The Groove

The greatest singer-songwriter artists of all time

88 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Taylor Swift

United States of America · 1989– · pop

13.468

Why this number?

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49 Scott Walker

United Kingdom · 1943–2019 · baroque pop 0.660

Avril Lavigne

Canada · 1984– · alternative rock 0.648

51 XXXTENTACION

United States of America · 1998–2018 · contemporary folk 0.620

Lou Reed

United States of America · 1942–2013 · rock 0.598

53 Damien Rice

Ireland · 1973– · folk 0.580

54 Yoko Ono

United States of America · 1933– · rock 0.571

55 Carole King

United States of America · 1942– · folk rock 0.554

James Taylor

United States of America · 1948– · rock 0.528

57 Iron & Wine

United States of America · 1974– · folk rock 0.491

58 The Mountain Goats

United States of America · 1991– · rock 0.475

59 boygenius

United States of America · 2018– · indie rock 0.471

60 Patti Smith

United States of America · 1946– · art rock 0.447

61 Jason Mraz

United States of America · 1977– · pop rock 0.441

62 Porter Robinson

United States of America · 1992– · synth-pop 0.439

Carly Rae Jepsen

Canada · 1985– · pop 0.420

64 Suzanne Vega

United States of America · 1959– · rock 0.420

65 Kacey Musgraves

United States of America · 1988– · country pop 0.420

66 Ethel Cain

United States of America · 1998– · rock 0.400

67 James Blake

United Kingdom · 1988– · dubstep 0.384

68 Angelo De Augustine

United States of America · indie folk 0.378

69 Joanna Newsom

United States of America · 1982– · folk 0.370

70 The E Street Band

United States of America · 1972– · rock 0.339

71 Jackson Browne

United States of America · 1948– · rock 0.337

72 Amy Macdonald

United Kingdom · 1987– · rock 0.333