Artist · chart history
Ajr
Band New York United States Formed 2006 American indie pop band
Ajr formed in 2006 in New York, United States. Ajr has 41 chart appearances on 30 radio countdowns from 11 stations on RockLists, spanning 2017–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Sober Up”, which appears on 7 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 2 countdowns. The station that charted Ajr most often is X96 (Salt Lake City, UT), with 11 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2020.
AJR is three brothers, Adam, Jack and Ryan Met, who sing, play and write everything themselves. They started out on the streets of New York, busking, tap dancing and singing covers, and stayed strictly offline until 2012; all three are Columbia University alumni. After Living Room in 2015, The Click in 2017 sharpened them into bright, twitchy electropop with hooks that go off like confetti cannons. "Sober Up", with Rivers Cuomo guesting, became their first number one on Billboard's alternative chart, and "Burn the House Down" went platinum.
Neotheater followed in 2019 and OK Orchestra in 2021, the latter trading some of the laptop fizz for an orchestral swell. Its big, swaggering single "Bang!" gave them their first Hot 100 top ten and a Billboard Music Award for Top Rock Song. The Maybe Man arrived in 2023. Along the way they have piled up eight platinum singles and a stage look built around a signature fur trapper hat, proof that a band can be both a family business and a spectacle.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Ajr on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sober Up | 7 | #1 | 1 | 2018 | |
| 2 | Bang! | 5 | #4 | – | 2020 | |
| 3 | Burn The House Down | 9 | #9 | – | 2018 | |
| 4 | 100 Bad Days | 3 | #1 | 1 | 2019 | |
| 5 | Yes, I'm A Mess | 5 | #28 | – | 2023 | |
| 6 | I Won't | 3 | #13 | – | 2022 | |
| 7 | Way Less Sad | 2 | #9 | – | 2021 | |
| 8 | Dear Winter | 2 | #3 | – | 2019 | |
| 9 | Betty | 2 | #35 | – | 2025 | |
| 10 | The Dumb Song | 1 | #53 | – | 2023 | |
| 11 | Bummerland | 2 | #38 | – | 2020 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Featured on
Songs by other artists credited with Ajr as a guest.
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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