Artist · chart history
Leona Naess
Solo artist New York United Kingdom
Leona Naess is an artist from New York. Leona Naess has 7 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 2000–2023. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Calling”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #38. The station that charted Leona Naess most often is WBER (Rochester, NY), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2003.
Leona Naess made her debut in March 2000 with Comatised on Geffen, an English songwriter armed with a guitar and a voice who had cut her teeth playing New York City venues. "Charm Attack" was the single, and it has the kind of low-key, lived-in appeal that its title half promises and half mocks.
Born in 1974, she grew up in London, the daughter of a Swedish interior designer and the Norwegian mountaineer and businessman Arne Næss Jr. Her training was more rigorous than the breezy surface lets on: music composition at the Purcell School in Hertfordshire, then an anthropology degree from New York University. You can hear a bit of both in the songs, which have a composer's feel for shape and an observer's eye for people, all delivered in a close, confiding voice that never pushes harder than it needs to.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Leona Naess on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calling | 1 | #38 | – | 2003 | |
| 2 | I Tried To Rock You But You Only Rollq | 1 | #65 | – | 2002 | |
| 3 | The Beginning | 1 | #32 | – | 2023 | |
| 4 | Charm Attack | 2 | #465 | – | – | |
| 5 | Name Across The Sky | 1 | #82 | – | 2023 | |
| 6 | I Tried To Rock You But You | 1 | #174 | – | 2001 |
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.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 32 | The Beginning | WBER Listener Countdown 2023 |
| 2023 | 82 | Name Across The Sky | WBER Listener Countdown 2023 |
| 2003 | 38 (tie) | Calling | WBER Listener Countdown 2003 |
| 2002 | 65 (tie) | I Tried To Rock You But You Only Rollq | WBER Listener Countdown 2002 |
| 2001 | 174 | I Tried To Rock You But You | WBER Listener Countdown 2001 |
| 2001 | 465 | Charm Attack | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) |
| 2000 | 466 | Charm Attack | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) |
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