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Billy Strings
Solo artist Lansing United States US bluegrass
Billy Strings is an artist from Lansing. Billy Strings has 29 chart appearances on 23 radio countdowns from 12 stations on RockLists, spanning 2021–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Gild The Lily”, which appears on 15 lists with a best position of #5. The station that charted Billy Strings most often is The Colorado Sound (Fort Collins–Denver, CO), with 9 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2024.
Billy Strings, born William Apostol in 1992 and rooted in Lansing, Michigan, is a bluegrass guitarist, singer and songwriter who plays like the genre's rulebook is a dare. His picking comes at you in torrents, but there's always a song under the fireworks, and his voice carries the high-lonesome ache the old music runs on.
The awards caught up fast. He was up for Emerging Act of the Year at the Americana Awards in 2020, and three of his records, Home, Live Vol. 1 and Highway Prayers, took home the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album: the first in 2021, then two more, in 2025 and 2026. Highway Prayers from 2024 is the one rock radio found: "Gild The Lily" is lean and mournful, all rolling picking and a weary vocal, while "Leadfoot" floors it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Billy Strings on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gild The Lily | 15 | #5 | – | 2024 | |
| 2 | Home | 4 | #92 | – | – | |
| 3 | Fire Line | 3 | #20 | – | 2021 | |
| 4 | Leadfoot | 2 | #35 | – | 2024 | |
| 5 | California Sober | 1 | #208 | – | – | |
| 6 | Watch It Fall | 1 | #274 | – | – | |
| 7 | Dig A Little Deeper (In The Well) | 1 | #95 | – | 2022 | |
| 8 | Long Journey Home | 1 | #65 | – | 2023 | |
| 9 | Away From The Mire | 1 | #888 | – | – |
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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