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Kanye West
Solo artist Atlanta United States formerly Kanye West
Kanye West is an artist from Atlanta. Kanye West has 51 chart appearances on 29 radio countdowns from 10 stations on RockLists, spanning 2005–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Gold Digger”, which appears on 7 lists with a best position of #13. The station that charted Kanye West most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 22 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
Kanye West, born in Atlanta in 1977 and raised in Chicago, quit college to chase music and made his name behind the boards first, building beats for Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records in a style that got tagged "chipmunk soul". The label signed him as an artist, and The College Dropout landed in 2004 to rave notices, with "Through the Wire" and "Jesus Walks" up front, and his music would go on to be credited with clearing a path for rappers who had no use for gangsta posturing.
Late Registration followed in 2005 and became the first of his eleven number-one albums on the Billboard 200, riding "Gold Digger" and "Touch the Sky", and Graduation brought "Stronger". Then he kept changing shape: the chilly electro heartbreak of 808s & Heartbreak, the gilded sprawl of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy with "Runaway" and "Monster", the abrasive clang of Yeezus and "Black Skinhead", and the churchy uplift of The Life of Pablo and "Ultralight Beam". Side ventures such as Kids See Ghosts and the Sunday Service Choir kept the restlessness going, and he has collected 24 Grammy Awards.
Away from the records he has been a lightning rod: award-show and social media blowups, a 2020 run for president, and, from 2022, antisemitic statements that drew widespread condemnation and cost him sponsors and partners.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Kanye West on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold Digger | 7 | #13 | – | 2005 | |
| 2 | Runaway | 5 | #14 | – | 2010 | |
| 3 | Jesus Walks | 4 | #71 | – | – | |
| 4 | Stronger | 3 | #20 | – | 2007 | |
| 5 | Black Skinhead | 4 | #20 | – | 2013 | |
| 6 | Touch The Sky | 4 | #86 | – | 2006 | |
| 7 | Monster | 3 | #22 | – | 2010 | |
| 8 | Ultralight Beam | 2 | #22 | – | 2016 | |
| 9 | Love Lockdown | 2 | #19 | – | 2008 | |
| 10 | Hurricane | 1 | #44 | – | 2021 | |
| 11 | Jail | 1 | #50 | – | 2021 | |
| 12 | Bound 2 | 1 | #59 | – | 2013 | |
| 13 | Diamonds from Sierra Leone | 1 | #629 | – | – | |
| 14 | Through The Wire | 1 | #629 | – | – | |
| 15 | Famous | 1 | #72 | – | 2016 | |
| 16 | Gorgeous | 1 | #65 | – | 2010 | |
| 17 | Blood on the Leaves | 1 | #149 | – | 2013 | |
| 18 | Praise God | 1 | #82 | – | 2021 | |
| 19 | Follow God | 1 | #87 | – | 2019 | |
| 20 | Lost In The World | 1 | #83 | – | 2010 | |
| 21 | Clique | 1 | #96 | – | 2012 | |
| 22 | Moon | 1 | #97 | – | 2021 | |
| 23 | Heartless | 1 | #858 | – | – | |
| 24 | Ghost Town | 1 | #98 | – | 2018 | |
| 25 | All Falls Down | 1 | #861 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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Songs by other artists credited with Kanye West as a guest.
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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