Artist · chart history
Amythyst Kiah
Solo artist Chattanooga
Amythyst Kiah is an artist from Chattanooga. Amythyst Kiah has 18 chart appearances on 16 radio countdowns from 11 stations on RockLists, spanning 2021–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Black Myself”, which appears on 14 lists with a best position of #2. The station that charted Amythyst Kiah most often is The Colorado Sound (Fort Collins–Denver, CO), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2021.
Amythyst Kiah, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on 11 December 1986, plays guitar and banjo and sings with a deep, smoky voice that can hold a room still. She now calls Johnson City home.
She also joined Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla and Allison Russell on the 2019 album Songs of Our Native Daughters. Her song "Black Myself" earned her a Grammy nomination for Best American Roots Song in 2020, and it anchors her album Wary + Strange, where it stomps and snarls with real force.
As of 2026 she has put out three solo albums and one EP.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Amythyst Kiah on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Myself | 14 | #2 | – | 2021 | |
| 2 | Sugar | 1 | #253 | – | – | |
| 3 | Love Will Tear Us Apart | 1 | #783 | – | – | |
| 4 | Fancy Drones (Fracture Me) | 2 | #96 | – | 2021 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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