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Shawn Mullins
Solo artist Atlanta United States
Shawn Mullins is an artist from Atlanta. Shawn Mullins has 28 chart appearances on 25 radio countdowns from 17 stations on RockLists, spanning 1998–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Lullaby”, which appears on 13 lists with a best position of #29. The station that charted Shawn Mullins most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
Shawn Mullins was the most unlikely voice on the radio in 1998: a gravelly, half-spoken storyteller out of Atlanta, strumming an acoustic guitar while everyone else was plugged in. Born in 1968 and signed to Vanguard Records, he plays the kind of folk rock that owes as much to country and Americana as to anything in alternative's bag of tricks.
"Lullaby" is the whole package in one song, a slow, patient portrait built on acoustic strumming, with Mullins talking his way through the verses like a guy at the end of the bar who has seen a few things, before the chorus swells up soft and soothing underneath. It went all the way to number one on the Adult Top 40 and picked up a Grammy nomination, and it has hung around the countdowns for years since as one of the late '90s' gentler surprises.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Shawn Mullins on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lullaby | 13 | #29 | – | 1998 | |
| 2 | Light You Up | 6 | #12 | – | 2010 | |
| 3 | Beautiful Wreck | 3 | #482 | – | – | |
| 4 | My Stupid Heart | 1 | #57 | – | 2015 | |
| 5 | All In My Head | 2 | #75 | – | 2008 | |
| 6 | California | 1 | #83 | – | 2011 | |
| 7 | Shimmer | 1 | #814 | – | – |
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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