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Joan Armatrading
Solo artist Saint Kitts United Kingdom
Joan Armatrading is an artist from Saint Kitts. Joan Armatrading has 35 chart appearances on 26 radio countdowns from 8 stations on RockLists, spanning 1989–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Love And Affection”, which appears on 14 lists with a best position of #127. The station that charted Joan Armatrading most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 11 appearances.
Born on Saint Kitts in 1950, Joan Armatrading made her name in Britain as a singer-songwriter who plays her own guitar, and plays it with bite, backed by a voice that can drop from a low purr to a full-throated holler inside a single line. It took her until her third and fourth albums to break through: Joan Armatrading (1976) and Show Some Emotion (1977), both on A&M.
"Love And Affection" is the place to start, a slow burn that keeps threatening to boil over, with "Down to Zero" alongside it on the same record. "Willow" came along on Show Some Emotion.
She kept at it into the '80s. Walk Under Ladders (1981) brought "The Weakness in Me", The Key (1983) came out swinging with "(I Love It When You) Call Me Names", and Secret Secrets (1985) added "Temptation". The recognition piled up alongside the records: 3 Grammy nominations, 2 BRIT nominations for Best Female Artist, an Ivor Novello Award in 1996 for her collection of songs, an honorary doctorate in 2013, and both an MBE and a CBE.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Joan Armatrading on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Love And Affection | 14 | #127 | – | – | |
| 2 | (I Love It When You) Call Me Names | 8 | #519 | – | – | |
| 3 | The Weakness in Me | 2 | #353 | – | – | |
| 4 | Down to Zero | 4 | #508 | – | – | |
| 5 | Drop The Pilot | 2 | #378 | – | – | |
| 6 | Ma-Me-O-Beach | 1 | #437 | – | – | |
| 7 | Willow | 1 | #665 | – | – | |
| 8 | I'm Lucky | 1 | #626 | – | – | |
| 9 | Temptation | 1 | #404 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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