Alternative Airplay
Alternative Airplay(formerly known asModern Rock Tracksbetween 1988 and 2009, andAlternative Songsbetween 2009 and 2020) is amusic chartpublished in the American magazineBillboardsince September 10, 1988. It ranks the 40 most-played songs onalternativeandmodern rockradio stations. Introduced as Modern Rock Tracks, the chart served as a companion to theMainstream Rockchart (then called Album Rock Tracks), and its creation was prompted by the explosion of alternative music on American radio in the late 1980s. During the first several years of the chart, it regularly featured music that did not receive commercial radio airplay anywhere but on a few modern rock and college rock radio stations. This included manyelectronicandpost-punkartists. Gradually, as alternative rock became more mainstream (spearheaded by thegrungeexplosion in the early 1990s), alternative and mainstream rock radio stations began playing many of the same songs. By the late 2000s, the genres became more fully differentiated with only limited crossover. The Alternative Airplay chart features morealternative rock,indie pop,andpop punkartists while the Mainstream Rock chart leans towards more guitar-tingedblues rock,hard rock,andheavy metal.
The chart is based solely on radio airplay ranked by a calculation of the total number of spins each song receives per week. As of 2012, approximately 80 alternative radio stations across the United States are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week byNielsen Broadcast Data Systems.[1]The chart had 30 positions when it was introduced in September 1988 and expanded to 40 positions on September 10, 1994.[2]
The chart was renamed to Alternative Songs beginning with the June 20, 2009, issue afterBillboardfully absorbedRadio & Records,whose similar chart was called "Alternative" and to reflect the music industry's more common use of the term.[3]In June 2020,Billboardintroduced the separateHot Alternative Songschart, which uses similar methodology as theBillboardHot 100by measuring the popularity of songs classified as alternative across all radio formats, streaming services, and sales within the United States. To avoid confusion, Alternative Songs was renamed Alternative Airplay.
History
[edit]The first alternative chart, called Modern Rock Tracks, appeared in the September 10, 1988, edition ofBillboardmagazine.[4]The first number-one song of the chart wasSiouxsie and the Banshees' "Peek-a-Boo",which topped the charts for two weeks.[5]In the chart's early years, the chart was closely associated withcollege rock,new wave,post-punkandelectronicgenres with a large presence of British, Irish and Australian artists, as only 24 of the chart's first 82 number-one hits were by American acts.[6]Bands includingDepeche Mode,Pixies,the Cure,New OrderandR.E.M.were amongst the most popular acts on Alternative radio in the late 1980s and early 1990s.[6]Many rock artists do not release commercialsinglesin the United States. Several popular songs which were not released as commercial singles did not qualify for the Hot 100 before December 1998, but performed very well on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.
In 1991, with the release of "Smells Like Teen Spirit"by Nirvana (which reached No. 1 on November 23, 1991),[7]grunge became a new form of alternative rock to chart. However, grunge did not have a dominating presence on the chart in its heyday; over time, grunge would grow into popularity as a representation of alternative rock in the mainstream. Iconic grunge songs fared decently on the Alternative Songs chart but better on the Mainstream Rock Songs.[6]For example, "Black"byPearl Jampeaked only at No. 20 on the former but No. 3 on the latter.[8][9]This was because the college rock and new wave of the 1980s remained the dominant styles of the format, while grunge became an alternative rock style that was popular on the Mainstream Rock format.
