2015 in rock music

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This article summarizes the events related to rock music for the year of 2015.

Notable events[]

January[]

February[]

March[]

April[]

  • Foo Fighters's single "Congregation", featuring Zac Brown, tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart for 3 weeks.[4][2]
  • The Offspring's single "Coming for You" tops the Mainstream Rock chart for 1 week. It is their second song to do so, and their first to do so in over 18 years, after their single "Gone Away" did in 1997.[16]
  • All Time Low releases their sixth studio album, Future Hearts. It debuts at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 80,000 album equivalent units, and sold 75,000 albums, topping the Billboard Top Album Sales chart. Both were their best debuts on the charts to date.[17]
  • Halestorm releases their third studio album, Into the Wild Life. It debuts at number 5 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 56,000 album equivalent units, their most successful album debut to date.[18]

May[]

[23]

June[]

  • Breaking Benjamin releases their fifth studio album, Dark Before Dawn. It tops the Billboard 200 chart, selling 141,000 album equivalent units. It is their first album to do so, and the band's first album to feature a fully new lineup outside of band founder and frontman Ben Burnley, following a hiatus due to Burnley's health problems and legal issues during much of the early 2010s.[25]
  • Muse releases their seventh studio album, Drones. It tops the Billboard 200 chart, selling 84,000 album equivalent units. It is their first album to do so.[26] The album also tops the all-format album charts of several other countries, including the UK OCC chart and the Australian ARIA chart.[26][27][28] The album later wins a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.[14]

July[]

  • Halestorm's single "Amen" tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart for a week. It is their fourth song to do so.[29]
  • Bring Me The Horizon's single "Happy Song" tops the Billboard US Hard Rock Digital Songs chart, selling 11,000 copies in its opening week.[29]
  • Tame Impala releases their third studio album Currents. Its tops the Australian ARIA all-format album chart in its debut week. It debuts at number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 50,000 album equivalent units. It is also the first album to top the UK's Official Chart Company's newly created Official Progressive Albums chart, created to track music of the progressive rock genre.[30]

[31]

August[]

September[]

  • Shinedown's single "Cut the Cord" returns to the top the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart for four more consecutive weeks.[2]
  • Bring Me the Horizon releases their fifth studio album, That's the Spirit. It debuts a number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 62,000 album equivalent units. It also debuts at number 2 on the UK all-format OCC albums chart, and tops the Australian all-format ARIA albums chart, their highest performance on all three charts.[36]

[37] [38]

  • Shinedown releases their fifth studio album, Threat to Survival. It debuts at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 65,000 album equivalent units.[39]
  • Pink Floyd's David Gilmour releases his fourth solo album, Rattle That Lock. It debuts at number 5 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 71,000 album equivalent units. The album also tops the UK album charts, his second solo album to do so.[39][40]

October[]

[2]

[44]

November[]

December[]

[2]

  • Disturbed's single "The Light" tops the Mainstream Rock chart for 5 weeks, in a run that bleeds into January 2016.[33]

[2]

  • Coldplay released their seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams. The album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 210,000 album equivalent units.[50]

Year end[]

  • Tame Impala wins "Album of the Year" at the Australian 2015 ARIA Awards for the release of their third studio album Currents.[51] They also win "Best International Group" at the Brit Awards following the album's release.[52]

Deaths[]

Band breakups[]

References[]

