Billboard Alternative Airplay #1's
Aug 6, 2020 16:54:08 GMT -5
Post by CoJoFan on Aug 6, 2020 16:54:08 GMT -5
All the #1's of Billboard's Alternative Airplay chart listed. This chart was formerly known as the Alternative Songs and Modern Rock Tracks chart. So far only 4 artists have had 10 plus #1's. The chart started the week of September 10, 1988.
Most Number #1's
1. Red Hot Chili Peppers - 15
2. Green Day - 13
3. Linkin Park - 12
4. Foo Fighters - 12
5. Cage The Elephant - 11
6. Twenty One Pilots - 10
6. Twenty One Pilots - 10
1988
1. "Peek-a-Boo" - Siouxsie And The Banshees
2. "Just Play Music" - Big Audio Dynamite
3. "All That Money Wants" - The Psychadelic Furs
4. "Desire" - U2
5. "Orange Crush" - R.E.M.
1989
1. "Charlotte Anne" - Julian Cope
2. "Stand" - R.E.M.
3. "Dirty Blvd." - Lou Reed
4. "I'll Be You" - The Replacements
5. "Veronica" - Elvis Costello
6. "Mayor Of Simpleton" - XTC
7. "Fascination Street" - The Cure
8. "So Alive" - Love And Rockets
9. "Disappointed" - Public Image Ltd.
10. "Channel Z" - The B-52's
11. "Come Anytime" - Hoodoo Gurus
12. "Love Shack" - The B-52's
13. "Sowing The Seeds Of Love" - Tears For Fears
14. "Pictures Of Matchstick Men" - Camper Van Beethoven
15. "Proud To Fall" - Ian McCulloch
16. "Love And Anger" - Kate Bush
17. "Blues From A Gun" - The Jesus And Mary Chain
1990
1. "House" - The Psychadelic Furs
2. "Cuts You Up" - Peter Murphy
3. "Nothing Compares 2 U" - Sinead O' Connor
4. "Blue Sky Mine" - Midnight Oil
5. "Metropolis" - The Church
6. "Enjoy The Silence" - Depeche Mode
7. "The Emperor's Clothes" - Sinead O' Connor
8. "Forgotten Years" - Midnight Oil
9. "Here's Where The Story Ends" - The Sundays
10. "Policy Of Truth" - Depeche Mode
11. "Way Down Now" - World Party
12. "Joey" - Concrete Blonde
13. "Jealous" - Gene Loves Jezebel
14. "I'll Be Your Chauffeur" - David J
15. "Stop!" - Jane's Addiction
16. "Suicide Blonde" - INXS
17. "Never Enough" - The Cure
18. "Merry Go Round" - The Replacements
19. "Been Caught Stealing" - Jane's Addiction
20. "More" - The Sisters Of Mercy
1991
1. "Kinky Afro" - Happy Mondays
2. "All This Time" - Sting
3. "Right Here, Right Now" - Jesus Jones
4. "Losing My Religion" - R.E.M.
5. "See The Lights" - Simple Minds
6. "The Other Side Of Summer" - Elvis Costello
7. "Get The Message" - Electronic
8. "Kiss Them For Me" - Siouxsie And The Banshees
9. "Rush" - Big Audio Dynamite II
10. "Until She Comes" - The Psychadelic Furs
11. "So You Think You're In Love" - Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians
12. "Give It Away" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
13. "The Fly" - U2
14. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana
15. "Mysterious Ways" - U2
1992
1. "Sax And Violins" - Talking Heads
2. "What's Good" - Lou Reed
3. "Hit" - The Sugarcubes
4. "One" - U2
5. "High" - The Cure
6. "Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now)" - Cracker
7. "Weirdo" - The Charlatans
8. "The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead" - XTC
9. "Friday I'm In Love" - The Cure
10. "Good Stuff" - The B-52's
11. "Midlife Crisis" - Faith No More
12. "Tomorrow" - Morrissey
13. "Digging In The Dirt" - Peter Gabriel
14. "Blood Makes Noise" - Suzanne Vega
15. "Drive" - R.E.M.