In the mid-1990s, alternative rock songs began to crossover toPopradio, with acts such asGreen Day,the OffspringandAlanis Morissettebeing played on Pop stations after establishing hits on the Alternative chart.[6]Dominant genres includedpop punkand softer alternative rock, as grunge acts such asSoundgardenandStone Temple Pilotsdid not reach No. 1, whileBritpop,a form of alternative rock from the UK, was represented only byOasis.[6]By the late 1990s, the Alternative Songs chart was ruled by relatively lighter alternative rock bands such asThird Eye Blind,Matchbox TwentyandSugar Rayand a plethora of one-hit wonders.[6][10]
At the turn of the century, alternative radio embracednu-metal/rap rockwith bands includingKorn,Limp Bizkitand most famously,Linkin Park.Chris Molanphy ofPitchforkstated that "possibly the most loathed period for music of the last half-century, the rap-rock years—when looked through the prism of the Modern Rock chart's evolution—are a logical endpoint to a decade when alt-culture steadily de-wussified itself."[6]Garage rock from the likes ofthe White Stripesandthe Strokesalso became hits in the early 2000s as a counter to the over-aggression of rap rock.[6]
In the mid-2000s, the Alternative charts were ruled at the top by its most dominant members. From 2003 to 2008, the No. 1 song was by eitherFoo Fighters,Green Day,Incubus,Linkin Park orRed Hot Chili Peppers49% of the time – 152 out of 313 weeks.[6]During this time, 1990s alternative groups such asNine Inch NailsandWeezerenjoyed their biggest success, whileemo(Jimmy Eat World), indie rock (Modest Mouse) and pop punk (Fall Out Boy) also were popular.[6]In 2007, "The Kill"byThirty Seconds to Marsset a record for the longest-running hit in the history of the US alternative chart when it remained on the national chart for 52 weeks.[11]Rise Against's "Savior"later broke the record by spending 65 weeks, followed around the same time by"1901"fromPhoenixat 57.[12]In 2009,Billboardrenamed the chart to "Alternative Songs".[3]
In the 2010s, the Alternative charts were led by softerindie popandfolk,and crossed over new acts topop radiofor the first time since the late 1990s, such asFoster the People,Imagine Dragons,Fun,andGotye.[6]The chart also began to diverge from the Mainstream Rock chart, as only 10 of 40 songs were shared between the two in November 2012, compared to 23 of 40 in November 2002.[13]For the chart's 25th anniversary in 2013,Billboardpublished a list of the 100 biggest hits in the history of the Alternative chart. "Uprising"byMusewas listed at No. 1, having spent 17 weeks on the top of the chart and 53 weeks in total. "Savior" by Rise Against was listed at No. 2, peaking at #3 but staying on the chart for a record-breaking 65 weeks.[14]
On October 11, 2018,Billboardreleased its Greatest of All Time Alternative Songs 30th-anniversary recap.Foo Fighterscontinued its reign as the chart's No. 1 act over the list's first 30 years, after leading the 25th-anniversary recap.Muse's "Uprising"retained its standing as the all-time No. 1 song.Rise Against's "Savior"again ranked at No. 2, whilePortugal. The Man's "Feel It Still"entered at No. 3, the highest debut on the 30th anniversary songs list, following its record 20-week reign in 2017.[15]Six bands charted at least once in the first four decades of the chart's existence –Nine Inch Nails,Depeche Mode,Jane's Addiction,Red Hot Chili Peppers,U2andBeastie Boys.[16]As of 2023, only Depeche Mode, Red Hot Chili Peppers and U2 have extended that streak to five decades.[17]Although the Alternative Songs chart "tends to be heavily male-dominated",Billboardreleased a list of the top-performing women in the chart's archives as part of the 30th anniversary of the Alternative Songs chart, withDolores O'Riordanofthe Cranberriestaking the lead spot.[18] The current number-one song on the chart is "The Emptiness Machine"byLinkin Park.[19]
Chart achievements
[edit]Artists with the most number-one songs
[edit]Source:[20][21][22][23][24][25]
- Red Hot Chili Peppers(15)
- Green Day(13)
- Linkin Park(13)
- Cage the Elephant(12)
- Foo Fighters(12)
Acts who have reached number one in at least three decades
[edit]Four decades
[edit]- Blink-182(1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s)
- Foo Fighters(1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s)
- Green Day(1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers(1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s)
Three decades
[edit]- Beck(1990s, 2000s, 2010s)
- Coldplay(2000s, 2010s, 2020s)
- Linkin Park(2000s, 2010s, 2020s)
- Modest Mouse(2000s, 2010s, 2020s)
- U2(1980s, 1990s, 2000s)
- Weezer(2000s, 2010s, 2020s)
Artists with the most cumulative weeks at number one
[edit]Weeks at No. 1 | Artist | Source |
---|---|---|
95 | Foo Fighters | [32] |
91 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | [28] |
79 | Linkin Park | [33] |
73 | Twenty One Pilots | [34] |
65 | Green Day | [22] |
55 | Imagine Dragons | [35] |
48 | Blink-182 | [36] |
46 | Muse | [37] |
46 | Cage the Elephant | [38] |
42 | The Black Keys | [39] |
Number-one debuts
[edit]- "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"by R.E.M. (1994)[40]
- "Dani California"by Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006)[41]
- "What I've Done"by Linkin Park (2007)[42]
Artists with most chart entries
[edit]Entries | Act | Source |
---|---|---|
43 | U2 | [43] |
42 | Pearl Jam | [44] |
41 | Foo Fighters | [25] |
37 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | [45] |
37 | Green Day | [46] |
34 | Weezer | [47] |
32 | Linkin Park | [48] |
31 | Coldplay | [49] |
Artists with the most top-ten songs
[edit]Entries | Act | Source |
---|---|---|
30 | Foo Fighters | [50] |
28 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | [51] |
26 | Green Day | [52] |
23 | U2 | [53] |
21 | Pearl Jam | [54] |
21 | Weezer | [55] |
20 | Linkin Park | [56] |
19 | The Offspring | [57] |
17 | The Smashing Pumpkins | [58] |
17 | Muse | [59] |
17 | Twenty One Pilots | [60] |
17 | Cage the Elephant | [61] |
Songs with most weeks on the chart
[edit]The following songs have charted for more than 50 weeks.
