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List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. alternative rock chart

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This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on Billboard magazine's Alternative Songs chart. Billboard began ranking the chart on the week ending September 10, 1988 (as Modern Rock Tracks), and this is the standard music popularity chart in the United States for play on modern rock radio.

The list follows the following principles:

  • All acts are listed alphabetically.
  • Solo artists are alphabetized by last name, groups by group name, excluding "a", "an" and "the".
  • Each act's total of number-one U.S. alternative rock hits is shown after their name.
  • All artists who are mentioned in song credits are listed here; this includes one-time pairings of otherwise solo artists and those appearing as "featured".
  • Artists associated with a group who reached number one yet have their own solo page in Wikipedia are not listed here, unless they hit number one as a solo artist.

0–9

A

  • Absofacto (1)
  • AFI (1)
  • AJR (1)
  • Alice in Chains (1)
  • Alien Ant Farm (1)
  • All Time Low (3)
  • Almost Monday (1)
  • Tori Amos (1)
  • Anberlin (1)
  • Arctic Monkeys (1)
  • Audioslave (2)
  • Awolnation (1)

B

  • The B-52's (3)
  • Bad Omens (1)
  • Balu Brigada (1)
  • Barenaked Ladies (1)
  • Bastille (2)
  • Beach Weather (1)
  • Beastie Boys (1)
  • Beck (3)
  • Belly (1)
  • Better Than Ezra (1)
  • Big Audio Dynamite/Big Audio Dynamite II (2)
  • Big Data (1)
  • Blackbear (2)
  • The Black Keys (8)
  • Bleachers (1)
  • Blind Melon (1)
  • Blink-182 (5)
  • Bob Moses (1)
  • Tracy Bonham (1)
  • BoyWithUke (1)
  • Bush (5)
  • Kate Bush (1)
  • Butthole Surfers (1)

C

  • Cage the Elephant (13)
  • Cake (1)
  • Camper Van Beethoven (1)
  • Cannons (1)
  • Capital Cities (1)
  • The Charlatans (1)
  • Chevelle (1)
  • Chumbawamba (1)
  • The Church (1)
  • Alex Clare (1)
  • Cold War Kids (1)
  • Coldplay (4)
  • Concrete Blonde (1)
  • Julian Cope (1)
  • Elvis Costello (2)
  • Counting Crows (1)
  • Cracker (1)
  • The Cranberries (2)
  • Crash Kings (1)
  • Crash Test Dummies (1)
  • Crazy Town (1)
  • Creed (1)
  • Rivers Cuomo (1)
  • The Cure (4)

D

  • David J (1)
  • Death Cab for Cutie (2)
  • Depeche Mode (4)
  • Dexter and the Moonrocks (1)
  • Dirty Heads (2)
  • Djo (1)
  • Dishwalla (1)

E

  • Eels (1)
  • Billie Eilish (4)
  • Electronic (1)
  • Evanescence (1)
  • Eve 6 (1)
  • Everclear (1)
  • Everlast (1)

F

  • Faith No More (1)
  • Fall Out Boy (1)
  • Fastball (1)
  • Dominic Fike (1)
  • Finger Eleven (1)
  • Fitz and the Tantrums (2)
  • Foals (1)
  • Foo Fighters (12)
  • Foster the People (1)
  • Fuel (1)
  • Fun (2)

G

  • Peter Gabriel (2)
  • Garbage (1)
  • Gene Loves Jezebel (1)
  • Gin Blossoms (1)
  • Glass Animals (1)
  • Goo Goo Dolls (3)
  • Gorillaz (1)
  • Gotye (1)
  • Green Day (13)
  • Grouplove (1)

H–I

  • Happy Mondays (1)
  • The Juliana Hatfield Three (1)
  • The Head and the Heart (3)
  • Robyn Hitchcock (1)
  • Hole (1)
  • Hoobastank (1)
  • Hoodoo Gurus (1)
  • Hozier (1)
  • I Dont Know How but They Found Me (1)
  • Imagine Dragons (7)
  • Incubus (4)
  • INXS (1)

