List of Billboard number-one alternative singles of the 2000s
Alternative Songs is a record chart that ranks the most-played songs on American modern rock radio stations. Published by the music industry magazine Billboard and introduced in September 1988,[1] the chart is based on electronically monitored airplay data compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems from approximately 80 national rock radio stations.[2] 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.[2] The chart was known as Modern Rock Tracks until June 2009, when it was renamed Alternative Songs in order to "better [reflect] the descriptor used among those in the [modern rock radio] format."[3]
106 singles topped the chart in the 2000s; the first was "All the Small Things" by American rock band Blink-182,[4] while the last was "Uprising" by English rock band Muse.[5] "The Pretender" by American rock band Foo Fighters spent eighteen weeks at number one on the chart from September to December 2007—the most for any single during the decade—and broke a record which was previously set by "Scar Tissue" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1999 and later tied by "It's Been Awhile" by Staind and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day.[6]
The overall top single of the 2000s on Billboard's Alternative Songs decade-end list was "Headstrong" by American rock band Trapt,[7] which originally topped the chart for three weeks and was also the number-one alternative single of 2003.[8] The decade-end top alternative artist was Linkin Park,[7] who scored eight number-one singles—"In the End", "Somewhere I Belong", "Faint", "Numb", "Lying from You", "Breaking the Habit", "What I've Done" and "New Divide"—and spent a record sixty-two weeks atop the chart during the 2000s.[4][9]
Number-one singles
- Key
- – Billboard year-end number-one single
- – Billboard decade-end number-one single
- ↑ – Return of a single to number one
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Single | Artist | Reached number one[4][5] | Weeks at number one[4][5] |
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"All the Small Things" | Blink-182 | December 25, 1999 | 8 |
"Otherside" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | February 19, 2000 | 13 |
"Kryptonite" [10] | 3 Doors Down | May 20, 2000 | 11 |
"Last Resort" | Papa Roach | August 5, 2000 | 1 |
"Californication" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | August 12, 2000 | 1 |
"Last Resort" ↑ | Papa Roach | August 19, 2000 | 6 |
"Minority" | Green Day | September 30, 2000 | 5 |
"Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" | Fuel | November 4, 2000 | 12 |
"Hanging by a Moment" | Lifehouse | January 27, 2001 | 3 |
"Butterfly" | Crazy Town | February 17, 2001 | 2 |
"Drive" [11] | Incubus | March 3, 2001 | 8 |
"It's Been Awhile" | Staind | April 28, 2001 | 16 |
"Fat Lip" | Sum 41 | August 18, 2001 | 1 |
"Smooth Criminal" | Alien Ant Farm | August 25, 2001 | 4 |
"How You Remind Me" | Nickelback | September 22, 2001 | 13 |
"In the End" | Linkin Park | December 22, 2001 | 5 |
"Blurry" [12] | Puddle of Mudd | January 26, 2002 | 9 |
"Youth of the Nation" | P.O.D. | March 30, 2002 | 2 |
"Middle, TheThe Middle" | Jimmy Eat World | April 13, 2002 | 4 |
"Seein' Red" | Unwritten Law | May 11, 2002 | 4 |
"Hero" | Kroeger, ChadChad Kroeger featuring Scott, JoseyJosey Scott | June 8, 2002 | 3 |
"By the Way" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | June 29, 2002 | 14 |
"Aerials" | System of a Down | October 5, 2002 | 3 |
"You Know You're Right" | Nirvana | October 26, 2002 | 4 |
"All My Life" | Foo Fighters | November 23, 2002 | 10 |
"Always" | Saliva | February 1, 2003 | 1 |
"No One Knows" | Queens of the Stone Age | February 8, 2003 | 4 |
