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The greatest rock artists of all time

1,086 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

228.817

Why this number?

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2

Pink Floyd

United Kingdom · 1965–2014 · progressive rock 130.726

3

U2

Ireland · 1976– · rock 99.350

4

Radiohead

United Kingdom · 1991– · alternative rock 92.952

5

David Bowie

United Kingdom · 1947–2016 · rock 77.617

6

Rush

Canada · 1968– · progressive rock 74.465

7

Bob Dylan

United States of America · 1941– · folk rock 74.264

8

Queen

United Kingdom · 1970– · rock 74.066

9

Led Zeppelin

United Kingdom · 1968–1980 · rock 69.468

10

AC/DC

Australia · 1973– · hard rock 61.268

11

The Rolling Stones

United Kingdom · 1962– · rock 59.088

12

R.E.M.

United States of America · 1980–2011 · alternative rock 58.009

13

Genesis

United Kingdom · 1967–2022 · progressive rock 53.906

14

Muse

United Kingdom · 1994– · alternative rock 52.450

15

Neil Young

Canada · 1945– · rock 52.416

16

Deep Purple

United Kingdom · 1968– · hard rock 47.781

17

Dire Straits

United Kingdom · 1977–1995 · rock 45.699

18

Yes

United Kingdom · 1968– · progressive rock 44.431

19

Tori Amos

United States of America · 1963– · rock 44.286

20

King Crimson

United Kingdom · 1968–2021 · progressive rock 42.109

21

Coldplay

United Kingdom · 1996– · alternative rock 41.253

22

Bruce Springsteen

United States of America · 1949– · rock 39.754

23

Aerosmith

United States of America · 1970– · hard rock 37.193

24

Eagles

United States of America · 1971– · rock 36.666