List of Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 2000s explained

The 2000s in rock radio in the United States saw a continued blurring of the playlists among mainstream rock and alternative rock stations. Every track that was ranked by Billboard as the number-one song of the year on its Mainstream Rock Tracks chart during the decade was also a top-five hit on the Alternative Songs chart, most of which topped both charts. In June 2009, Billboard debuted the Rock Songs chart which combined the data of the two charts and its Triple A chart.[1]

Two of the biggest artists on the Mainstream Rock chart during the 2000s not only had success on the Modern Rock/Alternative charts, but also crossed over into the realm of Top 40 pop music. The top mainstream rock song of the decade, "Kryptonite" by 3 Doors Down,[2] peaked at No. 3 on the Hot 100 and was a No. 1 pop hit. The top mainstream rock artist of the decade was Nickelback, who had the second biggest song on the Mainstream Rock chart during the 2000s with "How You Remind Me" and led all other artists with seven number ones during the decade. "How You Remind Me" was ranked as the fourth biggest song on the decade-ending Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Number ones of the 2000s

 - Number-one song of the year
Issue dateSongArtist(s)Weeks at
number one		Ref.
2000
January 1"Higher"Creed3[3]
January 22 "No Leaf Clover"Metallica7[4]
March 11 "Stiff Upper Lip" 4[5]
April 8 bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Kryptonite"[6] 9[7]
June 10 "I Disappear" Metallica 4[8]
July 8 "With Arms Wide Open"Creed 4[9]
August 5 "I Disappear" Metallica 3
August 26"Californication" Red Hot Chili Peppers2[10]
September 9 "Loser" 3 Doors Down 21 [11]
2001
February 3 "Awake" 1[12]
February 10 "Jaded" 5[13]
March 17 "Outside" 2 [14]
March 31 "Breakdown" 1[15]
April 7 "Duck and Run" 3[16]
April 28 bgcolor=#FFFF99 "It's Been Awhile"[17] 20[18]
September 15 "How You Remind Me" 13[19]
December 15 "My Sacrifice" 9[20]
2002
February 16 bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Blurry"[21] Puddle of Mudd10[22]
April 27 "Too Bad" 3[23]
May 18 "I Stand Alone"4[24]
June 15 "Hero" Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott 2[25]
June 29 "Drift & Die" Puddle of Mudd 6[26]
August 10 "By the Way" 7[27]
September 28 "Aerials" 1[28]
October 5 "Never Again" Nickelback 3[29]
October 26 "She Hates Me"Puddle of Mudd1[30]
November 2 "You Know You're Right" 4[31]
November 30 "When I'm Gone"3 Doors Down17[32]
2003
March 29 "Straight Out of Line" 2[33]
April 12"Somewhere I Belong"1[34]
April 19 "Like a Stone" Audioslave12[35]
July 12 "Send the Pain Below"Chevelle2[36]
July 26 bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Headstrong"[37] 1[38]
August 2 "Send the Pain Below"Chevelle2
August 16 "So Far Away" 14[39]
November 22 "Weak and Powerless" 2[40]
December 6 "Still Frame"Trapt 1[41]
December 13 "Away from Me" 3[42]
2004
January 3"Numb"3[43]
January 24bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Figured You Out"[44] Nickelback13[45]
April 24 "Cold Hard Bitch"8[46]
June 19 "Slither" 9[47]
August 21"Just Like You" 3[48]
September 11"Breaking the Habit" Linkin Park 3[49]
October 2 "Fall to Pieces" Velvet Revolver11[50]
December 18 "Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)" 2[51]
2005
January 1bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" 14[52]
April 9 "Be Yourself"7 [53]
May 28 "Happy?" 1[54]
June 4 "Holiday" Green Day 3[55]
June 25 "Remedy"Seether5[56]
July 30"Best of You"4[57]
August 27"Remedy"Seether3
September 17 "Right Here"2 [58]
October 1 "Photograph"Nickelback7[59]
November 19"Save Me"Shinedown12[60]
2006
February 11"Animals" Nickelback6 [61]
March 25"Speak"Godsmack6[62]
May 6 "Dani California"Red Hot Chili Peppers12[63]
July 29bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Animal I Have Become"[64] Three Days Grace7 [65]
