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

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97 Nouvelle Vague

France · 2003– · bossa nova 0.267

98 Panic! at the Disco

United States of America · 2004–2023 · pop rock 0.255

99 The Fratellis

United Kingdom · 2005– · indie rock 0.253

100

They Might Be Giants

United States of America · 1982– · alternative rock 0.247

101 Lily Allen

United Kingdom · 1985– · pop 0.229

102

Weezer

United States of America · 1992– · alternative rock 0.220

103 Mumford & Sons

United Kingdom · 2007– · folk rock 0.183

104 Allie X

United States of America · 1985– · dance-pop 0.178

105

Air

France · 1995– · downtempo 0.142

106 Goldfrapp

United Kingdom · 1999– · electronic 0.133

107 George Ezra

United Kingdom · 1993– · pop 0.126

108 Gotye

Australia · 1980– · indie rock 0.122

109 Kid Indigo

United States of America · 1991– · lo-fi 0.062