The Groove

The greatest pop artists of all time

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

No. 1

The Beatles

United Kingdom · 1960–1970 · rock

83.022

Why this number?

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385 Alkaline Trio

United States of America · 1996– · pop punk 0.633

386

Belle and Sebastian

United Kingdom · 1996– · indie pop 0.630

387 Lin‐Manuel Miranda

United States of America · 1980– · musical 0.630

388 Mark Mancina

United States of America · 1957– · musical 0.630

389 Opetaia Foa’i

New Zealand · 1956– · musical 0.630

390 Héroes del Silencio

Spain · 1984–1996 · hard rock 0.630

391 Aimee Mann

United States of America · 1960– · rock 0.629

392 Wet Leg

United Kingdom · 2019– · indie rock 0.622

393 Aqua

Denmark · 1994–2026 · europop 0.618

394

Scorpions

Germany · 1965– · hard rock 0.617

395 Pain of Salvation

Sweden · 1991– · progressive metal 0.600

396 FFS

United States of America · 2014–2015 · indie rock 0.600

397 Avicii

Sweden · 1989–2018 · house 0.599

398 Stereolab

United Kingdom · 1990– · electronic 0.594

399

Pixies

United States of America · 1986– · alternative rock 0.589

400 Janis Joplin

United States of America · 1943–1970 · blues rock 0.588

401 REO Speedwagon

United States of America · 1967–2025 · rock 0.587

402

Ricky Martin

Puerto Rico · 1971– · latin 0.578

403 Ben Folds Five

United States of America · 1993–2023 · rock 0.575

404 Kid Cudi

United States of America · 1984– · hip hop 0.573

405 The Dresden Dolls

United States of America · 2000– · rock 0.571

406

Animal Collective

United States of America · 2000– · neo-psychedelia 0.567

407

Marvin Gaye

United States of America · 1939–1984 · soul 0.565

408 Cat Stevens

United Kingdom · 1948– · folk rock 0.563