Artist · chart history
sombr
Solo artist New York United States
sombr is an artist from New York. sombr has 16 chart appearances on 9 radio countdowns from 9 stations on RockLists, spanning 2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “back to friends”, which appears on 9 lists with a best position of #2. The station that charted sombr most often is The Buzz (Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2025.
sombr, born Shane Michael Boose in 2005 and working out of New York, is the sound of bedroom pop breaking down the bedroom door. He put out his first single, "Nothing Left to Say", in 2021, followed it with the In Another Life EP in 2023 on Warner Records and his own SMB imprint, and built a following with big, bruised, melodramatic songs.
The 2025 debut album, I Barely Know Her, blew it open. "back to friends" and "Undressed" became breakout hits, both reaching the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 and the Global 200, and "12 to 12" followed. The songs are heartsick and theatrical, with a voice that can go from a murmur to a howl, and rock radio took to them fast.
That run earned him a Best New Artist nomination at the 68th Grammy Awards and a Best Alternative Video win at the MTV Video Music Awards for "back to friends". In 2026 he returned with "Homewrecker", his first single since the album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by sombr on radio countdowns
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | back to friends | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2025 |
| 2025 | 33 | Undressed | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2025 |
| 2025 | 85 | 12 to 12 | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2025 |
| 2025 | 2 | back to friends | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2025 |
| 2025 | 30 | back to friends | WERG Top 90 of 2025 |
| 2025 | 34 | back to friends | WNXP 91 Most Played Songs of 2025 |
| 2025 | 49 | back to friends | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2025 |
| 2025 | 50 | Undressed | WERG Top 90 of 2025 |
| 2025 | 60 | back to friends | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2025 |
| 2025 | 77 | back to friends | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2025 |
| 2025 | 79 | Undressed | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2025 |
| 2025 | 82 | back to friends | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2025 |
| 2025 | 156 | Undressed | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2025 |
| 2025 | 8 | 12 to 12 | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2025 |
| 2025 | 18 | Undressed | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2025 |
| 2025 | 19 | back to friends | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2025 |
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