Artist · chart history
Adelitas Way
Band Las Vegas United States Formed 2006
Adelitas Way formed in 2006 in Las Vegas, United States. Adelitas Way has 14 chart appearances on 12 radio countdowns from 8 stations on RockLists, spanning 2009–2018. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Sick”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #12. The station that charted Adelitas Way most often is 98KUPD (Phoenix, AZ), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2011.
Adelitas Way came roaring out of Las Vegas in 2006, a hard rock band built around the gravel-and-gasoline voice of Rick DeJesus and the drumming of Tre Stafford, the two constants in a lineup that has otherwise kept moving, with guitarists Chris Iorio and Keith Wallen among those who came and went. Their first single, "Invincible", did a lot of the heavy lifting: it kept turning up in TV commercials and at live sporting events, and that exposure carried them into the mainstream. Virgin Records had them on its roster.
From there they lived on the road, touring with a who's who of modern hard rock: Guns N' Roses, Creed, Godsmack, Papa Roach, Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown, Staind, Alter Bridge, Halestorm, Deftones and plenty more.
By 2017 the band around DeJesus and Stafford had Andrew Cushing on bass and Tavis Stanley on guitar, both chipping in backing vocals. Notorious arrived that year, its title track a chest-thumping, fist-in-the-air anthem, and the Live Love Life EP followed in 2018 with "Still Hungry", which does what the title says: big riffs, a bigger chorus and the attitude of a band that still has something to prove.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Adelitas Way on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sick | 4 | #12 | – | 2011 | |
| 2 | Collapse | 2 | #18 | – | 2011 | |
| 3 | Invincible | 2 | #16 | – | 2009 | |
| 4 | Criticize | 1 | #9 | – | 2012 | |
| 5 | Ready For War (Pray For Peace) | 1 | #55 | – | 2017 | |
| 6 | Still Hungry | 1 | #19 | – | 2018 | |
| 7 | Notorious | 1 | #20 | – | 2017 | |
| 8 | The Collapse | 1 | #73 | – | 2012 | |
| 9 | Bad Reputation | 1 | #78 | – | 2016 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 19 | Still Hungry | SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2018 |
| 2017 | 20 | Notorious | SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2017 |
| 2017 | 55 | Ready For War (Pray For Peace) | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2017 |
| 2016 | 78 | Bad Reputation | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2016 |
| 2012 | 9 | Criticize | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2012 |
| 2012 | 52 | Collapse | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2012 |
| 2012 | 73 | The Collapse | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2012 |
| 2011 | 57 | Sick | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2011 |
| 2011 | 12 | Sick | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2011 |
| 2011 | 18 | Collapse | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2011 |
| 2011 | 51 | Sick | 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2011 |
| 2011 | 64 | Sick | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2011 |
| 2009 | 16 | Invincible | KILO Top 50 of 2009 |
| 2009 | 66 | Invincible | WVBR Top 93 of 2009 |
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