Artist · chart history
Oliver Tree
Solo artist Santa Cruz United States
Oliver Tree is an artist from Santa Cruz. Oliver Tree has 10 chart appearances on 9 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 2019–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Hurt”, which appears on 6 lists with a best position of #9. The station that charted Oliver Tree most often is 91X (San Diego, CA / Tijuana), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2019.
Oliver Tree, born Oliver Tree Nickell in Santa Cruz, California, in 1993, was a singer-songwriter and rapper who never met a genre he couldn't mash into another one. He landed at Atlantic in 2017 after "When I'm Down" went viral, and he built a career out of catchy, oddball songs that swung between indie pop, hip-hop and dance music.
"Hurt" is his quintessential moment: a strummed guitar hook and a mopey, half-rapped verse that bursts open into a huge, anthemic chorus, part emo confessional and part festival singalong. It landed on his debut album, Ugly Is Beautiful, released in July 2020, alongside "Alien Boy", "Miracle Man" and "Let Me Down", another bittersweet shout-along. "Life Goes On" in 2021 and "Miss You" in 2022 took him around the world.
He kept up a busy pace, with Cowboy Tears in February 2022, Alone in a Crowd in September 2023 and Love You Madly Hate You Badly in April 2026. He was killed when a helicopter crashed in Rio de Janeiro on June 14, 2026.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Oliver Tree on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hurt | 6 | #9 | – | 2019 | |
| 2 | Let Me Down | 3 | #31 | – | 2020 | |
| 3 | Placeholder | 1 | #109 | – | 2022 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 109 | Placeholder | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2022 |
| 2020 | 39 | Let Me Down | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2020 |
| 2020 | 72 | Hurt | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2020 |
| 2020 | 31 | Let Me Down | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2020 |
| 2020 | 56 | Let Me Down | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2020 |
| 2019 | 22 | Hurt | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019 |
| 2019 | 9 | Hurt | CD101 Top 50 Songs of 2019 |
| 2019 | 17 | Hurt | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2019 |
| 2019 | 36 | Hurt | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2019 |
| 2019 | 92 | Hurt | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2019 |
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