Billboard's Greatest Of All Time Alternative Lists, 30 Years

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GREATEST OF ALL TIME ALTERNATIVE SONGS

1 Uprising Muse
2 Savior Rise Against
3 Feel It Still Portugal. The Man
4 Madness Muse
5 The Pretender Foo Fighters
6 Radioactive Imagine Dragons
7 First Cold War Kids
8 Hemorrhage (In My Hands) Fuel
9 Cuts You Up Peter Murphy
10 Drive Incubus
11 Sweater Weather The Neighbourhood
12 Sex And Candy Marcy Playground
13 Do I Wanna Know? Arctic Monkeys
14 When I Come Around Green Day
15 How You Remind Me Nickelback
16 My Own Worst Enemy Lit
17 Lightning Crashes Live
18 Wonderwall Oasis
19 It's Been Awhile Staind
20 Stolen Dance Milky Chance
21 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana
22 Boulevard Of Broken Dreams Green Day
23 Feel Good Inc Gorillaz
24 Come A Little Closer Cage The Elephant
25 So Alive Love And Rockets
26 Mysterious Ways U2
27 Regret New Order
28 Tighten Up The Black Keys
29 Blurry Puddle Of Mudd
30 Pumped Up Kicks Foster The People
31 In The End Linkin Park
32 1901 Phoenix
33 Lay Me Down The Dirty Heads Featuring Rome
34 Fascination Street The Cure
35 Good Better Than Ezra
36 Scar Tissue Red Hot Chili Peppers
37 Believer Imagine Dragons
38 Renegades X Ambassadors
39 Zombie The Cranberries
40 Kryptonite 3 Doors Down
41 Paralyzer Finger Eleven
42 Pompeii Bastille
43 Sex On Fire Kings Of Leon
44 What It's Like Everlast
45 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins
46 All My Life Foo Fighters
47 Safe And Sound Capital Cities
48 Kiss Them For Me Siouxsie & The Banshees
49 Pepper Butthole Surfers
50 Demons Imagine Dragons
51 Numb Linkin Park
52 Inside Out Eve 6
53 By The Way Red Hot Chili Peppers
54 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction
55 Headstrong Trapt
56 Into Your Arms The Lemonheads
57 What I've Done Linkin Park
58 What I Got Sublime
59 Dani California Red Hot Chili Peppers
60 Rush Big Audio
61 Animal Neon Trees
62 Otherside Red Hot Chili Peppers
63 Last Resort Papa Roach
64 Orange Crush R.E.M.
65 Proud To Fall Ian McCulloch
66 Losing My Religion R.E.M.
67 Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye Featuring Kimbra
68 Name Goo Goo Dolls
69 Love And Anger Kate Bush
70 Laid James
71 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes
72 Feel Good Drag Anberlin
73 Stressed Out twenty one pilots
74 Hanging By A Moment Lifehouse
75 Wish I Knew You The Revivalists
76 The Mayor Of Simpleton XTC
77 So Far Away Staind
78 Ho Hey The Lumineers
79 It's Time Imagine Dragons
80 Santa Monica (Watch The World Die) Everclear
81 Best Of You Foo Fighters
82 Faint Linkin Park
83 Fake It Seether
84 You're Gonna Go Far, Kid The Offspring
85 More Sisters Of Mercy
86 Animal I Have Become Three Days Grace
87 I Will Wait Mumford & Sons
88 Down 311
89 Interstate Love Song Stone Temple Pilots
90 The Hand That Feeds Nine Inch Nails
91 Wish You Were Here Incubus
92 Charlotte Anne Julian Cope
93 Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth... Primitive Radio Gods
94 Friday I'm In Love The Cure
95 Use Somebody Kings Of Leon
96 Steam Peter Gabriel
97 All The Small Things Blink-182
98 Walkin' On The Sun Smash Mouth
99 Walk Foo Fighters
100 My Friends Red Hot Chili Peppers
101 Loser Beck
102 Little Black Submarines The Black Keys
