The Groove

The greatest new romantic artists of all time

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

No. 1

Depeche Mode

United Kingdom · 1980– · electronic

3.239

Why this number?

The full board

Duran Duran

United Kingdom · 1978– · new wave 2.952

Roxy Music

United Kingdom · 1971– · art rock 1.633

4 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

United Kingdom · 1977– · electronic 1.415

5 Adam and the Ants

United Kingdom · 1977–1982 · new wave 1.311

a‐ha

Norway · 1983– · pop 0.926

7 The Human League

United Kingdom · 1977– · new wave 0.879

8 Culture Club

United Kingdom · 1981– · pop 0.580

9 Eurythmics

United Kingdom · 1980–2005 · new wave 0.578

Simple Minds

United Kingdom · 1977– · new wave 0.520

The 1975

United Kingdom · 2002– · pop rock 0.513

12 Gary Numan

United Kingdom · 1958– · new wave 0.484

13 Adam Ant

United Kingdom · 1954– · new wave 0.436

14 ABC

United Kingdom · 1980– · pop 0.336

15 Alphaville

Germany · 1983– · new wave 0.199

16 A Flock of Seagulls

United Kingdom · 1980– · new wave 0.180