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M.I.A.

Band Berlin Germany Formed 1997 German rock/pop group

M.I.A. formed in 1997 in Berlin, Germany. M.I.A. has 23 chart appearances on 23 radio countdowns from 11 stations on RockLists, spanning 2007–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Paper Planes”, which appears on 21 lists with a best position of #4. The station that charted M.I.A. most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2008.

23appearances
23countdowns
3songs charted
11stations
0#1 finishes
2007–2025years

Songs by M.I.A. on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Paper Planes
1,093		 21 #4 – 2008
2 XXXO
11		 1 #80 – 2010
3 Bad Girls
2		 1 #99 – 2012

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

07 08 09 10 12

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2025 50 Paper Planes 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now
2024 36 Paper Planes WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024)
2022 42 Paper Planes KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022)
2020 1397 Paper Planes WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time
2019 58 Paper Planes KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time
2014 1479 Paper Planes CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013 1421 Paper Planes CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013 56 Paper Planes BBC 6 Music 100 Best Tracks Of The Last 10 Years
2013 757 Paper Planes WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013)
2013 97 Paper Planes Triple J Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years (2013)
2012 99 Bad Girls Triple J Hottest 100 of 2012
2012 850 Paper Planes WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012)
2011 1403 Paper Planes CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 80 XXXO The Current Top 89 Songs of 2010
2010 1419 Paper Planes CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 76 Paper Planes WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2009
2009 1490 Paper Planes CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009 67 Paper Planes WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 2009)
2008 10 Paper Planes KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2008
2008 4 Paper Planes 91X Top 91 Songs of 2008
2008 21 Paper Planes Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2008
2008 36 Paper Planes 102.1 The Edge's Top 102 Songs of 2008
2007 17 Paper Planes Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007