Weeks | Song | Artist | Source |
---|---|---|---|
88 | "Monsters" | All Time LowfeaturingBlackbear | [62] |
76 | "Broken" | Lovelytheband | [63] |
65 | "Savior" | Rise Against | [64] |
64 | "First" | Cold War Kids | [64] |
63 | "Trampoline" | Shaed | [65] |
58 | "Do I Wanna Know?" | Arctic Monkeys | [64] |
57 | "1901" | Phoenix | [64] |
56 | "Wish I Knew You" | The Revivalists | [64] |
55 | "Sit Next to Me" | Foster the People | [64] |
54 | "Enemy" | Imagine DragonsandJID | [35] |
53 | "Feel It Still" | Portugal. The Man | [64] |
"Uprising" | Muse | [64] | |
51 | "Landmines" | Sum 41 | [66] |
Songs with most weeks at number one
[edit]The songs with 16 or more weeks at number one.
Weeks | Song | Artist | Year | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|
20 | "Feel It Still" | Portugal. The Man | 2017 | [67] |
"One More Time" | Blink-182 | 2023–24 | [36] | |
19 | "Madness" | Muse | 2012–13 | [67] |
18 | "The Pretender" | Foo Fighters | 2007 | [67] |
"Monsters" | All Time LowfeaturingBlackbear | 2020–21 | [68][69] | |
17 | "Uprising" | Muse | 2009–10 | [67] |
16 | "Scar Tissue" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 1999 | [67] |
"It's Been Awhile" | Staind | 2001 | [67] | |
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" | Green Day | 2004–05 | [67] | |
"High Hopes" | Panic! at the Disco | 2018–19 | [70] |
Songs that have taken the longest time to reach number one
[edit]Weeks | Song | Artist | Source |
---|---|---|---|
42 | "Running Up That Hill" | Meg Myers | [71] |
33 | "Out of My League" | Fitz and the Tantrums | [72] |
"Novocaine" | The Unlikely Candidates | [73] | |
32 | "Just Pretend" | Bad Omens | [74] |
"Mountain at My Gates" | Foals | [75] | |
"Animal" | Neon Trees | [76] | |
31 | "Toxic" | BoyWithUke | [77] |
"1901" | Phoenix | [78] | |
30 | "Dissolve" | Absofacto | [79] |
29 | "Feel Good Drag" | Anberlin | [80] |
"Back Against the Wall" | Cage the Elephant | [81] | |
"Safe and Sound" | Capital Cities | [82] | |
"Little Talks" | Of Monsters and Men | [83] | |
"Records" | Weezer | [84] |
Albums with at least three number ones
[edit]Source:[85]
- 5 songs
- Meteora–Linkin Park( "Somewhere I Belong","Faint","Numb","Lying from You","Breaking the Habit",2003–04)
- 3 songs
- Scaled and Icy–Twenty One Pilots( "Shy Away","Saturday","The Outside",2021–22)
- Social Cues–Cage the Elephant( "Ready to Let Go","Social Cues "," Skin and Bones ", 2019–21)
- Trench– Twenty One Pilots ( "Jumpsuit","Chlorine","The Hype",2018–19)
- Evolve–Imagine Dragons( "Believer","Thunder","Whatever It Takes",2017–18)
- Only by the Night–Kings of Leon( "Sex on Fire","Use Somebody","Notion",2008–09)
- Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace–Foo Fighters( "The Pretender","Long Road to Ruin","Let It Die",2007–08)
- Stadium Arcadium–Red Hot Chili Peppers( "Dani California","Tell Me Baby","Snow (Hey Oh)",2006–07)
- With Teeth–Nine Inch Nails( "The Hand That Feeds","Only","Every Day Is Exactly the Same",2005–06)
- American Idiot–Green Day( "American Idiot","Boulevard of Broken Dreams","Holiday",2004–05)
- Californication– Red Hot Chili Peppers ( "Scar Tissue","Otherside","Californication",1999–2000)
- Jagged Little Pill–Alanis Morissette( "You Oughta Know","Hand in My Pocket","Ironic",1995–96)
- Dookie– Green Day ( "Longview","Basket Case","When I Come Around",1994–95)
- Achtung Baby–U2( "The Fly","Mysterious Ways","One",1991–92)
Top female performers (1988–2018)
[edit]Source:[a]
Position | Artist |
---|---|
1 | Dolores O'Riordan(The Cranberries) |
2 | Meg White(The White Stripes) |
3 | Siouxsie Sioux(Siouxsie & the Banshees) |
4 | Shirley Manson(Garbage) |
5 | Alanis Morissette |
6 | Kate PiersonandCindy Wilson(The B-52s) |
7 | Gwen Stefani(No Doubt) |
8 | Natalie Merchant[b](10,000 Maniacs) |
9 | Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir(Of Monsters and Men) |
10 | Hannah Hooper (Grouplove) |
Other chart achievements
[edit]- Blink-182's albumOne More Time...has generated songs with the highest total number of weeks spent at number one, with thirty-three weeks total. Red Hot Chili Peppers' albumCalifornicationand Linkin Park's albumMeteoracome next with thirty weeks each.[citation needed]
