The Groove

The greatest glitch pop artists of all time

14 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

4.635

Why this number?

The full board

2 FKA twigs

United Kingdom · 1988– · art pop 1.895

3 Patricia Taxxon

United States of America · 2000– · experimental 1.425

4 Thom Yorke

United Kingdom · 1968– · electronic 0.996

Madonna

United States of America · 1958– · pop 0.677

6 Bon Iver

United States of America · 2006– · indie folk 0.673

7 Jane Remover

United States of America · 2003– · hyperpop 0.553

8 David Byrne

United States of America · 1952– · art rock 0.382

9 St. Vincent

United States of America · 1982– · alternative rock 0.382

10 Porter Robinson

United States of America · 1992– · synth-pop 0.369

11 underscores

United States of America · 2000– · indietronica 0.307

Massive Attack

United Kingdom · 1987– · trip hop 0.271

13 Sweet Trip

United States of America · 1993–2022 · idm 0.237

14 Imogen Heap

United Kingdom · 1977– · electronic 0.170