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The greatest electronic artists of all time

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

No. 1

Nine Inch Nails

United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1988– · industrial
246.440
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The full board
2 Björk Iceland flagIceland · 1965– · electronic 221.690
3 Depeche Mode United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1980– · electronic 172.270
4 Daft Punk France flagFrance · 1993–2021 · electronic 133.440
5 Autechre United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1991– · idm 97.820
6 Gorillaz United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1999– · electronic 91.210
7 Infected Mushroom Israel flagIsrael · 1996– · electronic 79.710
8 Aphex Twin United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1971– · idm 72.420
9 Kraftwerk Germany flagGermany · 1970– · electronic 70.390
10 Boards of Canada United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1986– · electronic 69.046
11 Moby United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1965– · electronic 64.590
12 Dead Can Dance Australia flagAustralia · 1981– · electronic 60.910
13 New Order United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1980– · electronic 56.610
14 Jean‐Michel Jarre France flagFrance · 1948– · electronic 52.330
15 Air France flagFrance · 1995– · downtempo 51.320
16 Yello Switzerland flagSwitzerland · 1979– · electronic 27.780
17 Skinny Puppy Canada flagCanada · 1982–2023 · industrial 27.220
18 Amon Tobin Brazil flagBrazil · 1972– · electronic 24.610
19 Bonobo United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1976– · electronic 23.760
20 Tangerine Dream Germany flagGermany · 1967– · electronic 23.200
21 Front Line Assembly Canada flagCanada · 1986– · electronic 22.320
22 Goldfrapp United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1999– · electronic 20.240
23 Einstürzende Neubauten Germany flagGermany · 1980– · industrial 19.970
24 Thievery Corporation United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1995– · electronic 19.560
25 KMFDM Germany flagGermany · 1984– · industrial 19.410
26 Ministry United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1981– · industrial 18.860
27 Vangelis Greece flagGreece · 1943–2022 · electronic 16.000
28 The Future Sound of London United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1988– · electronic 15.910
29 Crystal Castles Canada flagCanada · 2006–2017 · electronic 15.870
30 Machinae Supremacy Sweden flagSweden · 2000– · electronic 15.790
31 UNKLE United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1994– · electronic 15.440
32 Aperture Science Psychoacoustic Laboratories United States of America flagUnited States of America · electronic 14.770
33 Stereolab United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1990– · electronic 14.460
34 Glass Animals United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 2010– · electronic 14.420
35 !!! United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1996– · electronic 14.360
36 Flying Lotus United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1983– · electronic 13.040
37 Clint Mansell United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1963– · electronic 12.936
38 The Postal Service United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2001– · electronic 12.450
39 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1977– · electronic 12.180
40 Squarepusher United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1975– · idm 11.640
41 M83 France flagFrance · 2001– · electronic 11.600
42 Laibach Slovenia flagSlovenia · 1980– · industrial 11.180
43 Annie Norway flagNorway · 1977– · electronic 11.180
44 Leftfield United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1989– · electronic 10.860
45 Röyksopp Norway flagNorway · 1998– · downtempo 10.740
46 Zero 7 United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1997– · downtempo 9.880
47 Emancipator United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1987– · downtempo 9.800
48 Thom Yorke United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1968– · electronic 9.480