The UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal songs in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each track's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. In 2009, there were 18 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was "Hand of Blood" by Welsh metalcore band Bullet for My Valentine, the lead single from the EP of the same name. The final number one of the year was "Killing in the Name" by American rap metal band Rage Against the Machine, which was the UK Singles Chart Christmas number one.
The most successful song on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 2009 was "New Divide" by American alternative rock band Linkin Park, which spent 13 consecutive weeks at number one. Muse spent seven weeks at number one in 2009, with "Undisclosed Desires" (four weeks), "Feeling Good" (two weeks) and "Supermassive Black Hole" (one week) all topping the chart. Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" was number one for six weeks, Nickelback were number one for five weeks with "Gotta Be Somebody", "If Today Was Your Last Day" (two weeks each) and "I'd Come for You" (one week), and "Mercury Summer" by Fightstar and "Ignorance" by Paramore were number one for four weeks each. Biffy Clyro's "The Captain" was number one for three weeks, while songs by Kid Rock, Goo Goo Dolls and Lostprophets spent two weeks each atop the chart.
Chart history
Issue dateSingleArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.3 January"Hand of Blood"Bullet for My ValentineTrustkill10 January"All Summer Long"Kid RockAtlantic17 January24 January"Gotta Be Somebody"NickelbackRoadrunner31 January7 February"Feeling Good"MuseA&E14 February21 February"Desolation Row"My Chemical RomanceReprise28 February"Livin' on a Prayer"Bon JoviMercury7 March14 March21 March28 March4 April"I'd Come for You"NickelbackRoadrunner11 April18 April"Mercury Summer"FightstarSearch and Destroy25 April2 May9 May16 May"Iris"Goo Goo DollsWarner Bros.23 May"Livin' on a Prayer"Bon JoviMercury30 May"Children of the Night"The BlackoutEpitaph6 June"Iris"Goo Goo DollsWarner Bros.13 June"If Today Was Your Last Day"NickelbackRoadrunner20 June"New Divide"Linkin ParkWarner Bros.27 June4 July11 July18 July25 July1 August8 August15 August22 August29 August5 September12 September19 September"Supermassive Black Hole"MuseA&E26 September"Ignorance"ParamoreFueled by Ramen3 October10 October17 October24 October"It's Not the End of the World,But I Can See It from Here"LostprophetsVisible Noise31 October7 November"The Captain"Biffy Clyro14th Floor14 November21 November28 November"Undisclosed Desires"MuseWarner Bros.5 December12 December19 December26 December"Killing in the Name"Rage Against the MachineEpic
See also 2009 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2009
References
External links Official UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company The Official UK Top 40 Rock Singles at BBC Radio 1