100 Greatest Electronic/Dance Recording Artists
Criteria:
• For the purposes of this list, "Electronic/Dance" is considered to be a genre of popular music, spanning an array of styles including but not limited to the following: Early Electronic, Ambient, Italo Disco, Hi-NRG, Synthpop, Industrial, Electro, House, Techno, Freestyle, Miami Bass, Trip-Hop, Trance, Hardcore, Jungle/Drum & Bass, Big Beat, UK Garage, Grime, and Dubstep. Some would refer to this genre as "Electronica," though others dismiss this term.
• Artist rankings are based on equal parts musical impact, acclaim, innovation, influence and popularity.
• Electronic composers of Post-Classical/Avant-Garde music are not eligible, unless they have contributed significantly to the popular electronic music genre (e.g. Wendy Carlos, Tomita).
• This list is reserved specifically for recording artists, therefore DJs, remixers, and producers who have little to no artistic output were not considered.
• For the purposes of this list, "Electronic/Dance" is considered to be a genre of popular music, spanning an array of styles including but not limited to the following: Early Electronic, Ambient, Italo Disco, Hi-NRG, Synthpop, Industrial, Electro, House, Techno, Freestyle, Miami Bass, Trip-Hop, Trance, Hardcore, Jungle/Drum & Bass, Big Beat, UK Garage, Grime, and Dubstep. Some would refer to this genre as "Electronica," though others dismiss this term.
• Artist rankings are based on equal parts musical impact, acclaim, innovation, influence and popularity.
• Electronic composers of Post-Classical/Avant-Garde music are not eligible, unless they have contributed significantly to the popular electronic music genre (e.g. Wendy Carlos, Tomita).
• This list is reserved specifically for recording artists, therefore DJs, remixers, and producers who have little to no artistic output were not considered.
1. Kraftwerk
2. Depeche Mode
3. New Order
4. Brian Eno
5. The Human League
2. Depeche Mode
3. New Order
4. Brian Eno
5. The Human League
6. Jean Michel Jarre
7. Pet Shop Boys
8. Giorgio Moroder
9. The Prodigy
10. Afrika Bambaataa
11. Moby
12. Gary Numan
13. Daft Punk
14. Tangerine Dream
15. The Chemical Brothers
16. Kevin Saunderson / Inner City
17. Underworld
18. Yellow Magic Orchestra
19. Massive Attack
20. Orbital
21. Derrick May
22. Wendy Carlos
23. Fatboy Slim
24. The KLF
25. Ultravox
26. Leftfield
27. Mantronix
28. Frankie Knuckles
29. Aphex Twin
30. Vangelis
31. Basement Jaxx
32. The Art of Noise
33. Shannon
34. The Orb
35. Throbbing Gristle
36. Juan Atkins / Cybotron
37. Portishead
38. Klaus Schulze
39. Yello
40. Soul II Soul
41. Goldie
42. Larry Heard / Fingers Inc.
43. Man Parrish
44. 808 State
45. Cabaret Voltaire
46. The Shamen
47. Marshall Jefferson
48. Soft Cell
49. Paul van Dyk
50. Faithless
51. Manuel Göttsching
52. Richie Hawtin
53. Tricky
54. Patrick Cowley
55. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
56. Dizzee Rascal
57. Cluster
58. Todd Terry
59. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
60. Suicide
61. Roni Size / Reprazent
62. Björk
63. Yazoo
64. Autechre
65. LCD Soundsystem
66. A Guy Called Gerald
67. Sven Väth
68. Front 242
69. Isao Tomita
70. Heaven 17
71. Carl Craig
72. DJ Pierre / Phuture
73. 2 Live Crew
74. Bobby Orlando
75. The Future Sound of London
76. Armand Van Helden
77. Justice
78. Silver Apples
79. Bronski Beat
80. Joey Beltram
81. DJ Shadow / UNKLE
82. Sasha
83. Masters at Work
84. The Crystal Method
85. Erasure
86. Jeff Mills
87. Coil
88. LTJ Bukem
89. The Black Dog / Plaid
90. Popol Vuh
91. Burial
92. Telex
93. Lil' Louis
94. Didier Marouani / Space
95. Exposé
96. Tiësto
97. Coldcut
98. Deadmau5
99. Underground Resistance
100. Skinny Puppy
7. Pet Shop Boys
8. Giorgio Moroder
9. The Prodigy
10. Afrika Bambaataa
11. Moby
12. Gary Numan
13. Daft Punk
14. Tangerine Dream
15. The Chemical Brothers
16. Kevin Saunderson / Inner City
17. Underworld
18. Yellow Magic Orchestra
19. Massive Attack
20. Orbital
21. Derrick May
22. Wendy Carlos
23. Fatboy Slim
24. The KLF
25. Ultravox
26. Leftfield
27. Mantronix
28. Frankie Knuckles
29. Aphex Twin
30. Vangelis
31. Basement Jaxx
32. The Art of Noise
33. Shannon
34. The Orb
35. Throbbing Gristle
36. Juan Atkins / Cybotron
37. Portishead
38. Klaus Schulze
39. Yello
40. Soul II Soul
41. Goldie
42. Larry Heard / Fingers Inc.
43. Man Parrish
44. 808 State
45. Cabaret Voltaire
46. The Shamen
47. Marshall Jefferson
48. Soft Cell
49. Paul van Dyk
50. Faithless
51. Manuel Göttsching
52. Richie Hawtin
53. Tricky
54. Patrick Cowley
55. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
56. Dizzee Rascal
57. Cluster
58. Todd Terry
59. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
60. Suicide
61. Roni Size / Reprazent
62. Björk
63. Yazoo
64. Autechre
65. LCD Soundsystem
66. A Guy Called Gerald
67. Sven Väth
68. Front 242
69. Isao Tomita
70. Heaven 17
71. Carl Craig
72. DJ Pierre / Phuture
73. 2 Live Crew
74. Bobby Orlando
75. The Future Sound of London
76. Armand Van Helden
77. Justice
78. Silver Apples
79. Bronski Beat
80. Joey Beltram
81. DJ Shadow / UNKLE
82. Sasha
83. Masters at Work
84. The Crystal Method
85. Erasure
86. Jeff Mills
87. Coil
88. LTJ Bukem
89. The Black Dog / Plaid
90. Popol Vuh
91. Burial
92. Telex
93. Lil' Louis
94. Didier Marouani / Space
95. Exposé
96. Tiësto
97. Coldcut
98. Deadmau5
99. Underground Resistance
100. Skinny Puppy
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Classical / Avant-Garde Pioneers of Electronic Music:
Alvin Lucier
Edgard Varèse
Harold Budd
John Cage
John Chowning
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Luciano Berio
Milton Babbitt
Morton Subotnick
Pauline Oliveros
Philip Glass
Pierre Henry
Pierre Schaeffer
Steve Reich
Terry Riley
Tod Dockstader
Edgard Varèse
Harold Budd
John Cage
John Chowning
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Luciano Berio
Milton Babbitt
Morton Subotnick
Pauline Oliveros
Philip Glass
Pierre Henry
Pierre Schaeffer
Steve Reich
Terry Riley
Tod Dockstader
Edited By: Zach
Last Updated: 2012-01-28