List of Billboard Alternative Songs number ones of the 2010s
is a record chart published by the music industry magazine Billboard that ranks the most-played songs on American modern rock radio stations. Introduced by Billboard in September 1988, the chart is based on electronically-monitored airplay data compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems from approximately 80 national rock radio stations. Songs are ranked by a calculation of its total number of radio spins per week and its "audience impression", which is based upon exact times of airplay and each station's Arbitron listener data.
115 singles topped the Alternative Songs chart during the 2010s. The first number one of the 2010s was "Uprising" by Muse, while the last was "Orphans" by Coldplay. From October 2012 to February 2013, Muse's single "Madness" topped the chart for 19 non-consecutive weeks, breaking the record for the most weeks spent at number one by a single in the chart's history. In 2017, "Feel It Still" by Portugal. The Man broke this record by topping the chart for 20 weeks. The American band Cage the Elephant attained nine Alternative Songs number-one hits during the 2010s, the most by any artist within the decade.
Number-one songs
KeySingle | Artist | Reached number one | Weeks at number one |
"Uprising" | Muse | 15 | |
"Kings and Queens" | Thirty Seconds to Mars | 3 | |
"1901" | Phoenix | 2 | |
"Back Against the Wall" | Cage the Elephant | 2 | |
"Resistance" | Muse | 3 | |
"Mountain Man" | Crash Kings | 1 | |
"Resistance" ↑ | Muse | 1 | |
"Between the Lines" | Stone Temple Pilots | 3 | |
"Lay Me Down" | featuring | 11 | |
"This Is War" | Thirty Seconds to Mars | 1 | |
"In One Ear" | Cage the Elephant | 4 | |
"" | Linkin Park | 4 | |
"Animal" | Neon Trees | 1 | |
"Little Lion Man" | Mumford & Sons | 1 | |
"Radioactive" | Kings of Leon | 3 | |
"Tighten Up" | 9 | ||
"Waiting for the End" | Linkin Park | 3 | |
"Tighten Up" ↑ | 1 | ||
"Waiting for the End" ↑ | Linkin Park | 1 | |
"Shake Me Down" | Cage the Elephant | 6 | |
"Rope" | Foo Fighters | 13 | |
"Pumped Up Kicks" | Foster the People | 2 | |
"You Are a Tourist" | Death Cab for Cutie | 1 | |
"Pumped Up Kicks" ↑ | Foster the People | 3 | |
"Walk" | Foo Fighters | 2 | |
"" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 4 | |
"Walk" ↑ | Foo Fighters | 6 | |
"" | Bush | 5 | |
"Paradise" | Coldplay | 1 | |
"" ↑ | Bush | 1 | |
"Lonely Boy" | 11 | ||
"Somebody That I Used to Know" | Gotye featuring Kimbra | 7 | |
"We Are Young" | Fun featuring | 2 | |
"Somebody That I Used to Know" ↑ | Gotye featuring Kimbra | 5 | |
"Gold on the Ceiling" | 3 | ||
"Tongue Tied" | Grouplove | 1 | |
"Gold on the Ceiling" ↑ | 2 | ||
"Little Talks" | Of Monsters and Men | 2 | |
"Burn It Down" | Linkin Park | 1 | |
"Some Nights" | Fun | 2 | |
"Too Close" | 4 | ||
"Some Nights" ↑ | Fun | 1 | |
"Ho Hey" | 2 | ||
"Madness" | Muse | 1 | |
"I Will Wait" | Mumford & Sons | 1 | |
"Madness" ↑ | Muse | 18 | |
"Radioactive" | Imagine Dragons | 13 | |
"Sweater Weather" | 2 | ||
"Safe and Sound" | Capital Cities | 1 | |
"Sweater Weather" ↑ | 9 | ||
"Royals" | Lorde | 7 | |
"Out of My League" | Fitz and The Tantrums | 2 | |
