List of Billboard Alternative Songs number ones of the 2010s
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Alternative Airplay is a record chart published by the music industry magazine Billboard that ranks the most-played songs on American modern rock radio stations. Introduced by Billboard in September 1988,[1] the chart is based on electronically-monitored airplay data compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems from approximately 80 national rock radio stations.[2] Songs are ranked by a calculation of its total number of radio spins per week and its "audience impression", which is based upon exact times of airplay and each station's Arbitron listener data.[2] During the 2010s, the chart was named Alternative Songs.
115 songs topped the Alternative Songs chart during the 2010s.[3] The first number one of the 2010s was "Uprising" by Muse, while the last was "Orphans" by Coldplay.[3] From October 2012 to February 2013, Muse's song "Madness" topped the chart for 19 non-consecutive weeks, breaking the record for the most weeks spent at number one by a song in the chart's history.[4] In 2017, "Feel It Still" by Portugal. The Man broke this record by topping the chart for 20 weeks.[5] The American band Cage the Elephant attained nine Alternative Songs number-one hits during the 2010s, the most by any artist within the decade.[3]
Number-one songs[]
Key
– Billboard year-end number-one song
- ↑ – Return of a song to number one
Contents |
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Song | Artist | Reached number one[3] | Weeks at number one[3] |
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"Uprising" ![]() |
Muse | October 17, 2009 | 15 |
"Kings and Queens" | Thirty Seconds to Mars | January 30, 2010 | 3 |
"1901" | Phoenix | February 20, 2010 | 2 |
"Back Against the Wall" | Cage the Elephant | March 6, 2010 | 2 |
"Resistance" | Muse | March 20, 2010 | 3 |
"Mountain Man" | Crash Kings | April 10, 2010 | 1 |
"Resistance" ↑ | Muse | April 17, 2010 | 1 |
"Between the Lines" | Stone Temple Pilots | April 24, 2010 | 3 |
"Lay Me Down" | The Dirty Heads featuring Rome Ramirez | May 15, 2010 | 11 |
"This Is War" | Thirty Seconds to Mars | July 31, 2010 | 1 |
"In One Ear" | Cage the Elephant | August 7, 2010 | 4 |
"The Catalyst" | Linkin Park | September 4, 2010 | 4 |
"Animal" | Neon Trees | October 2, 2010 | 1 |
"Little Lion Man" | Mumford & Sons | October 9, 2010 | 1 |
"Radioactive" | Kings of Leon | October 16, 2010 | 3 |
"Tighten Up" | The Black Keys | November 6, 2010 | 9 |
"Waiting for the End" | Linkin Park | January 8, 2011 | 3 |
"Tighten Up" ↑ | The Black Keys | January 29, 2011 | 1 |
"Waiting for the End" ↑ | Linkin Park | February 5, 2011 | 1 |
"Shake Me Down" | Cage the Elephant | February 12, 2011 | 6 |
"Rope" | Foo Fighters | March 26, 2011 | 13 |
"Pumped Up Kicks" ![]() |
Foster the People | June 25, 2011 | 2 |
"You Are a Tourist" | Death Cab for Cutie | July 9, 2011 | 1 |
"Pumped Up Kicks" ↑ ![]() |
Foster the People | July 16, 2011 | 3 |
"Walk" | Foo Fighters | August 6, 2011 | 2 |
"The Adventures of Raindance Maggie" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | August 20, 2011 | 4 |
"Walk" ↑ | Foo Fighters | September 17, 2011 | 6 |
"The Sound of Winter" | Bush | October 29, 2011 | 5 |
"Paradise" | Coldplay | December 3, 2011 | 1 |
"The Sound of Winter" ↑ | Bush | December 10, 2011 | 1 |
"Lonely Boy" | The Black Keys | December 17, 2011 | 11 |
"Somebody That I Used to Know" ![]() |
Gotye featuring Kimbra | March 3, 2012 | 7 |
"We Are Young" | Fun featuring Janelle Monáe | April 21, 2012 | 2 |
"Somebody That I Used to Know" ↑ ![]() |
Gotye featuring Kimbra | May 5, 2012 | 5 |
"Gold on the Ceiling" | The Black Keys | June 9, 2012 | 3 |
"Tongue Tied" | Grouplove | June 30, 2012 | 1 |
"Gold on the Ceiling" ↑ | The Black Keys | July 7, 2012 | 2 |
"Little Talks" | Of Monsters and Men | July 21, 2012 | 2 |
"Burn It Down" | Linkin Park | August 4, 2012 | 1 |
"Some Nights" | Fun | August 11, 2012 | 2 |
"Too Close" | Alex Clare | August 25, 2012 | 4 |