- Sum 41have had the longest time between number-ones (22 years, 5 months and 3 weeks), with "Fat Lip"(2001) and"Landmines"(2023).[86]The record was previously held byThe Killers,who waited 13 years and 6 months, between "When You Were Young"(2006) and"Caution"(2020) for their next number one.[87]
- Fifteen songs released on anindependent record labelhave reached number one on the chart. The first three were "Come Out and Play"byThe Offspring,"What It's Like"byEverlastand "Panic Switch"bySilversun Pickups.[88]These were followed by "1901"byPhoenix,"Lay Me Down"byThe Dirty HeadsfeaturingRome Ramirez,"Do I Wanna Know?"byArctic Monkeys,"Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)"byAwolnation,"The Sound of Winter"byBush,"First"byCold War Kids,"Bored to Death"byBlink-182,"Take It All Back"byJudah & the Lion,"No Roots"byAlice Merton,"Sober Up"byAJRfeaturingRivers Cuomo,"Trampoline"byShaedand "Running Up That Hill"byMeg Myers.[citation needed]
- AlthoughSoundgarden's "Black Hole Sun"did not hit number one on the chart, peaking at number two on July 2, 1994,[89]it became the Modern Rock Tracks year-end number one single of 1994,[90]the only song to do so without ever being number one on the weekly chart.
- In August 2013,Lordebecame the first woman to top the chart sinceTracy Bonhamin 1996 when her song "Royals"reached number one in August 2013;[91]the next woman to top the chart wasElle Kingwith her song "Ex's & Oh's"which hit the top spot in September 2015.[92]In September 2013, Lorde surpassedAlanis Morissetteto become the woman with the longest-running single at number one when "Royals" spent its sixth week at number one.[93]Since then, four other women have also topped the chart,Alice Merton(2018),Lana Del Rey(2019),Billie Eilish(2019), andMeg Myers(2020), as have female-fronted bandsShaed(2019),Cannons(2021), andParamore(2023).
- Lorde is the youngest solo artist to reach number one, achieving this feat at the age of 16 with "Royals".[94]
- Billie Eilish holds the records for most number ones on the chart for a soloist and most number ones for a female artist or band with female vocals, having topped the chart four times.[95]
- Fall Out Boyhold the record for the longest wait between their first entry and their first number one single on the chart, when "Love from the Other Side"reached the top in March 2023, 17 years and 9 months after they debuted on the chart with"Sugar, We're Goin Down"in June 2005.[96]
- Debbie Harryholds the record for the longest gap between entries on the chart: "Kiss It Better"last appeared on the chart in January 1990 and she did not reappear again until a featured credit on" Soul Train "by Just Loud in December 2018, 29 years later.Kate Bushhas the longest gap between entries for a lead artist: "Rubberband Girl"last appeared on the chart in January 1994, and she did not chart again until a re-release of her 1985 single"Running Up That Hill",which debuted on the chart 28 years later in June 2022.Blurhas the longest gap between entries for a band: "Crazy Beat"last appeared on the chart in May 2003, and they did not chart again until"The Narcissist"debuted on the chart 20 years later in June 2023.[97]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^"The Top 30 Female Alternative Songs Artists ranking is based on weekly performance on the Alternative Songs chart from its September 10, 1988, inception through September 8, 2018".[18]
- ^"Mary Ramseyreplaced Merchant in 1993, though all of the band's Alternative Songs entries were in the Merchant era ".[18]
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- ^Rutherford, Kevin (February 1, 2021)."Billie Eilish Breaks Record for Most Alternative Airplay No. 1s Ever Among Soloists".Billboard.RetrievedFebruary 2,2021.
- ^Rutherford, Kevin (February 24, 2023)."Fall Out Boy Breaks Alternative Airplay Record With First No. 1".Billboard.RetrievedFebruary 25,2023.
- ^Rutherford, Kevin (June 8, 2023)."Blur Returns to Alternative Airplay Chart After 20-Year Break".Billboard.RetrievedJuly 21,2023.
External links
[edit]- Current Alternative Airplay chart,Billboard.