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Matisyahu
Solo artist West Chester United States US reggae singer, rapper & beatboxer
Matisyahu is an artist from West Chester. Matisyahu has 93 chart appearances on 81 radio countdowns from 32 stations on RockLists, spanning 2005–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “King Without a Crown”, which appears on 43 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Matisyahu most often is 102.7 WEQX (Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)), with 9 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2006.
Matisyahu, born Matthew Paul Miller in West Chester in 1979, arrived with one of the least likely sounds of the decade: reggae and rock grooves shot through with hip-hop beatboxing, carried by a voice that could rap, sing and beatbox, and lyrics steeped in spiritual themes. "King Without a Crown", from the 2004 album Shake Off the Dust...Arise, is the one that broke through, a buoyant, skanking anthem that became a Top 40 hit in the US.
Youth, in 2006, sharpened the attack with the title track and "Jerusalem", and Light followed in 2009 with the uplifting, anthemic "One Day". Along the way he worked with Bill Laswell and with the reggae producers Sly & Robbie and Kool Kojak, and he has kept releasing albums and live records since, while also taking roles as a film actor.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Matisyahu on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King Without a Crown | 43 | #1 | 1 | 2005 | |
| 2 | One Day | 24 | #8 | – | 2009 | |
| 3 | Youth | 8 | #37 | – | 2006 | |
| 4 | Jerusalem | 3 | #33 | – | 2006 | |
| 5 | Sunshine | 5 | #33 | – | 2012 | |
| 6 | Step Out Into the Light | 1 | #23 | – | 2017 | |
| 7 | Live Like A Warrior | 1 | #31 | – | 2012 | |
| 8 | Head Right | 1 | #22 | – | 2019 | |
| 9 | So Hi So Lo | 2 | #68 | – | 2008 | |
| 10 | Back To The Old | 1 | #34 | – | 2018 | |
| 11 | We Will Walk | 1 | #57 | – | 2010 | |
| 12 | Message in a Bottle | 1 | #69 | – | 2006 | |
| 13 | Chop Em Down | 1 | #95 | – | 2006 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Featured on
Songs by other artists credited with Matisyahu as a guest.
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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