Album · Frank Ocean
Blonde by Frank Ocean
Blonde is an album by Frank Ocean, released in 2016. 6 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 11 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Pink + White”, on 5 lists with a best position of #26.
Blonde, Frank Ocean's second studio album, finally surfaced on August 20, 2016, a day after the video album Endless squared away his Def Jam contract, and it arrived on his own terms: independently, as a timed exclusive on iTunes and Apple Music. It had been teased as Boys Don't Cry for July 2015 and then slipped through delay after delay, with sessions running from Electric Lady in New York to, after a bout of writer's block, Abbey Road in London and Henson in Los Angeles.
What came out was hushed and strange: languid, barely-there rhythms and songs that drift through R&B, soul, psychedelia, electronica and indie rock while Ocean picks at masculinity, heartbreak, loss and desire. He co-produced with Channel Orange allies Malay and Om'Mas Keith plus James Blake, Jon Brion, Pharrell Williams and Rostam Batmanglij, with André 3000 and Beyoncé among the guests. It debuted at number one in the US and has since topped at least one critics' ranking of the best albums of the 2010s.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Blonde on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pink + White | 5 | #26 | – | 2016–2025 | |
| 2 | Nikes | 1 | #306 | – | 2024 | |
| 3 | White Ferrari | 2 | #65 | – | 2016–2024 | |
| 4 | Nights | 1 | #478 | – | 2024 | |
| 5 | Solo | 1 | #59 | – | 2016 | |
| 6 | Self Control | 1 | #809 | – | 2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.