0.225

525

Garbage

United States of America · 1994– · rock 0.222

526

Cher

United States of America · 1946– · pop 0.220

527 Cyndi Lauper

United States of America · 1953– · new wave 0.215

528 Iron Butterfly

United States of America · 1966–2012 · rock 0.207