Artist · chart history
Skrillex
Solo artist Los Angeles United States
Skrillex is an artist from Los Angeles. Skrillex has 6 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2011–2020. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Bangarang”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #25. The station that charted Skrillex most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2011.
Skrillex is Sonny John Moore, born in 1988 and raised between Northeast Los Angeles and Northern California and before the drops came, he was screaming his lungs out. In 2004 he fronted the post-hardcore band From First to Last, singing on Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Bodycount and Heroine before striking out on his own in 2007. A solo debut, Bells, was lined up with producer Noah Shain and then scrapped, and out of that dead end came a new name and a new sound.
My Name Is Skrillex went up as a free MySpace download in 2010, and the Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites and More Monsters and Sprites EPs followed: dubstep turned inside out for kids raised on breakdowns, all serrated bass, stuttering drops and synths that sound like robots arguing. "First of the Year (Equinox)" and the gleefully rowdy "Bangarang" pushed it even harder. At the 2012 Grammys he took home Best Dance/Electronic Album, Best Dance Recording and Best Remixed Recording and was up for Best New Artist, and MTV named him its electronic dance music artist of the year.
He hasn't slowed down since. There's Jack Ü with Diplo and Dog Blood with Boys Noize, a proper debut album, Recess, in 2014, production work on Incubus's 8, and a haul of nine Grammys, more than any other electronic dance act.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Skrillex on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangarang | 3 | #25 | – | 2012 | |
| 2 | Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites | 2 | #21 | – | 2011 | |
| 3 | First of the Year (Equinox) | 1 | #73 | – | 2011 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Featured on
Songs by other artists credited with Skrillex as a guest.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 55 | Bangarang | Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s (2020) |
| 2012 | 88 | Bangarang | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2012 |
| 2012 | 25 | Bangarang | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2012 |
| 2011 | 67 | Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2011 |
| 2011 | 21 | Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011 |
| 2011 | 73 | First of the Year (Equinox) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011 |
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