"Can't Stop" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | March 8, 2003 | 3 |
"Bring Me to Life" | Evanescence featuring McCoy, PaulPaul McCoy | March 29, 2003 | 2 |
"Somewhere I Belong" | Linkin Park | April 12, 2003 | 5 |
"Like a Stone" | Audioslave | May 17, 2003 | 2 |
"Headstrong" [8] [7] | Trapt | May 31, 2003 | 5 |
"Send the Pain Below" | Chevelle | July 5, 2003 | 1 |
"Seven Nation Army" | White Stripes, TheThe White Stripes | July 12, 2003 | 3 |
"Just Because" | Jane's Addiction | August 2, 2003 | 1 |
"Faint" | Linkin Park | August 9, 2003 | 6 |
"So Far Away" | Staind | September 20, 2003 | 6 |
"Weak and Powerless" | Perfect Circle, AA Perfect Circle | November 1, 2003 | 2 |
"So Far Away" ↑ | Staind | November 15, 2003 | 1 |
"Numb" | Linkin Park | November 22, 2003 | 12 |
"Hit That" | Offspring, TheThe Offspring | February 14, 2004 | 1 |
"Megalomaniac" [13] | Incubus | February 21, 2004 | 6 |
"I Miss You" | Blink-182 | April 3, 2004 | 2 |
"Reason, TheThe Reason" | Hoobastank | April 17, 2004 | 1 |
"Last Train Home" | Lostprophets | April 24, 2004 | 1 |
"Love Song" | 311 | May 1, 2004 | 1 |
"Cold Hard Bitch" | Jet | May 8, 2004 | 3 |
"Lying from You" | Linkin Park | May 29, 2004 | 3 |
"Ch-Check It Out" | Beastie Boys | June 19, 2004 | 2 |
"Slither" | Velvet Revolver | July 3, 2004 | 4 |
"Float On" | Modest Mouse | July 31, 2004 | 1 |
"Just Like You" | Three Days Grace | August 7, 2004 | 3 |
"Breaking the Habit" | Linkin Park | August 28, 2004 | 4 |
"American Idiot" | Green Day | September 25, 2004 | 6 |
"Vertigo" | U2 | November 6, 2004 | 4 |
"Pain" | Jimmy Eat World | December 4, 2004 | 1 |
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" | Green Day | December 11, 2004 | 16 |
"E-Pro" | Beck | April 2, 2005 | 1 |
"Be Yourself" | Audioslave | April 9, 2005 | 4 |
"Holiday" | Green Day | May 7, 2005 | 3 |
"Hand That Feeds, TheThe Hand That Feeds" | Nine Inch Nails | May 28, 2005 | 5 |
"Beverly Hills" | Weezer | July 2, 2005 | 1 |
"Best of You" [14] | Foo Fighters | July 9, 2005 | 7 |
"Feel Good Inc." | Gorillaz | August 27, 2005 | 8 |
"Only" | Nine Inch Nails | October 22, 2005 | 5 |
"DOA" | Foo Fighters | November 26, 2005 | 2 |
"Only" ↑ | Nine Inch Nails | December 10, 2005 | 2 |
"DOA" ↑ | Foo Fighters | December 24, 2005 | 4 |
"Hypnotize" | System of a Down | January 21, 2006 | 1 |
"Perfect Situation" | Weezer | January 28, 2006 | 4 |
"Wasteland" | 10 Years | February 25, 2006 | 1 |
"Every Day Is Exactly the Same" | Nine Inch Nails | March 4, 2006 | 4 |
"World Wide Suicide" | Pearl Jam | April 1, 2006 | 3 |
"Dani California" [15] | Red Hot Chili Peppers | April 22, 2006 | 14 |
"Steady, As She Goes" | Raconteurs, TheThe Raconteurs | July 29, 2006 | 1 |
"Miss Murder" | AFI | August 5, 2006 | 5 |
"Animal I Have Become" | Three Days Grace | September 9, 2006 | 2 |
"Tell Me Baby" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | September 23, 2006 | 4 |
"When You Were Young" | Killers, TheThe Killers | October 21, 2006 | 2 |
"Welcome to the Black Parade" | My Chemical Romance | November 4, 2006 | 7 |
"Anna Molly" | Incubus | December 23, 2006 | 5 |
"Snow (Hey Oh)" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | January 27, 2007 | 5 |
"Pain" | Three Days Grace | March 3, 2007 | 4 |
"From Yesterday" | Thirty Seconds to Mars | March 31, 2007 | 2 |
"Survivalism" | Nine Inch Nails | April 14, 2007 | 1 |
"What I've Done" [16] | Linkin Park | April 21, 2007 | 15 |
"Icky Thump" | White Stripes, TheThe White Stripes | August 4, 2007 | 3 |
"Paralyzer" | Finger Eleven | August 25, 2007 | 1 |
"Pretender, TheThe Pretender" | Foo Fighters | September 1, 2007 | 18 |
"Fake It" | Seether | January 5, 2008 | 8 |
"Long Road to Ruin" | Foo Fighters | March 1, 2008 | 7 |
"Psycho" | Puddle of Mudd | April 19, 2008 | 2 |
