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Sam Fender
Solo artist North Shields United Kingdom
Sam Fender is an artist from North Shields. Sam Fender has 41 chart appearances on 34 radio countdowns from 18 stations on RockLists, spanning 2019–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Seventeen Going Under”, which appears on 14 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Sam Fender most often is 107.1 The Peak (Westchester County, NY), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2022.
Sam Fender, born in North Shields in 1994, sings with a high tenor and a Geordie accent he has never bothered to sand down, and his songs marry the big-hearted American music he grew up on with an unmistakably British rock sensibility. He put out singles on his own from 2017, landed on the BBC's Sound of 2018 shortlist, signed to Polydor and released the Dead Boys EP. The 2019 Brit Awards handed him the Critics' Choice Award, and his debut album, Hypersonic Missiles, went straight to number one in the UK.
Seventeen Going Under, in 2021, is where he really cut loose. The title track, a big, surging rock song with his voice straining at the top of its range, became the song that defined him, a hit with critics and the public alike, and "Spit Of You" and "Get You Down" showed there was more where that came from. The album also topped the UK chart and was nominated for both the Mercury Prize and a Brit.
People Watching in 2025 made it three chart-topping albums in a row and won the Mercury Prize, and a re-recorded "Rein Me In" with Olivia Dean became his first UK number-one single, spending 23 weeks at the top. His three wins for British Rock/Alternative Act make him that category's most decorated performer.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Sam Fender on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seventeen Going Under | 14 | #1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| 2 | People Watching | 8 | #34 | – | 2025 | |
| 3 | Spit Of You | 6 | #18 | – | 2022 | |
| 4 | Hypersonic Missles | 4 | #4 | – | 2019 | |
| 5 | Alright | 2 | #32 | – | 2022 | |
| 6 | Arm's Length | 2 | #44 | – | 2025 | |
| 7 | Tyrants | 1 | #36 | – | 2025 | |
| 8 | Will We Talk | 2 | #75 | – | 2019 | |
| 9 | Get You Down | 1 | #62 | – | 2022 | |
| 10 | Getting Started | 1 | #61 | – | 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.
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