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Heavy Is the Head by Stormzy
Heavy Is the Head is an album by Stormzy, released in 2019. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Vossi Bop”, on 1 list with a best position of #27.
Heavy Is the Head, Stormzy's second album, dropped on 13 December 2019 through #Merky Records and Atlantic Records UK, and the title, lifted from a line in "Crown", hints at the weight he was carrying. His debut, Gang Signs & Prayer, had been the first grime album ever to top the UK chart, and earlier that year he'd become the first British rapper to headline Glastonbury. Following that up was never going to be easy.
He spread the load around a guest list that runs from Ed Sheeran and H.E.R. to Burna Boy, Headie One, Aitch and Yebba, but the singles did the real work. "Vossi Bop" finally handed him a UK number one, "Own It" matched it, and "Crown" and "Wiley Flow" kept the momentum up. The album opened at number two, stuck behind a Rod Stewart orchestral set, then took the top spot on 10 January 2020, went platinum and drew a Brit nomination for British Album of the Year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Heavy Is the Head on radio countdowns
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.