| | | Artist (genres) | | | Artist rating |
| 1 |  | Agnetha Faltskog (Easy listening, Pop, Rock, Folk) | | | |
| 2 |  | Aimee Mann (Rock, Folk) | | | |
| 3 |  | Alestorm (Power metal, Folk metal) | | | |
| 4 |  | Alexz Johnson (Pop, Folk-pop, Alternative rock) | | | |
| 5 |  | Alt-J (Indie rock, Alternative rock, Art rock, Experimental, Folk rock) | | 16 | |
| 6 |  | Amaral (Pop rock, Folk rock, Rock, Spanish rock) | | | |
| 7 |  | Amorphis (Melodic death metal, Death/doom, Folk meta, Gothic metal, Progressive metal) | | | |
| 8 |  | Angra (Power metal, Progressive metal, Heavy metal, Neoclassical metal, Folk metal) | | | |
| 9 |  | Animal Collective (Experimental, Psychedelic pop, Neo-psychedelia, Indie rock, Freak folk, Electronica) | | | |
| 10 |  | Annie Haslam (Progressive rock, Pop, Folk, Classical) | | | |
| 11 |  | Beck (Alternative rock, Anti-folk) | | | |
| 12 |  | Beirut (Balkan folk, World music, Indie folk, Electronica, Baroque pop) | | | |
| 13 |  | Ben Howard (Folk, Folk rock) | | | |
| 14 |  | Bjork (Pop, Trip hop, Alternative rock, Jazz, Ambient music, Electronica, Folk) | | | |
| 15 |  | Blackmore's Night (Celtic, Folk, Neo-medieval, Rock) | | | |
| 16 |  | Bob Dylan (Rock, Folk, Blues, Country, Gospel) | | | |
| 17 |  | Bombay Bicycle Club (Folk rock, Indie rock) | | | |
| 18 |  | Brett Dennen (Folk, Pop) | | 4 | |
| 19 |  | Bright Eyes (Alternative Country, Indie Folk) | | 23 | |
| 20 |  | Bruce Springsteen (Rock, Heartland rock, Folk rock) | | | |
| 21 |  | Buckethead (Progressive metal, Funk, Electronica, Jazz fusion, Bluegrass, Folk rock, Ambient, Country Rock) | | | |
| 22 |  | Chad Vangaalen (Indie rock, Folk music, Electronica) | | | |
| 23 |  | Charlie Simpson (Post-hardcore, Alternative rock, Acoustic, Folk, Indie rock, Pop rock) | | | |
| 24 |  | Cher (Pop, Rock, Traditional pop, Folk, Dance, Disco, Pop rock) | | | |
| 25 |  | Chet Atkins (Country, Classical, Folk, Jazz) | | | |
| 26 |  | Christina Perri (Pop, Folk, Soul) | | 3 | |
| 27 |  | Chumbawamba (Anarcho-punk, Folk, Hardcore punk, World, Post-punk, Alternative rock) | | | |
| 28 |  | Citizen Cope (Alternative rock, Folk music, Soul) | | | |
| 29 |  | Colbie Caillat (Pop, Pop rock, Folk pop, Ballad) | | | |
| 30 |  | Conor Oberst (Indie rock, Folk) | | 12 | |
| 31 |  | Current 93 (Apocalyptic folk, Experimental music, Dark ambient, Neofolk, Post-industrial) | | | |
| 32 |  | Death In June (Post-punk, Experimental, Martial, Neofolk, Post-industrial) | | | |
| 33 |  | Deer Tick (Alternative country, Indie rock, Indie folk) | | 5 | |
| 34 |  | Demis Roussos (Pop, World music, Pop-Folk, Progressive rock) | | | |
| 35 |  | Devendra Banhart (Freak folk, Psych folk, Folk rock, New Weird America, Latin, Lo-fi) | | | |
| 36 |  | Ed Sheeran (Folk) | | 714 | |
| 37 |  | Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros (Pop rock, Indie folk, Alternative rock, Country Pop) | | 3 | |
| 38 | | Eliza Gilkyson (Folk) | | | |
| 39 |  | Ellie Goulding (Indie pop, Synthpop, Folktronica) | | 94 | |
| 40 | | Eluveitie (Folk metal, Celtic metal, Pagan metal, Melodic death metal, Acoustic folk) | | | |
| 41 |  | Emmylou Harris (Folk, Country rock, Country, Bluegrass, Rock, Pop, Alt-country) | | | |
| 42 | | Fionn Regan (Folk contemporary folk, New folk, Folk rock) | | | |
| 43 |  | First Aid Kit (Folk, Indie folk, Indie pop, Psychedelic pop, Americana) | | 13 | |
| 44 |  | Fleet Foxes (Indie folk, Baroque pop, Folk rock) | | 6 | |
| 45 |  | Grace Potter & the Nocturnals (Folk rock, Blues, Roots rock, Hard rock) | | 6 | |
| 46 |  | Hurray for the Riff Raff (Folk, Country, Indie, Americana) | | | |
| 47 | | In Extremo (Medieval metal, Folk metal) | | | |
| 48 |  | Ingrid Michaelson (Indie pop, Indie folk) | | 12 | |
