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Maxi Priest
Solo artist Lewisham United Kingdom British reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent
Maxi Priest is an artist from Lewisham. Maxi Priest has 10 chart appearances on 10 radio countdowns from 5 stations on RockLists, spanning 1988–1996. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Wild World”, which appears on 9 lists with a best position of #11. The station that charted Maxi Priest most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 6 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1988.
Maxi Priest, born Max Elliott in Lewisham in 1961, is a British reggae singer of Jamaican descent with a voice as smooth as warm honey, and he made his name by slipping R&B into reggae. That blend has a name now, reggae fusion, and he was one of the first to take it around the world.
His 1987 album Maxi is where rock radio caught on, thanks to "Wild World", a lilting, sunny, gently swaying record that sounds made for a long drive with the windows down. "Close to You" kept him on the countdowns in 1990. By 1994 he had a Grammy nomination for Best Reggae Album, and his mix of reggae, soul and lovers rock has kept its easy charm.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Maxi Priest on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wild World | 9 | #11 | – | 1988 | |
| 2 | Close to You | 1 | #83 | – | 1990 |
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.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 466 | Wild World | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) |
| 1994 | 278 | Wild World | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) |
| 1992 | 343 | Wild World | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) |
| 1990 | 83 | Close to You | CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990 |
| 1989 | 19 | Wild World | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) |
| 1988 | 11 | Wild World | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 |
| 1988 | 37 | Wild World | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988 |
| 1988 | 34 | Wild World | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988 |
| 1988 | 74 | Wild World | WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 |
| 1988 | 146 | Wild World | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) |
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