Hot_Rock_&_Alternative_Songs

Hot Rock & Alternative Songs

Hot Rock & Alternative Songs

US record chart by Billboard Magazine

"Rock Songs" redirects here. For information about rock songs, see Rock music.

Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (formerly known as Rock Songs and Hot Rock Songs) is a record chart published by Billboard magazine. From its debut on June 20, 2009, through October 13, 2012, the chart ranked the airplay of songs across alternative, mainstream rock, and triple A radio stations in the United States.[1] Beginning with the chart dated October 20, 2012, the chart has followed the methodology of the Billboard Hot 100 by incorporating digital download sales, streaming data, and radio airplay of rock songs over all formats.[2] From that time until mid-2020, only the performance of core rock songs, including those with an "alternative bent", were tabulated and ranked for the chart. With the chart dated June 13, 2020, Billboard revamped the chart to permit a broader selection of songs considered alternative "hybrids" with other genres and renamed it to Hot Rock & Alternative Songs.[3]

Number ones

Band of men performing in front of a crowd. One man is singing, while the others are playing their instruments.
Linkin Park has had three number-one songs and have spent 28 weeks atop the chart. The band also holds the record for most songs (23) to chart in a single week.
A photomontage of two men performing. One man is singing and playing the guitar, while the other plays the drums.
The Black Keys' "Lonely Boy" spent 14 weeks atop the chart in 2011, and was later ranked as the year-end number-one song.
A man wearing a grey suit smiling for cameras.
Gotye became the first solo artist to reach the number-one position, with the single "Somebody That I Used to Know" in 2012.
A man performing in front of a black background.
Prince's single "Purple Rain" is the first posthumous number-one single.
Panic! at the Disco in 2015.
Panic! at the Disco's single "High Hopes" is the longest running number-one single.
Zach Bryan has spent the most weeks atop the chart for a solo artist with number-one songs "Something in the Orange" and "I Remember Everything" with Kacey Musgraves.

The first number-one track on the chart was Green Day's "Know Your Enemy". Since its introduction, 70 songs have reached the number-one position on chart. Imagine Dragons have had the most with five, combining for a total of 104 weeks at the summit. Panic! at the Disco's "High Hopes" spent a record 65 non-consecutive weeks atop the chart, and along with their song "Hey Look Ma, I Made It", the band claimed the number-one spot on the chart for the entirety of 2019. [4] The current number one single is Hozier's "Too Sweet" as of April 6, 2024. [5]

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Statistics

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Notes

  1. Songs that have appeared as the number-one rock song of the year, but did not reach number one on the weekly charts and thus are not included are Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody" (2009, No. 2 peak),[6] and Rise Against's "Savior" (2010, No. 3 peak).[7]

Footnotes

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    "Billboard Rock Songs – 2009 Year End Charts". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
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    "Billboard Rock Songs – 2010 Year End Charts". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
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    Chart references for "Know Your Enemy":
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    Chart references for "New Divide":
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    Chart references for "Check My Brain"
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    Chart references for "Wheels":
    • "Rock Songs". Billboard. November 14, 2009. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
    • "Rock Songs". Billboard. November 21, 2009. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
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    Chart references for "I Will Not Bow":
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    • "Rock Songs". Billboard. December 5, 2009. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
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    Chart references for "Break":
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    Chart references for "Your Decision"
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    Chart references for "The Catalyst":
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    Chart references for "Say You'll Haunt Me":
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    Chart references for "Tighten Up":
    • "Rock Songs". Billboard. November 27, 2010. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
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    Chart references for "Shake Me Down":
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    Chart references for "Lonely Boy"
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    Chart references for "Somebody That I Used to Know":
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    Chart references for "Burn It Down":
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    Chart references for "Oh Love":
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    Chart references for "Ho Hey":
    • "Rock Songs". Billboard. September 29, 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
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    • "Rock Songs". Billboard. February 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
    • "Rock Songs". Billboard. February 16, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
    • "Rock Songs". Billboard. February 23, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-14.
    • "Rock Songs". Billboard. March 2, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-22.
    • "Rock Songs". Billboard. March 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
    • "Rock Songs". Billboard. March 16, 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
    • "Rock Songs". Billboard. March 23, 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
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    Chart references for "I Will Wait":
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    Chart references for "Some Nights":
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    • "Rock Songs". Billboard. October 27, 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
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    Chart references for "Radioactive":
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    Chart references for "Royals":
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    Chart references for "Let Her Go":
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    Chart references for "Pompeii":
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    Chart references for "Ain't It Fun":
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    Chart references for "A Sky Full of Stars":
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    Chart references for "Habits (Stay High)":
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    Chart references for "Shut Up and Dance":
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    Chart references for "Renegades":
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    Chart references for "Ex's & Oh's":
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