The Groove

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 · 1989– · pop

5.873

Why this number?

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25 OneRepublic

United States of America · 2004– · pop rock 0.387

26 Amy Macdonald

United Kingdom · 1987– · rock 0.333

27 Tracy Chapman

United States of America · 1964– · folk rock 0.307

The Velvet Underground

United States of America · 1964–1996 · art rock 0.306

29 XTC

United Kingdom · 1976–2006 · new wave 0.300

30 Ellie Goulding

United Kingdom · 1986– · electropop 0.291

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

Australia · 2010– · psychedelic rock 0.288

32 Avicii

Sweden · 1989–2018 · house 0.264

Michael Jackson

United States of America · 1958–2009 · pop 0.223

34 Jason Mraz

United States of America · 1977– · pop rock 0.221

35 George Ezra

United Kingdom · 1993– · pop 0.126