| | | Artist (genres) | | | Artist rating |
| 1 |  | 12 Stones (Alternative rock, Post-grunge) | | | |
| 2 |  | 3 Doors Down (Alternative rock, Post-grunge, Hard rock, Southern rock, Alternative metal) | | | |
| 3 |  | Alice in Chains (Alternative metal, Grunge, Alternative rock, Heavy metal) | | 3 | |
| 4 |  | Anouk (Adult contemporary, Alternative rock, Pop rock, Post-grunge, R&B, Soul) | | | |
| 5 |  | Avril Lavigne (Rock pop, Rock, Post-grunge, Teen pop) | | 38 | |
| 6 |  | Biffy Clyro (Alternative rock, Grunge, Experimental rock, Power pop) | | | |
| 7 |  | Big Wreck (Hard rock, Heavy metal, Neo-progressive rock, Post-grunge, Progressive rock) | | | |
| 8 |  | Blue October (Alternative rock, Post-grunge, Experimental rock, Art rock) | | | |
| 9 |  | Bobaflex (Post-grunge, Nu metal) | | | |
| 10 |  | Breaking Benjamin (Alternative rock, Alternative metal, Ppost-grunge) | | 7 | |
| 11 |  | Bush (Alternative rock, Post-grunge, Grunge) | | | |
| 12 |  | Butch Walker (Glam metal, Pop punk, Post-grunge, Rock, Pop rock, Hard rock) | | 2 | |
| 13 |  | Candlebox (Post-grunge, Grunge, Hard rock, Alternative rock) | | | |
| 14 |  | Chevelle (Post-grunge, Alternative metal, Hard rock) | | | |
| 15 |  | Chris Cornell (Alternative metal, Grunge, Slternative rock, Heavy metal, Hard rock, Psychedelic rock) | | | |
| 16 |  | CKY (Alternative metal, Post-grunge, Experimental rock, Heavy metal, Skate punk) | | | |
| 17 |  | Cloud Nothings (Indie rock, Power pop, Noise rock, Neo-grunge, Post-hardcore) | | 3 | |
| 18 |  | Collective Soul (Alternative rock, Hard rock, Post-grunge) | | | |
| 19 |  | Courtney Love (Alternative rock, Punk rock, Grunge, Post-grunge, Power pop) | | | |
| 20 |  | Creed (Hard rock, Post-grunge) | | 2 | |
| 21 |  | Daughtry (Rock, Alternative rock, Post-grunge, Hard rock, Pop rock) | | | |
| 22 |  | David Cook (Alternative rock, Post-grunge) | | | |
| 23 |  | Eagle-Eye Cherry (Rock, Alternative rock, Post-grunge, Acoustic) | | | |
| 24 | | Filter (Industrial metal, Alternative metal, Industrial rock, Alternative rock, Post-grunge) | | | |
| 25 |  | Flyleaf (Alternative metal, Hard rock, Post-grunge) | | 2 | |
| 26 |  | Foo Fighters (Alternative rock, Post-grunge, Hard rock) | | 10 | |
| 27 |  | Framing Hanley (Post-grunge, Hard rock, Alternative rock) | | 2 | |
| 28 | | Godsmack (Heavy metal, Alternative metal, Post-grunge) | | | |
| 29 |  | Guano Apes (Alternative rock, Alternative metal, Punk rock, Pop rock, Post-grunge, Nu metal) | | | |
| 30 |  | Halestorm (Hard rock, Alternative metal, Post-grunge, Heavy metal) | | 3 | |
| 31 |  | Hole (Alternative rock, Noise rock, Punk rock, Grunge, Power pop) | | | |
| 32 | | Hoobastank (Alternative rock, Post-grunge) | | | |
| 33 |  | James Durbin (Rock, Hard rock, Alternative metal, Post-grunge) | | 3 | |
| 34 |  | Janus (Alternative metal, Hard rock, Post-grunge) | | 1 | |
| 35 | | Krist Novoselic (Alternative rock, Grunge, Punk rock) | | | |
| 36 |  | Lifehouse (Alternative rock, Pop rock, Post-grunge) | | | |
| 37 |  | Nick Jonas (Pop rock, Pop, Teen pop, Post-grunge, Funk rock, R&B) | | 42 | |
| 38 |  | Nickelback (Post-grunge, Hard rock) | | 19 | |
| 39 |  | Nirvana (Alternative rock, Grunge) | | 21 | |
| 40 | | Paw (Hard rock, Grunge) | | | |
| 41 |  | Pearl Jam (Alternative rock, Grunge, Hard rock) | | | |
| 42 |  | Pop Evil (Post-grunge, Hard rock, Alternative metal, Alternative rock) | | | |
| 43 | | Puddle of Mudd (Post-grunge, Hard rock, Alternative rock, Grunge (early)) | | | |
| 44 |  | Rev Theory (Hard Rock, Nu Metal, Post-grunge) | | | |
| 45 | | Rob Thomas (Alternative rock, Post-grunge, Pop rock, Adult contemporary) | | | |
| 46 |  | Saliva (Hard rock, Alternative metal, Post-grunge, Nu metal, Alternative rock) | | | |
| 47 |  | Seether (Post-grunge, Alternative metal) | | 2 | |
| 48 |  | Shinedown (Hard rock, Post-grunge, Alternative metal) | | 8 | |
| 49 | | Silverchair (Alternative rock, Post-grunge) | | | |
| 50 |  | Skillet (Alternative metal, Post-grunge, Hard rock, Christian rock, Symphonic rock) | | 5 | |
| 51 |  | Skin Yard (Alternative rock, Grunge) | | | |
| 52 |  | Soil (Alternative metal, Hard rock, Post-grunge, Nu metal) | | | |
| 53 |  | Staind (Hard rock, Alternative rock, Alternative metal, Nu metal, Post-grunge) | | 3 | |
| 54 |  | Stone Temple Pilots (Alternative rock, Hard rock, Grunge, Neo-psychedelia) | | 8 | |
| 55 | | Switchfoot (Alternative rock, Hard rock, Power pop, Post-grunge, Christian rock, Emo rock) | | | |
| 56 |  | The Calling (Post-grunge, Alternative rock) | | 2 | |
| 57 | | The Hiss (Art rock, Indie rock, Psychedelic, Garage Rock, Hard rock, Grunge, Post-Rock, Alternative rock) | | | |
| 58 |  | Theory of a Deadman (Hard rock, Post-grunge, Aternative rock) | | 2 | |
| 59 |  | Therapy? (Alternative metal, Alternative rock, Crossover thrash, Punk rock, Grunge, Heavy metal, Noise rock) | | | |
| 60 |  | Three Days Grace (Post-grunge, Hard rock, Alternative rock, Alternative Metal, Nu metal) | | | |
| 61 |  | Trapt (Alternative metal, Post-grunge, Hard rock, Alternative rock, Nu metal) | | | |