List of Billboard Alternative Songs number ones of the 2010s explained

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. It was introduced by Billboard in September 1988.[1] During the 2010s, the chart was named Alternative Songs and based on electronically monitored airplay data compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems from a panel of national rock radio stations, with songs being ranked by their total number of spins per week.[2]

115 songs topped the Alternative Songs chart during the 2010s. The first number one of the 2010s was "Uprising" by Muse, while the last was "Orphans" by Coldplay. 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.[3] In 2017, "Feel It Still" by Portugal. The Man broke this record by topping the chart for 20 weeks.[4] The American band Cage the Elephant attained nine Alternative Songs number-one hits during the 2010s, the most by any artist within the decade.

Number-one songs

Key

– Billboard year-end number-one song↑ – Return of a song to number one
SongArtistReached number one[5] Weeks at
number one
"Uprising" [6] Muse15
"Kings and Queens"Thirty Seconds to Mars3
"1901"Phoenix2
"Back Against the Wall"Cage the Elephant2
"Resistance"Muse3
"Mountain Man"Crash Kings1
"Resistance" ↑Muse1
"Between the Lines"Stone Temple Pilots3
"Lay Me Down" featuring 11
"This Is War"Thirty Seconds to Mars1
"In One Ear"Cage the Elephant4
""Linkin Park4
"Animal"Neon Trees1
"Little Lion Man"Mumford & Sons1
"Radioactive"Kings of Leon3
"Tighten Up"9
"Waiting for the End"Linkin Park3
"Tighten Up" ↑1
"Waiting for the End" ↑Linkin Park1
"Shake Me Down"Cage the Elephant6
"Rope"Foo Fighters13
"Pumped Up Kicks" [7] Foster the People2
"You Are a Tourist"Death Cab for Cutie1
"Pumped Up Kicks" ↑ Foster the People3
"Walk"Foo Fighters2
""Red Hot Chili Peppers4
"Walk" ↑Foo Fighters6
""Bush5
"Paradise"Coldplay1
"" ↑Bush1
"Lonely Boy"11
"Somebody That I Used to Know" [8] Gotye featuring Kimbra7
"We Are Young"Fun featuring 2
"Somebody That I Used to Know" ↑ Gotye featuring Kimbra5
"Gold on the Ceiling"3
"Tongue Tied"Grouplove1
"Gold on the Ceiling" ↑2
"Little Talks"Of Monsters and Men2
"Burn It Down"Linkin Park1
"Some Nights"Fun2
"Too Close"4
"Some Nights" ↑Fun1
"Ho Hey"2
"Madness"Muse1
"I Will Wait"Mumford & Sons1
"Madness" ↑Muse18
"Radioactive" [9] Imagine Dragons13
"Sweater Weather"2
"Safe and Sound"Capital Cities1
"Sweater Weather" ↑9
"Royals"Lorde7
"Out of My League"Fitz and the Tantrums2
"Pompeii"Bastille4
"Come a Little Closer"Cage the Elephant10
"Do I Wanna Know?" [10] Arctic Monkeys10
"Come with Me Now"Kongos3
""Fitz and the Tantrums1
"Come with Me Now" ↑Kongos2
"Fever"11
"I Wanna Get Better"Bleachers1
"Dangerous"Big Data featuring Joywave1
"Riptide"5
"Stolen Dance"Milky Chance10
"Something from Nothing"Foo Fighters8
"Cigarette Daydreams"Cage the Elephant4
"Shut Up and Dance"Walk the Moon4
"Lampshades on Fire"Modest Mouse3
"Believe"Mumford & Sons3
"Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)"Awolnation2
"Dead Inside"Muse5
"Renegades" [11] X Ambassadors11
"First"Cold War Kids1
"Ex's & Oh's"3
"First" ↑Cold War Kids6
"Stressed Out"Twenty One Pilots12
"Mess Around"Cage the Elephant1
"Adventure of a Lifetime"Coldplay2
"Mess Around" ↑Cage the Elephant2
"Mountain at My Gates"Foals1
"Trip Switch"Nothing but Thieves2
"Ride"Twenty One Pilots6
"Spirits"2
"Ride" ↑Twenty One Pilots1
"Ophelia" [12] 4
"Bored to Death"Blink-1825
"Dark Necessities" Red Hot Chili Peppers1
"Way Down We Go"Kaleo2
"Trouble"Cage the Elephant1
"Heathens"Twenty One Pilots9
"Bang Bang"Green Day1
"Heathens" ↑Twenty One Pilots2
"Waste a Moment"Kings of Leon1
"All We Ever Knew"1
"Waste a Moment" ↑Kings of Leon3
"Take It All Back"Judah & the Lion4
"Still Breathing"Green Day5
"Cleopatra"2
"Human"Rag'n'Bone Man1
"Believer" [13] Imagine Dragons7
"Wish I Knew You"1
"Believer" ↑ Imagine Dragons6
"Feel It Still"Portugal. The Man17
"Thunder"Imagine Dragons3
"Feel It Still" ↑Portugal. The Man3
"Up All Night"Beck7
"One Foot"Walk the Moon4
"No Roots"1
"Sober Up"AJR featuring 2
"Whatever It Takes"Imagine Dragons2
"Live in the Moment"Portugal. The Man2
"Whatever It Takes" ↑Imagine Dragons1
"Broken" [14] Lovelytheband7
"Thought Contagion"Muse1
"Broken" ↑ Lovelytheband2
"Say Amen (Saturday Night)"Panic! at the Disco1
"I Feel Like I'm Drowning"Two Feet2
"Say Amen (Saturday Night)" ↑Panic! at the Disco1
"Jumpsuit"Twenty One Pilots2
"Africa"Weezer3
"Jumpsuit" ↑Twenty One Pilots1
"Natural"Imagine Dragons9
"Happier"Marshmello and Bastille1
"High Hopes"Panic! at the Disco10
"Guiding Light"Mumford & Sons1
"High Hopes" ↑Panic! at the Disco6
"Ready to Let Go"Cage the Elephant6
"Chlorine"Twenty One Pilots3
"Lo/Hi"1
"Bury a Friend"2
"Trampoline" [15] Shaed2
"Gloria"5
"Missed Connection"2
"Bad Guy"2
"Cringe"4
"3 Nights"1
"Doin' Time"3
"Social Cues"Cage the Elephant2
""Twenty One Pilots7
"Orphans"Coldplay4

