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The greatest folk artists of all time

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

No. 1

Sufjan Stevens

United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1975– · indie folk
44.170
Why this number?
The full board
2 Joni Mitchell Canada flagCanada · 1943– · folk 33.980
3 Bon Iver United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2006– · indie folk 32.560
4 Nick Drake United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1948–1974 · folk 29.000
5 Joanna Newsom United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1982– · folk 19.280
6 Myrkur Denmark flagDenmark · 1985– · folk 7.400
7 Billy Bragg United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1957– · folk 5.810
8 Damien Rice Ireland flagIreland · 1973– · folk 5.220
9 KT Tunstall United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1975– · folk 5.180
10 Beth Orton United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1970– · folk 4.980
11 Cameron Winter United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2002– · contemporary folk 4.980
12 Harmonium Canada flagCanada · 1972–1979 · progressive folk 4.980
13 Manu Chao France flagFrance · 1961– · folk 4.620
14 XXXTENTACION United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1998–2018 · contemporary folk 3.720
15 Comus United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1968– · progressive folk 3.700
16 David Donatien France flagFrance · 1970– · folk 3.650
17 Yael Naïm France flagFrance · 1978– · folk 3.650
18 Angelo De Augustine United States of America flagUnited States of America · indie folk 3.400
19 Wardruna Norway flagNorway · 2003– · folk 2.650