List of Billboard number-one adult alternative singles of the 2000s explained

Adult Alternative Airplay, also known as Triple A, is a record chart that ranks the most-played songs on American adult album alternative radio stations. Formulated based on each song's weekly total plays, the chart was introduced in the January 20, 1996 issue of Radio & Records magazine.[1] [2] Adult Alternative Songs, along with other Radio & Records airplay charts, was initially compiled using radio airplay data from Mediabase.[3] In August 2006, Radio & Records was acquired by The Nielsen Company – then known as VNU Media – parent company of rival publication Billboard.[4] Following the purchase, Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems replaced Mediabase in monitoring airplay for charts, beginning with the issue dated August 11, 2006.[5] [6] Billboard themselves introduced the chart in their July 5, 2008 issue, appropriating the same Nielsen data,[2] and became its sole publisher after Radio & Records ceased publication in June 2009.[7]

The Billboard website currently lists Adult Alternative Songs charts dating back to January 1996.[8] These charts are based on data from a Triple A chart that had previously been published in the Billboard-owned Airplay Monitor magazine from that date until the acquisition of Radio & Records, and which had used Nielsen data that was largely similar to the Mediabase data used in the Radio & Records chart.

On the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs decade-end chart, "Use Somebody" by American rock band Kings of Leon, which originally topped the chart for two weeks in 2009, ranked as the overall top single of the 2000s.[9] The decade-end top artist was English alternative rock band Coldplay,[9] who scored eight number-one adult alternative singles during the 2000s.

Number-one singles

Key
– Billboard year-end number-one single – Billboard decade-end number-one single↑ – Return of a single to number one
SingleArtistReached number one[10] Weeks at
number one
"The Great Beyond"[11] R.E.M.8
"Telling Stories"[12] 8
"Steal My Kisses"[13] 3
"Desert Rose"[14] [15] Sting featuring 4
"Bent"[16] Matchbox Twenty14
"Babylon"[17] 2
"Beautiful Day"[18] U216
"Sleepwalker"[19] 1
"Easy Tonight"[20] Five for Fighting1
"I Did It"[21] 5
"Camera One"[22] 2
"Superman Inside"[23] 1
"Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)"[24] [25] Train12
"Imitation of Life"[26] R.E.M.3
"Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" ↑[27] Train2
"The Space Between"[28] 1
"When You're Falling"[29] Afro Celt Sound System featuring 6
"Life on a Chain"[30] 6
"Peaceful World"[31] featuring India Arie1
"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"[32] U21
"Peaceful World" ↑[33] featuring India Arie4
"New York, New York"[34] 2
"No Such Thing"[35] 1
"New York, New York" ↑[36] 1
"Everyday"[37] 8
"Let Me Down Easy"[38] 4
"Strange Condition"[39] 1
"In a Little While"[40] U21
"Strange Condition" ↑[41] 1
"Soak Up the Sun"[42] 7
"Flake"[43] [44] 3
"American Girls"[45] Counting Crows1
"Where Are You Going"[46] 4
"The Rising"[47] 3
"Where Are You Going" ↑[48] 3
"Your Body Is a Wonderland"[49] 2
"In My Place"[50] Coldplay3
"Electrical Storm"[51] U26
"When You're on Top"[52] The Wallflowers1
"The Zephyr Song"[53] Red Hot Chili Peppers5
"Clocks"[54] [55] Coldplay15
"The Remedy (I Won't Worry)"[56] 2
"Peacekeeper"[57] Fleetwood Mac1
"Calling All Angels"[58] Train2
"The Horizon Has Been Defeated" [59] 2
"Calling All Angels" ↑[60] Train1
"The Horizon Has Been Defeated" ↑[61] 1
"Calling All Angels" ↑[62] Train6
"Amsterdam"[63] Guster2
"Smoothie Song"[64] Nickel Creek1
"Amsterdam" ↑[65] Guster2
"Bigger Than My Body"[66] 5
"Bad Day"[67] R.E.M.5
"Red Light"[68] 1
"You and I Both"[69] 1
"The First Cut Is the Deepest"[70] 3
"Perfect Time of Day"[71] 1
"The First Cut Is the Deepest" ↑[72] 1
"She Don't Want Nobody Near"[73] Counting Crows1
"Save Me"[74] 3
"She Don't Want Nobody Near" ↑[75] Counting Crows2
"Sunrise"[76] [77] 2
"Breathe"[78] 2
"Sunrise" ↑[79] 4
"Mad World"[80] featuring 1
"Clarity"[81] 1
"Cannonball"[82] 2
"Everything"[83] 4
"Oh"[84] 4
"Accidentally in Love"[85] Counting Crows2
"What Am I to You?"[86] 2
"Accidentally in Love" ↑[87] Counting Crows3
"Gonna Be Some Changes Made"[88] 3
"Leaving New York"[89] R.E.M.4
"Vertigo"[90] U29
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"[91] Green Day9
"All Because of You"[92] U23
"Sitting, Waiting, Wishing"[93] [94] 6
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"[95] U25
"Speed of Sound"[96] Coldplay9
"Good People"[97] 10
"The One I Love"[98] 1
"Good Is Good"[99] 1
"The One I Love" ↑[100] 5
"Soul Meets Body"[101] Death Cab for Cutie10
"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"[102] 3
"Talk"[103] Coldplay1
"Upside Down" [104] [105] 13
"Better Way"[106] 3
"Dani California"[107] Red Hot Chili Peppers1
"Crazy"[108] Gnarls Barkley6
"Saving Grace"[109] 1
"Waiting on the World to Change"[110] 5
"Is It Any Wonder?"[111] Keane2
"Waiting on the World to Change" ↑[112] 1
"Chasing Cars"[113] Snow Patrol1
"How to Save a Life"[114] 1
"Chasing Cars" ↑[115] Snow Patrol7
"Window in the Skies"[116] U27
"See the World" [117] [118] Gomez4
"New Shoes"[119] 5
"Thinking About You"[120] 3
"Read My Mind"[121] 6
"Better Than"[122] 7
"Hey There Delilah"[123] Plain White T's4
"Bubbly"[124] 3
"Hold On"[125] 4
"Shut Your Eyes"[126] Snow Patrol1
"Hold On" ↑[127] 7
"You're the World to Me"[128] 8
"If I Had Eyes" [129] 10
"Supernatural Superserious"R.E.M.4
"You Can't Count on Me"Counting Crows1
"Supernatural Superserious" ↑R.E.M.1
"I Will Possess Your Heart"Death Cab for Cutie2
"Violet Hill"Coldplay2
"I Will Possess Your Heart" ↑Death Cab for Cutie2
"I'm Yours"1
"I Will Possess Your Heart" ↑Death Cab for Cutie1
"Viva la Vida"Coldplay11
"Come Around"Counting Crows3
"Shattered (Turn the Car Around)"O.A.R.4
"Take Back the City"Snow Patrol1
"Lost!"Coldplay3
"Take Back the City" ↑Snow Patrol2
"Rock & Roll"1
"You Found Me"5
"Get On Your Boots"U24
"You Found Me" ↑2
"Crack the Shutters"Snow Patrol7
"Funny the Way It Is"12
"Life in Technicolor II"Coldplay1
"Use Somebody" [130] Kings of Leon1
"You Never Know"Wilco1
"Use Somebody" ↑ Kings of Leon1
"You Never Know"Wilco2
"Fugitive"10
"Who Says"5
"Chasing Pirates"6

