Artist · chart history
Augustana
Band Greenville United States Formed 2003
Augustana formed in 2003 in Greenville, United States. Augustana has 23 chart appearances on 20 radio countdowns from 12 stations on RockLists, spanning 2005–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Stars and Boulevards”, which appears on 7 lists with a best position of #68. The station that charted Augustana most often is 107.1 The Peak (Westchester County, NY), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2008.
Augustana came to the radio on the back of one song. "Boston", from the 2003 album Midwest Skies and Sleepless Mondays, is piano rock with a lump in its throat: rolling chords, a slow build and a chorus that aches all the way up. It is still the song they are best known for.
Dan Layus is the voice of the operation, singing and playing guitar and piano, with Jared Palomar on bass and keyboards; Daniel Bonebrake, Josiah Rosen and Justin South have also been part of the lineup. Signed to Epic Records, they followed up with the EP You'll Disappear in 2005, carrying "Stars and Boulevards", a swelling, big-hearted ballad that shares its name with the album All the Stars and Boulevards. Six studio albums and six EPs later, on Epic and Razor & Tie, they have stayed true to that earnest, piano-driven heartache.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Augustana on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stars and Boulevards | 7 | #68 | – | 2005 | |
| 2 | Sweet and Low | 4 | #26 | – | 2008 | |
| 3 | Boston | 6 | #76 | – | 2006 | |
| 4 | Steal Your Heart | 2 | #39 | – | 2011 | |
| 5 | Ash and Ember | 2 | #78 | – | 2014 | |
| 6 | I Still Ain't Over You | 1 | #67 | – | 2008 | |
| 7 | Shot in the Dark | 1 | #72 | – | 2011 |
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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