Artist · chart history
Alvvays
Band Toronto Canada Formed 2011
Alvvays formed in 2011 in Toronto, Canada. Alvvays has 36 chart appearances on 29 radio countdowns from 15 stations on RockLists, spanning 2014–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Archie, Marry Me”, which appears on 12 lists with a best position of #88. The station that charted Alvvays most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2022.
Alvvays (say it "always") started out in 2011 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, before settling in Toronto, and they make the kind of indie pop that sounds like a sunny afternoon heard through a blown speaker: jangling guitars, reverb-smeared keyboards and Molly Rankin's clear, wistful voice floating on top. Rankin sings and plays guitar, Alec O'Hanley plays guitar and Kerri MacLellan keyboards, with Phil MacIsaac on drums and Brian Murphy on bass in the early days.
Their self-titled debut album went to the top of the US college charts on the back of "Archie, Marry Me", a lovesick proposal of a song that wraps its hopes in fuzz and melancholy. Antisocialites followed in September 2017 with "In Undertow", "Dreams Tonite" and "Plimsoll Punks", and took the Juno for Alternative Album of the Year; Sheridan Riley took over the drums that year.
Abbey Blackwell arrived on bass in 2021, and Blue Rev, released on October 7, 2022, was louder and more crowded with noise, and won the same Juno. "Pharmacist" and "Easy On Your Own" came out that year, and "Belinda Says" earned a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Performance. All 3 of their albums made the Polaris Music Prize shortlist.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Alvvays on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Archie, Marry Me | 12 | #88 | – | 2014 | |
| 2 | Easy On Your Own | 8 | #41 | – | 2022 | |
| 3 | In Undertow | 4 | #37 | – | 2017 | |
| 4 | Plimsoll Punks | 4 | #86 | – | 2018 | |
| 5 | Marry Me, Archie | 1 | #18 | – | – | |
| 6 | Pomeranian Spinster | 1 | #5 | – | 2022 | |
| 7 | Dreams Tonite | 2 | #389 | – | – | |
| 8 | Pharmacist | 3 | #64 | – | 2022 | |
| 9 | Belinda Says | 1 | #850 | – | – |
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.
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