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Erykah Badu
Solo artist Dallas United States
Erykah Badu is an artist from Dallas. Erykah Badu has 9 chart appearances on 7 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “On & On”, which appears on 5 lists with a best position of #47. The station that charted Erykah Badu most often is 90.9 The Bridge (Kansas City, MO), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2008.
Erykah Badu strolled out of Dallas in 1997 with Baduizm and a sound that made the rest of R&B look like it was trying too hard. Born Erica Abi Wright in 1971, she pulled from R&B, soul and hip-hop, with a voice that has drawn comparisons to Billie Holiday and a look, those towering, colorful headwraps, nobody could mistake. Her break came after she opened for D'Angelo in Fort Worth in 1994, which led Kedar Massenburg to sign her to Kedar Entertainment.
Baduizm arrived in February 1997, and suddenly she was leading the neo soul charge, crowned Queen of Neo Soul by the critics. "On & On", "Appletree", "Next Lifetime" and "Otherside of the Game" were the singles, and the album went triple platinum. By November she had Live out, home to "Tyrone", the song that became her signature.
She never sat still after that. Mama's Gun in 2000 brought her first top-ten Hot 100 hit, "Bag Lady", and Worldwide Underground and the two New Amerykah records kept her restless. Along the way she was a core member of the Soulquarians and took acting parts in films including The Cider House Rules.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Erykah Badu on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On & On | 5 | #47 | – | – | |
| 2 | Soldier | 1 | #51 | – | 2008 | |
| 3 | Tyrone | 1 | #531 | – | – | |
| 4 | Tyrone (Live) | 1 | #590 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Featured on
Songs by other artists credited with Erykah Badu as a guest.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | On & On | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s |
| 2023 | 489 | On & On | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s |
| 2023 | 590 | Tyrone (Live) | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s |
| 2022 | 420 | On & On | KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) |
| 2021 | 78 | On & On | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s |
| 2021 | 531 | Tyrone | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s |
| 2020 | 1114 | On & On | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2008 | 51 | Soldier | 88Nine Radio Milwaukee Top 100 Songs of 2008 |
| 2006 | 794 | Artist ranking | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006) |
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