"Some Nights" ↑ | Fun | September 22, 2012 | 1 |
"Ho Hey" | The Lumineers | September 29, 2012 | 2 |
"Madness" | Muse | October 13, 2012 | 1 |
"I Will Wait" | Mumford & Sons | October 20, 2012 | 1 |
"Madness" ↑ | Muse | October 27, 2012 | 18 |
"Radioactive" ![]() |
Imagine Dragons | March 2, 2013 | 13 |
"Sweater Weather" | The Neighbourhood | June 1, 2013 | 2 |
"Safe and Sound" | Capital Cities | June 15, 2013 | 1 |
"Sweater Weather" ↑ | The Neighbourhood | June 22, 2013 | 9 |
"Royals" | Lorde | August 24, 2013 | 7 |
"Out of My League" | Fitz and the Tantrums | October 12, 2013 | 2 |
"Pompeii" | Bastille | October 26, 2013 | 4 |
"Come a Little Closer" | Cage the Elephant | November 23, 2013 | 10 |
"Do I Wanna Know?" ![]() |
Arctic Monkeys | February 1, 2014 | 10 |
"Come with Me Now" | Kongos | April 12, 2014 | 3 |
"The Walker" | Fitz and the Tantrums | May 3, 2014 | 1 |
"Come with Me Now" ↑ | Kongos | May 10, 2014 | 2 |
"Fever" | The Black Keys | May 24, 2014 | 11 |
"I Wanna Get Better" | Bleachers | August 9, 2014 | 1 |
"Dangerous" | Big Data featuring Joywave | August 16, 2014 | 1 |
"Riptide" | Vance Joy | August 23, 2014 | 5 |
"Stolen Dance" | Milky Chance | September 27, 2014 | 10 |
"Something from Nothing" | Foo Fighters | December 6, 2014 | 8 |
"Cigarette Daydreams" | Cage the Elephant | January 31, 2015 | 4 |
"Shut Up and Dance" | Walk the Moon | February 28, 2015 | 4 |
"Lampshades on Fire" | Modest Mouse | March 28, 2015 | 3 |
"Believe" | Mumford & Sons | April 18, 2015 | 3 |
"Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)" | Awolnation | May 9, 2015 | 2 |
"Dead Inside" | Muse | May 23, 2015 | 5 |
"Renegades" ![]() |
X Ambassadors | June 27, 2015 | 11 |
"First" | Cold War Kids | September 12, 2015 | 1 |
"Ex's & Oh's" | Elle King | September 19, 2015 | 3 |
"First" ↑ | Cold War Kids | October 10, 2015 | 6 |
"Stressed Out" | Twenty One Pilots | November 21, 2015 | 12 |
"Mess Around" | Cage the Elephant | February 13, 2016 | 1 |
"Adventure of a Lifetime" | Coldplay | February 20, 2016 | 2 |
"Mess Around" ↑ | Cage the Elephant | March 5, 2016 | 2 |
"Mountain at My Gates" | Foals | March 19, 2016 | 1 |
"Trip Switch" | Nothing but Thieves | March 26, 2016 | 2 |
"Ride" | Twenty One Pilots | April 9, 2016 | 6 |
"Spirits" | The Strumbellas | May 21, 2016 | 2 |
"Ride" ↑ | Twenty One Pilots | June 4, 2016 | 1 |
"Ophelia" ![]() |
The Lumineers | June 11, 2016 | 4 |
"Bored to Death" | Blink-182 | July 9, 2016 | 5 |
"Dark Necessities" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | August 13, 2016 | 1 |
"Way Down We Go" | Kaleo | August 20, 2016 | 2 |
"Trouble" | Cage the Elephant | September 3, 2016 | 1 |
"Heathens" | Twenty One Pilots | September 10, 2016 | 9 |
"Bang Bang" | Green Day | November 12, 2016 | 1 |
"Heathens" ↑ | Twenty One Pilots | November 19, 2016 | 2 |
"Waste a Moment" | Kings of Leon | December 3, 2016 | 1 |
"All We Ever Knew" | The Head and the Heart | December 10, 2016 | 1 |
"Waste a Moment" ↑ | Kings of Leon | December 17, 2016 | 3 |
"Take It All Back" | Judah & the Lion | January 7, 2017 | 4 |
"Still Breathing" | Green Day | February 4, 2017 | 5 |
"Cleopatra" | The Lumineers | March 11, 2017 | 2 |
"Human" | Rag'n'Bone Man | March 25, 2017 | 1 |
"Believer" ![]() |
Imagine Dragons | April 1, 2017 | 7 |
"Wish I Knew You" | The Revivalists | May 20, 2017 | 1 |
"Believer" ↑ ![]() |
Imagine Dragons | May 27, 2017 | 6 |
"Feel It Still" | Portugal. The Man | July 8, 2017 | 17 |
"Thunder" | Imagine Dragons | November 4, 2017 | 3 |
"Feel It Still" ↑ | Portugal. The Man | November 25, 2017 | 3 |
"Up All Night" | Beck | December 16, 2017 | 7 |
"One Foot" | Walk the Moon | January 27, 2018 | 4 |
"No Roots" | Alice Merton | February 24, 2018 | 1 |
"Sober Up" | AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo | March 3, 2018 | 2 |
"Whatever It Takes" | Imagine Dragons | March 17, 2018 | 2 |
"Live in the Moment" | Portugal. The Man | March 31, 2018 | 2 |
"Whatever It Takes" ↑ | Imagine Dragons | April 14, 2018 | 1 |
"Broken" ![]() |
