Artist · chart history · #533 in indie & aaa artist polls
Joan Osborne
Solo artist Anchorage United States
Joan Osborne is an artist from Anchorage. Joan Osborne has 73 chart appearances on 46 radio countdowns from 21 stations on RockLists, spanning 1995–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “One of Us”, which appears on 32 lists with a best position of #14. The station that charted Joan Osborne most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 35 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1995.
Joan Osborne came out of nowhere in 1995 with Relish, a debut on Mercury that mixed rock, soul, blues and R&B into something earthy and unvarnished, with her big, bluesy voice out in front. "One of Us", a gentle, wondering song written by Eric Bazilian, was the one everyone heard, and it made both the single and the album hits around the world. Between them they picked up 7 Grammy nominations.
The album had more going for it than one song, though. "Right Hand Man" struts on a thick, swampy groove, and "Ladder" shows off the grit in her voice.
She went on to prove she could sing just about anything, from pop and folk to soul and country. She toured with the Funk Brothers, the Motown session men, and turned up in Standing in the Shadows of Motown, the 2002 documentary about them. Breakfast in Bed, in 2007, brought "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Joan Osborne on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One of Us | 32 | #14 | – | 1995 | |
| 2 | Right Hand Man | 18 | #546 | – | – | |
| 3 | St. Teresa | 6 | #241 | – | – | |
| 4 | Ladder | 9 | #682 | – | – | |
| 5 | Shake Your Hips | 2 | #64 | – | 2012 | |
| 6 | Cathedrals | 1 | #52 | – | 2008 | |
| 7 | What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted | 1 | #1308 | – | – | |
| 8 | Thirsty For My Tears | 1 | #79 | – | 2014 | |
| 9 | Hallelujah in the City | 1 | #893 | – | – | |
| 10 | Sweeter Than the Rest | 1 | #107 | – | 2008 |
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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