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
Key
- † – Billboard year-end number-one song
- ↑ – Return of a song to number one
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References
- ^ Molanphy, Chris (April 19, 2012). "100 & Single: Gotye And fun. Help Alternative Rock Go Pop Once Again". The Village Voice. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
- ^ "The Charts". Sun Herald. August 25, 2008. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
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- "Alternative Songs – 2009 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2010 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2011 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2012 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2013 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2014 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2015 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2016 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2017 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2018 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2019 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 24, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- ^ Trust, Gary (February 11, 2013). "Muse's 'Madness' Rewrites Record For Longest-Reigning Alternative Songs No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2010)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ a b "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2011)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ a b "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2012)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2013)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2014)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2015)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2016)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ a b "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2017)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ a b "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2018)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2019)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.