The Groove

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?

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241 HAIM

United States of America · 2006– · indie rock 0.733

242 Cat Stevens

United Kingdom · 1948– · folk rock 0.730

243

Belle and Sebastian

United Kingdom · 1996– · indie pop 0.729

244 Shania Twain

Canada · 1965– · country 0.728

245 Feist

Canada · 1976– · indie pop 0.725

246 Ben Folds Five

United States of America · 1993–2023 · rock 0.700

247 Everclear

United States of America · 1992– · alternative rock 0.681

248

KISS

United States of America · 1973–2023 · hard rock 0.680

249 Hozier

Ireland · 1990– · rock 0.680

250 James Blunt

United Kingdom · 1974– · alternative rock 0.677

251 AURORA

Norway · 1996– · art pop 0.676

252

Wilco

United States of America · 1994– · rock 0.675

253 Matchbox Twenty

United States of America · 1996– · alternative rock 0.670

254 Coma

Poland · 1998– · hard rock 0.660

255

Neil Young

Canada · 1945– · rock 0.646

256 Laura Branigan

United States of America · 1952–2004 · pop 0.633

257 Héroes del Silencio

Spain · 1984–1996 · hard rock 0.630

258

Incubus

United States of America · 1991– · alternative rock 0.629

259

Simple Minds

United Kingdom · 1977– · new wave 0.613

260 Kings of Leon

United States of America · 1999– · rock 0.609

261

Alice Cooper

United States of America · 1948– · hard rock 0.600

262 FFS

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

263 Chumbawamba

United Kingdom · 1982–2012 · alternative rock 0.596

264 Relient K

United States of America · 1998– · pop punk 0.587