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Brandi Carlile
Solo artist Ravensdale United States American country singer-songwriter
Brandi Carlile is an artist from Ravensdale. Brandi Carlile has 213 chart appearances on 95 radio countdowns from 19 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “The Story”, which appears on 25 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 6 countdowns. The station that charted Brandi Carlile most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 55 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2021.
Brandi Carlile, born in Ravensdale in 1981, has the kind of voice that can drop to a whisper and then crack the rafters in the same line, and she uses it on songs that pull from folk rock, alt-country, Americana and old-school classic rock. Her major-label debut, Brandi Carlile, in 2005, had the critics on her side, and "The Story", the title track of her 2007 album, is where everybody else caught up: a slow-building acoustic ballad that erupts into a full-throated howl.
Give Up the Ghost, with "Dreams", came in 2009, then Bear Creek and The Firewatcher's Daughter, with "The Eye" and "Wherever Is Your Heart". By the Way, I Forgive You, in 2018, was the big leap, landing her 6 nominations at the Grammys, more than any other woman that year, including Album of the Year and, for "The Joke", Record and Song of the Year. In These Silent Days in 2021 and Returning to Myself in 2025 kept her on the radio with "Right on Time", "Broken Horses" and "Human".
She formed the Highwomen with Amanda Shires, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby in 2019, wrote songs for Tanya Tucker's While I'm Livin', winning 3 Grammys for it, and earned an Oscar nomination for "Never Too Late" with Elton John. She has 11 Grammys and 2 Emmys to show for it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Brandi Carlile on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Story | 25 | #1 | 1 | 2007 | |
| 2 | The Joke | 24 | #1 | 3 | 2018 | |
| 3 | Right On Time | 16 | #1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| 4 | Broken Horses | 17 | #5 | – | 2022 | |
| 5 | Dreams | 16 | #15 | – | 2009 | |
| 6 | Wherever Is Your Heart | 13 | #11 | – | 2015 | |
| 7 | The Eye | 14 | #6 | – | 2015 | |
| 8 | You and Me On The Rock | 11 | #3 | – | 2022 | |
| 9 | Hold Out Your Hand | 7 | #1 | 1 | 2018 | |
| 10 | Returning To Myself | 8 | #16 | – | 2025 | |
| 11 | That Wasn't Me | 12 | #16 | – | 2012 | |
| 12 | Human | 6 | #10 | – | 2025 | |
| 13 | The Mother | 5 | #4 | – | 2018 | |
| 14 | Turpentine | 7 | #74 | – | 2007 | |
| 15 | The Story (I Was Made for You) | 2 | #9 | – | – | |
| 16 | Dying Day | 4 | #14 | – | 2010 | |
| 17 | Hard Way Home | 3 | #36 | – | 2012 | |
| 18 | Throw It All Away | 2 | #223 | – | – | |
| 19 | Party of One | 2 | #16 | – | 2018 | |
| 20 | Church and State | 3 | #37 | – | 2025 | |
| 21 | The Things I Regret | 2 | #85 | – | 2015 | |
| 22 | Creep | 1 | #226 | – | – | |
| 23 | Caroline | 1 | #28 | – | 2009 | |
| 24 | Madman Across The Water | 1 | #324 | – | – | |
| 25 | Keep Your Heart Young | 4 | #72 | – | 2012 | |
| 26 | Black Hole Sun | 1 | #407 | – | – | |
| 27 | Carried Me With You | 1 | #49 | – | 2020 | |
| 28 | Follow | 1 | #695 | – | – | |
| 29 | The Chain | 1 | #688 | – | – | |
| 30 | I'll Still Be There | 1 | #91 | – | 2012 | |
| 31 | Every Time I Hear that Song | 1 | #996 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Featured on
Songs by other artists credited with Brandi Carlile as a guest.
- 1Summer's EndJohn Prine featuring Brandi Carlile
- 2Good with GodOld 97's featuring Brandi Carlile
- 3Dance Around ItLucius featuring Brandi Carlile
- 4You're Not AloneAllison Russell featuring Brandi Carlile
- 5Damage Gets DoneHozier featuring Brandi Carlile
- 6Come TomorrowDave Matthews Band featuring Brandi Carlile
- 7Dear InsecurityBrandy Clark featuring Brandi Carlile
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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