16. "These Are Days" - 10,000 Maniacs
17. "Somebody To Shove" - Soul Asylum
18. "Steam" - Peter Gabriel
1993
1. "Not Sleeping Around" - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
2. "The Devil You Know" - Jesus Jones
3. "Feed The Tree" - Belly
4. "I Feel You" - Depeche Mode
5. "Regret" - New Order
6. "Walking In My Shoes" - Depeche Mode
7. "Pets" - Porno For Pyros
8. "Break It Down Again" - Tears For Fears
9. "Soul To Squeeze" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
10. "My Sister" - The Juliana Hatfield Three
11. "No Rain" - Blind Melon
12. "Heart-Shaped Box" - Nirvana
13. "Into Your Arms" - The Lemonheads
1994
1. "Daughter" - Pearl Jam
2. "Found Out About You" - Gin Blossoms
3. "All Apologies" - Nirvana
4. "Loser" - Beck
5. "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" - Crash Test Dummies
6. "God" - Tori Amos
7. "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get" - Morrissey
8. "Selling The Drama" - Live
9. "Longview" - Green Day
10. "Fall Down" - Toad The Wet Sprocket
11. "Come Out And Play" - The Offspring
12. "Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman)" - Counting Crows
13. "Basket Case" - Green Day
14. "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?" - R.E.M.
15. "Zombie" - The Cranberries
16. "About A Girl" - Nirvana
17. "Bang And Blame" - R.E.M.
1995
1. "When I Come Around" - Green Day
2. "Lightning Crashes" - Live
3. "Good" - Better Than Ezra
4. "Misery" - Soul Asylum
5. "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" - U2
6. "You Oughta Know" - Alanis Morissette
7. "J.A.R." - Green Day
8. "Tomoorw" - Silverchair
9. "Comedown" - Bush
10. "Name" - Goo Goo Dolls
11. "Hand In My Pocket" - Alanis Morissette
12. "Lump" - The Presidents Of The United States Of America
13. "My Friends" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
14. "Glycerine" - Bush
15. "Wonderwall" - Oasis
1996
1. "1979" - The Smashing Pumpkins
2. "Ironic" - Alanis Morissette
3. "Champagne Supernova" - Oasis
4. "Salvation" - The Cranberris
5. "Mother Mother" - Tracy Bonham
6. "Counting Blue Cars" - Dishwalla
7. "Pepper" - Butthole Surfers
8. "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand" - Primitive Radio Gods
9. "Who You Are" - Pearl Jam
10. "Down" - 311
11. "Novocaine For The Soul" - Eels
12. "What I Got" - Sublime
13. "Swallowed" - Bush
1997
1. "#1 Crush" - Garbage
2. "Discotheque" - U2
3. "Lakini's Juice" - Live
4. "One Headlight" - The Wallflowers
5. "Staring At The Sun" - U2
6. "The Freshmen" - The Verve Pipe
7. "Semi-Charmed Life" - Third Eye Blind
8. "The Impression I Get" - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
9. "Push" - Matchbox Twenty
10. "Fly" - Sugar Ray
11. "Walkin' On The Sun" - Smash Mouth
12. "Tubthumping" - Chumawamba
13. "Everything To Everyone" - Everclear
14. "Sex And Candy" - Marcy Playground
1998
1. "The Way" - Fastball
2. "Closing Time" - Semisonic
3. "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
4. "Inside Out" - Eve 6
5. "One Week" - Barenaked Ladies
6. "Celebrity Skin" - Hole
7. "Slide" - Goo Goo Dolls
8. "Fly Away" - Lenny Kravitz
9. "Never There" - Cake
10. What It's Like" - Everlast
1999
1. "Every Morning" - Sugar Ray
2. "My Own Worst Enemy" - Lit
3. "Scar Tissue" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. "Higher" - Creed
5. "The Chemicals Between Us" - Bush
6. "Learn To Fly" - Foo Fighters
7. "Re-Arranged" - Limp Bizkit
8. "All The Small Things" - Blink-182
2000
1. "Otherside" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
2. "Kryptonite" - 3 Doors Down
3. "Last Resort" - Papa Roach
4. "Californication" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. "Minority" - Green Day
6. "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" - Fuel
2001
1. "Hanging By A Moment" - Lifehouse
2. "Butterfly" - Crazy Town
3. "Drive" - Incubus
4. "It's Been Awhile" - Staind
5. "Fat Lip" - Sum 41
6. "Smooth Criminal" - Alien Ant Farm
7. "How You Remind Me" - Nickelback
8. "In The End" - Linkin Park
2002
1. "Blurry" - Puddle Of Mudd
2. "Youth Of The Nation" - P.O.D.