September 16 "Through Glass"7 [66]
November 4 "Land of Confusion"Disturbed3 [67]
November 25"The Pot"4 [68]
December 23"Pain"Three Days Grace13[69]
2007
March 24"Breath"Breaking Benjamin7[70]
May 12 "What I've Done"Linkin Park8 [71]
July 7"I Don't Wanna Stop"Ozzy Osbourne5 [72]
August 11"Paralyzer"Finger Eleven1 [73]
August 18"Never Too Late"Three Days Grace7[74]
October 6 "The Pretender"Foo Fighters6[75]
November 17"Fake It" 14[76]
2008
February 23bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Psycho"[77] Puddle of Mudd9[78]
April 26 "It's Not My Time"3 Doors Down3[79]
May 17"Inside the Fire"Disturbed14 [80]
August 23"Devour"Shinedown3 [81]
September 13"Bad Girlfriend"Theory of a Deadman1[82]
September 20"The Day That Never Comes"2[83]
October 4"Bad Girlfriend"Theory of a Deadman1
October 11"The Day That Never Comes"Metallica7
November 29 "Rock 'N Roll Train"3 [84]
December 20"I Don't Care"Apocalyptica featuring Adam Gontier1[85]
December 27bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Second Chance" (2009)[86] Shinedown10[87]
2009
March 7"Something in Your Mouth"Nickelback4 [88]
April 4 "Cyanide"Metallica2 [89]
April 18 "Lifeline"Papa Roach6 [90]
May 30"Know Your Enemy" Green Day3[91]
June 20"Sound of Madness" Shinedown3 [92]
July 11"New Divide"Linkin Park8 [93]
September 5"Champagne"Cavo1 [94]
September 12"Whiskey Hangover"Godsmack3[95]
October 3"Check My Brain"Alice in Chains8[96]
November 28"I Will Not Bow"Breaking Benjamin2[97]
December 12 "Break" (2010)[98] Three Days Grace3[99]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chart Beat: Pink, Black Eyed Peas, Shinedown . Gary . Trust . . June 10, 2009 . March 8, 2013.
  2. Web site: Music News: Nickelback, Linkin Park Have Top Rock Songs of Decade . . December 23, 2009 . March 7, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129023733/http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/story.aspx?ID=1178417 . November 29, 2014 .
  3. "Higher" January 1–15, 2000:
  4. "No Leaf Clover" January 22 – March 4, 2000:
  5. "Stiff Upper Lip" March 11 – April 1, 2000:
  6. December 30, 2000 . The Year in Music 2000 – Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks . . 112 . 53 . YE-87 . March 7, 2013.
  7. "Kryptonite" April 8 – June 3, 2000:
  8. "I Disappear" June 10 – July 1, 2000; August 5–19, 2000
  9. "With Arms Wide Open" July 8–29, 2000:
  10. "Californication" August 26 – September 2, 2000:
  11. "Loser" September 9, 2000 – January 27, 2001:
  12. "Awake" February 3, 2001:
  13. "Jaded" February 10 – March 10, 2001:
  14. "Outside" March 17–24, 2001:
  15. "Breakdown" March 31, 2001:
  16. "Duck and Run" April 7–21, 2001:
  17. December 29, 2001 . The Year in Music 2001 – Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks . . 113 . 52 . YE-70 . March 7, 2013.
  18. "It's Been Awhile" April 28 – September 8, 2001:
  19. "How You Remind Me" September 15 – December 8, 2001:
  20. "My Sacrifice" December 15 – February 9, 2002:
  21. December 28, 2002 . The Year in Music 2002 – Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks . . 114 . 52 . YE-87 . March 7, 2013.
  22. "Blurry" February 16 – April 20, 2002:
  23. "Too Bad" April 27 – May 11, 2002:
  24. "I Stand Alone" May 18 – June 8, 2002:
  25. "Hero" June 15–22, 2002:
  26. "Drift & Die" June 29 – August 3, 2002:
  27. "By the Way" August 10 – September 21, 2002:
  28. "Aerials" September 28, 2002:
  29. "Never Again" October 5–19, 2002:
  30. "She Hates Me" October 26, 2002:
  31. "You Know You're Right" November 2–23, 2002:
  32. "When I'm Gone" November 30, 2002 – March 22, 2003:
  33. "Straight Out of Line" March 29 – April 5, 2003:
  34. "Somewhere I Belong" April 12, 2003:
  35. "Like a Stone" April 19 – July 5, 2003:
  36. "Send the Pain Below" July 12–19, 2003; August 2–9, 2003:
