The Groove

The greatest house artists of all time

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

No. 1

Daft Punk

France · 1993–2021 · electronic

27.443

Why this number?

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25 she

Sweden · 1983– · synthwave 0.767

The Beatles

United Kingdom · 1960–1970 · rock 0.749

27 Primal Scream

United Kingdom · 1982– · rock 0.747

28 Leftfield

United Kingdom · 1989– · electronic 0.730

29 2manydjs

Belgium · 1998– · electronic 0.717

30 C418

Germany · 1989– · ambient 0.691

31 Moloko

United Kingdom · 1993–2006 · trip hop 0.686

The Chemical Brothers

United Kingdom · 1989– · big beat 0.640

Queen

United Kingdom · 1970– · rock 0.631

34 Dua Lipa

United Kingdom · 1995– · dance-pop 0.600

35 The Shamen

United Kingdom · 1986–1999 · electronic 0.571

36 will.i.am

United States of America · 1975– · house 0.550

37 The KLF

United Kingdom · 1988–1992 · acid house 0.546

Hans Zimmer

United States of America · 1957– · modern classical 0.540

39 Zedd

Germany · 1989– · electro house 0.500

Britney Spears

United States of America · 1981– · pop 0.478

Adele

United Kingdom · 1988– · pop 0.469

Radiohead

United Kingdom · 1991– · alternative rock 0.457

43 Gotan Project

France · 1999– · tango 0.457

44 Deep Forest

France · 1992– · ambient 0.447

45 Clean Bandit

United Kingdom · 2008– · pop 0.429

46 Enrique Iglesias

Spain · 1975– · pop 0.425

New Order

United Kingdom · 1980– · electronic 0.403

Prince

United States of America · 1958–2016 · funk 0.399