3. "The Middle" - Jimmy Eat World
4. "Seein' Red" - Unwritten Law
5. "Hero" - Chad Kroeger feat. Josey Scott
6. "By The Way" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
7. "Aerials" - System Of A Down
8. "You Know You're Right" - Nirvana
9. "All My Life" - Foo Foghters
2003
1. "Always" - Saliva
2. "No One Knows" - Queens Of The Stone Age
3. "Can't Stop" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. "Bring Me To Life" - Evanescence
5. "Somewhere I Belong" - Linkin Park
6. "Like A Stone" - Audioslave
7. "Headstrong" - Trapt
8. "Send The Pain Below" - Chevelle
9. "Seven Nation Army" - The White Stripes
10. "Just Because" - Jane's Addiction
11. "Faint" - Linkin Park
12. "So Far Away" - Staind
13. "Weak And Powerless" - A Perfect Circle
14. "Numb" - Linkin Park
2004
1. "Hit That" - The Offspring
2. "Megalomaniac" - Incubus
3. "I Miss You" - Blink-182
4. "The Reason" - Hoobastank
5. "Last Train Home" - Lostprophets
6. "Love Song" - 311
7. "Cold Hard Bitch" - Jet
8. "Lying From You" - Linkin Park
9. "Ch-Check It Out" - Beastie Boys
10. "Slither" - Velvet Revolver
11. "Float On" - Modest Mouse
12. "Just Like You" - Three Days Grace
13. "Breaking The Habit" - Linkin Park
14. "American Idiot" - Green Day
15. "Vertigo" - U2
16. "Pain" - Jimmy Eat World
17. "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" - Green Day
2005
1. "E-Pro" - Beck
2. "Be Yourself" - Audioslave
3. "Holiday" - Green Day
4. "The Hand That Feeds" - Nine Inch Nails
5. "Beverly Hills" - Weezer
6. "Best Of You" - Foo Fighters
7. "Feel Good Inc." - Gorillaz
8. "Only" - Nine Inch Nails
9. "DOA" - Foo Fighters
2006
1. Hypnotize" - System Of A Down
2. "Perfect Situation" - Weezer
3. "Wasteland" - 10 Years
4. "Every Day Is Exactly The Same" - Nine Inch Nails
5. "World Wide Suicide" - Pearl Jam
6. "Dani California" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
7. "Steady As She Goes" - The Raconteurs
8. "Miss Murder" - AFI
9. "Animal I Have Become" - Three Day Grace
10. "Tell Me Baby" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
11. "When You Were Young" - The Killers
12. "Welcome To The Black Parade" - My Chemical Romance
13. "Anna Molly" - Incubus
2007
1. "Snow (Hey Oh)" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
2. "Pain" - Three Days Grace
3. "From Yesterday" - Thirty Seconds To Mars
4. "Sirvivalism" - Nine Inch Nails
5. "What I've Done" - Linkin Park
6. "Icky Thump" - The White Stripes
7. "Paralyzer" - Finger Eleven
8. "The Pretender" - Foo Fighters
2008
1. "Fake It" - Seether
2. "Long Road To Ruin" - Foo Fighters
3. "Psycho" - Puddle Of Mudd
4. "Rise Above This" - Seether
5. "Pork And Beans" - Weezer
6. "Let It Die" - Foo Fighters
7. "Viva la Vida" - Coldplay
8. "Believe" - Staind
9. "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" - The Offspring
10. "Sex On Fire" - Kings Of Leon
2009
1. "Second Chance" - Shinedown
2. "Love Hurts" - Incubus
3. "Brother" - Pearl Jam
4. "Use Somebody" - Kings Of Leon
5. "Feel Good Drag" - Anberlin
6. "Know Your Enemy" - Green Day
7. "New Divide" - Linkin Park
8. "Panic Switch" - Silversun Pickups
9. "Notion" - Kings Of Leon
10. "Uprising" - Muse
11. "Check My Brain" - Alice In Chains
2010
1. "Kings And Queens" - Thirty Seconds To Mars
2. "1901" - Phoenix
3. "Back Against The Wall" - Cage The Elephant
4. "Resistance" - Muse
5. "Mountain Man" - Crash Kings
6. "Between The Lines" - Stone Temple Pilots
7. "Lay Me Down" - Dirty Heads ft. Rome Ramirez
8. "This Is War" - Thirty Seconds To Mars
9. "In One Ear" - Cage The Elephant
10. "The Catalyst" - Linkin Park
11. "Animal" - Neon Trees
12. "Little Lion Man" - Mumford & Sons
13. "Radioactive" - Kings Of Leon
14. "Tighten Up" - The Black Keys
