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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. 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.

115 songs topped the Alternative Songs chart during the 2010s. The first number one of the 2010s was "Uprising" by Muse, while the last was "Orphans" by Coldplay. 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. In 2017, "Feel It Still" by Portugal. The Man broke this record by topping the chart for 20 weeks. The American band Cage the Elephant attained nine Alternative Songs number-one hits during the 2010s, the most by any artist within the decade.

Number-one songs

Key

† – Billboard year-end number-one song

↑ – Return of a song to number one

References

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.
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. 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.
7. ^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2011)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
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.
13. ^ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2017)". Billboard. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
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.

External links

• Alternative Airplay at Billboard

• Lists of number-one modern rock songs in the United States
• 2010s record charts