Artist · chart history
Magnus
Band Antwerp Belgium Active 2000–2018 Belgian dance project with Tom Barman
Magnus formed in 2000 in Antwerp, Belgium and was active until 2018. Magnus has 2 chart appearances on 1 radio countdown from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2014. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Singing Man”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #15. The station that charted Magnus most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2014.
Magnus was the Antwerp-born dance project of Tom Barman, of the rock band dEUS, and CJ Bolland, with Barman on vocals and Bolland running the electronics. Their debut, The Body Gave You Everything, came out on 29 March 2004 and threw off four singles: "Summer's Here", "Jumpneedle", "French Movies" and "Hunter/Collector". "Summer's Here", built on a sample of Donald Byrd's "Christo Redentor", and "Rhythm Is Deified" had already shown up in Any Way the Wind Blows, Barman's 2003 film.
In the years that followed, the pair played festivals together as DJs. Then, after a long silence, came Where Neon Goes to Die in 2014, a sleek, nocturnal record packed with guest singers. The single "Singing Man" had Tom Smith of Editors on vocals, later redone with Mark Lanegan, and the album also brought in David Eugene Edwards, Selah Sue, Mina Tindle, Tim Vanhamel, Billie Kawende and the Portuguese rapper Blaya. "Puppy" is on it too.
That December they put out "Slecht Gaan" with Dutch rap crew De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig, a one-off that never made it onto the album. The project wound down in 2018.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Magnus on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singing Man | 1 | #15 | – | 2014 | |
| 2 | Puppy | 1 | #43 | – | 2014 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 15 | Singing Man | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2014 |
| 2014 | 43 | Puppy | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2014 |
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