2011
1. "Waiting For The End" - Linkin Park
2. "Shake Me Down" - Cage The Elephant
3. "Rope" - Foo Fighters
4. "Pumped Up Kicks" - Foster The People
5. "You Are A Tourist" - Death Cab For Cutie
6. "Walk" - Foo Fighters
7. "The Adventures Of Raindance Maggie" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
8. "The Sound Of Winter" - Bush
9. "Paradise" - Coldplay
10. "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys
2012
1. "Somebody That I Used To Know" - Gotye ft. Kimbra
2. "We Are Young" - Fun ft. Janelle Monae
3. "Gold On The Ceiling" - The Black Keys
4. "Tongue Tied" - Grouplove
5. "Little Talks" - Of Monsters And Men
6. "Burn It Down" - Linkin Park
7. "Some Nights" - Fun
8. "Too Close" - Alex Clare
9. "Ho Hey" - The Lumineers
10. "Madness" - Muse
11. "I Will Wait" - Mumford & Sons
2013
1. "Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons
2. "Sweater Weather" - The Neighbourhood
3. "Safe And Sound" - Capital Cities
4. "Royals" - Lorde
5. "Out Of My League" - Fitz & The Tantrums
6. "Pompeii" - Bastille
7. "Come A Little Closer" - Cage The Elephant
2014
1. "Do I Wanna Know?" - Arctic Monkeys
2. "Come With Me Now" - Kongos
3. "The Walker" - Fitz & The Tantrums
4. "Fever" - The Black Keys
5. "I Wanna Get Better" - Bleachers
6. "Dangerous" - Big Data ft. Joywave
7. "Riptide" - Vance Joy
8. "Stolen Dance" - Milky Chance
9. "Something From Nothing" - Foo Fighters
2015
1. "Cigarette Daydreams" - Cage The Elephant
2. "Shut Up And Dance" - Walk The Moon
3. "Lampshades On Fire" - Modest Mouse
4. "Believe" - Mumford & Sons
5. "Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)" - Awolnation
6. "Dead Inside" - Muse
7. "Renegades" - X Ambassadors
8. "First" - Cold War Kids
9. "Ex's And Oh's" - Elle King
10. "Stressed Out" - Twenty One Pilots
2016
1. "Mess Around" - Cage The Elephant
2. "Adventure Of A Lifetime" - Coldplay
3. "Mountain At My Gates" - Foals
4. "Trip Switch" - Nothing But Thieves
5. "Ride" - Twenty One Pilots
6. "Spirits" - The Strumbellas
7. "Ophelia" - The Lumineers
8. "Bored To Death" - Blink-182
9. "Dark Necessities" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
10. "Way Down We Go" - Kaleo
11. "Trouble" - Cage The Elephant
12. "Heathens" - Twenty One Pilots
13. "Bang Bang" - Green Day
14. "Waste A Moment" - Kings Of Leon
15. "All We Ever Knew" - The Head And The Heart
2017
1. "Take It All Back" - Judah & The Lion
2. "Still Breathing" - Green Day
3. "Cleopatra" - The Lumineers
4. "Human" - Rag'n'Bone Man
5. "Believer" - Imagine Dragons
6. "Wish I Knew You" - The Revivalists
7. "Feel It Still" - Portugal. The Man
8. "Thunder" - Imagine Dragons
9. "Up All Night" - Beck
2018
1. "One Foot" - Walk The Moon
2. "No Roots" - Alice Merton
3. "Sober Up" - AJR ft. Rivers Cuomo
4. "Whatever It Takes" - Imagine Dragons
5. "Live In The Moment" - Portugal. The Man
6. "Broken" - Lovelytheband
7. "Thought Contagion" - Muse
8. "Say Amen (Saturday Night)" - Panic! At The Disco
9. "I Fell Like I'm Drowning" - Two Feet
10. "Jumpsuit" - Twenty One Pilots
11. "Africa" - Weezer
12. "Natural" - Imagine Dragons
13. "Happier" - Marshmello ft. Bastille
14. "High Hopes" - Panic! At The Disco
2019
1. "Guiding Light" - Mumford & Sons
2. "Ready To Let Go" - Cage The Elephant
3. "Chlorine" - Twenty One Pilots
4. "Lo/Hi" - The Black Keys
5. "Bury A Friend" - Billie Eilish
6. "Trampoline" - Shaed
7. "Gloria" - The Lumineers
8. "Missed Connection" - The Head And The Heart
9. "Bad Guy" - Billie Eilish
10. "Cringe" - Matt Maeson
11. "3 Nights" - Dominic Fike
12. "Doin' Time" - Lana Del Rey
13. "Social Cues" - Cage The Elephant
14. "The Hype" - Twenty One Pilots
15. "Orphans" - Coldplay
2020
1. "Dissolve" - Absofacto