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 100 & Single: Gotye And fun. Help Alternative Rock Go Pop Once Again . . April 19, 2012 . June 15, 2013 . Molanphy . Chris.
  2. News: The Charts . . August 25, 2008 . June 19, 2013 . subscription . https://web.archive.org/web/20180724154026/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BX&s_site=sunherald&p_multi=BX&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10C3552E00587870&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D . July 24, 2018 . dead.
  3. Muse's 'Madness' Rewrites Record For Longest-Reigning Alternative Songs No. 1 . . February 11, 2013 . June 15, 2013 . Trust . Gary.
  4. Portugal. The Man's 'Feel It Still' Breaks Record for Most Weeks at No. 1 on Alternative Songs Chart . . November 28, 2017 . January 6, 2018 . Rutherford . Kevin.
  5. References for number-one songs:
    • Web site: Alternative Songs – 2009 Archive . . December 31, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191231211728/https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/2009/MRT . December 31, 2019 . dead.
    • Web site: Alternative Songs – 2010 Archive . Billboard . December 31, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191231211727/https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/2010/MRT . December 31, 2019 . dead.
    • Web site: Alternative Songs – 2011 Archive . Billboard . December 31, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191231211808/https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/2011/MRT . December 31, 2019 . dead.
    • Web site: Alternative Songs – 2012 Archive . Billboard . December 31, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191231211757/https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/2012/MRT . December 31, 2019 . dead.
    • Web site: Alternative Songs – 2013 Archive . Billboard . December 31, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191231214618/https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/2013/MRT . December 31, 2019 . dead.
    • Web site: Alternative Songs – 2014 Archive . Billboard . December 31, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191231214639/https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/2014/MRT . December 31, 2019 . dead.
    • Web site: Alternative Songs – 2015 Archive . Billboard . December 31, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191231211747/https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/2015/MRT . December 31, 2019 . dead.
    • Web site: Alternative Songs – 2016 Archive . Billboard . December 31, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191231211737/https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/2016/MRT . December 31, 2019 . dead.
    • Web site: Alternative Songs – 2017 Archive . Billboard . December 31, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191231211726/https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/2017/MRT . December 31, 2019 . dead.
    • Web site: Alternative Songs – 2018 Archive . Billboard . December 31, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191231214628/https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/2018/MRT . December 31, 2019 . dead.
    • Web site: Alternative Songs – 2019 Archive . Billboard . December 31, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191224052255/https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/2019/MRT . December 24, 2019 . dead.
  6. Web site: Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2010) . . October 20, 2022.
  7. Web site: Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2011) . . October 20, 2022.
  8. Web site: Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2012) . . October 20, 2022.
  9. Web site: Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2013) . . October 20, 2022.
  10. Web site: Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2014) . . October 20, 2022.
  11. Web site: Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2015) . . October 20, 2022.
  12. Web site: Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2016) . . October 20, 2022.
  13. Web site: Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2017) . . October 20, 2022.
  14. Web site: Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2018) . . October 20, 2022.
  15. Web site: Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2019) . . October 20, 2022.

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