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Nickel Creek
Band Vista United States Formed 1989 bluegrass
Nickel Creek formed in 1989 in Vista, United States. Nickel Creek has 29 chart appearances on 22 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 2006–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Destination”, which appears on 7 lists with a best position of #2. The station that charted Nickel Creek most often is The Colorado Sound (Fort Collins–Denver, CO), with 9 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2014.
Nickel Creek's A Dotted Line arrives in 2014, seven years after the trio went on hiatus, and it sounds as if they never put the instruments down. Chris Thile plays mandolin, and siblings Sara and Sean Watkins handle fiddle and guitar; they formed in California in 1989, first as the Nickel Creek Band, and made six albums between 1993 and 2006.
The breakthrough came in 2000 with their self-titled album, produced by Alison Krauss, which went platinum and pulled in Grammy and CMA nominations. This Side, their fourth, came out in 2002 and won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album; "Spit On A Stranger" shows why, a string-band tune played with pop smarts and a restless, modern itch.
After a fifth studio album and a compilation, they called an indefinite hiatus at the end of their Farewell (For Now) Tour in 2007 and scattered into solo projects. The title of that tour turned out to be honest. They reformed in 2014 with a new album and a tour, and "Destination" crackles with the sound of three players who have been waiting to get back in a room together.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Nickel Creek on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Destination | 7 | #2 | – | 2014 | |
| 2 | Rest of My Life | 3 | #35 | – | 2014 | |
| 3 | Jealous Of The Moon | 4 | #321 | – | – | |
| 4 | Strangers | 2 | #14 | – | 2023 | |
| 5 | Hayloft | 4 | #47 | – | 2014 | |
| 6 | Spit On A Stranger | 2 | #269 | – | – | |
| 7 | Smoothie Song | 2 | #422 | – | – | |
| 8 | When In Rome | 1 | #246 | – | – | |
| 9 | Ode To A Butterfly | 1 | #422 | – | – | |
| 10 | This Side | 1 | #732 | – | – | |
| 11 | When You Come Back Down | 1 | #856 | – | – |
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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