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The Tallest Man On Earth

Data updated on 2025-04-23 11:06:11 UTC
"Music is my primary way of asking really loud questions. Most of my songs are big life questions, how to live and function in this world".

The Swedish singer-songwriter troubadour Kristian Matsson, better known as The Tallest Man on Earth has a rare talent for captivating an audience with just his raw, grainy voice and a guitar. He plays various string instruments, ranging from acoustic guitar, banjo and he recently picked up and started exploring the realm of the violin as well. The coming year will see him on the road again through Europe and North-America.

The project of Kristian Matsson - who has spent much of the last 19 years touring around the world as The Tallest Man On Earth - has captivated audiences using “every inch of his long guitar cord to roam the stage: darting around, crouching, stretching, hip-twitching, perching briefly and jittering away…” (The New York Times). In 2020, Matsson left New York City and returned to his farm in Sweden where he drowned out his thoughts by manically growing vegetables in his garden. It was only near the end of 2021, as he began to tour again, that the inspiration returned. “When I’m in motion, I can focus on my instinct, have my daydreams again. When I was finally able to tour again, I started writing like a madman.” He eventually had a collection of songs, revealing what would become Henry St, an album that sees Matsson exploring his own stubborn optimism and “how to be a person in this world”.

Genres

: indie folk folk

Total plays

858.1 million
Updated on 2025-04-23

Country

Sweden

Social media links

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Monthly listeners

603,975

Followers

640,841

Top Cities

  1. Sweden
    Stockholm
    21,739 listeners
  2. Norway
    Oslo
    13,272 listeners
  3. Sweden
    Gothenburg
    10,940 listeners
  4. Netherlands
    Amsterdam
    7,763 listeners
  5. Australia
    Sydney
    7,080 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track Plays Duration Release date
Love is All
Love is All
101,757,026 4:16 2010-04-13
Love Is All
Love Is All
101,757,026 4:15 2010-04-12
The Gardener
The Gardener
51,278,894 3:57 2010-08-24
The Dreamer
The Dreamer
41,907,687 4:06 2010-09-07
Rivers
Rivers
40,844,035 3:57 2016-08-17
King of Spain
King of Spain
33,616,608 3:28 2010-03-02
King Of Spain
King Of Spain
33,616,608 3:26 2010-04-12
1904
1904
22,095,074 3:60 2012-06-11
I Won't Be Found
I Won't Be Found
19,348,759 2:48 2010-08-24
The Wild Hunt
The Wild Hunt
16,567,101 3:22 2010-04-12
Where Do My Bluebird Fly
Where Do My Bluebird Fly
14,913,284 3:18 2010-08-24
Dark Bird Is Home
Dark Bird Is Home
14,203,503 5:04 2015-04-15
Sagres
Sagres
11,431,560 5:14 2015-02-25
Leading Me Now
Leading Me Now
10,509,894 3:25 2012-06-11
Troubles Will Be Gone
Troubles Will Be Gone
10,476,145 3:02 2010-04-12
I’m A Stranger Now
I’m A Stranger Now
8,884,941 4:21 2019-03-28
Time of the Blue
Time of the Blue
8,355,920 3:46 2016-06-13
It Will Follow the Rain
It Will Follow the Rain
8,321,012 3:25 2010-08-24
Burden of Tomorrow
Burden of Tomorrow
8,251,366 3:34 2010-04-13
Burden Of Tomorrow
Burden Of Tomorrow
8,251,366 3:34 2010-04-12
There's No Leaving Now
There's No Leaving Now
7,838,758 4:30 2012-06-11
Somewhere in the Mountains, Somewhere in New York
Somewhere in the Mountains, Somewhere in New York
7,773,611 4:32 2018-04-19
A Lion's Heart
A Lion's Heart
7,747,164 3:15 2010-04-13
A Lion´s Heart
A Lion´s Heart
7,747,164 3:15 2010-04-12
Pistol Dreams
Pistol Dreams
7,482,233 3:35 2010-08-24
To Just Grow Away
To Just Grow Away
7,000,768 3:17 2012-06-11
Honey Won't You Let Me In
Honey Won't You Let Me In
6,650,158 2:57 2010-08-24
Singers
Singers
6,631,950 3:08 2015-05-11
Wind and Walls
Wind and Walls
6,594,477 4:10 2012-06-12
Wind And Walls
Wind And Walls
6,594,477 4:10 2012-06-11
Little River
Little River
6,393,130 3:46 2010-09-07
Like the Wheel
Like the Wheel
6,303,754 3:28 2010-11-09
Like The Wheel
Like The Wheel
6,303,754 3:28 2010-09-07
Revelation Blues
Revelation Blues
5,981,806 3:43 2012-06-11
You're Going Back
You're Going Back
5,900,954 3:05 2010-04-13
You´re Going Back
You´re Going Back
5,900,954 3:05 2010-04-12
I Love You. It’s A Fever Dream.
