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 · page 2

25 Neneh Cherry

Sweden · 1964– · electronic 1.093

Burial

United Kingdom · 1979– · dubstep 1.046

27 FKA twigs

United Kingdom · 1988– · art pop 1.040

Linkin Park

United States of America · 1996– · nu metal 0.982

Alanis Morissette

Canada · 1974– · rock 0.937

30 Poe

United States of America · 1968– · alternative rock 0.840

31 Warpaint

United States of America · 2004– · alternative dance 0.800

32 Dido

United Kingdom · 1971– · pop 0.797

33 Tosca

Austria · 1994– · electronica 0.777

Sia

Australia · 1975– · pop 0.760

35 Kruder & Dorfmeister

Austria · 1993– · electronica 0.748

David Bowie

United Kingdom · 1947–2016 · rock 0.663

37 Beth Orton

United Kingdom · 1970– · folk 0.623

38 Natalie Imbruglia

Australia · 1975– · pop 0.494

39 Gotye

Australia · 1980– · indie rock 0.488

40 The Beta Band

United Kingdom · 1996– · electronic 0.488

41 Puscifer

United States of America · 1995– · rock 0.470

Amy Winehouse

United Kingdom · 1983–2011 · soul 0.453

43 Leftfield

United Kingdom · 1989– · electronic 0.430

Sinéad O’Connor

Ireland · 1966–2023 · rock 0.415

Prince

United States of America · 1958–2016 · funk 0.399

46 Propellerheads

United Kingdom · 1995–2003 · big beat 0.386

The Flaming Lips

United States of America · 1983– · neo-psychedelia 0.383

48 Four Tet

United Kingdom · 1977– · electronic 0.364