The Groove

The greatest indie pop artists of all time

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

No. 1

Belle and Sebastian

United Kingdom · 1996– · indie pop

18.813

Why this number?

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Avril Lavigne

Canada · 1984– · alternative rock 0.473

74 Sabrina Carpenter

United States of America · 1999– · pop 0.459

75 Charlotte Gainsbourg

France · 1971– · folk rock 0.457

76 MARINA

United Kingdom · 1985– · pop 0.455

The Killers

United States of America · 2001– · alternative rock 0.444

78 Frightened Rabbit

United Kingdom · 2003– · indie rock 0.439

79 Metric

Canada · 1998– · indie rock 0.431

80 The Zutons

United Kingdom · 2001–2009 · rock 0.425

81 Kero Kero Bonito

United Kingdom · 2011– · electronic 0.420

The Decemberists

United States of America · 2000– · indie rock 0.400

83 Mitski

United States of America · 1990– · indie rock 0.400

84 John Mayer

United States of America · 1977– · rock 0.398

85 Bat for Lashes

United Kingdom · 1979– · indie rock 0.390

Carly Rae Jepsen

Canada · 1985– · pop 0.367

87 Woodkid

France · 1983– · alternative rock 0.355

88 of Montreal

United States of America · 1996– · indie rock 0.350

89 Gnarls Barkley

United States of America · 2006– · hip hop 0.311

90 Pulp

United Kingdom · 1978– · britpop 0.309

91 Kings of Convenience

Norway · 1999– · folk rock 0.307

92 underscores

United States of America · 2000– · indietronica 0.307

93 Morrissey

United Kingdom · 1959– · alternative rock 0.305

Sufjan Stevens

United States of America · 1975– · indie folk 0.291

95 The Polyphonic Spree

United States of America · 2000– · rock 0.277

96 The Coral

United Kingdom · 1996– · indie rock 0.271