List of Billboard Alternative Songs number ones of the 2010s

Alternative Airplay is a record chart published by the music industry magazine Billboard that ranks the most-played songs on American modern rock radio stations. It was introduced by Billboard in September 1988.^[1] During the 2010s, the chart was named Alternative Songs and based on electronically monitored airplay data compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems from a panel of national rock radio stations, with songs being ranked by their total number of spins per week.^[2]

115 songs topped the Alternative Songs chart during the 2010s.^[3] The first number one of the 2010s was "Uprising" by Muse, while the last was "Orphans" by Coldplay.^[3] From October 2012 to February 2013, Muse's song "Madness" topped the chart for 19 non-consecutive weeks, breaking the record for the most weeks spent at number one by a song in the chart's history.^[4] In 2017, "Feel It Still" by Portugal. The Man broke this record by topping the chart for 20 weeks.^[5] The American band Cage the Elephant attained nine Alternative Songs number-one hits during the 2010s, the most by any artist within the decade.^[3]

Number-one songs

Key

† – Billboard year-end number-one song

↑ – Return of a song to number one

Contents
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Song	Artist	Reached number one^[3]	Weeks at number one^[3]
"Uprising" †^[6]	Muse	October 17, 2009	15
"Kings and Queens"	Thirty Seconds to Mars	January 30, 2010	3
"1901"	Phoenix	February 20, 2010	2
"Back Against the Wall"	Cage the Elephant	March 6, 2010	2
"Resistance"	Muse	March 20, 2010	3
"Mountain Man"	Crash Kings	April 10, 2010	1
"Resistance" ↑	Muse	April 17, 2010	1
"Between the Lines"	Stone Temple Pilots	April 24, 2010	3
"Lay Me Down"	The Dirty Heads featuring Rome Ramirez	May 15, 2010	11
"This Is War"	Thirty Seconds to Mars	July 31, 2010	1
"In One Ear"	Cage the Elephant	August 7, 2010	4
"The Catalyst"	Linkin Park	September 4, 2010	4
"Animal"	Neon Trees	October 2, 2010	1
"Little Lion Man"	Mumford & Sons	October 9, 2010	1
"Radioactive"	Kings of Leon	October 16, 2010	3
"Tighten Up"	The Black Keys	November 6, 2010	9
"Waiting for the End"	Linkin Park	January 8, 2011	3
"Tighten Up" ↑	The Black Keys	January 29, 2011	1
"Waiting for the End" ↑	Linkin Park	February 5, 2011	1
"Shake Me Down"	Cage the Elephant	February 12, 2011	6
"Rope"	Foo Fighters	March 26, 2011	13
"Pumped Up Kicks" †^[7]	Foster the People	June 25, 2011	2
"You Are a Tourist"	Death Cab for Cutie	July 9, 2011	1
"Pumped Up Kicks" ↑ †^[7]	Foster the People	July 16, 2011	3
"Walk"	Foo Fighters	August 6, 2011	2
"The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie"	Red Hot Chili Peppers	August 20, 2011	4
"Walk" ↑	Foo Fighters	September 17, 2011	6
"The Sound of Winter"	Bush	October 29, 2011	5
"Paradise"	Coldplay	December 3, 2011	1
"The Sound of Winter" ↑	Bush	December 10, 2011	1
"Lonely Boy"	The Black Keys	December 17, 2011	11
"Somebody That I Used to Know" †^[8]	Gotye featuring Kimbra	March 3, 2012	7
"We Are Young"	Fun featuring Janelle Monáe	April 21, 2012	2
"Somebody That I Used to Know" ↑ †^[8]	Gotye featuring Kimbra	May 5, 2012	5
"Gold on the Ceiling"	The Black Keys	June 9, 2012	3
"Tongue Tied"	Grouplove	June 30, 2012	1
"Gold on the Ceiling" ↑	The Black Keys	July 7, 2012	2
"Little Talks"	Of Monsters and Men	July 21, 2012	2
"Burn It Down"	Linkin Park	August 4, 2012	1
"Some Nights"	Fun	August 11, 2012	2
"Too Close"	Alex Clare	August 25, 2012	4
"Some Nights" ↑	Fun	September 22, 2012	1
"Ho Hey"	The Lumineers	September 29, 2012	2
"Madness"	Muse	October 13, 2012	1
"I Will Wait"	Mumford & Sons	October 20, 2012	1
"Madness" ↑	Muse	October 27, 2012	18
"Radioactive" †^[9]	Imagine Dragons	March 2, 2013	13
"Sweater Weather"	The Neighbourhood	June 1, 2013	2
"Safe and Sound"	Capital Cities	June 15, 2013	1
"Sweater Weather" ↑	The Neighbourhood	June 22, 2013	9
"Royals"	Lorde	August 24, 2013	7
"Out of My League"	Fitz and the Tantrums	October 12, 2013	2
"Pompeii"	Bastille	October 26, 2013	4
"Come a Little Closer"	Cage the Elephant	November 23, 2013	10
"Do I Wanna Know?" †^[10]	Arctic Monkeys	February 1, 2014	10
