The Groove

The greatest j-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

BTS

South Korea · 2013– · pop

10.280

Why this number?

The full board

Aimer

Japan · j-pop 9.800

Ado

Japan · 2002– · j-pop 6.442

4 SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]

Japan · 1980– · j-pop 4.000

5 椎名林檎

Japan · 1978– · j-pop 3.750

6 宇多田ヒカル

Japan · 1983– · j-pop 3.176

Perfume

Japan · 2000– · j-pop 2.667

8 LiSA

Japan · 1987– · j-pop 2.400

9 大塚愛

Japan · 1982– · rock 2.300

BABYMETAL

Japan · 2010– · kawaii metal 1.534

浜崎あゆみ

Japan · 1978– · pop 1.447

12 Yellow Magic Orchestra

Japan · 1978– · synth-pop 1.099

13 Kero Kero Bonito

United Kingdom · 2011– · electronic 0.840

Poppy

United States of America · 1995– · nu metal 0.243