Artist · chart history
Zornik
Band Zonhoven Belgium Formed 1999 Belgian rock band
Zornik formed in 1999 in Zonhoven, Belgium. Zornik has 8 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2004–2010. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Walk”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #7. The station that charted Zornik most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 8 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2007.
Zornik came out of Zonhoven in 1999, when singer and guitarist Koen Buyse teamed up with drummer Marijn Horemans and bassist Kristof Vanduren. That same year, under the name Zornik Breknov, they reached the finals of HUMO's Rock Rally, where Parlophone Belgium and MTC Management took notice.
The climb was quick. The Love Affair EP hung around Studio Brussel's alternative chart for more than 10 weeks from March 2001, and It's So Unreal went one better, climbing to number 3 and staying over 20 weeks. They played Eurorock, Marktrock and Pukkelpop that summer, collected the TMF Award for Most Promising Band that October, and swapped Horemans for drummer Davy Deckmijn. The single "Hey Girl" sat on top of the alternative chart for six weeks, and their debut album, The Place Where You Will Find Us, came out in February 2002 and went to number one in Belgium.
The records that followed deal in brooding, melodic guitar rock with big, clanging choruses: Alien Sweetheart in 2005 with "Keep Me Down", Crosses in 2007 with "Black Hope Shot Down" and "The Backseat", with Tom Barbier added on guitar by then, and Satisfaction Kills Desire in 2010 with "Walk" and "The Enemy".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Zornik on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | 1 | #7 | – | 2010 | |
| 2 | Black Hope Shot Down | 1 | #12 | – | 2007 | |
| 3 | The Backseat | 1 | #17 | – | 2007 | |
| 4 | Get Whatever You Want | 1 | #27 | – | 2007 | |
| 5 | The enemy | 1 | #23 | – | 2010 | |
| 6 | Keep Me Down | 1 | #18 | – | 2006 | |
| 7 | Scared of Yourself | 2 | #76 | – | – |
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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