Artist · chart history
Khalid
Solo artist Fort Stewart United States American R&B singer‐songwriter
Khalid is an artist from Fort Stewart. Khalid has 4 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2017–2019. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Young Dumb & Broke”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #13. The station that charted Khalid most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2017.
Khalid sounds like the last song on the radio during a late drive home: a deep, unhurried voice full of teenage restlessness, set against spacious, minimal R&B. Born in 1998, he signed with Right Hand Music Group, an RCA imprint, and his first single "Location" arrived in 2016 before "Young Dumb & Broke" made him a star in 2017.
That song set the template for his debut album American Teen: easygoing grooves, a little ache, and a shrug at being young and short of cash. Critics and buyers both came around, the album went quadruple platinum and got a Grammy nomination, and the same year he joined Alessia Cara on Logic's "1-800-273-8255". He was up for Best New Artist as well.
The duets kept coming, "Love Lies" with Normani and "Eastside" with Benny Blanco and Halsey, before "Better" set up the Suncity EP with its slinky, late-night hush. Free Spirit in 2019 went straight to the top of the Billboard 200, and "Talk", its lead single, climbed to number three on the Hot 100, a moody, synth-laced slow burn. That same year Time put him on its list of the 100 most influential people.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Khalid on radio countdowns
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Featured on
Songs by other artists credited with Khalid as a guest.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 55 | Talk | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2019 |
| 2018 | 52 | Better | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2018 |
| 2017 | 13 | Young Dumb & Broke | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017 |
| 2017 | 62 | Saved | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017 |
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