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The greatest folk pop artists of all time

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

No. 1

Taylor Swift

United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1989– · pop
5.873
Why this number?
The full board
2 The Beatles United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1960–1970 · rock 5.056
3 Simon & Garfunkel United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1963–1970 · folk rock 3.683
4 Ed Sheeran United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1991– · pop 3.498
5 Joni Mitchell Canada flagCanada · 1943– · folk 2.837
6 Fleetwood Mac United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1967–2022 · rock 2.477
7 10,000 Maniacs United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1981– · folk rock 2.334
8 Paul McCartney United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1942– · pop rock 1.637
9 Cat Stevens United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1948– · folk rock 1.513
10 James Taylor United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1948– · rock 1.482
11 KT Tunstall United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1975– · folk 1.295
12 Carole King United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1942– · folk rock 1.107
13 Paul Simon United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1941– · pop 1.030
14 Leonard Cohen Canada flagCanada · 1934–2016 · rock 0.922
15 Suzanne Vega United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1959– · rock 0.860
16 Nick Drake United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1948–1974 · folk 0.830
17 The Mamas & the Papas United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1965–1972 · folk rock 0.828
18 Jewel United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1974– · rock 0.799
19 Myrkur Denmark flagDenmark · 1985– · folk 0.720
20 Linda McCartney United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1941–1998 · rock 0.681
21 Madonna United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1958– · pop 0.677
22 Nico Germany flagGermany · 1938–1988 · art rock 0.560
23 Carly Rae Jepsen Canada flagCanada · 1985– · pop 0.420
24 Sarah McLachlan Canada flagCanada · 1968– · pop 0.415