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Jewel
Solo artist Payson United States singer-songwriter Jewel Kilcher
Jewel is an artist from Payson. Jewel has 41 chart appearances on 29 radio countdowns from 18 stations on RockLists, spanning 1994–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Who Will Save Your Soul”, which appears on 20 lists with a best position of #18. The station that charted Jewel most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 14 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1997.
Jewel Kilcher grew up near Homer, Alaska, singing and yodeling in a duo with her father, Atz Kilcher, and at fifteen she won a partial scholarship to the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan to study operatic voice. Then she moved on to San Diego, played coffeehouses and clubs, and caught enough local attention that Atlantic signed her in 1993.
Pieces of You is the result: a hushed, raw folk record of a young woman and her guitar, the voice sliding from a whisper to a full-throated soar. "Who Will Save Your Soul" was the first single, a strummed sermon with a sly bite, and "You Were Meant for Me" and "Foolish Games" turned her quiet confessions into huge hits. The album went 12 times platinum and brought Grammy nominations, and in 1997 she took the MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video.
She has kept moving since: Spirit and This Way, the electronic and dance-pop turn of 0304, the country of Perfectly Clear on Big Machine, and her first independent album, Lullaby. She published a book of poetry, acted in Ang Lee's Western Ride with the Devil, and in 2021 won The Masked Singer.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Jewel on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who Will Save Your Soul | 20 | #18 | – | 1996 | |
| 2 | You Were Meant For Me | 14 | #13 | – | 1997 | |
| 3 | Foolish Game | 2 | #62 | – | 1997 | |
| 4 | Hands | 1 | #13 | – | 1998 | |
| 5 | Long Way 'Round (Woohoo) | 1 | #20 | – | 2022 | |
| 6 | Standing Still | 1 | #42 | – | 2001 | |
| 7 | Angel Needs a Ride | 1 | #86 | – | 1994 |
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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