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Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s with the likes of the grunge subgenre in the United States and the shoegaze and Britpop subgenres in the ...
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 ...
Alternative Airplay number ones of the 2020s. 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 ...
Alternative hip hop (also known as alternative rap and experimental hip hop[ 2]) is a subgenre of hip hop music that encompasses a wide range of styles that are not typically identified as mainstream. AllMusic defines it as comprising " hip hop groups that refuse to conform to any of the traditional stereotypes of rap, such as gangsta, bass ...
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. As of 2006, approximately eighty radio stations are electronically monitored twenty-four hours a day ...
Schwartz, Missy (December 17, 2004), "Sioux City; New-wave goddess Siouxsie Sioux led the way for kick-ass frontwomen with bold style. And the Queen Banshee is still wailing", Entertainment Weekly, "Cities in Dust" (1985) was the first of a handful of alt-rock radio hits in the U.S.
Charli XCX Scores Her First U.K. No. 1 Single in Over a Decade. Charli is back at No. 1 in the U.K. following the surprise release of a “Guess” — a song from her latest offering, “Brat ...
"The Pretender" by American rock band Foo Fighters spent the most weeks at number one on the Alternative Songs chart for any song during the 2000s.. 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.