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The greatest pop rock artists of all time

370 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

89.174

Why this number?

The full board

2

U2

Ireland · 1976– · rock 49.516

3

Coldplay

United Kingdom · 1996– · alternative rock 38.871

4

Genesis

United Kingdom · 1967–2022 · progressive rock 36.742

5

Queen

United Kingdom · 1970– · rock 31.719

6

David Bowie

United Kingdom · 1947–2016 · rock 31.364

7

Steely Dan

United States of America · 1972– · pop rock 29.880

8

Sting

United Kingdom · 1951– · pop rock 19.540

9

Phil Collins

United Kingdom · 1951– · pop rock 17.221

10

Elton John

United Kingdom · 1947– · rock 15.214

11

Peter Gabriel

United Kingdom · 1950– · rock 14.553

12

Dire Straits

United Kingdom · 1977–1995 · rock 14.410

13

Fleetwood Mac

United Kingdom · 1967–2022 · rock 14.002

14

The Alan Parsons Project

United Kingdom · 1975–1987 · progressive rock 13.492

15

Kate Bush

United Kingdom · 1958– · art rock 12.754

16

Avril Lavigne

Canada · 1984– · alternative rock 12.687

17

Rush

Canada · 1968– · progressive rock 12.528

18

Billy Joel

United States of America · 1949– · pop rock 12.386

19

Maroon 5

United States of America · 2001– · pop 12.107

20

Taylor Swift

United States of America · 1989– · pop 11.890

21

Paramore

United States of America · 2004– · alternative rock 11.505

22

Linkin Park

United States of America · 1996– · nu metal 11.298

23

twenty one pilots

United States of America · 2009– · pop rock 11.080

24

Bruce Springsteen

United States of America · 1949– · rock 10.351