Artist · chart history
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Band Seattle United States Formed 2009
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis formed in 2009 in Seattle, United States. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis has 26 chart appearances on 17 radio countdowns from 10 stations on RockLists, spanning 2012–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Thrift Shop”, which appears on 14 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Macklemore & Ryan Lewis most often is The Current (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2013.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were a Seattle partnership that split the job cleanly: Macklemore on the mic, Ryan Lewis producing. They warmed up with the VS. EP and VS. Redux, then went for broke with The Heist in October 2012, a record that swings from goofball to earnest without apology and climbed to number two on the Billboard 200. Lewis' production is big and brassy, and the extended lineup brought real horns and strings to the party, with Owuor Arunga on trumpet, Greg Kramer on trombone, Jon Hansen on tuba, Andrew Joslyn on violin and Rebecca Filice on cello.
"Thrift Shop", featuring Wanz, was the one nobody saw coming: a gleeful, horn-honking romp that went all the way to number one on the Hot 100, which Billboard called the first chart-topper since 1994 without a major label's backing, even if Warner's radio promotion team was quietly in the mix. "Can't Hold Us" followed it to the top, making them the first duo whose first two singles both hit number one, and "Same Love" rounded out the run. The pair took home 4 Grammys, Best New Artist and Best Rap Album for The Heist among them.
This Unruly Mess I've Made followed in 2016 with "Downtown" on board, and in 2017 Macklemore announced the duo was going on indefinite hiatus.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thrift Shop | 14 | #1 | 1 | 2013 | |
| 2 | Same Love | 8 | #2 | – | 2013 | |
| 3 | Can't Hold Us | 2 | #15 | – | 2013 | |
| 4 | Downtown | 1 | #18 | – | 2015 | |
| 5 | Thrift Shop f/Wanz | 1 | #90 | – | 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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