J

  • Jane's Addiction (3)
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain (1)
  • Jesus Jones (2)
  • Jet (1)
  • JID (1)
  • Jimmy Eat World (2)
  • Vance Joy (1)
  • Joywave (1)
  • Judah & the Lion (1)
  • Justice (1)

K

  • Jonah Kagen (1)
  • Noah Kahan (1)
  • Kaleo (1)
  • The Killers (3)
  • Kimbra (1)
  • Elle King (1)
  • Kings of Leon (5)
  • Kongos (1)
  • Lenny Kravitz (1)
  • Chad Kroeger (1)

L

  • The Lemonheads (1)
  • Lifehouse (1)
  • Limp Bizkit (1)
  • Linkin Park (14)
  • Lit (1)
  • Live (3)
  • Lorde (1)
  • Lostprophets (1)
  • Love and Rockets (1)
  • Lovelytheband (1)
  • The Lumineers (6)

M

  • Machine Gun Kelly (1)
  • Post Malone (1)
  • Måneskin (2)
  • Matt Maeson (3)
  • Marcy Playground (1)
  • Marshmello (1)
  • Matchbox Twenty (1)
  • Ian McCulloch (1)
  • Alice Merton (1)
  • Midnight Oil (2)
  • The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (1)
  • Milky Chance (1)
  • Modest Mouse (3)
  • Janelle Monáe (1)
  • Alanis Morissette (3)
  • Morrissey (2)
  • Mumford & Sons (5)
  • Peter Murphy (1)
  • Muse (5)
  • My Chemical Romance (1)
  • Meg Myers (1)

N

  • Ned's Atomic Dustbin (1)
  • The Neighbourhood (1)
  • Neon Trees (1)
  • New Order (1)
  • Nickelback (1)
  • Nine Inch Nails (4)
  • Nirvana (5)
  • Nothing But Thieves (1)

O

  • Oasis (2)
  • Sinéad O'Connor (2)
  • Of Monsters and Men (1)
  • The Offspring (3)

P

  • Panic! at the Disco (3)
  • Papa Roach (1)
  • The Paradox (1)
  • Paramore (1)
  • Pearl Jam (4)
  • A Perfect Circle (1)
  • Phoenix (1)
  • Pierce the Veil (2)
  • P.O.D. (1)
  • Porno for Pyros (1)
  • Portugal. The Man (2)
  • The Presidents of the United States of America (1)
  • Primitive Radio Gods (1)
  • The Psychedelic Furs (3)
  • Public Image Ltd. (1)
  • Puddle of Mudd (2)

Q–R

  • Queens of the Stone Age (1)
  • The Raconteurs (1)
  • Rag'n'Bone Man (1)
  • The Railway Children (1)
  • The Revivalists (1)
  • Lana Del Rey (1)
  • Rome Ramirez (1)
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers (15)
  • Lou Reed (2)
  • R.E.M. (6)
  • The Replacements (2)

S

  • Saliva (1)
  • Josey Scott (1)
  • Seether (2)
  • Semisonic (1)
  • Shaed (1)
  • Shinedown (1)
  • Silverchair (1)
  • Silversun Pickups (1)
  • Simple Minds (1)
  • Siouxsie and the Banshees (2)
  • The Sisters of Mercy (1)
  • Smash Mouth (1)
  • The Smashing Pumpkins (1)
  • Myles Smith (1)
  • Sombr (1)
  • Soul Asylum (2)
  • Staind (3)
  • Sting (1)
  • Stone Temple Pilots (1)
  • The Strumbellas (1)
  • Sub Urban (1)
  • Sublime (2)
  • Sugar Ray (2)
  • The Sugarcubes (1)
  • Sum 41 (3)
  • The Sundays (1)
  • System of a Down (2)

T

  • Talking Heads (1)
  • Tame Impala (1)
  • Tears for Fears (2)
  • Third Eye Blind (1)
  • Thirty Seconds to Mars (3)
  • Three Days Grace (3)
  • Toad the Wet Sprocket (1)
  • Trapt (1)
  • Turnstile (1)
  • Twenty One Pilots (13)
  • Two Feet (1)

