List of Billboard Alternative Songs number ones of the 2010s

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American rock band Portugal. The Man performed "Feel It Still", which spent a record-breaking 20 weeks atop the Alternative Songs chart.

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.[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 in the chart's history.[4] In 2017, "Feel It Still" by Portugal. The Man broke this record by topping the chart for 20 weeks.[5] The American band Cage the Elephant attained nine Alternative Songs number-one hits during the 2010s, the most by any artist within the decade.[3]

Number-one songs[edit]

Key

Billboard year-end number-one song
– Return of a song to number one
Contents
Song Artist Reached number one[3] Weeks at
number one[3]
"Uprising" †[6] Muse October 17, 2009 15
"Kings and Queens" Thirty Seconds to Mars January 30, 2010 3
"1901" Phoenix February 20, 2010 2
"Back Against the Wall" Cage the Elephant March 6, 2010 2
"Resistance" Muse March 20, 2010 3
"Mountain Man" Crash Kings April 10, 2010 1
"Resistance" ↑ Muse April 17, 2010 1
"Between the Lines" Stone Temple Pilots April 24, 2010 3
"Lay Me Down" The Dirty Heads featuring Rome Ramirez May 15, 2010 11
"This Is War" Thirty Seconds to Mars July 31, 2010 1
"In One Ear" Cage the Elephant August 7, 2010 4
"The Catalyst" Linkin Park September 4, 2010 4
"Animal" Neon Trees October 2, 2010 1
"Little Lion Man" Mumford & Sons October 9, 2010 1
"Radioactive" Kings of Leon October 16, 2010 3
"Tighten Up" The Black Keys November 6, 2010 9
"Waiting for the End" Linkin Park January 8, 2011 3
"Tighten Up" ↑ The Black Keys January 29, 2011 1
"Waiting for the End" ↑ Linkin Park February 5, 2011 1
"Shake Me Down" Cage the Elephant February 12, 2011 6
"Rope" Foo Fighters March 26, 2011 13
"Pumped Up Kicks" †[7] Foster the People June 25, 2011 2
"You Are a Tourist" Death Cab for Cutie July 9, 2011 1
"Pumped Up Kicks" ↑ †[7] Foster the People July 16, 2011 3
"Walk" Foo Fighters August 6, 2011 2
"The Adventures of Raindance Maggie" Red Hot Chili Peppers August 20, 2011 4
"Walk" ↑ Foo Fighters September 17, 2011 6
"The Sound of Winter" Bush October 29, 2011 5
"Paradise" Coldplay December 3, 2011 1
"The Sound of Winter" ↑ Bush December 10, 2011 1
"Lonely Boy" The Black Keys December 17, 2011 11
"Somebody That I Used to Know" †[8] Gotye featuring Kimbra March 3, 2012 7
"We Are Young" Fun featuring Janelle Monáe April 21, 2012 2
"Somebody That I Used to Know" ↑ †[8] Gotye featuring Kimbra May 5, 2012 5
"Gold on the Ceiling" The Black Keys June 9, 2012 3
"Tongue Tied" Grouplove June 30, 2012 1
"Gold on the Ceiling" ↑ The Black Keys July 7, 2012 2
"Little Talks" Of Monsters and Men July 21, 2012 2
"Burn It Down" Linkin Park August 4, 2012 1
"Some Nights" Fun August 11, 2012 2
"Too Close" Alex Clare August 25, 2012 4
"Some Nights" ↑ Fun September 22, 2012 1
"Ho Hey" The Lumineers September 29, 2012 2
"Madness" Muse October 13, 2012 1
"I Will Wait" Mumford & Sons October 20, 2012 1
"Madness" ↑ Muse October 27, 2012 18
"Radioactive" †[9] Imagine Dragons March 2, 2013 13
"Sweater Weather" The Neighbourhood June 1, 2013 2
"Safe and Sound" Capital Cities June 15, 2013 1
"Sweater Weather" ↑ The Neighbourhood June 22, 2013 9
"Royals" Lorde August 24, 2013 7
"Out of My League" Fitz and the Tantrums October 12, 2013 2
"Pompeii" Bastille October 26, 2013 4
"Come a Little Closer" Cage the Elephant November 23, 2013 10
"Do I Wanna Know?" †[10] Arctic Monkeys February 1, 2014 10
"Come with Me Now" Kongos April 12, 2014 3
"The Walker" Fitz and the Tantrums May 3, 2014 1
"Come with Me Now" ↑ Kongos May 10, 2014 2
"Fever" The Black Keys May 24, 2014 11
"I Wanna Get Better" Bleachers August 9, 2014 1
"Dangerous" Big Data featuring Joywave August 16, 2014 1
"Riptide" Vance Joy August 23, 2014 5
"Stolen Dance" Milky Chance September 27, 2014 10
"Something from Nothing" Foo Fighters December 6, 2014 8
"Cigarette Daydreams" Cage the Elephant January 31, 2015 4
"Shut Up and Dance" Walk the Moon February 28, 2015 4
"Lampshades on Fire" Modest Mouse March 28, 2015 3
"Believe" Mumford & Sons April 18, 2015 3
"Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)" Awolnation May 9, 2015 2
"Dead Inside" Muse May 23, 2015 5
"Renegades" †[11] X Ambassadors June 27, 2015 11
"First" Cold War Kids September 12, 2015 1
"Ex's & Oh's" Elle King September 19, 2015 3
"First" ↑ Cold War Kids October 10, 2015 6
"Stressed Out" Twenty One Pilots November 21, 2015 12
"Mess Around" Cage the Elephant February 13, 2016 1
"Adventure of a Lifetime" Coldplay February 20, 2016 2
"Mess Around" ↑ Cage the Elephant March 5, 2016 2