Lovelytheband | April 21, 2018 | 7 |
"Thought Contagion" | Muse | June 9, 2018 | 1 |
"Broken" ↑ ![]() |
Lovelytheband | June 16, 2018 | 2 |
"Say Amen (Saturday Night)" | Panic! at the Disco | June 30, 2018 | 1 |
"I Feel Like I'm Drowning" | Two Feet | July 7, 2018 | 2 |
"Say Amen (Saturday Night)" ↑ | Panic! at the Disco | July 21, 2018 | 1 |
"Jumpsuit" | Twenty One Pilots | July 28, 2018 | 2 |
"Africa" | Weezer | August 11, 2018 | 3 |
"Jumpsuit" ↑ | Twenty One Pilots | September 1, 2018 | 1 |
"Natural" | Imagine Dragons | September 8, 2018 | 9 |
"Happier" | Marshmello and Bastille | November 10, 2018 | 1 |
"High Hopes" | Panic! at the Disco | November 17, 2018 | 10 |
"Guiding Light" | Mumford & Sons | January 26, 2019 | 1 |
"High Hopes" ↑ | Panic! at the Disco | February 2, 2019 | 6 |
"Ready to Let Go" | Cage the Elephant | March 16, 2019 | 6 |
"Chlorine" | Twenty One Pilots | April 27, 2019 | 3 |
"Lo/Hi" | The Black Keys | May 18, 2019 | 1 |
"Bury a Friend" | Billie Eilish | May 25, 2019 | 2 |
"Trampoline" ![]() |
Shaed | June 8, 2019 | 2 |
"Gloria" | The Lumineers | June 22, 2019 | 5 |
"Missed Connection" | The Head and the Heart | July 27, 2019 | 2 |
"Bad Guy" | Billie Eilish | August 10, 2019 | 2 |
"Cringe" | Matt Maeson | August 24, 2019 | 4 |
"3 Nights" | Dominic Fike | September 21, 2019 | 1 |
"Doin' Time" | Lana Del Rey | September 28, 2019 | 3 |
"Social Cues" | Cage the Elephant | October 19, 2019 | 2 |
"The Hype" | Twenty One Pilots | November 2, 2019 | 7 |
"Orphans" | Coldplay | December 21, 2019 | 4 |
References[]
- ^ Molanphy, Chris (April 19, 2012). "100 & Single: Gotye And fun. Help Alternative Rock Go Pop Once Again". The Village Voice. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
- ^ a b "The Charts". Sun Herald. August 25, 2008. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e References for number-one songs:
- "Alternative Songs – 2009 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2010 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2011 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2012 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2013 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2014 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2015 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2016 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2017 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2018 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2019 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- ^ Trust, Gary (February 11, 2013). "Muse's 'Madness' Rewrites Record For Longest-Reigning Alternative Songs No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
- ^ Rutherford, Kevin (November 28, 2017). "Portugal. The Man's 'Feel It Still' Breaks Record for Most Weeks at No. 1 on Alternative Songs Chart". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- ^ "Alternative Songs – Year-End (2010)". Billboard. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ a b "Alternative Songs – Year-End (2011)". Billboard. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ a b "Alternative Songs – Year-End (2012)". Billboard. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ "Alternative Songs – Year-End (2013)". Billboard. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ^ "Alternative Songs – Year-End (2014)". Billboard. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
- ^ "Alternative Songs – Year-End (2015)". Billboard. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
- ^ "Alternative Songs – Year-End (2016)". Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
- ^ a b "Alternative Songs – Year-End (2017)". Billboard. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ^ a b "Alternative Songs – Year-End (2018)". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
- ^ "Alternative Songs – Year-End (2019)". Billboard. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
External links[]
- Lists of number-one modern rock songs in the United States
- 2010s record charts