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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457 Charlotte Gainsbourg

France · 1971– · folk rock 0.457

458 Blues Brothers

United States of America · 1976– · soul 0.445

459 Electric Callboy

Germany · 2010– · electronicore 0.443

460 Suzanne Vega

United States of America · 1959– · rock 0.440

461

38 Special

United States of America · 1974– · southern rock 0.432

462 Meat Loaf

United States of America · 1947–2022 · rock 0.425

463 Steve Winwood

United Kingdom · 1948– · blues 0.423

464 フィッシュマンズ

Japan · 1987– · neo-psychedelia 0.422

465

Siouxsie and the Banshees

United Kingdom · 1976–1996 · post-punk 0.420

466 The War on Drugs

United States of America · 2005– · indie rock 0.420

467 Ben Folds

United States of America · 1966– · rock 0.420

468 Einstürzende Neubauten

Germany · 1980– · industrial 0.418

469 Sublime

United States of America · 1986– · ska 0.413

470 Jane’s Addiction

United States of America · 1986–2025 · alternative rock 0.411

471 M.I.A.

United Kingdom · 1975– · hip hop 0.406

472

Stone Temple Pilots

United States of America · 1990– · alternative rock 0.402

473

Lou Reed

United States of America · 1942–2013 · rock 0.400

474 This Mortal Coil

United Kingdom · 1983–1991 · dream pop 0.400

475 2CELLOS

Croatia · 2011– · classical 0.400

476

Europe

Sweden · 1982– · hard rock 0.391

477

Thirty Seconds to Mars

United States of America · 1998– · alternative rock 0.385

478 “Weird Al” Yankovic

United States of America · 1959– · comedy 0.382

479 Flogging Molly

United States of America · 1997– · punk 0.380

480 Angelo De Augustine

United States of America · indie folk 0.378