I Love You. It’s A Fever Dream.
5,772,316 3:38 2019-04-19
Fields of Our Home
Fields of Our Home
5,744,852 4:28 2015-05-11
The Drying of the Lawns
The Drying of the Lawns
5,715,325 2:57 2010-04-13
The Drying Of The Lawns
The Drying Of The Lawns
5,715,325 2:54 2010-04-12
Criminals
Criminals
5,656,421 3:30 2012-06-11
Thousand Ways
Thousand Ways
5,491,802 2:53 2010-04-12
Little Brother
Little Brother
5,370,843 3:57 2012-06-11
This Wind
This Wind
5,370,048 3:24 2010-08-24
Kids on the Run
Kids on the Run
5,334,549 4:52 2010-04-13
Kids On The Run
Kids On The Run
5,334,549 4:52 2010-04-12
The Sparrow and the Medicine
The Sparrow and the Medicine
5,297,386 3:06 2010-08-24
Into the Stream
Into the Stream
5,225,433 2:47 2010-08-24
Darkness of the Dream
Darkness of the Dream
5,150,725 5:01 2015-05-11
Little Nowhere Towns
Little Nowhere Towns
4,753,719 3:29 2015-05-11
The Blizzard's Never Seen the Desert Sands
The Blizzard's Never Seen the Desert Sands
4,595,484 2:01 2010-08-24
Bright Lanterns
Bright Lanterns
4,400,991 3:42 2012-06-11
The Running Styles of New York
The Running Styles of New York
4,363,100 5:12 2019-02-28
Walk the Line
Walk the Line
4,359,227 3:32 2010-08-24
Slow Dance
Slow Dance
4,299,974 3:37 2015-05-11
Shallow Grave
Shallow Grave
4,284,596 2:38 2010-08-24
An Ocean
An Ocean
4,223,234 3:38 2018-03-09
Timothy
Timothy
4,169,898 4:20 2015-05-11
Beginners
Beginners
3,717,363 3:15 2015-05-11
My Dear
My Dear
3,687,807 3:42 2019-04-19
On Every Page
On Every Page
3,581,723 4:50 2012-06-11
Tangle in This Trampled Wheat
Tangle in This Trampled Wheat
3,362,981 3:04 2010-11-09
Tangle In This Trampled Wheat
Tangle In This Trampled Wheat
3,362,981 3:04 2010-09-07
Thrown Right At Me
Thrown Right At Me
3,112,242 2:59 2010-09-07
What I’ve Been Kicking Around
What I’ve Been Kicking Around
2,931,140 3:29 2019-04-19
Hotel Bar
Hotel Bar
2,897,072 4:30 2019-04-19
There’s A Girl
There’s A Girl
2,893,126 3:22 2019-04-19
Seventeen
Seventeen
2,736,339 4:07 2015-05-11
Then I Won't Sing No More
Then I Won't Sing No More
2,605,474 3:49 2018-09-13
Over the Hills
Over the Hills
2,579,872 3:20 2010-08-24
A Field of Birds (YBP Theme Song)
A Field of Birds (YBP Theme Song)
2,495,989 3:55 2015-04-14
Forever Is a Very Long Time
Forever Is a Very Long Time
2,495,830 4:47 2018-06-14
För Sent för Edelweiss
För Sent för Edelweiss
2,295,969 3:01 2022-09-23
Every Little Heart
Every Little Heart
2,293,426 3:10 2023-04-14
Steal Tomorrow
Steal Tomorrow
2,166,035 2:40 2010-08-24
Graceland
Graceland
1,823,868 2:56 2010-04-13
Down in My Heart
Down in My Heart
1,698,347 3:58 2018-08-02
I’ll Be A Sky
I’ll Be A Sky
1,677,802 3:53 2019-04-19
Like The Wheel (Bonus Track)
Like The Wheel (Bonus Track)
1,564,808 3:58 2010-04-12
All I Can Keep Is Now
All I Can Keep Is Now
1,464,091 3:46 2019-04-19
Waiting For My Ghost
Waiting For My Ghost
1,429,032 3:56 2019-04-19
Looking For Love
Looking For Love
1,353,496 3:35 2023-04-14
Where I Thought I Met the Angels
Where I Thought I Met the Angels
1,279,512 4:30 2010-03-02
Henry St.
Henry St.
1,065,010 4:29 2023-04-14
Metal Firecracker
Metal Firecracker
974,235 3:04 2022-09-23
Bless You
Bless You
905,728 4:03 2023-04-14
Major League
Major League
731,406 3:07 2023-04-14
Tears Are In Your Eyes
Tears Are In Your Eyes
714,309 4:07 2022-09-23
Slowly Rivers Turn
Slowly Rivers Turn
690,775 3:36 2023-04-14
Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools
594,758 5:13 2016-05-20
Blood Bank
Blood Bank
556,254 3:16 2022-09-23
Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
427,565 3:52 2022-09-23
In Your Garden Still
In Your Garden Still
427,165 4:29 2023-04-14
Little Birdie
Little Birdie
406,461 2:55 2022-09-23
Looking For Love - Spotify Singles
Looking For Love - Spotify Singles
380,645 3:54 2023-06-02
Lost Highway
Lost Highway
373,126 4:35 2022-09-23
Foothills
Foothills
363,140 2:41 2023-04-14
Goodbye
Goodbye
349,880 4:04 2023-04-14
Italy
Italy
342,973 4:31 2023-04-14
New Religion
New Religion
329,040 4:24 2023-04-14
Pink Rabbits
Pink Rabbits
316,271 3:44 2022-09-23
In My Life
In My Life
279,182 3:01 2022-09-23
Fairest of the Seasons
Fairest of the Seasons
225,910 3:11 2022-09-23
Say What You Will - Spotify Singles
Say What You Will - Spotify Singles
150,307 4:26 2023-06-02
På tu man hand
På tu man hand
76,870 2:56 2025-03-14
Cycles
Cycles
28,064 3:34 2012-06-12