"Come with Me Now"	Kongos	April 12, 2014	3
"The Walker"	Fitz and the Tantrums	May 3, 2014	1
"Come with Me Now" ↑	Kongos	May 10, 2014	2
"Fever"	The Black Keys	May 24, 2014	11
"I Wanna Get Better"	Bleachers	August 9, 2014	1
"Dangerous"	Big Data featuring Joywave	August 16, 2014	1
"Riptide"	Vance Joy	August 23, 2014	5
"Stolen Dance"	Milky Chance	September 27, 2014	10
"Something from Nothing"	Foo Fighters	December 6, 2014	8
"Cigarette Daydreams"	Cage the Elephant	January 31, 2015	4
"Shut Up and Dance"	Walk the Moon	February 28, 2015	4
"Lampshades on Fire"	Modest Mouse	March 28, 2015	3
"Believe"	Mumford & Sons	April 18, 2015	3
"Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)"	Awolnation	May 9, 2015	2
"Dead Inside"	Muse	May 23, 2015	5
"Renegades" †^[11]	X Ambassadors	June 27, 2015	11
"First"	Cold War Kids	September 12, 2015	1
"Ex's & Oh's"	Elle King	September 19, 2015	3
"First" ↑	Cold War Kids	October 10, 2015	6
"Stressed Out"	Twenty One Pilots	November 21, 2015	12
"Mess Around"	Cage the Elephant	February 13, 2016	1
"Adventure of a Lifetime"	Coldplay	February 20, 2016	2
"Mess Around" ↑	Cage the Elephant	March 5, 2016	2
"Mountain at My Gates"	Foals	March 19, 2016	1
"Trip Switch"	Nothing but Thieves	March 26, 2016	2
"Ride"	Twenty One Pilots	April 9, 2016	6
"Spirits"	The Strumbellas	May 21, 2016	2
"Ride" ↑	Twenty One Pilots	June 4, 2016	1
"Ophelia" †^[12]	The Lumineers	June 11, 2016	4
"Bored to Death"	Blink-182	July 9, 2016	5
"Dark Necessities"	Red Hot Chili Peppers	August 13, 2016	1
"Way Down We Go"	Kaleo	August 20, 2016	2
"Trouble"	Cage the Elephant	September 3, 2016	1
"Heathens"	Twenty One Pilots	September 10, 2016	9
"Bang Bang"	Green Day	November 12, 2016	1
"Heathens" ↑	Twenty One Pilots	November 19, 2016	2
"Waste a Moment"	Kings of Leon	December 3, 2016	1
"All We Ever Knew"	The Head and the Heart	December 10, 2016	1
"Waste a Moment" ↑	Kings of Leon	December 17, 2016	3
"Take It All Back"	Judah & the Lion	January 7, 2017	4
"Still Breathing"	Green Day	February 4, 2017	5
"Cleopatra"	The Lumineers	March 11, 2017	2
"Human"	Rag'n'Bone Man	March 25, 2017	1
"Believer" †^[13]	Imagine Dragons	April 1, 2017	7
"Wish I Knew You"	The Revivalists	May 20, 2017	1
"Believer" ↑ †^[13]	Imagine Dragons	May 27, 2017	6
"Feel It Still"	Portugal. The Man	July 8, 2017	17
"Thunder"	Imagine Dragons	November 4, 2017	3
"Feel It Still" ↑	Portugal. The Man	November 25, 2017	3
"Up All Night"	Beck	December 16, 2017	7
"One Foot"	Walk the Moon	January 27, 2018	4
"No Roots"	Alice Merton	February 24, 2018	1
"Sober Up"	AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo	March 3, 2018	2
"Whatever It Takes"	Imagine Dragons	March 17, 2018	2
"Live in the Moment"	Portugal. The Man	March 31, 2018	2
"Whatever It Takes" ↑	Imagine Dragons	April 14, 2018	1
"Broken" †^[14]	Lovelytheband	April 21, 2018	7
"Thought Contagion"	Muse	June 9, 2018	1
"Broken" ↑ †^[14]	Lovelytheband	June 16, 2018	2
"Say Amen (Saturday Night)"	Panic! at the Disco	June 30, 2018	1
"I Feel Like I'm Drowning"	Two Feet	July 7, 2018	2
"Say Amen (Saturday Night)" ↑	Panic! at the Disco	July 21, 2018	1
"Jumpsuit"	Twenty One Pilots	July 28, 2018	2
"Africa"	Weezer	August 11, 2018	3
"Jumpsuit" ↑	Twenty One Pilots	September 1, 2018	1
"Natural"	Imagine Dragons	September 8, 2018	9
"Happier"	Marshmello and Bastille	November 10, 2018	1
"High Hopes"	Panic! at the Disco	November 17, 2018	10
"Guiding Light"	Mumford & Sons	January 26, 2019	1
"High Hopes" ↑	Panic! at the Disco	February 2, 2019	6
"Ready to Let Go"	Cage the Elephant	March 16, 2019	6
"Chlorine"	Twenty One Pilots	April 27, 2019	3
"Lo/Hi"	The Black Keys	May 18, 2019	1
"Bury a Friend"	Billie Eilish	May 25, 2019	2
"Trampoline" †^[15]	Shaed	June 8, 2019	2
"Gloria"	The Lumineers	June 22, 2019	5
"Missed Connection"	The Head and the Heart	July 27, 2019	2
"Bad Guy"	Billie Eilish	August 10, 2019	2
"Cringe"	Matt Maeson	August 24, 2019	4
"3 Nights"	Dominic Fike	September 21, 2019	1
"Doin' Time"	Lana Del Rey	September 28, 2019	3
"Social Cues"	Cage the Elephant	October 19, 2019	2
"The Hype"	Twenty One Pilots	November 2, 2019	7
"Orphans"	Coldplay	December 21, 2019	4