U–Z

  • U2 (8)
  • The Unlikely Candidates (1)
  • Unwritten Law (1)
  • Suzanne Vega (1)
  • Velvet Revolver (1)
  • The Verve Pipe (1)
  • Walk the Moon (2)
  • The Wallflowers (1)
  • Weezer (8)
  • White Reaper (1)
  • Jack White (1)
  • The White Stripes (2)
  • World Party (1)
  • X Ambassadors (1)
  • XTC (2)
  • Yellowcard (1)
  • Lola Young (1)

References

References

  1. "3 Doors Down – Chart history".
  2. "10 Years – Chart history".
  3. "10,000 Maniacs – Chart history".
  4. "311 – Chart history".
  5. "Absofacto – Chart history".
  6. "AFI – Chart history".
  7. "AJR – Chart history".
  8. "Alice In Chains – Chart history".
  9. "Alien Ant Farm – Chart history".
  10. "All TIme Low – Chart history".
  11. Rutherford, Kevin. (January 24, 2025). "Almost Monday Scores First No. 1 on a Billboard Chart With 'Can't Slow Down'".
  12. "Tori Amos – Chart history".
  13. "Anberlin – Chart history".
  14. "Arctic Monkeys – Chart history".
  15. "Audioslave – Chart history".
  16. "Awolnation – Chart history".
  17. "The B-52's – Chart history".
  18. "Bad Omens – Chart history".
  19. "Balu Brigada – Chart history".
  20. "Barenaked Ladies – Chart history".
  21. "Bastille – Chart history".
  22. "Beach Weather – Chart history".
  23. "Beastie Boys – Chart history".
  24. "Beck – Chart history".
  25. "Belly – Chart history".
  26. "Better Than Ezra – Chart history".
  27. "Big Audio Dynamite – Chart history".
  28. "Big Data – Chart history".
  29. "Blackbear – Chart history".
  30. "The Black Keys – Chart history".
  31. "Bleachers – Chart history".
  32. "Blind Melon – Chart history".
  33. "Blink-182 – Chart history".
  34. "Bob Moses – Chart history".
  35. "Tracy Bonham – Chart history".
  36. "BoyWithUke – Chart history".
  37. "Bush – Chart history".
  38. "Kate Bush – Chart history".
  39. "Butthole Surfers – Chart history".
  40. "Cage the Elephant – Chart history".
  41. "Cake – Chart history".
  42. "Camper Van Beethoven – Chart history".
  43. "Cannons – Chart history".
  44. "Capital Cities – Chart history".
  45. "The Charlatans – Chart history".
  46. "Chevelle – Chart history".
  47. "Chumbawamba – Chart history".
  48. "The Church – Chart history".
  49. "Alex Clare – Chart history".
  50. "Cold War Kids – Chart history".
  51. "Coldplay – Chart history".
  52. "Concrete Blonde – Chart history".
  53. "Julian Cope – Chart history".
  54. "Elvis Costello – Chart history".
  55. "Counting Crows – Chart history".
  56. "Cracker – Chart history".
  57. "The Cranberries – Chart history".
  58. "Crash Kings – Chart history".
  59. "Crash Test Dummies – Chart history".
  60. "Crazy Town – Chart history".
  61. "Creed – Chart history".
  62. "Rivers Cuomo – Chart history".
  63. "The Cure – Chart history".
  64. "David J – Chart history".
  65. "Death Cab for Cutie – Chart history".
  66. "Depeche Mode – Chart history".
  67. Rutherford, Kevin. (December 3, 2024). "Dexter and the Moonrocks' Debut Hit 'Sad in Carolina' Tops Alternative Airplay Chart".
  68. "The Dirty Heads – Chart history".
  69. "Djo – Chart history".
  70. "Dishwalla – Chart history".
  71. "Eels – Chart history".
  72. "Billie Eilish – Chart history".
  73. "Electronic – Chart history".
  74. "Evanescence – Chart history".
  75. "Eve 6 – Chart history".
  76. "Everclear – Chart history".
  77. "Everlast – Chart history".
  78. "Faith No More – Chart history".
  79. "Fall Out Boy – Chart history".
  80. "Fastball – Chart history".
  81. "Dominic Fike – Chart history".
  82. "Finger Eleven – Chart history".