External links

Notes and References

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  4. VNU To Acquire Radio & Records . . . July 6, 2006 . May 17, 2014.
  5. A New Beginning . . . August 11, 2006 . May 17, 2014 . Farber, Erica . 2.
  6. Nielsen BDS Expands Service . . . September 21, 2006 . May 17, 2014 . Tucker, Ken.
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  8. Adult Alternative Songs: January 20, 1996. Billboard. 9 February 2018.
  9. Web site: Linkin Park, Nickelback top decade's rock charts . . . . December 18, 2009 . June 29, 2013 . Trust, Gary.
  10. References for number-one singles on the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart in the 2000s:
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  13. Triple A : April 15, 2000 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
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  20. Triple A : January 20, 2001 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
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  34. Triple A : December 1, 2001 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
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  36. Triple A : December 22, 2001 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  37. Triple A : December 29, 2001 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
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  84. Triple A : June 12, 2004 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
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  88. Triple A : August 28, 2004 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  89. Triple A : September 18, 2004 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  90. Triple A : October 16, 2004 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  91. Triple A : December 18, 2004 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  92. Triple A : February 12, 2005 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  93. Web site: Radio & Records - Adult Alternative: 2005 Year-End Chart. July 7, 2018.
  94. Triple A : March 5, 2005 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  95. Triple A : April 16, 2005 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  96. Triple A : May 21, 2005 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  97. Triple A : May 21, 2005 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  98. Triple A : October 1, 2005 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  99. Triple A : October 8, 2005 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  100. Triple A : October 1, 2005 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  101. Triple A : November 19, 2005 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  102. Triple A : January 28, 2006 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  103. Triple A : February 18, 2006 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
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  105. Triple A : February 25, 2006 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  106. Triple A : May 27, 2006 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  107. Triple A : June 17, 2006 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  108. Triple A : June 24, 2006 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  109. Triple A : August 5, 2006 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  110. Triple A : August 12, 2006 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  111. Triple A : September 16, 2006 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  112. Triple A : September 30, 2006 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  113. Triple A : October 7, 2006 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  114. Triple A : October 14, 2006 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  115. Triple A : October 21, 2006 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  116. Triple A : December 9, 2006 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
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  118. Triple A :January 27, 2007 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  119. Triple A : February 24, 2007 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  120. Triple A : March 31, 2007 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  121. Triple A : April 21, 2007 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  122. Triple A : June 2, 2007 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  123. Triple A : July 21, 2007 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  124. Triple A : August 18, 2007 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  125. Triple A : September 8, 2007 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  126. Triple A : October 6, 2007 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  127. Triple A : October 13, 2007 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  128. Triple A : December 1, 2007 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. July 7, 2018.
  129. Triple A Songs: 2008 (Year-End) . . . May 13, 2014 . subscription .
  130. Triple A Songs: 2009 (Year-End) . . . May 13, 2014 . subscription .

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