Artist · chart history
Young Empires
Band Toronto Canada Formed 2009
Young Empires formed in 2009 in Toronto, Canada. Young Empires has 3 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2011–2012. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “White Doves”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #24. The station that charted Young Empires most often is CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2012.
Young Empires formed in Toronto in October 2009 with Matthew Vlahovich singing and playing keyboards, Jacob Palahnuk on bass and Robert Aaron Ellingson on guitar. Drummer Taylor Hill came aboard in late 2011, straight from a stint with Fritz Helder and the Phantoms, and the 2012 EP Wake All My Youth is where their sound snapped into focus: rock built on dancefloor rhythms and worldbeat percussion, big and glossy and bursting with colour. "White Doves" and "We Don't Sleep Tonight" both come from that record, and both sound made for summer nights.
In February 2013 the band parted ways with Ellingson over what they called philosophical differences, and the remaining trio wrote and recorded their only full album. Young Empires kept putting out music until 2016 and quietly called it a day in 2022.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Young Empires on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White Doves | 2 | #24 | – | 2012 | |
| 2 | We Don't Sleep Tonight | 1 | #35 | – | 2012 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 24 | White Doves | 102.1 The Edge Top 50 New Rock Songs of 2012 |
| 2012 | 35 | We Don't Sleep Tonight | 102.1 The Edge Top 50 New Rock Songs of 2012 |
| 2011 | 97 | White Doves | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2011 |
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