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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265 REO Speedwagon

United States of America · 1967–2025 · rock 0.587

266 Wham!

United Kingdom · 1981–1986 · pop 0.587

267 Lykke Li

Sweden · 1986– · indie pop 0.582

268 Halestorm

United States of America · 1998– · hard rock 0.580

269 The xx

United Kingdom · 2005– · indie pop 0.579

270 8stops7

United States of America · 1996– · hard rock 0.571

271

Helloween

Germany · 1984– · power metal 0.567

272 Harry Styles

United Kingdom · 1994– · pop 0.567

273 Jefferson Airplane

United States of America · 1965–1973 · psychedelic rock 0.564

274 Lily Allen

United Kingdom · 1985– · pop 0.561

275 The All‐American Rejects

United States of America · 2000– · rock 0.560

276

Steven Wilson

United Kingdom · 1967– · progressive rock 0.552

277 The Mamas & the Papas

United States of America · 1965–1972 · folk rock 0.552

278

Infected Mushroom

Israel · 1996– · electronic 0.550

279 The Residents

United States of America · 1966– · experimental 0.548

280 Benny Andersson

Sweden · 1946– · disco 0.547

281 Björn Ulvaeus

Sweden · 1945– · disco 0.547

282 “Weird Al” Yankovic

United States of America · 1959– · comedy 0.543

283 Mylène Farmer

France · 1961– · electronic 0.543

284

Tori Amos

United States of America · 1963– · rock 0.532

285 Charly García

Argentina · 1951– · rock 0.529

286 Wilson Phillips

United States of America · 1989– · pop 0.525

287 Dido

United Kingdom · 1971– · pop 0.520

288 Sum 41

Canada · 1996–2025 · pop punk 0.519