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Albert Hammond, Jr.
Solo artist Los Angeles United States member of The Strokes
Albert Hammond, Jr. is an artist from Los Angeles. Albert Hammond, Jr. has 10 chart appearances on 10 radio countdowns from 9 stations on RockLists, spanning 2007–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Far Away Truths”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #18. The station that charted Albert Hammond, Jr. most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2018.
Albert Hammond Jr. is the Strokes' rhythm guitarist, the one in the three-piece suit, and in 2006 he stepped out on his own with Yours to Keep. Born in Los Angeles in 1980 to the songwriter Albert Hammond and an Argentine mother, he met Julian Casablancas at a Swiss boarding school, landed in New York in 1998 for a year and a half at NYU, and got the call to join the Strokes in 1999, the last man through the door. He also plays keyboards now and then and sings backing vocals, and Casablancas has credited him with shaping the band's sharp-dressed look.
Yours to Keep is sunnier than the day job: bright, jangling guitar pop with Hammond's own light, slightly dazed vocals out front. "101" and "In Transit" sound like the Strokes on a summer holiday, all buoyant chord changes and zero cool-kid scowl.
He kept going. ¿Cómo Te Llama? came in 2008, the EP AHJ in 2013, then Momentary Masters in 2015, home of "Born Slippy", followed by Francis Trouble in 2018 and Melodies on Hiatus in 2023. In 2009 he even launched his own line of men's suits, which surprised exactly nobody who had seen him on stage.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Albert Hammond, Jr. on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Far Away Truths | 4 | #18 | – | 2018 | |
| 2 | 101 | 2 | #59 | – | 2007 | |
| 3 | Losing Touch | 2 | #53 | – | 2015 | |
| 4 | In Transit | 1 | #866 | – | – | |
| 5 | Born Slippy | 1 | #103 | – | 2015 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 866 | In Transit | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now |
| 2019 | 81 | Far Away Truths | WBER Listener Countdown 2019 |
| 2018 | 71 | Far Away Truths | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2018 |
| 2018 | 18 | Far Away Truths | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2018 |
| 2018 | 31 | Far Away Truths | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2018 |
| 2018 | 538 | 101 | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 |
| 2015 | 102.5 | Born Slippy | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2015 |
| 2015 | 53 | Losing Touch | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015 |
| 2015 | 91 | Losing Touch | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2015 |
| 2007 | 59 | 101 | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 |
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