Alternative Airplay
Alternative Airplay (formerly known as Modern Rock Tracks (1988–2009) and Alternative Songs (2009–2020)) is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in ''Billboard'' magazine since September 10, 1988. It ranks the 40 most-played ...
is a
record chart
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published by the music industry magazine ''
Billboard
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'' that ranks the most-played songs on American
modern rock
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radio stations. It was introduced by ''Billboard'' in September 1988. During the 2000s, the chart was based on electronically-monitored airplay data compiled by
Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems
Broadcast Data Systems (also known as BDS or Luminate BDS), is a service that tracks radio, television and internet airplay of songs. The service, which is a unit of MRC Data, is a contributing factor to North American charts published by co-owned ...
from a panel of national rock radio stations, with songs being ranked by their total number of
spins
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per week. The chart was known as Modern Rock Tracks until June 2009, when it was renamed Alternative Songs in order to "better
eflectthe descriptor used among those in the
odern rock radioformat."
106 songs topped the chart in the 2000s; the first was "
All the Small Things
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" by
Blink-182
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, while the last was "
Uprising
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" by
Muse
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.
"
The Pretender" by
Foo Fighters
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spent eighteen weeks atop the chart in 2007—the most for any song during the decade—and broke the previous all-time record for most weeks at number one set by "
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" by
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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in 1999 and later tied by "
It's Been Awhile
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" by
Staind
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in 2001 and "
Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by
Green Day
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in 2005.
The top song of the 2000s on ''Billboard''s Alternative Songs decade-end list was "
Headstrong" by
Trapt
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,
which topped the chart for three weeks and was also its year-end number-one song for 2003.
The decade-end top Alternative Songs artist was
Linkin Park
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,
who scored eight number-one songs—"
In the End
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"In the End" received positive reviews by music critics, ...
", "
Somewhere I Belong
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", "
Faint", "
Numb", "
Lying from You
"Lying from You" is a song by American rock music, rock band Linkin Park, released on March 16, 2004. It was released as an airplay-only single from their second album, ''Meteora (album), Meteora'', which was released on March 25, 2003.
Song info ...
", "
Breaking the Habit", "
What I've Done
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" and "
New Divide
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"—and spent a record sixty-two weeks atop the chart during the 2000s.
Number-one songs
;Key
:
–
''Billboard'' year-end number-one song
:
– ''Billboard'' decade-end number-one song
:
↑ – Return of a song to number one
References
Bibliography
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External links
Alternative Airplayat ''
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