  37. December 27, 2003 . Fred . Bronson . Chart Beat: Many Acts Return in '03 Recap . . 115 . 52 . YE-59 . March 7, 2013.
  38. "Headstrong" July 26, 2003:
  39. "So Far Away" August 16 – November 15, 2003:
  40. "Weak and Powerless" November 22–29, 2003:
  41. "Still Frame" December 6, 2003:
  42. "Away from Me" December 13–27, 2003:
  43. "Numb" January 3–17, 2004:
  44. December 25, 2004 . Fred . Bronson . Chart Beat: Men Prance, Ladies Dance on the Charts . . 116 . 52 . YE-52,53 . March 7, 2013.
  45. "Figured You Out" January 24 – April 17, 2004:
  46. "Cold Hard Bitch" April 24 – June 12, 2004:
  47. "Slither" June 19 – August 14, 2004:
  48. "Just Like You" August 21 – September 4, 2004:
  49. "Breaking the Habit" September 11–25, 2004:
  50. "Fall to Pieces" October 2 – December 11, 2004:
  51. "Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)" December 18–25, 2004:
  52. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" January 1 – April 2, 2005:
  53. "Be Yourself" April 9 – May 21, 2005:
  54. "Happy?" May 28, 2005:
  55. "Holiday" June 4–18, 2005:
  56. "Remedy" June 25 – July 23, 2005; August 27 – September 10, 2005:
  57. "Best of You" July 30 – August 20, 2005:
  58. "Right Here" September 17–24, 2005:
  59. "Photograph" October 1 – November 12, 2005:
  60. "Save Me" November 19, 2005 – February 4, 2006:
  61. "Animals" February 11, 2006 – March 18, 2006:
  62. "Speak" March 25, 2006 – April 30, 2006:
  63. "Dani California" May 6, 2006 – July 22, 2006:
  64. Web site: Mainstream Rock Songs – 2006 Year End Charts. Billboard. 2013-03-07.
  65. "Animal I Have Become" July 29, 2006 – September 9, 2006:
  66. "Through Glass" September 16, 2006 – October 28, 2006:
  67. "Land of Confusion" November 4–18, 2006:
  68. "The Pot" November 25 – December 16, 2006:
  69. "Pain" December 23, 2006 – March 17, 2007:
  70. "Breath" March 24, 2007 – May 5, 2007:
  71. "What I've Done" May 12, 2007 – June 30, 2007:
  72. "I Don't Wanna Stop" July 7, 2007 – August 4, 2007:
  73. "Paralyzer" August 11, 2007:
  74. "Never Too Late" August 18, 2007 – September 29, 2007:
  75. "The Pretender" October 6, 2007 – November 10, 2007:
  76. "Fake It" November 17, 2007 – February 16, 2008:
  77. Web site: Mainstream Rock Songs – 2008 Year End Charts. Billboard. 2013-03-07.
  78. "Psycho" February 23 – April 19, 2008:
  79. "It's Not My Time" April 26 – May 10, 2008:
  80. "Inside the Fire" May 17 – August 16, 2008:
  81. "Devour" August 23 – September 6, 2008:
  82. "Bad Girlfriend" September 13, 2008; October 4, 2008:
  83. "The Day That Never Comes" September 20–27, 2008; October 11 – November 22, 2008:
  84. "Rock 'N Roll Train" November 29 – December 13, 2008:
  85. "I Don't Care" December 20, 2008:
  86. Web site: Mainstream Rock Songs – 2009 Year End Charts. Billboard. 2013-03-07.
  87. "Second Chance" December 27, 2008 – February 28, 2009:
  88. "Something in Your Mouth" March 7–28, 2009:
  89. "Cyanide" April 4–11, 2009:
  90. "Lifeline" April 18 – May 23, 2009:
  91. "Know Your Enemy" May 30 – June 13, 2009:
  92. "Sound of Madness" June 20 – July 4, 2009:
  93. "New Divide" July 11 – August 29, 2009:
  94. "Champagne" September 5, 2009:
  95. "Whiskey Hangover" September 12–26, 2009:
  96. "Check My Brain" October 3 – November 21, 2009:
  97. "I Will Not Bow" November 28 – December 5, 2009:
  98. Web site: Mainstream Rock Songs – 2010 Year End Charts. Billboard. 2013-03-07.
  99. "Break" December 12–26, 2009:

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