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30 Seconds to Mars
Band Los Angeles United States Formed 1998
30 Seconds to Mars formed in 1998 in Los Angeles, United States. 30 Seconds to Mars has 193 chart appearances on 126 radio countdowns from 47 stations on RockLists, spanning 2005–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Kings & Queens”, which appears on 41 lists with a best position of #9. The station that charted 30 Seconds to Mars most often is The Buzz (Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC), with 18 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
30 Seconds to Mars started in Los Angeles in 1998 as a family affair: Jared Leto on vocals, guitar, bass and keyboards, and his brother Shannon Leto on drums and percussion. Tomo Miličević joined in 2003 and became the most notable of the band's many other members, handling guitar, bass, violin and whatever else the songs demanded. Their self-titled 2002 debut, produced by Bob Ezrin, got good reviews and sold modestly.
A Beautiful Lie changed everything in 2005. It's a huge-sounding record, all hushed verses and screamed choruses, the emo rulebook blown up to arena size, and "The Kill" is the model: a slow-burning build that detonates into Leto howling at full volume. "From Yesterday" and "Attack" work the same trick, and the album made them famous around the world. This Is War, in 2009, pushed further out, folding in experimental textures and pounding, chanted choruses on "Kings & Queens", the title track and "Closer To The Edge". Making it, they fought a legal battle with EMI that ended up as the subject of the 2012 documentary Artifact.
They moved to Universal for Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams in 2013, and the big-tent, concept-album ambition, philosophical lyrics and all, has kept them on festival bills since; the MTV Europe Music Awards named them Best World Stage Performance in 2011.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by 30 Seconds to Mars on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kings & Queens | 41 | #9 | – | 2009 | |
| 2 | The Kill | 32 | #2 | – | 2006 | |
| 3 | This is War | 23 | #2 | – | 2010 | |
| 4 | Closer To The Edge | 24 | #8 | – | 2010 | |
| 5 | From Yesterday | 21 | #19 | – | 2007 | |
| 6 | Up in the Air | 9 | #11 | – | 2013 | |
| 7 | Walk On Water | 10 | #6 | – | 2017 | |
| 8 | Attack | 8 | #18 | – | 2005 | |
| 9 | City of Angels | 6 | #33 | – | 2013 | |
| 10 | Stuck | 3 | #9 | – | 2023 | |
| 11 | Dangerous Night | 3 | #7 | – | 2018 | |
| 12 | Night of the Hunter | 2 | #18 | – | 2011 | |
| 13 | Do Or Die | 2 | #39 | – | 2014 | |
| 14 | Since Yesterday | 1 | #35 | – | 2006 | |
| 15 | A Beautiful Lie | 3 | #70 | – | 2007 | |
| 16 | Rescue Me | 1 | #38 | – | 2018 | |
| 17 | Seasons | 2 | #52 | – | 2024 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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