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Chad Kroeger
Solo artist Hanna Canada
Chad Kroeger is an artist from Hanna. Chad Kroeger has 16 chart appearances on 16 radio countdowns from 16 stations on RockLists, spanning 2002–2005. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Hero”, which appears on 15 lists with a best position of #9. The station that charted Chad Kroeger most often is 89X (Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.
Chad Kroeger, born in 1974 and hailing from Hanna, Canada, is the voice, the lead guitar and most of the pen behind Nickelback, the band he helped found and has fronted ever since. That gravel-and-gasoline bellow is the whole post-grunge playbook in one throat: hard rock heft, a pop hook tucked inside every chorus, and not a whiff of irony anywhere near it.
Outside the band he has made a habit of turning up on other people's records, as a guest player, a producer and a co-writer, including songs written for other artists and for films. "Hero", his 2002 turn out front under his own name, is the proof that the Kroeger formula travels: the big, clenched build, the soaring payoff, the guitars stacked like cinder blocks. Whatever the name on the sleeve, you know that voice inside a bar and a half.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Chad Kroeger on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hero | 15 | #9 | – | 2002 | |
| 2 | Hero 29 The Hives - Hate to Say I Told You So | 1 | #28 | – | 2002 |
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Songs by other artists credited with Chad Kroeger as a guest.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 446 | Hero | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) |
| 2002 | 101 | Hero | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 26 | Hero | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 61 | Hero | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 34 | Hero | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 26 | Hero | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 9 | Hero | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 46 | Hero | Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 34 | Hero | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 28 | Hero | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 43 | Hero | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 26 | Hero | WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 42 | Hero | Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 |
| 2002 | 55 | Hero | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 |
| 2002 | 28 | Hero 29 The Hives - Hate to Say I Told You So | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 821 | Hero | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) |
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