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Jem
Solo artist Penarth United Kingdom Welsh singer-songwriter
Jem is an artist from Penarth. Jem has 7 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations on RockLists, spanning 2004–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “They”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #50. The station that charted Jem most often is 90.9 The Bridge (Kansas City, MO), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2004.
Jem is Jemma Griffiths, a Welsh singer, songwriter and producer from Penarth, born in 1975, who spent years behind the scenes before stepping up to the microphone. After finishing university in 1996 she worked as a DJ and helped launch the Brighton label Marine Parade, and you can hear that crate-digging past all over her own records: breezy pop songs built on trip-hop beats, folk-rock warmth and a producer's ear for texture.
The It All Starts Here... EP in 2003 gave rock radio its first taste with "They", a slinky single that sounded like a coffeehouse songwriter wandering into a club. Her debut album, Finally Woken, followed on ATO Records in March 2004, carrying "They" along with "Just a Ride" and "Wish I", and it went platinum back home in Britain.
She took her time after that. Down to Earth arrived in 2008, and Beachwood Canyon followed in 2016.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Jem on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | 4 | #50 | – | 2004 | |
| 2 | Just A Ride | 2 | #541 | – | – | |
| 3 | 24 | 1 | #690 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 618 | Just A Ride | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound |
| 2022 | 311 | They | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s |
| 2022 | 541 | Just A Ride | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s |
| 2022 | 690 | 24 | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s |
| 2004 | 69 | They | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004 |
| 2004 | 53 | They | The End Top 77 Songs of 2004 |
| 2004 | 50 | They | 99X Essential 99 of 2004 |
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