"Mountain at My Gates" Foals March 19, 2016 1
"Trip Switch" Nothing but Thieves March 26, 2016 2
"Ride" Twenty One Pilots April 9, 2016 6
"Spirits" The Strumbellas May 21, 2016 2
"Ride" ↑ Twenty One Pilots June 4, 2016 1
"Ophelia" †[12] The Lumineers June 11, 2016 4
"Bored to Death" Blink-182 July 9, 2016 5
"Dark Necessities" Red Hot Chili Peppers August 13, 2016 1
"Way Down We Go" Kaleo August 20, 2016 2
"Trouble" Cage the Elephant September 3, 2016 1
"Heathens" Twenty One Pilots September 10, 2016 9
"Bang Bang" Green Day November 12, 2016 1
"Heathens" ↑ Twenty One Pilots November 19, 2016 2
"Waste a Moment" Kings of Leon December 3, 2016 1
"All We Ever Knew" The Head and the Heart December 10, 2016 1
"Waste a Moment" ↑ Kings of Leon December 17, 2016 3
"Take It All Back" Judah & the Lion January 7, 2017 4
"Still Breathing" Green Day February 4, 2017 5
"Cleopatra" The Lumineers March 11, 2017 2
"Human" Rag'n'Bone Man March 25, 2017 1
"Believer" †[13] Imagine Dragons April 1, 2017 7
"Wish I Knew You" The Revivalists May 20, 2017 1
"Believer" ↑ †[13] Imagine Dragons May 27, 2017 6
"Feel It Still" Portugal. The Man July 8, 2017 17
"Thunder" Imagine Dragons November 4, 2017 3
"Feel It Still" ↑ Portugal. The Man November 25, 2017 3
"Up All Night" Beck December 16, 2017 7
"One Foot" Walk the Moon January 27, 2018 4
"No Roots" Alice Merton February 24, 2018 1
"Sober Up" AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo March 3, 2018 2
"Whatever It Takes" Imagine Dragons March 17, 2018 2
"Live in the Moment" Portugal. The Man March 31, 2018 2
"Whatever It Takes" ↑ Imagine Dragons April 14, 2018 1
"Broken" †[14] Lovelytheband April 21, 2018 7
"Thought Contagion" Muse June 9, 2018 1
"Broken" ↑ †[14] Lovelytheband June 16, 2018 2
"Say Amen (Saturday Night)" Panic! at the Disco June 30, 2018 1
"I Feel Like I'm Drowning" Two Feet July 7, 2018 2
"Say Amen (Saturday Night)" ↑ Panic! at the Disco July 21, 2018 1
"Jumpsuit" Twenty One Pilots July 28, 2018 2
"Africa" Weezer August 11, 2018 3
"Jumpsuit" ↑ Twenty One Pilots September 1, 2018 1
"Natural" Imagine Dragons September 8, 2018 9
"Happier" Marshmello and Bastille November 10, 2018 1
"High Hopes" Panic! at the Disco November 17, 2018 10
"Guiding Light" Mumford & Sons January 26, 2019 1
"High Hopes" ↑ Panic! at the Disco February 2, 2019 6
"Ready to Let Go" Cage the Elephant March 16, 2019 6
"Chlorine" Twenty One Pilots April 27, 2019 3
"Lo/Hi" The Black Keys May 18, 2019 1
"Bury a Friend" Billie Eilish May 25, 2019 2
"Trampoline" †[15] Shaed June 8, 2019 2
"Gloria" The Lumineers June 22, 2019 5
"Missed Connection" The Head and the Heart July 27, 2019 2
"Bad Guy" Billie Eilish August 10, 2019 2
"Cringe" Matt Maeson August 24, 2019 4
"3 Nights" Dominic Fike September 21, 2019 1
"Doin' Time" Lana Del Rey September 28, 2019 3
"Social Cues" Cage the Elephant October 19, 2019 2
"The Hype" Twenty One Pilots November 2, 2019 7
"Orphans" Coldplay December 21, 2019 4

References[edit]

  1. ^ Molanphy, Chris (April 19, 2012). "100 & Single: Gotye And fun. Help Alternative Rock Go Pop Once Again". The Village Voice. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  2. ^ "The Charts". Sun Herald. August 25, 2008. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e References for number-one songs:
  4. ^ Trust, Gary (February 11, 2013). "Muse's 'Madness' Rewrites Record For Longest-Reigning Alternative Songs No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  5. ^ Rutherford, Kevin (November 28, 2017). "Portugal. The Man's 'Feel It Still' Breaks Record for Most Weeks at No. 1 on Alternative Songs Chart". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  6. ^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2010)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2011)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
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  9. ^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2013)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  10. ^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2014)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  11. ^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2015)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  12. ^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2016)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2017)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
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  15. ^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2019)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.

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