The Groove

The greatest trip hop artists of all time

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

No. 1

Portishead

United Kingdom · 1991– · trip hop

36.973

Why this number?

The full board

Massive Attack

United Kingdom · 1987– · trip hop 26.809

Björk

Iceland · 1965– · electronic 13.920

4 Morcheeba

United Kingdom · 1995– · trip hop 6.755

Gorillaz

United Kingdom · 1999– · electronic 6.742

6 DJ Shadow

United States of America · 1972– · trip hop 5.530

7 Sneaker Pimps

United Kingdom · 1994– · trip hop 3.238

8 Tricky

United Kingdom · 1968– · trip hop 3.107

9 UNKLE

United Kingdom · 1994– · electronic 2.960

Amon Tobin

Brazil · 1972– · electronic 2.621

Lana Del Rey

United States of America · 1985– · pop 2.238

12 Zero 7

United Kingdom · 1997– · downtempo 2.075

13 Moloko

United Kingdom · 1993–2006 · trip hop 2.060

14 Everything but the Girl

United Kingdom · 1981– · pop 1.867

15 Goldfrapp

United Kingdom · 1999– · electronic 1.756

16 Lamb

United Kingdom · 1996– · electronic 1.565

17 Thievery Corporation

United States of America · 1995– · electronic 1.559

Ulver

Norway · 1992– · black metal 1.440

Sade

United Kingdom · 1982– · smooth soul 1.275

twenty one pilots

United States of America · 2009– · pop rock 1.249

21 Emancipator

United States of America · 1987– · downtempo 1.171

Blur

United Kingdom · 1990– · britpop 1.125

23 Gustavo Cerati

Argentina · 1959–2014 · downtempo 1.116

Madonna

United States of America · 1958– · pop 1.112