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KD Lang
Solo artist Edmonton Canada
KD Lang is an artist from Edmonton. KD Lang has 35 chart appearances on 25 radio countdowns from 12 stations on RockLists, spanning 1992–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Constant Craving”, which appears on 19 lists with a best position of #30. The station that charted KD Lang most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 16 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1992.
k.d. lang, born in 1961 and raised in Edmonton, always had a voice too big for any one genre. A mezzo-soprano with the phrasing of a torch singer and the twang of a honky-tonk angel, she first made her mark in country music, collecting Grammys for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals in 1988 and Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1989, and sang at the closing ceremony of the Calgary Winter Olympics in 1988.
Ingénue, in 1992, turned toward pop. "Constant Craving" floats on a hushed, lilting groove and a vocal of aching restraint, and she took the Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1992, while back home the Junos gave her Album of the Year and Songwriter of the Year in 1993.
Her collaborators have ranged from Roy Orbison and Tony Bennett to Elton John and the Killers. On Hymns of the 49th Parallel in 2004 she recorded Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah", which she later performed at the opening of the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010. An Officer of the Order of Canada and a Canada's Walk of Fame inductee in 2008, she has also campaigned for animal rights, LGBTQ rights and Tibetan human rights.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by KD Lang on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Constant Craving | 19 | #30 | – | 1992 | |
| 2 | Hallelujah | 6 | #198 | – | – | |
| 3 | Season of Hollow Soul | 1 | #315 | – | – | |
| 4 | Crying | 1 | #372 | – | – | |
| 5 | Mind of Love | 1 | #1324 | – | – | |
| 6 | Pullin' Back The Reins | 1 | #860 | – | – | |
| 7 | The Consequences of Falling | 1 | #669 | – | – | |
| 8 | Sugar Buzz | 1 | #72 | – | 2011 | |
| 9 | The Water's Edge | 1 | #79 | – | 2011 | |
| 10 | Helpless | 2 | #1003 | – | – |
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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