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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361 A Flock of Seagulls

United Kingdom · 1980– · new wave 0.180

362 Moloko

United Kingdom · 1993–2006 · trip hop 0.171

363 Gwen Stefani

United States of America · 1969– · pop 0.171

364 Imogen Heap

United Kingdom · 1977– · electronic 0.170

365 ABC

United Kingdom · 1980– · pop 0.168

366 Crosby, Stills & Nash

United States of America · 1968–2016 · folk rock 0.167

367 Кукрыниксы

Russia · 1997–2018 · gothic rock 0.164

368 Fine Young Cannibals

United Kingdom · 1984–1996 · rock 0.155

369 George Ezra

United Kingdom · 1993– · pop 0.126

370 Nelly Furtado

Canada · 1978– · pop 0.123