Artist · chart history
London Grammar
Band Nottingham United Kingdom Formed 2009
London Grammar formed in 2009 in Nottingham, United Kingdom. London Grammar has 12 chart appearances on 9 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 2013–2023. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Strong”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #10. The station that charted London Grammar most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2013.
London Grammar deal in the kind of hush that makes a room go quiet. The trio came together in Nottingham, Hannah Reid, Dan Rothman and Dominic "Dot" Major, who handles keyboards and drums, and the formula is right there from the first bars: huge, cathedral-sized reverb, sparse piano and guitar, and a voice climbing out of the gloom with enough power to rattle the rafters.
The Metal & Dust EP came out in 2013 and gave them "Hey Now", a slow-motion ballad that sounds like it was recorded in an empty warehouse at dawn. The debut album If You Wait followed later that year, carrying "Strong" and "Wasting My Young Years", and it got as high as number 2 on the UK albums chart and went Double Platinum there.
They've only gotten bigger since. Truth Is a Beautiful Thing in 2017 and Californian Soil in 2021 both went to number 1 in the UK, and the latter's "Baby It's You" added a sleek, pulsing edge to their gothic hush.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by London Grammar on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strong | 4 | #10 | – | 2014 | |
| 2 | Wasting My Young Years | 2 | #60 | – | 2013 | |
| 3 | Baby It's You | 2 | #22 | – | 2021 | |
| 4 | Hey Now | 1 | #35 | – | 2013 | |
| 5 | Call Your Friends | 1 | #49 | – | 2022 | |
| 6 | Lord It's A Feeling | 1 | #44 | – | 2023 | |
| 7 | How Does It Feel | 1 | #72 | – | 2021 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Featured on
Songs by other artists credited with London Grammar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 44 | Lord It's A Feeling | WBER Listener Countdown 2023 |
| 2022 | 49 | Call Your Friends | WBER Listener Countdown 2022 |
| 2021 | 22 | Baby It's You | WBER Listener Countdown 2021 |
| 2021 | 72 | How Does It Feel | WBER Listener Countdown 2021 |
| 2020 | 76 | Baby It's You | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2020 |
| 2014 | 16 | Strong | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2014 |
| 2014 | 81 | Strong | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2014 |
| 2014 | 96 | Strong | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2014 |
| 2013 | 60 | Wasting My Young Years | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013 |
| 2013 | 10 | Strong | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2013 |
| 2013 | 35 | Hey Now | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2013 |
| 2013 | 61 | Wasting My Young Years | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2013 |
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