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Neil Diamond
Solo artist Brooklyn United States
Neil Diamond is an artist from Brooklyn. Neil Diamond has 22 chart appearances on 20 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Sweet Caroline”, which appears on 8 lists with a best position of #408. The station that charted Neil Diamond most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 9 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2006.
Neil Diamond, a Brooklyn boy born in 1941, had written enough hits for three careers by the time 2005 rolled around, and 12 Songs, his album that year, sounds like a man taking stock. It lets that big, craggy baritone sit right up front, and "Delirious Love" is a love song sung with the ache of someone who has been around long enough to know what it costs.
His story runs from "Sweet Caroline", off Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show in 1969, through a stack of chart-toppers including "Cracklin' Rosie", "Song Sung Blue" and "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", his duet with Barbra Streisand. His American record sales alone run past 56.5 million, and he even took the lead on screen in The Jazz Singer in 1980.
The honours kept coming: the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984, MusiCares Person of the Year in 2009, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Kennedy Center Honors both in 2011, and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. Showbiz sparkle aside, the songs are what have lasted.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Neil Diamond on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweet Caroline | 8 | #408 | – | – | |
| 2 | Delirious Love | 9 | #71 | – | 2006 | |
| 3 | America | 3 | #257 | – | – | |
| 4 | Solitary Man | 1 | #247 | – | – |
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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