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Cornershop

Band Leicester United Kingdom Formed 1991

Cornershop formed in 1991 in Leicester, United Kingdom. Cornershop has 52 chart appearances on 51 radio countdowns from 19 stations on RockLists, spanning 1993–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Brimful of Asha”, which appears on 46 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Cornershop most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 14 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1997.

52appearances

51countdowns

7songs charted

19stations

1#1 finishes

1993–2026years

Cornershop took their name from the stereotype of the British Asian shopkeeper and wore it like a badge. Formed in Leicester in 1991 by singer, songwriter and guitarist Tjinder Singh, his brother Avtar Singh on bass, drummer David Chambers and Ben Ayres on guitar, keyboards and tamboura, they grew out of General Havoc, which had put out one EP, and set about blending Indian music with scrappy indie rock and, before long, dance beats. The Lock Stock & Double-Barrel EP in 1993 brought "England's Dreaming" and plenty of noise.

The lineup shifted over the next few years, but Singh and Ayres stayed at the core, and in 1997 their third album, When I Was Born for the 7th Time, put it all together: loops, lazy grooves and a wicked sense of humor. "Brimful of Asha" is its crown jewel, a loping, sunny, head-nodding groove that you can't shake, and in 1998 a remix of it went all the way to number one on the UK singles chart.

Handcream for a Generation followed in 2002, as warm, playful and hard to pin down as ever.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Cornershop on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Brimful of Asha	1,751	46	#1	1	1997
2	Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook remix)	89	1	#96	–	–
3	Leassons Learned From Rocky 1 To Rocky 3	71	1	#66	–	2002
4	England's Dreaming	68	1	#17	–	1993
5	Staging The Plaguing Of The Raised Platform	52	1	#25	–	2002
6	6am Jullander Shere	30	1	#36	–	1995
7	Sleep on the Left Side	4	1	#877	–	–

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.

93 95 97 98 02

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2026	1055	Brimful of Asha	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound
2025	364	Brimful of Asha	WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s
2025	378	Brimful of Asha	The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs
2024	596	Brimful of Asha	WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years
2023	218	Brimful of Asha	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2022	1215	Brimful of Asha	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022
2022	96	Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook remix)	The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2021	98	Brimful of Asha	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2021	877	Sleep on the Left Side	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2020	395	Brimful of Asha	The DC101 Top 500
2016	203	Brimful of Asha	WYEP 913 Countdown 2016
2014	292	Brimful of Asha	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013	301	Brimful of Asha	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011	298	Brimful of Asha	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010	286	Brimful of Asha	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009	283	Brimful of Asha	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	90	Brimful of Asha	WYEP 913 Essential Songs
2008	275	Brimful of Asha	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007	283	Brimful of Asha	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2006	454	Brimful of Asha	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006)
2005	417	Brimful of Asha	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005)
2005	1648	Brimful of Asha	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	903	Brimful of Asha	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2004	1651	Brimful of Asha	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	393	Brimful of Asha	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003)
2003	1651	Brimful of Asha	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002	25	Staging The Plaguing Of The Raised Platform	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2002
2002	66 (tie)	Leassons Learned From Rocky 1 To Rocky 3	WBER Listener Countdown 2002
2002	416	Brimful of Asha	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002)
2002	1844	Brimful of Asha	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2001	483	Brimful of Asha	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2001	1858	Brimful of Asha	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	401	Brimful of Asha	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000	487	Brimful of Asha	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)
2000	1890	Brimful of Asha	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999	1024	Brimful of Asha	The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	1891	Brimful of Asha	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	343	Brimful of Asha	WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1998	62	Brimful of Asha	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998
1998	76	Brimful of Asha	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998
1998	45	Brimful of Asha	The End Top 107 Songs of 1998
1998	79	Brimful of Asha	WEQX Top 102.7 of 1998
1998	79	Brimful of Asha	Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998
1997	59	Brimful of Asha	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997
1997	78	Brimful of Asha	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997
1997	73	Brimful of Asha	The End Top 107 Songs of 1997
1997	1	Brimful of Asha	John Peel's 'Pretty' Festive Thirty-One of 1997
1997	91	Brimful of Asha	KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997
1997	100	Brimful of Asha	WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997
1997	42	Brimful of Asha	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1997
1995	36	6am Jullander Shere	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1995
1993	17	England's Dreaming	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1993

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