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g "2015 Archive - Billboard". Billboard.
  3. ^ "2014 Archive - Billboard". Billboard.
  4. ^ a b "Modest Mouse Grabs Top Spot on Top Rock Albums; Foo Fighters Top Mainstream Rock Songs - Music News - ABC News Radio". ABC News Radio.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA.
  7. ^ "I Prevail Explain Getting In the Right Headspace for New Album 'Trauma'". Billboard.
  8. ^ a b c "Fall Out Boy Scores Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Three Days Grace Ties Van Halen for Most No. 1s on Mainstream Rock Songs Chart". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Watch Katy Perry, Missy Elliott, and Lenny Kravitz at the Super Bowl Halftime Show". Time.
  11. ^ "Papa Roach's "Face Everything and Rise" Grabs Number One on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs - Music News - ABC News Radio". ABC News Radio.
  12. ^ "Halestorm's "Apocalyptic" Hits Number One on "Billboard's" Mainstream Rock Songs - Music News - ABC News Radio". ABC News Radio.
  13. ^ "Wale Rules With Second No. 1 Album, 'Furious 7' Soundtrack Drives to No. 2". Billboard.
  14. ^ a b "List: Who won what at the 58th annual Grammys". Usatoday.com.
  15. ^ "Kendrick Lamar Earns His First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard.
  16. ^ "The Offspring Back at No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Chart After a Record 18 Years". Billboard.
  17. ^ "'Furious 7' Soundtrack Speeds to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard.
  18. ^ "Shawn Mendes' 'Handwritten' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard.
  19. ^ "The Pretty Reckless Sets Mainstream Rock Songs Record With New No. 1". Billboard.
  20. ^ a b "Breaking Benjamin Earns Fifth No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Songs". Billboard.
  21. ^ "Breaking Benjamin". Billboard.
  22. ^ "Wait… Zac Brown Band Is on the Mainstream Rock Songs Chart?". Billboard.
  23. ^ "Zac Brown Band Top Billboard 200 + Mainstream Rock Charts". Loudwire.
  24. ^ "'Pitch Perfect 2' Soundtrack Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard.
  25. ^ "Breaking Benjamin Earns Its First No. 1 Album on the Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard.
  26. ^ a b "Muse Earns Its First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard.
  27. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100 - Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
  28. ^ "australian-charts.com - Muse - Drones". Australian-charts.com.
  29. ^ a b "Halestorm Ties Record Atop Mainstream Rock Songs". Billboard.
  30. ^ "Future Earns His First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard.
  31. ^ "After almost 50 years prog rock is finally getting its own chart". Independent.co.uk.
  32. ^ "Shinedown Scores 12th Mainstream Rock Songs Chart No. 1 With 'Devil'". Billboard.
  33. ^ a b "Disturbed Earns Fourth Mainstream Rock Songs No. 1 From 'Immortalized'". Billboard.
  34. ^ a b "Disturbed Scores Fifth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard.
  35. ^ "Luke Bryan's 'Kill the Lights' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200". Billboard.
  36. ^ "The Weeknd Earns Third Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard.
  37. ^ "Stereophonics Edges Out Bring Me The Horizon to Top U.K.'s Albums Chart". Billboard.
  38. ^ Hung, Steffen. "australian-charts.com - Bring Me The Horizon - That's The Spirit". australian-charts.com.
  39. ^ a b "Seven Debuts Hit Top 10 of Billboard 200 Chart, Led by Drake & Future, Lana Del Rey and Mac Miller". Billboard.
  40. ^ "David Gilmour scores second solo Number 1 album: "I'm delighted"". Officialcharts.com.
  41. ^ "Red Sun Rising Rules Mainstream Rock Songs With Breakthrough Hit 'The Otherside'". Billboard.
  42. ^ "Pop Evil & Florence + the Machine Score New Airplay Chart No. 1s". Billboard.
  43. ^ "Pentatonix Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard.
  44. ^ Reed, Ryan (8 July 2015). "Coheed and Cambria Pause Sci-Fi Concept for New LP". Rollingstone.com.
  45. ^ "Fetty Wap Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard.
  46. ^ "The Weeknd Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard.
  47. ^ "Timeline of Paris attacks according to public prosecutor". Reuters.
  48. ^ "Paris attacks: Who were the victims?". Bbc.co.uk. 27 November 2015.
  49. ^ "Bring Me the Horizon Sits in Mainstream Rock Songs 'Throne' for First Time". Billboard.
  50. ^ "Adele's '25' Rules for Third Week at No. 1, Coldplay Debuts at No. 2 on Billboard 200". Billboard.
  51. ^ Naughton, Julia (26 November 2015). "2015 ARIA Awards: Tame Impala Takes Out Album Of The Year". Huffingtonpost.com.
  52. ^ "Tame Impala wins Best International Brit - ARIA". Aria.com.au.
  53. ^ a b "Gone But Not Forgotten: Music Stars In Memoriam 2015". Billboard.
  54. ^ Grow, Kory (18 December 2015). "Scott Weiland Cause of Death: Accidental Overdose". Rollingstone.com.
  55. ^ a b "Band Breakups 2015: 12 Groups We Lost This Year - Fuse". Fuse.tv.
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