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Kid Cudi
Solo artist Cleveland United States
Kid Cudi is an artist from Cleveland. Kid Cudi has 7 chart appearances on 7 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 2009–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Pursuit of Happiness”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #33. The station that charted Kid Cudi most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2009.
Kid Cudi, born Scott Mescudi in Cleveland in 1984, moved to New York to chase music and got noticed the modern way: "Day 'n' Nite" went up on his MySpace page and spread online. That led to work with producers Plain Pat and Emile Haynie on the 2008 mixtape A Kid Named Cudi, and by late 2008 Kanye West had signed him to GOOD Music.
Man on the Moon: The End of Day, his 2009 debut album, was a hit with critics and buyers alike, and it sounds like nothing else in rap at the moment: humming, hazy, confessional, a young man talking through depression, loneliness and alienation over beats that drift like weather. "Make Her Say" roped in West and Common, and "Pursuit of Happiness", with MGMT and Ratatat, became a crossover monster. Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager followed in 2010, carrying "Erase Me" and "Mr. Rager".
He kept testing the edges after that, forming the rock band WZRD with Dot da Genius, producing Indicud himself in 2013 with "Just What I Am" at its center, and bouncing back with Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin' in 2016, where "Surfin'" teamed him with Pharrell Williams. His own imprint, Wicked Awesome Records, has run since 2011, and a whole generation of hip-hop and alternative acts now counts him as an influence.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Kid Cudi on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pursuit of Happiness | 4 | #33 | – | 2009 | |
| 2 | Surfin' | 1 | #40 | – | 2016 | |
| 3 | All Summer | 1 | #54 | – | 2010 | |
| 4 | Just What I Am | 1 | #62 | – | 2012 |
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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