The Groove

The greatest experimental artists of all time

172 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

14.582

Why this number?

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145 Butthole Surfers

United States of America · 1982– · alternative rock 0.320

146 Fiona Apple

United States of America · 1977– · rock 0.317

147 Fripp & Eno

United Kingdom · 1972– · ambient 0.300

148 Jon Hopkins

United Kingdom · 1979– · idm 0.293

149 Chumbawamba

United Kingdom · 1982–2012 · alternative rock 0.292

150

Sleep Token

United Kingdom · 2016– · alternative metal 0.292

151

Sufjan Stevens

United States of America · 1975– · indie folk 0.291

152 Anna von Hausswolff

Sweden · 1986– · neoclassical dark wave 0.290

153 Train

United States of America · 1994– · rock 0.280

154

Justice

France · 2003– · electro house 0.278

155 Jeff Wayne

United Kingdom · 1943– · rock opera 0.277

156 Danny Brown

United States of America · 1981– · hip hop 0.274

157

Sparks

United States of America · 1970– · synth-pop 0.273

158

Ween

United States of America · 1984–2024 · alternative rock 0.258

159

Bring Me the Horizon

United Kingdom · 2004– · metalcore 0.257

160 Gojira

France · 1996– · death metal 0.253

161 Mick Gordon

Australia · 1985– · industrial metal 0.250

162

The Flaming Lips

United States of America · 1983– · neo-psychedelia 0.247

163

Grateful Dead

United States of America · 1965–1995 · rock 0.240

164

Air

France · 1995– · downtempo 0.238

165 Thievery Corporation

United States of America · 1995– · electronic 0.225

166 Iron Butterfly

United States of America · 1966–2012 · rock 0.207

167 Miley Cyrus

United States of America · 1992– · pop rock 0.200

168 Car Bomb

United States of America · 2002– · mathcore 0.189