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Ryan Adams

Solo artist Jacksonville United States US singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer & poet

Ryan Adams is an artist from Jacksonville. Ryan Adams has 131 chart appearances on 84 radio countdowns from 28 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Lucky Now”, which appears on 16 lists with a best position of #6. The station that charted Ryan Adams most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 36 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2011.

131appearances

84countdowns

38songs charted

28stations

0#1 finishes

2001–2026years

Ryan Adams, born in Jacksonville in 1974, left Whiskeytown in 2000 and made the solo debut that set the bar for everything after, Heartbreaker, a bruised, back-porch collection that got him a Shortlist Music Prize nomination. Gold followed in 2001 with "New York, New York" and a bigger, brighter sound, and then the floodgates opened: Demolition, the classic-rock swagger of Rock N Roll, and Love Is Hell, the album his label, Lost Highway, first turned down.

He plays guitar, piano and harmonica, and he has never been able to sit still. After breaking his wrist on stage, he put together the Cardinals, who backed him on 4 studio albums before Ménière's disease forced him to break up the band and step away in 2009. He came back with Ashes & Fire, a hushed, warm record that includes "Lucky Now" and "Dirty Rain", and in 2014 released the self-titled Ryan Adams.

In 2015 he remade Taylor Swift's 1989 song for song. He's also produced records for Willie Nelson, Jenny Lewis and Fall Out Boy. In 2019 several women accused him of sexual harassment, which held up 3 planned albums; he later apologized and put out six more between 2020 and 2022.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Ryan Adams on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Lucky Now	986	16	#6	–	2011
2	Gimme Something Good	830	11	#7	–	2014
3	New York, New York	705	11	#6	–	2001
4	Do You Still Love Me?	362	8	#4	–	2017
5	Bad Blood	357	11	#24	–	2015
6	So Alive	340	9	#44	–	2003
7	Two	225	5	#8	–	2007
8	To Be Without You	214	3	#16	–	2017
9	Chains Of Love	198	4	#16	–	2012
10	To Be Young	191	5	#149	–	–
11	Burning Photographs	134	2	#290	–	–
12	Stay With Me	115	4	#58	–	2014
13	La Cienenga Just Smiled	109	4	#476	–	–
14	Nuclear	107	2	#15	–	2002
15	Goodnight Rose	77	2	#442	–	–
16	Ashes & Fire	70	1	#29	–	2011
17	My Winding Wheel	68	2	#525	–	–
18	Oh My Sweet Caroline	67	2	#309	–	–
19	Everybody Knows	67	4	#612	–	–
20	Wonderwall	64	1	#327	–	–
21	Dirty Rain	60	1	#37	–	2011
22	Come Pick Me Up	59	1	#367	–	–
23	Baby I Love You	57	1	#87	–	2018
24	Feels Like Fire	56	1	#56	–	2015
25	New York	56	2	#68	–	2002
26	Gimmie A Sign	55	1	#89	–	2003
27	Answering Bell	54	2	#660	–	–
28	Magik	52	1	#50	–	2009
29	Somehow, Someday	42	1	#530	–	–
30	I'm Gonna Make U Love Me	42	1	#1170	–	–
31	When The Stars Go Blue	40	1	#546	–	–
32	Magnolia Mountain	37	2	#802	–	–
33	Cold Roses	29	1	#628	–	–
34	Am I Safe	28	1	#146	–	2014
35	Prisoner	24	1	#69	–	2017
36	Magick	18	1	#85	–	2008
37	My Wrecking Ball	16	2	#86	–	2014
38	Fire Cracker	13	2	#820	–	–

