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Jade Bird
Solo artist Hexham United Kingdom
Jade Bird is an artist from Hexham. Jade Bird has 71 chart appearances on 47 radio countdowns from 15 stations on RockLists, spanning 2017–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Uh-huh”, which appears on 18 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Jade Bird most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 10 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2018.
Jade Bird sings like she's been saving up her lungs for years and just found the right place to use them. Born in 1997, she spent her childhood bouncing between Hexham, London, Germany and Bridgend in South Wales, and it was in Bridgend, living with her mother after her parents split, that she started writing songs. A demo cut during her last year at the BRIT School got her a manager, and Glassnote Records followed.
Her EP Something American drew a warm response, and she landed on the BBC's Sound of 2018 list. Then "Lottery" arrived, a stomping acoustic strum with a full-throated howl on top, and it topped the Adult Alternative Songs chart. Her self-titled debut in 2019 brought the rest of the punch: "I Get No Joy" crackles with punkish impatience, and "Uh-huh" rattles along on nervy guitar. Critics mostly loved it, and the AIM Independent Music Awards named her International Breakthrough artist that year.
When the pandemic shut the venues, she became the first artist to team up with Microsoft on the RE:Surface project, a virtual live-streamed concert, and Different Kinds of Light followed in 2021, with "Headstart" among its songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Jade Bird on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uh-huh | 18 | #1 | 1 | 2018 | |
| 2 | Lottery | 14 | #12 | – | 2018 | |
| 3 | I Get No Joy | 12 | #9 | – | 2019 | |
| 4 | Open Up The Heavens | 6 | #8 | – | 2021 | |
| 5 | Headstart | 8 | #38 | – | 2021 | |
| 6 | Burn the Hard Drive | 2 | #14 | – | 2024 | |
| 7 | Now Is The Time | 3 | #47 | – | 2021 | |
| 8 | Save Your Tears | 2 | #8 | – | 2025 | |
| 9 | C'est La Vie | 1 | #62 | – | 2024 | |
| 10 | Cathedral | 1 | #166 | – | 2017 | |
| 11 | Dreams | 3 | #103 | – | 2025 | |
| 12 | Who Wants | 1 | #695 | – | – |
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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