Artist · chart history
Rex Orange County
Solo artist Haslemere
Rex Orange County is an artist from Haslemere. Rex Orange County has 11 chart appearances on 11 radio countdowns from 10 stations on RockLists, spanning 2018–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Loving Is Easy”, which appears on 6 lists with a best position of #20. The station that charted Rex Orange County most often is Lightning 100 (Nashville, TN), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2018.
Rex Orange County is Alexander James O'Connor, a young Englishman born in 1998 who taught himself to produce his own music at 16 and put out his first album, Bcos U Will Never B Free, on Bandcamp and SoundCloud in 2015. He followed it with a steady trickle of singles, "Sunflower" and "Best Friend" among them, and Apricot Princess in 2017, the same year "Loving Is Easy" arrived with its sweet, lolloping groove and dreamy, lovestruck vocal.
The real break came when Tyler, the Creator brought him in on two songs from Flower Boy in 2017, and suddenly the bedroom kid was signing with RCA. His music is a warm mix of hip-hop, jazz, soul and bedroom pop, all shuffling beats, wobbly keys and a voice that sounds like it's confiding in you.
Pony, in 2019, got more personal and more adventurous, and "10/10" is its bouncy, bittersweet highlight. It became his first album to crack the Billboard 200, reaching number 3. Who Cares? topped the UK Albums Chart in 2022, and The Alexander Technique followed in late 2024.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Rex Orange County on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loving Is Easy | 6 | #20 | – | 2018 | |
| 2 | 10/10 | 3 | #47 | – | 2019 | |
| 3 | 10 out of 10 | 1 | #42 | – | 2019 | |
| 4 | Face to Face | 1 | #102 | – | 2020 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 451 | Loving Is Easy | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century |
| 2020 | 102 | Face to Face | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2020 |
| 2020 | 91 | Loving Is Easy | Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s (2020) |
| 2019 | 47 | 10/10 | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019 |
| 2019 | 49 | 10/10 | CD101 Top 50 Songs of 2019 |
| 2019 | 42 | 10 out of 10 | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2019 |
| 2019 | 144 | 10/10 | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2019 |
| 2018 | 20 | Loving Is Easy | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2018 |
| 2018 | 59 | Loving Is Easy | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2018 |
| 2018 | 61 | Loving Is Easy | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2018 |
| 2018 | 97 | Loving Is Easy | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2018 |
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