Artist · chart history
Nina Nastasia
Solo artist Hollywood United States
Nina Nastasia is an artist from Hollywood. Nina Nastasia has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2002–2003. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Ugly Face”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #4. The station that charted Nina Nastasia most often is John Peel (BBC Radio 1), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.
Nina Nastasia, born in 1966 and a Los Angeles native, first made her name in New York, after John Peel started spinning her debut album Dogs on Radio 1 and turned her into a cult favorite. The Blackened Air, in 2002, made good on the promise: stark, haunting folk shaded with country and a gothic chill, her voice and sparse acoustic guitar framed by creaking strings.
"Ugly Face" is the album's dark heart, quiet and unsettling, and "You, Her And Me", from Run to Ruin, sounds like a love triangle picked apart late at night. Every one of her albums was recorded by Steve Albini, whose dry, unvarnished touch suits her perfectly. On Leaving followed, and You Follow Me paired her with Jim White of Dirty Three.
After Outlaster in 2010 she stepped away from recording for a long stretch, coming back in 2022 with Riderless Horse, her seventh album. When Albini died in 2024, she produced her eighth, Songs for a World of Trouble, herself. She has also formed the band Jolie Laide with Jeff MacLeod, Clinton St. John and Morgan Greenwood, and her records have come out on FatCat and Touch and Go.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Nina Nastasia on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ugly Face | 1 | #4 | – | 2002 | |
| 2 | You, Her And Me | 1 | #13 | – | 2003 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 13 | You, Her And Me | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2003 |
| 2002 | 4 | Ugly Face | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2002 |
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