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Gloria Gaynor
Solo artist Newark United States
Gloria Gaynor is an artist from Newark. Gloria Gaynor has 10 chart appearances on 10 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 2007–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “I Will Survive”, which appears on 10 lists with a best position of #58. The station that charted Gloria Gaynor most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 3 appearances.
Gloria Gaynor, born in Newark in 1943, sang the disco era's great anthem of getting back up, and the world has never stopped buying it: "I Will Survive" has sold more than 15 million copies worldwide, which puts it among the best-selling singles ever made.
It was far from her only hit. Her version of "Never Can Say Goodbye" landed in 1974, and she kept the run going with "Let Me Know (I Have a Right)" in 1979 and "I Am What I Am" in 1983. Her voice was built for the job: big, soulful, with gospel and R&B running right through it, riding the four-on-the-floor thump like it was the most natural thing in the world, and turning dance-pop into something closer to testimony.
The mirror balls came down long ago, but her songs never left the party. The New Jersey Hall of Fame inducted her in 2017, and she received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2025.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Gloria Gaynor on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Will Survive | 10 | #58 | – | – |
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 190 | I Will Survive | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2025 | 74 | I Will Survive | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs |
| 2024 | 423 | I Will Survive | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years |
| 2022 | 255 | I Will Survive | KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) |
| 2022 | 58 | I Will Survive | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s |
| 2020 | 507 | I Will Survive | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2018 | 786 | I Will Survive | The Current's 893 Essential Songs |
| 2012 | 488 | I Will Survive | WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown |
| 2009 | 446 | I Will Survive | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) |
| 2007 | 151 | I Will Survive | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time |
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