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Calvin Harris
Solo artist Dumfries Scottish DJ and producer
Calvin Harris is an artist from Dumfries. Calvin Harris has 6 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2009–2020. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Feel So Close”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #11. The station that charted Calvin Harris most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 6 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2011.
Calvin Harris is the DJ from Dumfries, producer, singer and songwriter who turned bedroom electro into a global pop business. He started out singing on his own tracks: the debut I Created Disco, in 2007, came in behind "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls", and Ready for the Weekend, in 2009, hit number one in Scotland and across the UK, with "I'm Not Alone" becoming his first UK chart-topping single, a slow-building synth surge that explodes like a rave in a cathedral.
It was 18 Months, in 2012, that made him a worldwide force. Built on big-room drops and glittering synths, it topped the UK chart, became his first album on the Billboard 200 and produced nine top-ten singles, beating a record Michael Jackson had held. "Feel So Close" rides a euphoric, pulsing hook, "Sweet Nothing" is all tension and release, and "Bounce" lives up to its name.
Motion followed in 2014, and in 2017 Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 swapped the drops for sun-dappled, loose-limbed funk grooves, with "Slide" as its breezy centerpiece. Along the way he collected Brit Awards, a Grammy for Best Music Video and an Ivor Novello, and he topped Forbes' list of the best-paid DJs six years running.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Calvin Harris on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feel So Close | 2 | #11 | – | 2011 | |
| 2 | Sweet Nothing | 1 | #11 | – | 2012 | |
| 3 | Bounce | 1 | #30 | – | 2011 | |
| 4 | Slide | 1 | #37 | – | 2017 | |
| 5 | I'm Not Alone | 1 | #59 | – | 2009 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Featured on
Songs by other artists credited with Calvin Harris as a guest.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 75 | Feel So Close | Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s (2020) |
| 2017 | 37 | Slide | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017 |
| 2012 | 11 | Sweet Nothing | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2012 |
| 2011 | 11 | Feel So Close | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011 |
| 2011 | 30 | Bounce | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011 |
| 2009 | 59 | I'm Not Alone | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2009 |
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