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The greatest folk artists of all time

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

No. 1

Bob Dylan

United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1941– · folk rock
33.004
Why this number?
The full board
2 Leonard Cohen Canada flagCanada · 1934–2016 · rock 16.080
3 Nick Drake United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1948–1974 · folk 12.438
4 Simon & Garfunkel United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1963–1970 · folk rock 8.105
5 Regina Spektor United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1980– · anti-folk 7.977
6 Joanna Newsom United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1982– · folk 7.047
7 Joni Mitchell Canada flagCanada · 1943– · folk 6.124
8 Bon Iver United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2006– · indie folk 5.033
9 Tracy Chapman United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1964– · folk rock 4.202
10 Taylor Swift United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1989– · pop 4.038
11 Björk Iceland flagIceland · 1965– · electronic 3.686
12 Bruce Springsteen United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1949– · rock 3.415
13 Myrkur Denmark flagDenmark · 1985– · folk 3.110
14 Lucinda Williams United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1953– · country 2.933
15 Lana Del Rey United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1985– · pop 2.692
16 Damien Rice Ireland flagIreland · 1973– · folk 2.610
17 Paul Simon United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1941– · pop 2.490
18 James Taylor United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1948– · rock 2.466
19 Drudkh Ukraine flagUkraine · 2002– · black metal 2.400
20 Feist Canada flagCanada · 1976– · indie pop 2.174
21 Cat Stevens United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1948– · folk rock 1.967
22 Sting United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1951– · pop rock 1.903
23 Neil Young Canada flagCanada · 1945– · rock 1.900
24 Agalloch United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1995– · black metal 1.806