Artist · chart history
Yelawolf
Solo artist Gadsden United States US rapper
Yelawolf is an artist from Gadsden. Yelawolf has 5 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2014–2015. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Till It's Gone”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #7. The station that charted Yelawolf most often is The Buzz (Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2015.
Love Story, Yelawolf's 2015 album, finds the Alabama rapper tangling hip-hop up with rock and country until you can't see the seams. Born Michael Wayne Atha in Gadsden in 1979 and raised in Antioch, Tennessee, he started recording in 2005 and built his name the hard way, through four mixtapes. The fourth, Trunk Muzik, got him signed to Interscope, and he reworked it into his major-label debut, Trunk Muzik 0-60, in 2010.
Eminem's Shady Records came aboard in a joint venture for Radioactive in 2011, which reached 27 on the Billboard 200, but Love Story was the breakthrough: it climbed to number three, and "Till It's Gone", a brooding slow-burner, went platinum. "American You" was the other track rock radio's countdowns grabbed, and both make the case that country rap and rap rock were never as far apart as the genre police claimed.
He kept moving after that, with Trial by Fire in 2017 and both Trunk Muzik 3 and Ghetto Cowboy in 2019, the last his first independent release after leaving the major labels behind.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Yelawolf on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Till It's Gone | 3 | #7 | – | 2015 | |
| 2 | American You | 2 | #29 | – | 2015 |
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.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 64 | Till It's Gone | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2015 |
| 2015 | 73 | American You | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2015 |
| 2015 | 29 | American You | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2015 |
| 2015 | 7 | Till It's Gone | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2015 |
| 2014 | 95 | Till It's Gone | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2014 |
Comments
Log in or create a free account to join the conversation about Yelawolf.
No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.