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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193 The B‐52s

United States of America · 1976– · pop rock 1.087

194 Rufus Wainwright

Canada · 1973– · pop 1.086

195 The Crickets

United States of America · 1957–2016 · pop rock 1.078

196 New Radicals

United States of America · 1997–1999 · alternative rock 1.050

197

Björk

Iceland · 1965– · electronic 1.021

198 Jack Johnson

United States of America · 1975– · rock 0.998

199 t.A.T.u.

Russia · 2000–2011 · pop 0.982

200

Oasis

United Kingdom · 1991– · britpop 0.969

201

Robert Plant

United Kingdom · 1948– · hard rock 0.968

202 Deborah Harry

United States of America · 1945– · pop rock 0.950

203 Bonnie Tyler

United Kingdom · 1951– · rock 0.937

204 Би-2

Russia · 1989– · alternative rock 0.933

205 Asia

United Kingdom · 1981– · rock 0.923

206

Cheap Trick

United States of America · 1973– · rock 0.914

207 Lenny Kravitz

United States of America · 1964– · rock 0.912

208 MARINA

United Kingdom · 1985– · pop 0.910

209 4 Non Blondes

United States of America · 1989– · alternative rock 0.910

210 Third Eye Blind

United States of America · 1993– · alternative rock 0.908

211 Kansas

United States of America · 1973– · progressive rock 0.902

212 Journey

United States of America · 1973– · rock 0.900

213 Crash Test Dummies

Canada · 1989– · rock 0.900

214 Martina McBride

United States of America · 1966– · country 0.900

215

Rihanna

United States of America · 1988– · pop 0.894

216

Depeche Mode

United Kingdom · 1980– · electronic 0.882