Album · Boygenius
the record by Boygenius
the record is an album by Boygenius, released in 2023. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 50 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Not Strong Enough”, on 23 lists and voted number one six times.
The Record is the first full-length album from boygenius, the indie rock supergroup of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, and it arrived on Interscope on March 31, 2023, five years after their self-titled EP and a long hiatus. Three songwriters who could each carry a record alone split the difference beautifully: quiet, aching confessionals sit next to the loud guitar rush of "$20" and the bright, jangly drive of "Not Strong Enough".
Reviewers lined up to hand it perfect scores. It gave all three members their first number-one album, topping the charts in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands, climbed to number four on the Billboard 200, and picked up seven Grammy nominations, Album of the Year among them, winning three, including Best Alternative Music Album. A follow-up EP, The Rest, arrived that October.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from the record on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not Strong Enough | 23 | #1 | 6 | 2023–2026 | |
| 2 | Cool About It | 16 | #1 | 1 | 2023–2026 | |
| 3 | $20 | 9 | #9 | – | 2023–2025 | |
| 4 | Emily I'm Sorry | 1 | #55 | – | 2023 | |
| 5 | Without You Without Them | 1 | #453 | – | 2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.