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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Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2026	303	Lucky Now	KXT 917 Song Countdown
2025	200	New York, New York	WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far)
2025	476	La Cienenga Just Smiled	WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far)
2025	692	To Be Young	WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far)
2024	1023	Everybody Knows	WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years
2023	802	Magnolia Mountain	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023
2023	1066	Two	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023
2023	1201	Everybody Knows	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023
2022	998	Everybody Knows	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022
2018	87	Baby I Love You	Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2018
2018	308	Burning Photographs	WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018
2018	442	Goodnight Rose	WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018
2018	611	Lucky Now	WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018
2018	858	Two	WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018
2017	4	Do You Still Love Me?	Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2017
2017	16	To Be Without You	WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2017
2017	18	To Be Without You	Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2017
2017	22	Do You Still Love Me?	WXPN Year in Review: Top 50 Songs of 2017
2017	40	Do You Still Love Me?	WBER Listener Countdown 2017
2017	44	To Be Without You	90.9 The Bridge Top 100 Songs of 2017
2017	47	Do You Still Love Me?	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2017
2017	51	Do You Still Love Me?	WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017
2017	69	Prisoner	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2017
2017	76	Do You Still Love Me?	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2017
2016	88	Bad Blood	91X Top 91 Songs of 2016
2016	65	Do You Still Love Me?	WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2016
2016	98	Do You Still Love Me?	WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2016
2016	172	New York, New York	WYEP 913 Countdown 2016
2016	236	Gimme Something Good	WYEP 913 Countdown 2016
2016	707	To Be Young	WYEP 913 Countdown 2016
2016	820	Fire Cracker	WYEP 913 Countdown 2016
2016	910	Bad Blood	WYEP 913 Countdown 2016
2015	89	Bad Blood	91X Top 91 Songs of 2015
2015	24	Bad Blood	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2015
2015	33	Bad Blood	WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2015
2015	42	Bad Blood	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2015
2015	48	Bad Blood	WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2015
2015	52	Bad Blood	WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2015
2015	56	Feels Like Fire	WBER Listener Countdown 2015
2015	66	Bad Blood	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2015
2015	67	Bad Blood	WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015
2015	67	Bad Blood	WERS Top 88 Songs of 2015
2015	97	Stay With Me	Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2015
2014	7	Gimme Something Good	WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2014
2014	8	Gimme Something Good	WEXT Top 97 of 2014
2014	9	Gimme Something Good	WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2014
2014	13	Gimme Something Good	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2014
2014	15	Gimme Something Good	WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2014
2014	22	Gimme Something Good	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2014
2014	24	Gimme Something Good	WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2014
2014	26	Gimme Something Good	Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2014
2014	30	Gimme Something Good	WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2014
2014	58	Stay With Me	WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2014
2014	81	Stay With Me	WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2014
2014	85	Stay With Me	WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2014
2014	86	My Wrecking Ball	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2014
2014	89	Gimme Something Good	WBER Listener Countdown 2014
2014	146	Am I Safe	WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2014
2014	180	My Wrecking Ball	WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2014
2014	367	Come Pick Me Up	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014)
2014	702	New York	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014)
2013	73	New York, New York	WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013)
2013	515	Lucky Now	WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013)
2013	628	Cold Roses	WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013)
2013	651	La Cienenga Just Smiled	WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013)
2012	16	Chains Of Love	WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2012
2012	21	Chains Of Love	Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2012
2012	90	Chains Of Love	WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2012
2012	92 (tie)	Chains Of Love	WBER Listener Countdown 2012
2012	363	To Be Young	WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown
2011	6	Lucky Now	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011
2011	18	Lucky Now	WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2011
2011	22	Lucky Now	WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2011
2011	23	Lucky Now	WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2011
2011	26	Lucky Now	KFOG Foghead Favorites of 2011
2011	27	Lucky Now	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2011
2011	27	Lucky Now	WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2011
2011	29	Lucky Now	Lightning 100 Best of 2011
2011	29	Ashes & Fire	WRSI Top 93 Songs of 2011
2011	30	Lucky Now	WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2011
2011	32	Lucky Now	103.1 The River Top 103 of 2011
2011	37	Dirty Rain	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011
2011	38	Lucky Now	WEXT Top 97 of 2011
2011	46	Lucky Now	106.1 The Corner Top 107 of 2011
2011	61	Lucky Now	WRSI Top 93 Songs of 2011
2009	50	Magik	103.1 The River Top 103 of 2009
2009	53	New York, New York	WYEP 913 Essential Songs
2009	423	To Be Young	WYEP 913 Essential Songs
2009	525	My Winding Wheel	WYEP 913 Essential Songs
2009	549	Two	WYEP 913 Essential Songs
2009	660	Answering Bell	WYEP 913 Essential Songs
2009	842	La Cienenga Just Smiled	WYEP 913 Essential Songs
2009	885	Fire Cracker	WYEP 913 Essential Songs
2009	896	Magnolia Mountain	WYEP 913 Essential Songs
2009	27	New York, New York	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2009	149	To Be Young	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2009	238	Two	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2009	290	Burning Photographs	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2009	327	Wonderwall	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2009	337	So Alive	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2009	422	Nuclear	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2009	530	Somehow, Someday	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2009	536	La Cienenga Just Smiled	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2009	546	When The Stars Go Blue	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2009	612	Everybody Knows	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2009	671	Answering Bell	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2009	674	Goodnight Rose	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2009	685	My Winding Wheel	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade
2008	85	Magick	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2008
2007	8	Two	WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2007
2007	878	Oh My Sweet Caroline	WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time
2006	90	Artist ranking	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006)
2004	59	So Alive	91X Top 91 Songs of 2004
2004	96 (tie)	So Alive	WBER Listener Countdown 2004
2004	309	Oh My Sweet Caroline	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004)
2003	44	So Alive	91X Top 91 Songs of 2003
2003	97	So Alive	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003
2003	91	So Alive	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003
2003	53	So Alive	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003
2003	75	So Alive	WBER Listener Countdown 2003
2003	89 (tie)	Gimmie A Sign	WBER Listener Countdown 2003
2003	102	So Alive	WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003
2002	15	Nuclear	WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2002
2002	68	New York	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002
2001	80	New York, New York	89X Top 89 Songs of 2001
2001	6	New York, New York	WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2001
2001	54	New York, New York	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001
2001	92	New York, New York	G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001
2001	124	New York, New York	WBER Listener Countdown 2001
2001	512	New York, New York	WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time
2001	1170	I'm Gonna Make U Love Me	WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time

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