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

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Why this number?

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505 underscores

United States of America · 2000– · indietronica 0.307

506 Crash Test Dummies

Canada · 1989– · rock 0.300

507 Martina McBride

United States of America · 1966– · country 0.300

508 Relient K

United States of America · 1998– · pop punk 0.293

509 Hootie & the Blowfish

United States of America · 1989– · rock 0.292

510

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

Australia · 2010– · psychedelic rock 0.288

511 Bill Withers

United States of America · 1938–2020 · soul 0.280

512 Vanessa‐Mae

United Kingdom · 1978– · classical 0.280

513 The Mamas & the Papas

United States of America · 1965–1972 · folk rock 0.276

514

Van Morrison

United Kingdom · 1945– · blues rock 0.276

515 Slowdive

United Kingdom · 1989– · shoegaze 0.275

516 Bastille

United Kingdom · 2010– · indie rock 0.273

517 Fever Ray

Sweden · 1975– · synth-pop 0.272

518 The Coral

United Kingdom · 1996– · indie rock 0.271

519 Lenny Kravitz

United States of America · 1964– · rock 0.271

520 21 Savage

United States of America · 1992– · hip hop 0.270

521 Oingo Boingo

United States of America · 1972–1995 · new wave 0.267

522 Jeff Beck

United Kingdom · 1944–2023 · rock 0.266

523 MGMT

United States of America · 2002– · neo-psychedelia 0.264

524 alt‐J

United Kingdom · 2007– · alternative rock 0.263

525

Dave Matthews Band

United States of America · 1991– · rock 0.257

526

Missy Elliott

United States of America · 1971– · hip hop 0.257

527 Happy Mondays

United Kingdom · 1985–1992 · indie rock 0.249

528 Gotye

Australia · 1980– · indie rock 0.244