103 Only Nine Inch Nails
104 Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind
105 Riptide Vance Joy
106 Feed The Tree Belly
107 Fall Down Toad The Wet Sprocket
108 Out Of My League Fitz And The Tantrums
109 Waiting For The End Linkin Park
110 Right Here, Right Now Jesus Jones
111 You Oughta Know Alanis Morissette
112 Tomorrow Silverchair
113 Lonely Boy The Black Keys
114 The Devil You Know Jesus Jones
115 Like A Stone Audioslave
116 Panic Switch Silversun Pickups
117 (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I... Weezer
118 Tomorrow Morrissey
119 Heathens twenty one pilots
120 Swallowed Bush
121 Glycerine Bush
122 Fly Away Lenny Kravitz
123 Trouble Cage The Elephant
124 Basket Case Green Day
125 Dangerous Big Data Featuring Joywave
126 Never There Cake
127 Everything Zen Bush
128 Not Sleeping Around Ned's Atomic Dustbin
129 Closing Time Semisonic
130 The Middle Jimmy Eat World
131 Fly Sugar Ray
132 Shake Me Down Cage The Elephant
133 I'll Be You The Replacements
134 Shut Up And Dance WALK THE MOON
135 No One Knows Queens Of The Stone Age
136 Hit The Sugarcubes
137 I Feel You Depeche Mode
138 Rope Foo Fighters
139 Dirty Blvd. Lou Reed
140 Ophelia The Lumineers
141 Stand R.E.M.
142 Broken lovelytheband
143 Selling The Drama Live
144 Welcome To The Black Parade My Chemical Romance
145 Until She Comes The Psychedelic Furs
146 Way Down We Go Kaleo
147 Movin' On Up Primal Scream
148 Desire U2
149 Lump The Presidents Of The United States Of America
150 The Great Commandment Camouflage
151 Never Enough The Cure
152 Way Down Now World Party
153 (I Hate) Everything About You Three Days Grace
154 Tongue Tied Grouplove
155 Comedown Bush
156 Policy Of Truth Depeche Mode
157 Re-arranged Limp Bizkit
158 Counting Blue Cars Dishwalla
159 The Diary Of Jane Breaking Benjamin
160 Miss Murder AFI
161 Pork And Beans Weezer
162 DOA Foo Fighters
163 Sit Next To Me Foster The People
164 Ironic Alanis Morissette
165 The Way Fastball
166 Cannonball The Breeders
167 Second Chance Shinedown
168 Mountain Sound Of Monsters And Men
169 Peek-A-Boo Siouxsie & The Banshees
170 Crawling In The Dark Hoobastank
171 Come With Me Now KONGOS
172 The Sound Of Winter Bush
173 Through Glass Stone Sour
174 Pets Porno For Pyros
175 What's My Age Again? Blink-182
176 The Chemicals Between Us Bush
177 All Apologies Nirvana
178 The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get Morrissey
179 Black Hole Sun Soundgarden
180 In The Meantime Spacehog
181 Drive R.E.M.
182 So You Think You're In Love Robyn Hitchcock
183 The Killing Jar Siouxsie & The Banshees
184 Longview Green Day
185 Every Morning Sugar Ray
186 I Don't Care Apocalyptica Featuring Adam Gontier
187 Mr. Brightside The Killers
188 Novocaine For The Soul eels
189 Come Out And Play (Keep 'Em Separated) The Offspring
190 Nothing Compares 2 U Sinead O'Connor
191 Digging In The Dirt Peter Gabriel
192 Cold Crossfade
193 Sail AWOLNATION
194 Little Talks Of Monsters And Men
195 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers
196 Megalomaniac Incubus
197 Higher Creed
198 Iris Goo Goo Dolls
199 Connection Elastica
200 Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart Stone Temple Pilots
201 Send The Pain Below Chevelle
202 Pain Jimmy Eat World
