Artist · chart history
Alannah Myles
Solo artist Toronto Canada
Alannah Myles is an artist from Toronto. Alannah Myles has 4 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2001–2006. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Black Velvet”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #182. The station that charted Alannah Myles most often is Virgin Radio (United Kingdom), with 4 appearances.
Alannah Myles came out of Toronto with a voice built for smoky rooms, and her self-titled 1989 debut on Atlantic put it right up front. The record mixes straight-ahead rock with a heavy streak of the blues, and its calling card is "Black Velvet", a slow, sultry crawl of a song that lets her purr before she lets rip.
It was the rare slow burner that went all the way. "Black Velvet" made the top ten at home in Canada and climbed to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. Canada's Juno Awards handed her Single of the Year and Album of the Year that same year, and in 1991 she collected the Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
Born Alannah Byles on Christmas Day 1958, she has carried the singer-songwriter tag ever since, but for rock radio she remains the voice of that one velvet-draped ballad.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Alannah Myles on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Velvet | 4 | #182 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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