  83. "Fitz and the Tantrums – Chart history".
  84. "Foals – Chart history".
  85. "Foo Fighters – Chart history".
  86. "Foster the People – Chart history".
  87. "Fuel – Chart history".
  88. "Fun – Chart history".
  89. "Peter Gabriel – Chart history".
  90. "Garbage – Chart history".
  91. "Gene Loves Jezebel – Chart history".
  92. "Gin Blossoms – Chart history".
  93. "Glass Animals – Chart history".
  94. "Goo Goo Dolls – Chart history".
  95. "Gorillaz – Chart history".
  96. "Gotye – Chart history".
  97. "Green Day – Chart history".
  98. "Grouplove – Chart history".
  99. "Happy Mondays – Chart history".
  100. "The Juliana Hatfield Three – Chart history".
  101. "The Head and the Heart – Chart history".
  102. "Robyn Hitchcock – Chart history".
  103. "Hole – Chart history".
  104. "Hoobastank – Chart history".
  105. "Hoodoo Gurus – Chart history".
  106. "Hozier – Chart history".
  107. Rutherford, Kevin. (June 21, 2024). "Hozier Notches His First Alternative Airplay Chart No. 1 With 'Too Sweet'".
  108. "I Dont Know How but They Found Me – Chart history".
  109. "Imagine Dragons – Chart history".
  110. "Incubus – Chart history".
  111. "INXS – Chart history".
  112. "Jane's Addiction – Chart history".
  113. "The Jesus and Mary Chain – Chart history".
  114. "Jesus Jones – Chart history".
  115. "Jet – Chart history".
  116. "JID – Chart history".
  117. "Jimmy Eat World – Chart history".
  118. "Vance Joy – Chart history".
  119. "Joywave – Chart history".
  120. "Judah & the Lion – Chart history".
  121. "Justice – Chart history".
  122. "Jonah Kagen – Chart history".
  123. "Noah Kahan – Chart history".
  124. "Kaleo – Chart history".
  125. "The Killers – Chart history".
  126. "Kimbra – Chart history".
  127. "Elle King – Chart history".
  128. "Kings of Leon – Chart history".
  129. "Kongos – Chart history".
  130. "Lenny Kravitz – Chart history".
  131. "Chad Kroeger – Chart history".
  132. "The Lemonheads – Chart history".
  133. "Lifehouse – Chart history".
  134. "Limp-Bizkit – Chart history".
  135. "Linkin Park – Chart history".
  136. "Lit – Chart history".
  137. "Live – Chart history".
  138. "Lorde – Chart history".
  139. "Lostprophets – Chart history".
  140. "Chad Kroeger – Chart history".
  141. "Lovelythebandr – Chart history".
  142. "The Lumineers – Chart history".
  143. "Machine Gun Kelly – Chart history".
  144. "Post Malone – Chart history".
  145. "Måneskin – Chart history".
  146. "Matt Maeson – Chart history".
  147. "Marcy Playground – Chart history".
  148. "Marshmello – Chart history".
  149. "Matchbox Twenty – Chart history".
  150. "Ian McCulloch – Chart history".
  151. "Alice Merton – Chart history".
  152. "Midnight Oil – Chart history".
  153. "Machine Gun Kelly – Chart history".
  154. "Milky Chance – Chart history".
  155. "Modest Mouse – Chart history".
  156. "Janelle Monáe – Chart history".
  157. "Alanis Morissette – Chart history".
  158. "Morrissey – Chart history".
  159. "Mumford & Sons – Chart history".
  160. "Peter Murphy – Chart history".
  161. "Muse – Chart history".
  162. "My Chemical Romance – Chart history".
  163. "Meg Myers – Chart history".
  164. "Ned's Atomic Dustbin – Chart history".
  165. "The Neighbourhood – Chart history".
  166. "Neon Trees – Chart history".
  167. "New-Order – Chart history".
  168. "Nickelback – Chart history".
  169. "Nine Inch Nails – Chart history".
  170. "Nirvana – Chart history".
  171. "Nothing But Thieves – Chart history".
  172. "Oasis – Chart history".
