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Leon Bridges
Solo artist Atlanta United States American soul singer‐songwriter
Leon Bridges is an artist from Atlanta. Leon Bridges has 148 chart appearances on 78 radio countdowns from 21 stations on RockLists, spanning 2015–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Coming Home”, which appears on 23 lists with a best position of #4. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Leon Bridges most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 29 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2018.
Leon Bridges walked in the door in 2015 sounding like he'd stepped out of a time machine. Coming Home, his Columbia debut, was a straight-faced revival of '60s soul, tender and tailored, with "Coming Home", "Smooth Sailin'" and "River" sounding like they'd been dug out of a crate of old 45s. The Atlanta-born singer could have milked that throwback act for a decade. Instead he kept moving.
Good Thing, in 2018, slid forward a few decades into the plush grooves of '80s quiet storm and '90s neo soul; "Beyond" and "Bad Bad News" show a writer loosening his tie and finding his swing. Gold-Diggers Sound, in 2021, pushed on into his own spin on '90s and 2000s R&B, late-night and smoky, and both records drew Grammy nominations for Best R&B Album. He'd already taken home a Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Performance with the 2018 single "Bet Ain't Worth the Hand".
His influences run wide, from Ginuwine to Townes Van Zandt, and 2024's Leon finally let the second half of that list in: a personal record shaded with folk and country, where "Peaceful Place" sounds like a man sitting still for the first time. Along the way he found time to play Gil Scott-Heron in the 2018 film First Man.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Leon Bridges on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coming Home | 23 | #4 | – | 2015 | |
| 2 | Bad Bad News | 20 | #1 | 1 | 2018 | |
| 3 | Smooth Sailin' | 22 | #10 | – | 2015 | |
| 4 | Beyond | 18 | #2 | – | 2018 | |
| 5 | Peaceful Place | 12 | #3 | – | 2024 | |
| 6 | Motorbike | 13 | #7 | – | 2021 | |
| 7 | If It Feels Good (Then It Must Be) | 9 | #13 | – | 2018 | |
| 8 | Better Man | 8 | #9 | – | 2016 | |
| 9 | River | 6 | #131 | – | – | |
| 10 | Laredo | 6 | #25 | – | 2025 | |
| 11 | Steam | 5 | #6 | – | 2021 | |
| 12 | Bad Bad Thing | 1 | #16 | – | 2018 | |
| 13 | Sweeter | 2 | #51 | – | 2020 | |
| 14 | Flowers | 1 | #288 | – | – | |
| 15 | If It Feels Good | 1 | #70 | – | 2018 | |
| 16 | That's What I Love | 1 | #67 | – | 2024 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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Songs by other artists credited with Leon Bridges as a guest.
- 1Elegantly wastedHermanos Gutierrez featuring Leon Bridges
- 2KatchiNick Waterhouse featuring Leon Bridges
- 3JulyNoah Cyrus featuring Leon Bridges
- 4Texas SunKhruangbin featuring Leon Bridges
- 5exas SunKhruangbin with Leon Bridges
- 6B-SideKhruangbin featuring Leon Bridges
- 7Interstellar LoveThe Avalanches featuring Leon Bridges
- 8SuperbloomKacey Musgraves featuring Leon Bridges
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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