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This is a list of number-one alternative hits as recorded by Billboard ' s Alternative Airplay chart—a weekly national survey of popular songs on U.S. modern rock radio stations. The Alternative Airplay chart is based solely on radio airplay.
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 in September 1988, [1] the chart is based on airplay data compiled 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. [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 ...
This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on Billboard magazine's Alternative Songs chart. Billboard began ranking the chart on the week ending September 10, 1988 (as Modern Rock Tracks), and this is the standard music popularity chart in the United States for play on modern rock radio.
106 songs topped the chart in the 2000s; the first was "All the Small Things" by Blink-182, [4] while the last was "Uprising" by Muse. [5] "The Pretender" by Foo Fighters spent eighteen weeks atop the chart in 2007—the most for any song during the decade—and broke the previous all-time record for most weeks at number one set by "Scar Tissue ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 February 2025. Music genre For the radio format associated with this genre, see Modern rock. Alternative rock Other names Alternative music alt-rock alternative Stylistic origins Punk rock post-punk new wave hardcore punk Power pop jangle pop Cultural origins Late 1970s to early 1980s, United States ...
Indie supergroup Boygenius win two awards for their song "Not Strong Enough" – Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song, and one award for The Record – Best Alternative Music Album. Pop punk band Paramore's album This Is Why wins Best Rock Album, which is the first time a female-fronted band has ever won the award. [13] [14]
"Blues from a Gun" by The Jesus and Mary Chain was the first Modern Rock Tracks number-one hit of the 1990s. Nirvana attained four number-one songs on the chart during the decade, including the crossover hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit". R.E.M.'s "What's the Frequency, Kenneth" was the first number-one debut in the chart's history.