Artist · chart history
Blaqk Audio
Band Oakland United States Formed 2001 American electronic music duo
Blaqk Audio formed in 2001 in Oakland, United States. Blaqk Audio has 10 chart appearances on 10 radio countdowns from 9 stations on RockLists, spanning 2007–2012. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Stiff Kittens”, which appears on 9 lists with a best position of #37. The station that charted Blaqk Audio most often is WBER (Rochester, NY), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2007.
Blaqk Audio is what happens when two members of AFI swap the guitars for synthesizers: Davey Havok singing, Jade Puget on keyboards and synths, a duo formed in Oakland in 2001 and released on Interscope. The result is dark, glossy synth-pop steeped in dark wave and electronic body music, all pulsing sequencers, icy textures and Havok crooning like a heartbroken vampire on the dancefloor.
Their debut album, CexCells, arrived on August 14, 2007, and cracked the Billboard 200, with "Stiff Kittens" as the moody, throbbing calling card. Bright Black Heaven, with "Faith Healer" leading the way, followed in 2012 on Superball Music's Big Death imprint, and Material in 2016 became their third straight album to open at the top of the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart. Only Things We Love, Beneath the Black Palms and Trop d'amour came in 2019, 2020 and 2022, proof that the side project had long since become a second career.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Blaqk Audio on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stiff Kittens | 9 | #37 | – | 2007 | |
| 2 | Faith Healer | 1 | #72 | – | 2012 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 72 (tie) | Faith Healer | WBER Listener Countdown 2012 |
| 2008 | 37 | Stiff Kittens | WBER Listener Countdown 2008 |
| 2007 | 71 | Stiff Kittens | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 60 | Stiff Kittens | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 47 | Stiff Kittens | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 79 | Stiff Kittens | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 92 | Stiff Kittens | The End Top 107 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 39 | Stiff Kittens | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 95 | Stiff Kittens | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 44 | Stiff Kittens | KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2007 |
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