Artist · chart history
X Ambassadors
Band Brooklyn United States Formed 2008
X Ambassadors formed in 2008 in Brooklyn, United States. X Ambassadors has 50 chart appearances on 39 radio countdowns from 20 stations on RockLists, spanning 2013–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Renegades”, which appears on 21 lists and was voted number one twice. In total the artist has topped 2 countdowns. The station that charted X Ambassadors most often is 88.3 The Sting (Cleveland, OH), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2015.
X Ambassadors came out of Ithaca, New York, with big drums, bigger choruses and a soulful streak that set them apart from the arena-rock pack. Sam Harris sings, Casey Harris plays keyboards and Adam Levin pounds the drums, with Noah Feldshuh on guitar in the lineup as well, and the band made its records for Interscope.
Litost, back in 2011, carried "Unconsolable", but the breakthrough came with The Reason EP in 2014 and "Unsteady", a raw, aching slow-build of a song. The full-length debut, VHS, arrived on June 30, 2015, led by "Renegades", a stomping, handclapping anthem built for a stadium singalong. "Jungle" is another of their best-known songs.
They kept moving after that: "Ahead of Myself" in 2017, then Orion in 2019, The Beautiful Liar in 2021 and Townie in 2024, the work of a band that has always been happiest when a chorus can shake the rafters.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by X Ambassadors on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renegades | 21 | #1 | 2 | 2015 | |
| 2 | Unsteady | 14 | #2 | – | 2016 | |
| 3 | Ahead of Myself | 6 | #20 | – | 2017 | |
| 4 | Low Life | 3 | #8 | – | 2016 | |
| 5 | BOOM | 3 | #19 | – | 2019 | |
| 6 | Love Songs Drug Songs | 1 | #15 | – | 2013 | |
| 7 | Unconsolable | 1 | #90 | – | 2013 | |
| 8 | Hold You Down | 1 | #97 | – | 2019 |
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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