Album · K'naan
Troubadour by K'naan
Troubadour is an album by K'naan, released in 2009. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 9 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Wavin' Flag”, on 9 lists with a best position of #24.
Troubadour, K'naan's second album, came out on A&M Octone on February 24, 2009, and it's hip-hop that refuses to stay in one lane. The Somali-Canadian rapper and singer threads Somali music and wider world sounds through his rhymes, and the guest list is all over the map in the best way: Kirk Hammett, Mos Def, Damian Marley, Chali 2na, Chubb Rock and Adam Levine all drop in. Gerald Eaton and Brian West, working as Track and Field, took care of the production.
"Wavin' Flag" is the one that changed everything. Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine produced it before they were known as the Smeezingtons, and it's a rousing, arms-around-your-mates anthem; once Coca-Cola picked it as its promotional anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, K'naan was famous around the world.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Troubadour on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wavin' Flag | 9 | #24 | – | 2009–2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.