References

^ Molanphy, Chris (April 19, 2012). "100 & Single: Gotye And fun. Help Alternative Rock Go Pop Once Again". The Village Voice. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
^ "The Charts". Sun Herald. August 25, 2008. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e
References for number-one songs:
- "Alternative Songs – 2009 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2010 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2011 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2012 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2013 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2014 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2015 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2016 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2017 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2018 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- "Alternative Songs – 2019 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 24, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
^ Trust, Gary (February 11, 2013). "Muse's 'Madness' Rewrites Record For Longest-Reigning Alternative Songs No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
^ Rutherford, Kevin (November 28, 2017). "Portugal. The Man's 'Feel It Still' Breaks Record for Most Weeks at No. 1 on Alternative Songs Chart". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2010)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2011)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2012)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2013)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2014)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2015)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2016)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2017)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2018)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2019)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.

External links

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[1] Molanphy, Chris (April 19, 2012). "100 & Single: Gotye And fun. Help Alternative Rock Go Pop Once Again". The Village Voice. Retrieved June 15, 2013.

[2] "The Charts". Sun Herald. August 25, 2008. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2013.

[No1-3] References for number-one songs:
"Alternative Songs – 2009 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

"Alternative Songs – 2010 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

"Alternative Songs – 2011 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

"Alternative Songs – 2012 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

"Alternative Songs – 2013 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

"Alternative Songs – 2014 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

"Alternative Songs – 2015 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

"Alternative Songs – 2016 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

"Alternative Songs – 2017 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

"Alternative Songs – 2018 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

"Alternative Songs – 2019 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 24, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

[4] "Alternative Songs – 2009 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

[5] "Alternative Songs – 2010 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

[6] "Alternative Songs – 2011 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

[7] "Alternative Songs – 2012 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

[8] "Alternative Songs – 2013 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

[9] "Alternative Songs – 2014 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

[10] "Alternative Songs – 2015 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

[11] "Alternative Songs – 2016 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

[12] "Alternative Songs – 2017 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

[13] "Alternative Songs – 2018 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

[14] "Alternative Songs – 2019 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 24, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

[4] Trust, Gary (February 11, 2013). "Muse's 'Madness' Rewrites Record For Longest-Reigning Alternative Songs No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2013.

[5] Rutherford, Kevin (November 28, 2017). "Portugal. The Man's 'Feel It Still' Breaks Record for Most Weeks at No. 1 on Alternative Songs Chart". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2018.

[6] "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2010)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.

[YE2011-7] "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2011)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.

[YE2012-8] "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2012)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.

[9] "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2013)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.

[10] "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2014)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.

[11] "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2015)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.

[12] "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2016)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.

[YE2017-13] "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2017)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.

[YE2018-14] "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2018)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.

[15] "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2019)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.

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