| 49 |  | Jackson Browne (Rock, Folk, Country rock, Soft rock) | | 13 | |
| 50 | | James Blunt (Pop rock, Rock, Folk rock, Acoustic) | | | |
| 51 |  | Jeff Buckley (Alternative rock, Folk rock) | | 4 | |
| 52 |  | Jenny Lewis (Indie rock, Alternative country, Indie folk) | | 13 | |
| 53 |  | Jessie Baylin (Folk, Jazz) | | 6 | |
| 54 |  | Jethro Tull (Progressive rock, Folk rock, Hard rock) | | | |
| 55 |  | Jewel (Pop, Folk, Rock, Country) | | 6 | |
| 56 |  | Jimmy Page (Hard rock, Heavy metal, Blues-rock, Rock and roll, Folk rock, Blues) | | | |
| 57 |  | Joan Osborne (Rock, Folk, Country rock, Blues) | | | |
| 58 |  | Joe Walsh (Rock, Hard rock, Folk rock, Country rock, Blues rock) | | | |
| 59 |  | Johnny Cash (Country, Rock and roll, Folk, Gospel, Blues, Rockabilly) | | | |
| 60 |  | Joni Mitchell (Folk, Rock, Jazz, Pop) | | | |
| 61 | | Jose Gonzalez (Indie, Folk) | | | |
| 62 |  | Julieta Venegas (Pop, Indie pop, Alternative music, Folk rock) | | 4 | |
| 63 |  | Katie Melua (Blues, Jazz, Folk-pop) | | 3 | |
| 64 | | Kevin Devine (Indie rock, Folk rock, Alternative rock, Acoustic) | | | |
| 65 | | Kiuas (Power metal, Thrash metal, Folk metal) | | | |
| 66 | | Korpiklaani (Folk Metal) | | | |
| 67 |  | Laura Marling (Alternative, Folk rock) | | | |
| 68 |  | Led Zeppelin (Hard rock, Heavy metal, Blues-rock, Folk rock) | | | |
| 69 |  | Leonard Cohen (Folk, Folk rock, Rock, Blues, World music) | | | |
| 70 |  | Los Lobos (Rock and roll, Mexican-Texan music, Country, folk, R&B, blues) | | | |
| 71 |  | Lou Reed (Rock, Experimental rock, Art rock, Protopunk, Folk rock, Glam rock, Blue-eyed soul) | | 6 | |
| 72 |  | Maren Morris (Country pop, Folk rock) | | 138 | |
| 73 |  | Marianne Faithfull (Rock, Pop, Folk, Jazz, Blues) | | | |
| 74 | | Michael Andrews (Film score, Indie pop, Experimental, Folk) | | | |
| 75 |  | Mumford & Sons (Folk rock, Indie rock, Bluegrass) | | 33 | |
| 76 | | Mungo Jerry (Pop, Rock, Folk) | | | |
| 77 | | My Brightest Diamond (Indie rock, Folk) | | | |
| 78 | | Nature And Organisation (Folk, Acoustic, Classical) | | | |
| 79 |  | Neil Young (Rock, Folk rock, Hard rock, Country rock) | | | |
| 80 |  | Nina Simone (Jazz, Blues, Soul, R&B, Folk, Gospel) | | | |
| 81 |  | Norah Jones (Jazz, Blues, Pop, Soul, Folk, Country) | | 9 | |
| 82 |  | Okkervil River (Indie rock, Folk rock, Alt-country) | | 3 | |
| 83 | | Patrick Wolf (Electronica, Folk, Alternative rock, Baroque pop) | | | |
| 84 |  | Penguin Cafe Orchestra (Chamber jazz, Folk) | | | |
| 85 | | Peter, Paul & Mary (Folk, Folk-rock, Folk-pop) | | | |
| 86 |  | PJ Harvey (Alternative rock, Experimental rock, Folk rock, Punk blues, Art rock, Electronica) | | 3 | |
| 87 |  | Plain White T's (Pop, Pop punk, Pop rock, Power pop, Folk rock, Alternative rock) | | | |
| 88 |  | Ray LaMontagne (Folk, Folk rock, Folk blues, Soul) | | 12 | |
| 89 |  | Ronan Keating (Pop, Ballad, Dance pop, Folk rock, Country electropop) | | | |
| 90 |  | Ry Cooder (Americana, Roots rock, Folk, Blues, Tex-Mex, Country, Gospel, World music) | | | |
| 91 |  | Seasick Steve (Blues, Country, Boogie, Folk) | | | |
| 92 |  | Sheryl Crow (Pop rock, Alternative rock, Country rock, Folk rock) | | | |
| 93 |  | Sinead O'Connor (Alternative rock, Pop rock, Folk) | | 4 | |
| 94 |  | Steve Earle (Country, Rock and roll, Folk) | | | |
| 95 | | Storm (Folk metal) | | | |
| 96 |  | Suzanne Vega (Alternative rock, Folk) | | | |
| 97 |  | Tarkan (Pop, Folk pop, Adult contemporary, Pop rock, Dance pop) | | | |
| 98 |  | Tegan and Sara (Indie rock, Indie pop, Indie folk, Synthpop) | | 4 | |
| 99 |  | The Byrds (Folk rock, Psychedelic rock, Country rock, Pop, Rock) | | | |
| 100 |  | The Civil Wars (Americana, Folk, Alternative country) | | 6 | |