Artist · chart history
Boygenius
Band United States Formed 2018
Boygenius formed in 2018 in the United States. Boygenius has 61 chart appearances on 32 radio countdowns from 19 stations on RockLists, spanning 2018–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Not Strong Enough”, which appears on 23 lists and was voted number one six times. In total the artist has topped 7 countdowns. The station that charted Boygenius most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 8 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2023.
Boygenius is what happens when 3 singer-songwriters who could each fill a room decide to share one. Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus formed the band in 2018 and put out a self-titled EP that same year, all cracked-open confessions and harmonies so close you could hear them breathe. "Bite the Hand" and "Me & My Dog" made it clear this was more than a favor among friends.
Then they went quiet, and came back bigger. The record, their first full-length album, arrived in 2023 and did what side projects almost never do: it went to number one in Ireland, the Netherlands and Britain, and climbed to number 4 on the Billboard 200. The songs trade leads and swap moods on a dime, from the bright rush of "Not Strong Enough" to the hushed "Cool About It" and the rawer lurch of "$20" and "Emily I'm Sorry". A follow-up EP, The Rest, came out that October.
The Grammys handed them 3 awards in 2024, including Best Alternative Music Album, with nominations for Album of the Year and Record of the Year besides, and they collected a Brit Award too. Then the band went on hiatus.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Boygenius on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not Strong Enough | 23 | #1 | 6 | 2023 | |
| 2 | Cool About It | 16 | #1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| 3 | $20 | 9 | #9 | – | 2023 | |
| 4 | Bite The Hand | 6 | #19 | – | 2018 | |
| 5 | Afraid of Heights | 2 | #35 | – | 2023 | |
| 6 | Me & My Dog | 2 | #68 | – | 2018 | |
| 7 | Emily I'm Sorry | 1 | #55 | – | 2023 | |
| 8 | Without You Without Them | 1 | #453 | – | – | |
| 9 | Salt in the Wound | 1 | #693 | – | – |
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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