The Groove

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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889 Saga

Canada · 1977– · pop rock 0.633

890

Portishead

United Kingdom · 1991– · trip hop 0.631

891 Héroes del Silencio

Spain · 1984–1996 · hard rock 0.630

892 Nitzer Ebb

United Kingdom · 1982– · ebm 0.629

893 Panda Bear

United States of America · 1978– · electronic 0.623

894 Beth Orton

United Kingdom · 1970– · folk 0.623

895 Shining

Norway · 1999– · black metal 0.623

896 Teenage Fanclub

United Kingdom · 1989– · indie rock 0.621

897 Death From Above 1979

Canada · 2001– · electronic 0.618

898 MIKA

United Kingdom · 1983– · pop 0.614

899 Kings of Convenience

Norway · 1999– · folk rock 0.614

900 Suicidal Tendencies

United States of America · 1982– · crossover thrash 0.613

901

Bruno Mars

United States of America · 1985– · pop 0.604

902

Katy Perry

United States of America · 1984– · pop 0.603

903 Fripp & Eno

United Kingdom · 1972– · ambient 0.600

904 Rancid

United States of America · 1991– · punk rock 0.600

905 Dethklok

United States of America · 2006– · death metal 0.600

906 Ethel Cain

United States of America · 1998– · rock 0.600

907 Amyl and the Sniffers

Australia · 2016– · garage punk 0.600

908 Captain Beefheart

United States of America · 1941–2010 · art rock 0.600

909 Darren Korb

United States of America · 1983– · downtempo 0.600

910 Jim Morrison

United States of America · 1943–1971 · experimental 0.600

911 Michael Kamen

United States of America · 1948–2003 · heavy metal 0.597

912 San Francisco Symphony

United States of America · 1911– · heavy metal 0.597