Artist · chart history
Emiliana Torrini
Solo artist Kópavogur Iceland
Emiliana Torrini is an artist from Kópavogur. Emiliana Torrini has 6 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2018. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Jungle Drum”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #42. The station that charted Emiliana Torrini most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2001.
Emiliana Torrini was born on 16 May 1977 and comes from Kópavogur, Iceland, and her voice, small, sly and startlingly close to the mic, is one of the most distinctive in pop's quieter corners. One of her best-known records is her third studio album, Love in the Time of Science, from 1999, and a few years later she sang "Gollum's Song" for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
Fisherman's Woman, in 2005, is hushed and intimate, with "Sunny Road" and "Heartstopper" sounding like letters read aloud by lamplight. Me and Armini, in 2008, is more colorful and playful, and it holds one of her best-loved songs in "Jungle Drum", a giddy, hand-drummed rush of pure bouncing joy. Across EMI and Rough Trade she's kept one foot in indie pop and the other somewhere a little odder, and back home the Icelandic Music Awards have recognized her.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Emiliana Torrini on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jungle Drum | 3 | #42 | – | 2008 | |
| 2 | Unemployed In The Summertime | 1 | #34 | – | 2001 | |
| 3 | Sunny Road | 1 | #44 | – | 2005 | |
| 4 | Heartstopper | 1 | #91 | – | 2005 |
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.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 598 | Jungle Drum | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 |
| 2009 | 70 | Jungle Drum | 106.1 The Corner Top 106 Songs of 2009 |
| 2008 | 42 | Jungle Drum | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 |
| 2005 | 44 | Sunny Road | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005 |
| 2005 | 91 | Heartstopper | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005 |
| 2001 | 34 | Unemployed In The Summertime | WBER Listener Countdown 2001 |
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