The Groove

The greatest soft rock artists of all time

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

No. 1

Sting

United Kingdom · 1951– · pop rock

12.143

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97 Bryan Ferry

United Kingdom · 1945– · pop rock 0.300

98 Shania Twain

Canada · 1965– · country 0.291

99 George Michael

United Kingdom · 1963–2016 · pop 0.287

100 P!nk

United States of America · 1979– · pop 0.274

101

Dave Matthews Band

United States of America · 1991– · rock 0.257

102

Shakira

Colombia · 1977– · pop 0.243

103 Bonnie Tyler

United Kingdom · 1951– · rock 0.234

104 Duffy

United Kingdom · 1984– · pop 0.231

105

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

United Kingdom · 1970–2011 · progressive rock 0.231

106 Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band

United States of America · 1974– · rock 0.222

107 Jason Mraz

United States of America · 1977– · pop rock 0.221

108 Annie Lennox

United Kingdom · 1954– · pop 0.215

109 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

United States of America · 1976–2017 · rock 0.210

110 Boston

United States of America · 1975– · rock 0.175

111 The Cardigans

Sweden · 1992– · pop rock 0.158