Hot Rock & Alternative Songs


Hot Rock & Alternative Songs is a record chart published by Billboard magazine. From its debut on June 20, 2009, through October 13, 2012, the chart ranked the airplay of songs across alternative, mainstream rock, and triple A radio stations in the United States. Beginning with the chart dated October 20, 2012, the chart has followed the methodology of the Billboard Hot 100 by incorporating digital download sales, streaming data, and radio airplay of rock songs over all formats. From that time until mid-2020, only the performance of core rock songs, including those with an "alternative bent", were tabulated and ranked for the chart. With the chart dated June 13, 2020, Billboard revamped the chart to permit a broader selection of songs considered alternative "hybrids" with other genres and renamed it to Hot Rock & Alternative Songs.

Number ones

The first number-one track on the chart was Green Day's "Know Your Enemy". Since its introduction, 74 songs have reached the number-one position on chart. Imagine Dragons have had the most with five, combining for a total of 104 weeks at the summit. Panic! at the Disco's "High Hopes" spent a record 65 non-consecutive weeks atop the chart, and along with their song "Hey Look Ma, I Made It", the band claimed the number-one spot on the chart for the entirety of 2019.
nth single to top the chart
Return of a single to number one
Billboard year-end number-one song

ArtistTitleReached number oneWeeks at
number one
1Green Day"Know Your Enemy"June 20, 20091
2Linkin Park"New Divide"June 27, 200912
3Alice in Chains"Check My Brain"September 19, 20098
4Foo Fighters"Wheels"November 14, 20092
5Breaking Benjamin"I Will Not Bow"November 28, 20092
6Three Days Grace"Break"December 12, 200912
7Alice in Chains"Your Decision"March 6, 20106
8Stone Temple Pilots"Between the Lines"April 17, 20107
9Three Days Grace""June 5, 20106
10Shinedown""July 17, 20101
11 featuring Rome Ramirez"Lay Me Down"July 24, 20101
reShinedown""July 31, 20103
12Linkin Park""August 21, 20105
13Disturbed"Another Way to Die"September 25, 20101
14Stone Sour"Say You'll Haunt Me"October 2, 20108
15"Tighten Up"November 27, 20102
reStone Sour"Say You'll Haunt Me"December 11, 20101
re"Tighten Up"December 18, 201010
16Cage the Elephant"Shake Me Down"February 26, 20112
17Foo Fighters"Rope"March 12, 201120
18Foo Fighters"Walk"July 30, 20111
19Red Hot Chili Peppers""August 6, 20118
reFoo Fighters"Walk"October 1, 20117
20Bush""November 19, 20115
21"Lonely Boy"December 24, 201114
22Gotye featuring Kimbra"Somebody That I Used to Know"March 31, 20124
23Fun featuring Janelle Monáe"We Are Young"April 28, 20121
reGotye featuring Kimbra"Somebody That I Used to Know"May 5, 20123
24Linkin Park"Burn It Down"May 26, 201210
25Green Day"Oh Love"August 4, 20121
reLinkin Park"Burn It Down"August 11, 20121
reGreen Day"Oh Love"August 18, 20126
26"Ho Hey"September 29, 20122
27Mumford and Sons"I Will Wait"October 13, 20121
28Fun"Some Nights"October 20, 20128
re"Ho Hey"December 15, 201216
29Imagine Dragons"Radioactive"April 6, 201323
30Lorde"Royals"September 14, 201319
31Passenger"Let Her Go"January 25, 20145
32Bastille"Pompeii"March 1, 201412
33Paramore"Ain't It Fun"May 24, 20141
34Coldplay"A Sky Full of Stars"May 31, 20141
reParamore"Ain't It Fun"June 7, 201410
reColdplay"A Sky Full of Stars"August 16, 20142
35Tove Lo"Habits"August 30, 20146
reColdplay"A Sky Full of Stars"October 11, 20143
36Hozier"Take Me to Church"November 1, 201423
37Walk the Moon"Shut Up and Dance"April 11, 201527
38X Ambassadors"Renegades"October 17, 20152
39"Ex's & Oh's"October 31, 201510
40Twenty One Pilots"Stressed Out"January 9, 201618
41Prince"Purple Rain"May 14, 20161
reTwenty One Pilots"Stressed Out"May 21, 20165
42Twenty One Pilots"Ride"June 25, 20169
43Twenty One Pilots"Heathens"August 27, 201630
44Imagine Dragons"Believer"March 25, 201729
45Portugal. The Man"Feel It Still"October 14, 20175
46Imagine Dragons"Thunder"November 18, 201721
47Imagine Dragons"Whatever It Takes"April 3, 201817
reImagine Dragons"Thunder"July 31, 20183
48Imagine Dragons"Natural"August 21, 201811
49Panic! at the Disco"High Hopes"November 10, 201834
50Panic! at the Disco"Hey Look Ma, I Made It"July 6, 201911
rePanic! at the Disco"High Hopes"September 21, 201931
51Twenty One Pilots"Level of Concern"April 25, 20207
52Powfu featuring Beabadoobee"Death Bed"June 13, 20206
53 and Marshmello"Come & Go"July 25, 20202
54"Cardigan"August 8, 20201
55"My Future"August 15, 20201
re and Marshmello"Come & Go"August 22, 20202
5624kGoldn featuring Iann Dior"Mood"September 5, 202016
57"Willow"December 26, 20201
re24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior"Mood"January 2, 202119
58"Without You"May 15, 20213
59"Brutal"June 5, 20211
re"Without You"June 12, 20219
60"Happier Than Ever"August 14, 20214
61Glass Animals"Heat Waves" September 11, 20214
62Coldplay and BTS"My Universe"October 9, 20212
reGlass Animals"Heat Waves" October 23, 20211
reColdplay and BTS"My Universe"October 30, 20211
reGlass Animals"Heat Waves" November 6, 202132
63"Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)"June 18, 202211
64Steve Lacy"Bad Habit"September 3, 202222
65"Something in the Orange" February 4, 20236
66"Until I Found You"March 18, 20233
re"Something in the Orange" April 8, 202314
67Jelly Roll"Need a Favor"July 15, 20234
68"What Was I Made For?"August 12, 20232
69"Bad Idea Right?"August 26, 20231
reJelly Roll"Need a Favor"September 2, 20231
70 featuring "I Remember Everything" September 9, 202330
71Hozier"Too Sweet"April 6, 20248
72"Lunch"June 1, 20241
73"Pink Skies"June 8, 20241
reHozier"Too Sweet"June 15, 20249
74"Birds of a Feather"August 17, 202455
75Sombr"Undressed"September 6, 20256
76Sombr"Back to Friends"October 18, 202513
77Djo"End of Beginning"January 17, 20262
reSombr"Back to Friends"January 31, 20261

Statistics

By artist

ArtistWeeks at
number-one
Imagine Dragons104
Panic! at the Disco76
Twenty One Pilots71
Billie Eilish63
Zach Bryan51