Artist · chart history
J.S. Ondara
Solo artist Nairobi United States
J.S. Ondara is an artist from Nairobi. J.S. Ondara has 25 chart appearances on 21 radio countdowns from 11 stations on RockLists, spanning 2019–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Saying Goodbye”, which appears on 13 lists with a best position of #3. The station that charted J.S. Ondara most often is The Current (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN), with 6 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2019.
J.S. Ondara, who goes simply by Ondara, is a singer-songwriter from Nairobi who is both Kenyan and American, and his debut album is right there in the title: Tales of America. Verve Forecast released it on February 15, 2019, a quietly striking folk record that sounds old and new at once.
"Saying Goodbye" was the song that caught on, and "Lebanon" showed the same gift for plainspoken melody. Critics loved the record, and that success led to a deluxe edition, Tales of America: The Second Coming, in September 2019, which added five bonus tracks to the original set. It also earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Americana Album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by J.S. Ondara on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying Goodbye | 13 | #3 | – | 2019 | |
| 2 | Lebanon | 3 | #35 | – | 2019 | |
| 3 | Lockdown On Date Night Tuesday | 3 | #31 | – | 2020 | |
| 4 | A Nocturnal Heresy | 3 | #75 | – | 2022 | |
| 5 | American Dream | 2 | #42 | – | 2019 | |
| 6 | An Alien in Minneapolis | 1 | #84 | – | 2022 |
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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