203 Joey Concrete Blonde
204 God Tori Amos
205 Just Like You Three Days Grace
206 The Emperor's New Clothes Sinead O'Connor
207 Metropolis The Church
208 Live Forever Oasis
209 Schism Tool
210 Veronica Elvis Costello
211 Gold On The Ceiling The Black Keys
212 Ex's & Oh's Elle King
213 Champagne Supernova Oasis
214 Soul To Squeeze (From "Coneheads") Red Hot Chili Peppers
215 About A Girl Nirvana
216 These Are Days 10,000 Maniacs
217 Daughter/Yellow Ledbetter Pearl Jam
218 So Cold Breaking Benjamin
219 Natural One (From "Kids") Folk Implosion
220 Far Gone And Out The Jesus And Mary Chain
221 Heart-Shaped Box Nirvana
222 Better Man Pearl Jam
223 Found Out About You Gin Blossoms
224 Mother Mother Tracy Bonham
225 Never Too Late Three Days Grace
226 Break It Down Again Tears For Fears
227 Brain Stew/Jaded Green Day
228 Somewhere I Belong Linkin Park
229 Here's Where The Story Ends The Sundays
230 Loser 3 Doors Down
231 No Rain Blind Melon
232 Let It Die Foo Fighters
233 Get The Message Electronic
234 Come Anytime Hoodoo Gurus
235 Bleed It Out Linkin Park
236 Ride twenty one pilots
237 New Divide Linkin Park
238 Fever The Black Keys
239 Face Down The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
240 Everything To Everyone Everclear
241 Whatever It Takes Imagine Dragons
242 Weirdo The Charlatans
243 What's The Frequency, Kenneth? R.E.M.
244 Blues From A Gun The Jesus And Mary Chain
245 See The Lights Simple Minds
246 Creep Radiohead
247 Love Song The Cure
248 Trojans Atlas Genius
249 Cough Syrup Young The Giant
250 Breaking The Habit Linkin Park
251 Walking In My Shoes Depeche Mode
252 Perfect Situation Weezer
253 Burden In My Hand Soundgarden
254 The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead XTC
255 Possum Kingdom Toadies
256 Stupid Girl Garbage
257 Enjoy The Silence Depeche Mode
258 Beverly Hills Weezer
259 Merry Go Round The Replacements
260 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Crash Test Dummies
261 The Kill (Bury Me) Thirty Seconds To Mars
262 Icky Thump The White Stripes
263 One Creed
264 One Step Closer Linkin Park
265 Shimmer Fuel
266 Blood Makes Noise Suzanne Vega
267 Learn To Fly Foo Fighters
268 Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins
269 Self Esteem The Offspring
270 Resistance Muse
271 Bang And Blame R.E.M.
272 Spiderwebs No Doubt
273 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me U2
274 Slide Goo Goo Dolls
275 Disappointed Public Image Ltd.
276 Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance) Green Day
277 Holiday Green Day
278 American Idiot Green Day
279 Always Saliva
280 Salvation The Cranberries
281 You Know You're Right Nirvana
282 Wasteland 10 Years
283 House The Psychedelic Furs
284 Steady, As She Goes The Raconteurs
285 Thunder Imagine Dragons
286 High The Cure
287 Aerials System Of A Down
288 Jealous Gene Loves Jezebel
289 Mr. Jones Counting Crows
290 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve
291 Love Shack The B-52s
292 The Other Side Of Summer Elvis Costello
293 December Collective Soul
294 Anna-Molly Incubus
295 Vitamin R (Leading Us Along) Chevelle
296 One Week Barenaked Ladies
297 She Drives Me Crazy Fine Young Cannibals
298 What I Am Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
299 Celebrity Skin Hole
300 One U2

