Artist · chart history
Blood Orange
Solo artist Ilford United Kingdom singer/songwriter Devonté Hynes
Blood Orange is an artist from Ilford. Blood Orange has 6 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations on RockLists, spanning 2016–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Best To You”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #73. The station that charted Blood Orange most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2025.
Blood Orange is the name Devonté Hynes, born in 1985 and out of Ilford, has put on his own records since leaving his earlier alias, Lightspeed Champion, behind. Before either, he played guitar and synth and sometimes sang in Test Icicles, from 2004 to 2006, a band that made one album in 2005.
As Blood Orange he makes indie pop that feels like a late-night walk through the city, all silky grooves, soft-focus guitar and voices drifting in and out of each other. Freetown Sound, released on Domino in 2016, has "Best to You" among its songs, and Essex Honey, in 2025, brought "The Field". Between the Lightspeed Champion records and the Blood Orange ones, he has made seven solo albums between 2008 and 2025.
Now based in New York City, Hynes is also one of the busiest behind-the-scenes hands in pop, writing, playing or producing with Solange Knowles, FKA Twigs, Sky Ferreira, Haim, Carly Rae Jepsen, Florence and the Machine, Lorde, A$AP Rocky, Mariah Carey, Turnstile and plenty more.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Blood Orange on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best To You | 3 | #73 | – | 2016 | |
| 2 | You're Not Good Enough | 1 | #348 | – | – | |
| 3 | The Field | 2 | #56 | – | 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | The Field | KXT Top 91 Songs of 2025 |
| 2025 | 293 | The Field | KALX 300 Most Played New Songs in 2025 |
| 2025 | 387 | Best To You | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) |
| 2024 | 348 | You're Not Good Enough | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century |
| 2022 | 1225 | Best To You | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 |
| 2016 | 73 | Best To You | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2016 |
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