  173. "Sinéad O'Connor – Chart history".
  174. "Of Monsters and Men – Chart history".
  175. "The Offspring – Chart history".
  176. "Panic! at the Disco – Chart history".
  177. "Papa Roach – Chart history".
  178. "The Paradox – Chart history".
  179. "Paramore – Chart history".
  180. "Pearl Jam – Chart history".
  181. "A Perfect Circle – Chart history".
  182. "Phoenix – Chart history".
  183. "Pierce the Veil – Chart history".
  184. "P.O.D. – Chart history".
  185. "Porno for Pyros – Chart history".
  186. "Portugal. The Man – Chart history".
  187. "The Presidents of the United States of America– Chart history".
  188. "Primitive Radio Gods – Chart history".
  189. "The Psychedelic Furs – Chart history".
  190. "Public Image Ltd. – Chart history".
  191. "Puddle of Mudd – Chart history".
  192. "Queens of the Stone Age – Chart history".
  193. "The-Raconteurs – Chart history".
  194. "Rag'n'Bone Man – Chart history".
  195. "The Railway Children – Chart history".
  196. "The Revivalists – Chart history".
  197. "Lana Del Rey – Chart history".
  198. "Rome Ramirez – Chart history".
  199. "Red Hot Chili Peppers – Chart history".
  200. "Lou Reed – Chart history".
  201. "R.E.M. – Chart history".
  202. "The Replacements – Chart history".
  203. "Saliva – Chart history".
  204. "Josey Scott – Chart history".
  205. "Seether – Chart history".
  206. "Semisonic – Chart history".
  207. "Shaed – Chart history".
  208. "Shinedown – Chart history".
  209. "Silverchair – Chart history".
  210. "Silversun Pickups – Chart history".
  211. "Simple Minds – Chart history".
  212. "Siouxsie and the Banshees – Chart history".
  213. "The Sisters of Mercy – Chart history".
  214. "Smash Mouth – Chart history".
  215. "The Smashing Pumpkins – Chart history".
  216. "Myles Smith – Chart history".
  217. "Sombr – Chart history".
  218. "Soul Asylum – Chart history".
  219. "Staind – Chart history".
  220. "Sting – Chart history".
  221. "Stone Temple Pilots – Chart history".
  222. "The Strumbellas – Chart history".
  223. "Sub Urban – Chart history".
  224. "Sublime – Chart history".
  225. "Sugar Ray – Chart history".
  226. "The Sugarcubes – Chart history".
  227. "Sum 41 – Chart history".
  228. "The Sundays – Chart history".
  229. "System of a Down – Chart history".
  230. "Talking Heads – Chart history".
  231. "Tame Impala – Chart history".
  232. "Tears for Fears – Chart history".
  233. "Third Eye Blind – Chart history".
  234. "Thirty Seconds to Mars – Chart history".
  235. "Three Days Grace – Chart history".
  236. "Toad the Wet Sprocket – Chart history".
  237. "Trapt – Chart history".
  238. Rutherford, Kevin. (August 8, 2025). "Turnstile Earns First Billboard Chart-Topping Song with 'Never Enough'".
  239. "Twenty One Pilots – Chart history".
  240. "Two Feet – Chart history".
  241. "U2 – Chart history".
  242. "The Unlikely Candidates – Chart history".
  243. "Unwritten Law – Chart history".
  244. "Suzanne Vega – Chart history".
  245. "Velvet Revolver – Chart history".
  246. "The Verve Pipe – Chart history".
  247. "Walk the Moon – Chart history".
  248. "The Wallflowers – Chart history".
  249. "Weezer – Chart history".
  250. "White Reaper – Chart history".
  251. "Jack White – Chart history".
  252. "The White Stripes – Chart history".
  253. "World Party – Chart history".
  254. "X Ambassadors – Chart history".
  255. "XTC – Chart history".
  256. "Yellowcard – Chart history".
  257. "Lola Young – Chart history".
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