Artist · chart history
Charles Bradley
Solo artist Gainesville United States US funk/soul/R&B singer
Charles Bradley is an artist from Gainesville. Charles Bradley has 20 chart appearances on 18 radio countdowns from 9 stations on RockLists, spanning 2013–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Changes”, which appears on 11 lists with a best position of #45. The station that charted Charles Bradley most often is The Colorado Sound (Fort Collins–Denver, CO), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2016.
Charles Bradley spent most of his life in the shadows, working at music part-time and scraping by in obscurity, before the early 2000s finally caught up with him. Born in 1948, with roots in Gainesville, he found a home at Daptone Records, the label that made a creed out of raw, horn-stung vintage funk and soul, and he sounded like he'd been waiting his whole life to be let in. Critics heard Otis Redding in the ache of his delivery, and it's easy to see why: every line comes out torn open.
He made up for lost time. A documentary about him, Soul of America, had its first showing at South by Southwest in 2012. Victim of Love arrived the following year with "Strictly Reserved For You", and Changes followed in 2016, its title track and "Ain't It a Sin" carrying that gravel-and-velvet voice onto rock countdowns.
Stomach cancer took him on September 23, 2017. The records he left sound like a man with no time to waste.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Charles Bradley on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Changes | 11 | #45 | – | 2016 | |
| 2 | Ain't It a Sin | 6 | #36 | – | 2016 | |
| 3 | No Time For Dreaming | 1 | #62 | – | – | |
| 4 | Heart Of Gold | 1 | #206 | – | – | |
| 5 | Strictly Reserved For You | 1 | #85 | – | 2013 |
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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