Artist · chart history
Absofacto
Solo artist
Absofacto has 10 chart appearances on 10 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 2018–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Dissolve”, which appears on 10 lists with a best position of #3. The station that charted Absofacto most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2019.
Behind the Absofacto name stands Jonathan Visger, who used to front the Michigan indie rock band Mason Proper. He started going it alone in 2008, putting out North South, Pt. 1 as himself and Trilobite Trash as Bug Lung Baby, and settled on the Absofacto name with the Tagalong EP in 2009. In 2013 he also teamed with childhood friend Brian Konicek in the electronic indie project Hollow & Akimbo.
"Dissolve" is the song that changed everything, and it took its sweet time. It landed on the 2017 EP Thousand Peaces and went out as a single in 2018 without making a ripple. Then a TikTok meme picked it up a year later, and suddenly this woozy, dreamy slice of electronic pop, all drifting synths and a hook that seems to melt as you hear it, was a surprise hit, taking the top of the alternative chart in January 2020.
He has kept at it since with singles like "Lemon Drop" and "Rewind", staking out a spot where indie and electronic pop blur together.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Absofacto on radio countdowns
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.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 410 | Dissolve | X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time |
| 2020 | 3 | Dissolve | CD101 Top 93 Songs of 2020 |
| 2020 | 14 | Dissolve | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2020 |
| 2020 | 24 | Dissolve | 101X Top 25 Songs of 2020 |
| 2019 | 8 | Dissolve | CD101 Top 50 Songs of 2019 |
| 2019 | 6 | Dissolve | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2019 |
| 2019 | 43 | Dissolve | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2019 |
| 2019 | 46 | Dissolve | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2019 |
| 2018 | 25 | Dissolve | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2018 |
| 2018 | 661 | Dissolve | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 |
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