"Rise Above This" | Seether | May 3, 2008 | 2 |
"Pork and Beans" | Weezer | May 17, 2008 | 11 |
"Let It Die" [17] | Foo Fighters | August 2, 2008 | 4 |
"Viva la Vida" | Coldplay | August 30, 2008 | 2 |
"Believe" | Staind | September 13, 2008 | 3 |
"You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" | Offspring, TheThe Offspring | October 4, 2008 | 11 |
"Sex on Fire" | Kings of Leon | December 20, 2008 | 8 |
"Second Chance" | Shinedown | February 14, 2009 | 1 |
"Love Hurts" | Incubus | February 21, 2009 | 1 |
"Second Chance" ↑ | Shinedown | February 28, 2009 | 2 |
"Love Hurts" ↑ | Incubus | March 14, 2009 | 2 |
"Brother" | Pearl Jam | March 28, 2009 | 2 |
"Use Somebody" [18] | Kings of Leon | April 11, 2009 | 3 |
"Feel Good Drag" | Anberlin | May 2, 2009 | 1 |
"Know Your Enemy" | Green Day | May 9, 2009 | 6 |
"New Divide" | Linkin Park | June 20, 2009 | 1 |
"Panic Switch" | Silversun Pickups | June 27, 2009 | 1 |
"New Divide" ↑ | Linkin Park | July 4, 2009 | 11 |
"Notion" | Kings of Leon | September 19, 2009 | 1 |
"Uprising" | Muse | September 26, 2009 | 2 |
"Check My Brain" | Alice in Chains | October 10, 2009 | 1 |
"Uprising" ↑ | Muse | October 17, 2009 | 15 |
References
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- 1 2 "The Charts". Sun Herald. The McClatchy Company. August 25, 2008. Retrieved June 19, 2013. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Trust, Gary (June 10, 2009). "Chart Beat: Pink, Black Eyed Peas, Shinedown". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 Whitburn 2008, pp. 342–349.
- 1 2 3 "Alternative Songs – 2009 Archive". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
- ↑ Trust, Gary (February 11, 2013). "Muse's 'Madness' Rewrites Record For Longest-Reigning Alternative Songs No. 1". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
- 1 2 3 Trust, Gary (December 18, 2009). "Linkin Park, Nickelback top decade's rock charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Reuters. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- 1 2 "Year In Music: Hot Modern Rock Tracks". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 115 (52): 75. December 27, 2003. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
- ↑ "Linkin Park – Awards". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
- ↑ "The Year In Music 2000: Hot Modern Rock Tracks". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 112 (52): 88. December 30, 2000. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
- ↑ "The Year in Music 2001: Hot Modern Rock Tracks". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 113 (52): 72. December 29, 2001. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
- ↑ "The Year in Music 2002: Hot Modern Rock Tracks". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 114 (52): 87. December 28, 2002. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
- ↑ "Year In Music & Touring: Hot Modern Rock Tracks". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 116 (52): 70. December 25, 2004. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
- ↑ "Year-end top tens". Orlando Sentinel. Tribune Company. December 30, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- ↑ "Billboard Year-End Charts: Hot Modern Rock Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 118 (51): 81. December 23, 2006. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
- ↑ "Alternative Songs: 2007 (Year-End)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- ↑ "Alternative Songs: 2008 (Year-End)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- ↑ "Alternative Songs: 2009 (Year-End)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
Bibliography
- Whitburn, Joel (2008). Rock Tracks 1981–2008 (3rd ed.). Record Research. ISBN 978-0-8982-0174-1.