Billboard's Greatest of All Time 30th Anniversary Alternative Songs & Artists rankings are based on weekly performance on the radio airplay-based Alternative Songs chart (from its Sept. 10, 1988, inception through Sept. 8, 2018). Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at lower spots earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates over various periods. Artists are ranked based on a formula blending performance, as outlined above, of all their Alternative Songs chart entries.

www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-alternative-songs?utm_source=twitter

To see the biggest songs on alternative radio pre-Billboard, look here: pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/171053/cmjs-top-singles-1979-1989

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GREATEST OF ALL TIME ALTERNATIVE ARTISTS

1 Foo Fighters
2 Red Hot Chili Peppers
3 Green Day
4 Linkin Park
5 U2
6 R.E.M.
7 Pearl Jam
8 Incubus
9 Weezer
10 The Offspring
11 Bush
12 The Smashing Pumpkins
13 Muse
14 Blink-182
15 Cage The Elephant
16 Imagine Dragons
17 The Cure
18 Stone Temple Pilots
19 Staind
20 Three Days Grace
21 Nirvana
22 Live
23 The Black Keys
24 Rise Against
25 Coldplay
26 311
27 Depeche Mode
28 Morrissey
29 Nine Inch Nails
30 Seether
31 Beck
32 Thirty Seconds To Mars
33 Chevelle
34 The Killers
35 Papa Roach
36 Kings Of Leon
37 Oasis
38 Puddle Of Mudd
39 twenty one pilots
40 Jimmy Eat World
41 Audioslave
42 Mumford & Sons
43 Everclear
44 Nickelback
45 Creed
46 Goo Goo Dolls
47 3 Doors Down
48 INXS
49 Shinedown
50 Breaking Benjamin
51 Lenny Kravitz
52 System Of A Down
53 Disturbed
54 Silversun Pickups
55 Soundgarden
56 The Cranberries
57 The White Stripes
58 Bastille
59 Siouxsie & The Banshees
60 The Lumineers
61 Garbage
62 Alanis Morissette
63 Dave Matthews Band
64 Foster The People
65 Limp Bizkit
66 Collective Soul
67 AWOLNATION
68 Death Cab For Cutie
69 Korn
70 Fuel
71 Big Audio
72 The Jesus And Mary Chain
73 The B-52s
74 My Chemical Romance
75 Jane's Addiction
76 Cake
77 Midnight Oil
78 No Doubt
79 Hoobastank
80 New Order
81 Counting Crows
82 10,000 Maniacs
83 Better Than Ezra
84 Alice In Chains
85 Soul Asylum
86 AFI
87 Fall Out Boy
88 The Replacements
89 Third Eye Blind
90 Portugal. The Man
91 WALK THE MOON
92 Jesus Jones
93 Arctic Monkeys
94 Elvis Costello
95 Vance Joy
96 Queens Of The Stone Age
97 Sugar Ray
98 Social Distortion
99 Of Monsters And Men
100 Godsmack

www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-alternative-artists

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Here is a look at the top-performing women artists over the Alternative Songs chart's first 30 years.


30. Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth)

29. Meriel Barham, Miki Berenyi & Emma Anderson (Lush)

28. Florence Welch (Florench + The Machine)

27. Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders)

26. Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins)

25. Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)

24. Tanya Donelly & Gail Greenwood (Belly)

23. Tori Amos

22. Suzanne Vega

21. Amy Lee (Evanescence)

20. Björk (The Sugarcubes)

19. Sheryl Crow

18. Harriet Wheeler (The Sundays)

17. Sinéad O'Connor

16. Sarah McLachlan

15. Lorde

14. Kate Bush

13. Hayley Williams (Paramore)

12. Noelle Scaggs (Fitz and the Tantrums)

11. Courtney Love (Hole)

10. Hannah Hooper (Grouplove)

9. Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir (Of Monsters and Men)

8. Natalie Merchant (10,000 Maniacs) (Note: Mary Ramsey replaced Merchant in 1993, though all of the band's Alternative Songs entries were in the Merchant era)

7. Gwen Stefani (No Doubt)

6. Kate Pierson & Cindy Wilson (The B-52s)

5. Alanis Morissette

4. Shirley Manson (Garbage)

3. Siouxsie Sioux (Siouxsie & the Banshees)

2. Meg White (The White Stripes)

1. Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries)



The Top 30 Female Alternative Songs Artists ranking is based on weekly performance on the Alternative Songs chart from its Sept. 10, 1988, inception through Sept. 8, 2018. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with cumulative weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at lower spots earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates over various periods. Artists are then ranked based on a formula blending performance, as outlined above, of all their Alternative Songs chart entries.

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8479043/alternative-songs-female-artists-cranberries-alanis-paramore

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Oct 11, 2018 16:34:34 GMT -5 Verisimilitude said:

85 More Sisters Of Mercy

Damn right. This song doesn't deserve to be such a forgotten #1

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

13. Hayley Williams (Paramore)

12. Noelle Scaggs (Fitz and the Tantrums)

11. Courtney Love (Hole)

These would be in my top 3.

[Daryl the Beryl]

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We should have a Rankdown for this.

[RainMan94]

Does anyone know if Billboard did a similar list for the Mainstream Rock chart? I like to make playlists based on their rankings and was curious if one existed for that chart.