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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481 Selena

United States of America · 1971–1995 · latin 0.364

482

Incubus

United States of America · 1991– · alternative rock 0.360

483

Blur

United Kingdom · 1990– · britpop 0.358

484 Pretenders

United Kingdom · 1978– · new wave 0.356

485 Creed

United States of America · 1995– · alternative rock 0.356

486 Woodkid

France · 1983– · alternative rock 0.355

487 Yoko Ono

United States of America · 1933– · rock 0.353

488 Angel Olsen

United States of America · 1987– · indie rock 0.350

489

The White Stripes

United States of America · 1997–2011 · rock 0.349

490 Echo & the Bunnymen

United Kingdom · 1978– · rock 0.346

491 The Used

United States of America · 2001– · rock 0.346

492 Linda McCartney

United Kingdom · 1941–1998 · rock 0.340

493 Collective Soul

United States of America · 1992– · rock 0.340

494

Cocteau Twins

United Kingdom · 1979–1997 · dream pop 0.328

495 Thin Lizzy

Ireland · 1969– · hard rock 0.327

496

Lynyrd Skynyrd

United States of America · 1964– · southern rock 0.325

497

Frank Zappa

United States of America · 1940–1993 · rock 0.324

498 Kerli

Estonia · 1987– · electronic 0.323

499 Terence Trent D’Arby

United States of America · 1962– · funk 0.323

500 X Ambassadors

United States of America · 2008– · alternative rock 0.320

501 The Kinks

United Kingdom · 1964–1996 · pop rock 0.317

502

Ghost

Sweden · 2008– · heavy metal 0.310

503

Soundgarden

United States of America · 1984–2017 · alternative rock 0.308

504 Kings of Convenience

Norway · 1999– · folk rock 0.307