2. "Running Up That Hill" - Meg Myers
3. "Might Be Right" - White Reaper
4. "Everything I Wanted" - Billie Eilish
5. "Novocaine" - The Unlikely Candidates
6. "Cradles" - Sub Urban
7. "Oh Yeah!" - Green Day
8. "Caution" - The Killers
9. "Level Of Concern" - Twenty One Pilots
10. "Honeybee" - The Head And The Heart
11. "Hero" - Weezer
12. "Hallucinogenics" - Matt Maeson
13. "Monsters" - All Time Low feat. blackbear
2021
1. "Leave Me Alone" - I Don't Know How But They Found Me
2. "Fire For You" - Cannons
3. "Therefore I Am" - Billie Eilish
4. Skin And Bones - Cage The Elephant
5. "My Ex's Best Friend" - Machine Gun Kelly feat. blackbear
6. "Heat Waves" - Glass Animals
10. "Honeybee" - The Head And The Heart
11. "Hero" - Weezer
12. "Hallucinogenics" - Matt Maeson
13. "Monsters" - All Time Low feat. blackbear
2021
1. "Leave Me Alone" - I Don't Know How But They Found Me
2. "Fire For You" - Cannons
3. "Therefore I Am" - Billie Eilish
4. Skin And Bones - Cage The Elephant
5. "My Ex's Best Friend" - Machine Gun Kelly feat. blackbear
6. "Heat Waves" - Glass Animals
7. "Follow You" - Imagine Dragons
8. "Shy Away" - Twenty One Pilots
9. "All My Favorite Songs" - Weezer
10. "We Are Between" - Modest Mouse
11. "Saturday" - Twenty One Pilots
12. “Beggin’” - Måneskin
13. "Brightside" - The Lumineers
2022
1. "The Outside" - Twenty One Pilots
2. "Enemy" - Imagine Dragons & JID
3. "Black Summer - Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. “Wild Child” - The Black Keys
5. “Love Brand New” - Bob Moses
6. “A Little Bit Of Love” - Weezer
7. “Toxic” - BoyWithUke
8. “Viva Las Vengeance” - Panic! At The Disco
9. “Supermodel” - Måneskin
10. "Boy" - The Killers
11. "Tippa My Tongue" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
12. “Here To Forever” - Death Cab For Cutie
13. "Sex, Drugs, Etc." - Beach Weather
14. "Edging" - Blink-182
2023
1. “This Is Why” - Paramore
2. “Sleepwalking” - All Time Low
3. “Records” - Weezer
4. "Love From The Other Side" - Fall Out Boy
5. “Lost” - Linkin Park
6. “Rescued” - Foo Fighters
7. “Emergency Contact” - Pierce The Veil
8. "Rescue Me" - Dirty Heads
9. “Just Pretend” - Bad Omens
10. "Dial Drunk" - Noah Kahan ft. Post Malone
11. “Under You” - Foo Fighters
12. “One More Time” -Blink-182
2024
1. "Landmines" - Sum 41
2. “Beautiful People (Stay High)” - The Black Keys
3. “Neon Pill” - Cage The Elephant
4. “Dilemma” - Green Day
8. "Shy Away" - Twenty One Pilots
9. "All My Favorite Songs" - Weezer
10. "We Are Between" - Modest Mouse
11. "Saturday" - Twenty One Pilots
12. “Beggin’” - Måneskin
13. "Brightside" - The Lumineers
2022
1. "The Outside" - Twenty One Pilots
2. "Enemy" - Imagine Dragons & JID
3. "Black Summer - Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. “Wild Child” - The Black Keys
5. “Love Brand New” - Bob Moses
6. “A Little Bit Of Love” - Weezer
7. “Toxic” - BoyWithUke
8. “Viva Las Vengeance” - Panic! At The Disco
9. “Supermodel” - Måneskin
10. "Boy" - The Killers
11. "Tippa My Tongue" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
12. “Here To Forever” - Death Cab For Cutie
13. "Sex, Drugs, Etc." - Beach Weather
14. "Edging" - Blink-182
2023
1. “This Is Why” - Paramore
2. “Sleepwalking” - All Time Low
3. “Records” - Weezer
4. "Love From The Other Side" - Fall Out Boy
5. “Lost” - Linkin Park
6. “Rescued” - Foo Fighters
7. “Emergency Contact” - Pierce The Veil
8. "Rescue Me" - Dirty Heads
9. “Just Pretend” - Bad Omens
10. "Dial Drunk" - Noah Kahan ft. Post Malone
11. “Under You” - Foo Fighters
12. “One More Time” -Blink-182
2024
1. "Landmines" - Sum 41
2. “Beautiful People (Stay High)” - The Black Keys
3. “Neon Pill” - Cage The Elephant
4. “Dilemma” - Green Day