2003 Alternative Year-End Chart

[Matt4319]

As of today:

Rk	ARTIST	Title	Total	Oct	Sep	Aug	Jul	Jun	May	Apr	Mar	Feb	Jan
1	TRAPT	Headstrong	86054	4211	6442	8548	10389	12544	13683	12202	9255	5172	3608
2	AUDIOSLAVE	Like A Stone	84706	3433	4788	6327	8301	10503	13477	13043	12511	8474	3849
3	WHITE STRIPES	Seven Nation Army	75326	4674	7788	8959	11552	11826	11825	9538	6865	2297	2
4	CHEVELLE	Send The Pain Below	72577	3433	5954	8994	11065	11901	10710	8434	7064	4039	983
5	EVANESCENCE	Bring Me To Life	71895	1982	2955	3673	5067	7877	12085	13671	13396	7704	3485
6	RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS	Can't Stop	71261	2920	3888	4774	4658	5486	7316	10267	13219	10693	8040
7	FOO FIGHTERS	Times Like These (One Way...)	70164	2791	4094	4475	6187	8765	10265	9894	11300	8110	4283
8	LINKIN PARK	Somewhere I Belong	68060	2212	3258	4343	6268	8965	13063	14053	13752	2146	0
9	QUEENS OF/STONE AGE	No One Knows	65318	2983	3688	4141	3982	4406	5624	6493	10316	11408	12277
10	LINKIN PARK	Faint	60502	8264	12320	13841	12003	7796	3791	1929	558	0	0

"Headstrong" was ahead of "Like a Stone" even in December, so it appears that "Headstrong" has taken the lead for good. Not really surprising though, since it's been on the chart for the first 10 months of the year and spent half a dozen weeks at #1.

[EvanJ]

The surprise is that the Foo Fighters' best two months aren't consecutive.

[jond7699]

i am very happy to see that the white stripes and chevelle are doing so good i love both of those songs. i think they are the best on the list.

[SPro]

The surprise is that the Foo Fighters' best two months aren't consecutive.

That's because there happened to be 5 Fridays in May, and thus one extra chart week was added to the total.

[Gorminako]

This is why I listen to rock and alternative radio more than any other right now. You couldn't find nearly as good a listing of top 10 most played songs on any other format.

[Crushcrushchris]

I agree. That is a good list. Headstrong is doing amazing even now after about a year of airplay. It's crossed over and remains a strong recurrent.

[blahhhh]

At least its mostly alternative. I dislike the Nu-Metal Movement so i am displeased by Linkin Park and Evanescence in there but White Stripes, Qotsa and Audioslave make up for those songs. Always nice to see Alternative Vets in there too, RHCP and the Foo's. Trapt and Chevelle are dispensible. Their singles are good, maybe even albums, but they are probably not going to be alternative staples. Staples dont mean shit anyways. So what i said right there was a bunch of nothing.

WE NEED WEEZER AND NIN FOR 04.

[halo19]

blahhhh said:

WE NEED WEEZER AND NIN FOR 04.

Hell yeah.

[Tayzlor]

Weezer are currently in pre-production with Rick Rubin and their new album should be due in the summer.

[dragoneyez]

All those songs, except for "Headstrong" are awesome. Headstrong wasn't really good (not awful though) before, but since it's been whored all over radio and tv (MTV / VH1 are still playing the damned thing), it's just gotten worse for me...

Do you have a link for the whole chart? Thanks.

[Matt4319]

SPro said:

That's because there happened to be 5 Fridays in May, and thus one extra chart week was added to the total.

Actually, I think the Foos just regained their bullet for a couple of weeks in May.

[quote author=dragoneyez
link=board=alternative&thread=1067210434&start=9#0 date=1069285593]Do you have a link for the whole chart? Thanks.[/quote]

www.mmr247.com/mmrweb/AllAccess/YTDCharts.asp?format=r3R

[Nicholas2.0]

It's retarded for VH1 to play "Headstrong," when they never bothered to play "In the End," which was a crossover #1 pop smash.

[insect2]

Nicholas2.0 said:

It's retarded for VH1 to play "Headstrong," when they never bothered to play "In the End," which was a crossover #1 pop smash.

I don't think they ever have. I don't remember ever seeing "Headstrong" on VH1.

Edit: Never mind. I just saw the VH1 Top 20 topic in the Music News Forum. Still, I've never even seen it on the channel. I guess I'll see it tomorrow morning on "Fresh New Music".