New releases

Spotify Singles
Spotify Singles
2023-06-02
[Anti/Epitaph]
Henry St.
Henry St.
2023-04-14
[Anti/Epitaph]
Too Late for Edelweiss
Too Late for Edelweiss
2022-09-23
[Anti/Epitaph]
I Love You. It's a Fever Dream.
I Love You. It's a Fever Dream.
2019-04-19
[Rivers / Birds Records]
I'm a Stranger Now / The Running Styles of New York
I'm a Stranger Now / The Running Styles of New York
2019-03-28
[Rivers / Birds Records]
The Running Styles of New York
The Running Styles of New York
2019-02-28
[Rivers / Birds Records]
Then I Won't Sing No More
Then I Won't Sing No More
2018-09-13
[Rivers / Birds Records]
When The Bird Sees The Solid Ground
When The Bird Sees The Solid Ground
2018-09-13
[Rivers / Birds Records]
Down in My Heart
Down in My Heart
2018-08-02
[Rivers / Birds Records]
Forever Is a Very Long Time
Forever Is a Very Long Time
2018-06-14
[Rivers / Birds Records]
Somewhere in the Mountains, Somewhere in New York
Somewhere in the Mountains, Somewhere in New York
2018-04-19
[Rivers / Birds Records]
An Ocean
An Ocean
2018-03-09
[Rivers / Birds Records]
Rivers
Rivers
2016-08-17
[Gravitation]
Time of the Blue
Time of the Blue
2016-06-15
[Gravitation]
Time of the Blue
Time of the Blue
2016-06-13
[Gravitation]
Dark Bird Is Home
Dark Bird Is Home
2015-05-12
[Dead Oceans]
Dark Bird Is Home
Dark Bird Is Home
2015-05-11
[Gravitation / Dead Oceans]
Dark Bird Is Home
Dark Bird Is Home
2015-04-15
[Dead Oceans]
Dark Bird Is Home
Dark Bird Is Home
2015-04-15
[Gravitation / Dead Oceans]
Sagres
Sagres
2015-02-25
[Gravitation / Dead Oceans]
Sagres
Sagres
2015-02-25
[Dead Oceans]
There's No Leaving Now
There's No Leaving Now
2012-06-12
[Dead Oceans]
1904 b/w Cycles
1904 b/w Cycles
2012-06-12
[Dead Oceans]
There's No Leaving Now
There's No Leaving Now
2012-06-11
[Gravitation]
Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird
Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird
2010-11-09
[Dead Oceans]
Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird
Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird
2010-09-07
[Gravitation]
The Tallest Man On Earth
The Tallest Man On Earth
2010-08-24
[Gravitation]
Shallow Grave
Shallow Grave
2010-08-24
[Gravitation]
Graceland
Graceland
2010-04-13
[Dead Oceans]
The Wild Hunt
The Wild Hunt
2010-04-13
[Dead Oceans]
The Wild Hunt
The Wild Hunt
2010-04-12
[Gravitation]
King of Spain
King of Spain
2010-03-02
[Dead Oceans]