"Pompeii" | Bastille | 4 | |
"Come a Little Closer" | Cage the Elephant | 10 | |
"Do I Wanna Know?" | Arctic Monkeys | 10 | |
"Come with Me Now" | Kongos | 3 | |
"" | Fitz and The Tantrums | 1 | |
"Come with Me Now" ↑ | Kongos | 2 | |
"Fever" | 11 | ||
"I Wanna Get Better" | Bleachers | 1 | |
"Dangerous" | Big Data featuring Joywave | 1 | |
"Riptide" | 5 | ||
"Stolen Dance" | Milky Chance | 10 | |
"Something from Nothing" | Foo Fighters | 8 | |
"Cigarette Daydreams" | Cage the Elephant | 4 | |
"Shut Up and Dance" | Walk the Moon | 4 | |
"Lampshades on Fire" | Modest Mouse | 3 | |
"Believe" | Mumford & Sons | 3 | |
"Hollow Moon " | Awolnation | 2 | |
"Dead Inside" | Muse | 5 | |
"Renegades" | X Ambassadors | 11 | |
"First" | Cold War Kids | 1 | |
"Ex's & Oh's" | 3 | ||
"First" ↑ | Cold War Kids | 6 | |
"Stressed Out" | Twenty One Pilots | 12 | |
"Mess Around" | Cage the Elephant | 1 | |
"Adventure of a Lifetime" | Coldplay | 2 | |
"Mess Around" ↑ | Cage the Elephant | 2 | |
"Mountain at My Gates" | Foals | 1 | |
"Trip Switch" | Nothing But Thieves | 2 | |
"Ride" | Twenty One Pilots | 6 | |
"Spirits" | 2 | ||
"Ride" ↑ | Twenty One Pilots | 1 | |
"Ophelia" | 4 | ||
"Bored to Death" | Blink-182 | 5 | |
"Dark Necessities" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 1 | |
"Way Down We Go" | Kaleo | 2 | |
"Trouble" | Cage the Elephant | 1 | |
"Heathens" | Twenty One Pilots | 9 | |
"Bang Bang" | Green Day | 1 | |
"Heathens" ↑ | Twenty One Pilots | 2 | |
"Waste a Moment" | Kings of Leon | 1 | |
"All We Ever Knew" | 1 | ||
"Waste a Moment" ↑ | Kings of Leon | 3 | |
"Take It All Back" | Judah & the Lion | 4 | |
"Still Breathing" | Green Day | 5 | |
"Cleopatra" | 2 | ||
"Human" | Rag'n'Bone Man | 1 | |
"Believer" | Imagine Dragons | 7 | |
"Wish I Knew You" | 1 | ||
"Believer" ↑ | Imagine Dragons | 6 | |
"Feel It Still" | Portugal. The Man | 17 | |
"Thunder" | Imagine Dragons | 3 | |
"Feel It Still" ↑ | Portugal. The Man | 3 | |
"Up All Night" | Beck | 7 | |
"One Foot" | Walk the Moon | 4 | |
"No Roots" | 1 | ||
"Sober Up" | AJR featuring | 2 | |
"Whatever It Takes" | Imagine Dragons | 2 | |
"Live in the Moment" | Portugal. The Man | 2 | |
"Whatever It Takes" ↑ | Imagine Dragons | 1 | |
"Broken" | Lovelytheband | 7 | |
"Thought Contagion" | Muse | 1 | |
"Broken" ↑ | Lovelytheband | 2 | |
"Say Amen " | Panic! at the Disco | 1 | |
"I Feel Like I'm Drowning" | Two Feet | 2 | |
"Say Amen " ↑ | Panic! at the Disco | 1 | |
"Jumpsuit" | Twenty One Pilots | 2 | |
"Africa" | Weezer | 3 | |
"Jumpsuit" ↑ | Twenty One Pilots | 1 | |
"Natural" | Imagine Dragons | 9 | |
"Happier" | Marshmello and Bastille | 1 | |
"High Hopes" | Panic! at the Disco | 10 | |
"Guiding Light" | Mumford & Sons | 1 | |
"High Hopes" ↑ | Panic! at the Disco | 6 | |
"Ready to Let Go" | Cage the Elephant | 6 | |
"Chlorine" | Twenty One Pilots | 3 | |
"Lo/Hi" | 1 | ||
"Bury a Friend" | 2 | ||
"Trampoline" | Shaed | 2 | |
"Gloria" | 5 | ||
"Missed Connection" | 2 | ||
"Bad Guy" | 2 | ||
"Cringe" | 4 | ||
"3 Nights" | 1 | ||
"Doin' Time" | 3 | ||
"Social Cues" | Cage the Elephant | 2 | |
"" | Twenty One Pilots | 7 | |
"Orphans" | Coldplay | 4 |