Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (formerly known as Rock Songs and Hot Rock 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. In 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, 81 songs have reached the number-one position on chart. Imagine Dragons and Billie Eilish are tied with the most with five each, with Imagine Dragons having a total of 104 weeks at number one on the chart. 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.
+Key Number of single to top the chart Return of a single to number oneBillboard year-end number-one song
+Number-one songs with artist, date, time spent, and referencesArtistTitleReached number oneWeeks atnumber one1Green Day"Know Your Enemy"June 20, 2009 1 Chart references for "Know Your Enemy":2Linkin Park"New Divide"June 27, 2009 12 Chart references for "New Divide":3Alice in Chains"Check My Brain"September 19, 2009 8 Chart references for "Check My Brain"4Foo Fighters"Wheels"November 14, 2009 2 Chart references for "Wheels":5Breaking Benjamin"I Will Not Bow"November 28, 2009 2 Chart references for "I Will Not Bow":6Three Days Grace"Break"December 12, 2009 12 Chart references for "Break":7Alice in Chains"Your Decision"March 6, 2010 6 Chart references for "Your Decision"8Stone Temple Pilots"Between the Lines"April 17, 2010 7 Chart references for "Between the Lines":9Three Days Grace""June 5, 2010 6 Chart references for "The Good Life":10Shinedown""July 17, 2010 1 Chart references for "The Crow & the Butterfly":11 featuring Rome Ramirez"Lay Me Down"July 24, 2010 1 Chart references for "Lay Me Down":reShinedown""July 31, 2010 3 12Linkin Park""August 21, 2010 5 Chart references for "The Catalyst":13Disturbed"Another Way to Die"September 25, 2010 1 Chart references for "Another Way to Die":14Stone Sour"Say You'll Haunt Me"October 2, 2010 8 Chart references for "Say You'll Haunt Me":15"Tighten Up"November 27, 2010 2 Chart references for "Tighten Up":reStone Sour"Say You'll Haunt Me"December 11, 2010 1 re"Tighten Up"December 18, 2010 10 16Cage the Elephant"Shake Me Down"February 26, 2011 2 Chart references for "Shake Me Down":17Foo Fighters "Rope"March 12, 2011 20 Chart references for "Rope":18"Walk"July 30, 2011 1 Chart references for "Walk":19Red Hot Chili Peppers""August 6, 2011 8 Chart references for "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie":reFoo Fighters"Walk"October 1, 2011 7 20Bush""November 19, 2011 5 Chart references for "The Sound of Winter":21 "Lonely Boy"December 24, 2011 14 Chart references for "Lonely Boy"22Gotye featuring Kimbra"Somebody That I Used to Know"March 31, 2012 4 Chart references for "Somebody That I Used to Know":23Fun featuring Janelle Monáe"We Are Young"April 28, 2012 1 Chart references for "We Are Young":reGotye featuring Kimbra"Somebody That I Used to Know"May 5, 2012 3 24Linkin Park"Burn It Down"May 26, 2012 10 Chart references for "Burn It Down":25Green Day"Oh Love"August 4, 2012 1 Chart references for "Oh Love":reLinkin Park"Burn It Down"August 11, 2012 1 reGreen Day"Oh Love"August 18, 2012 6 26"Ho Hey"September 29, 2012 2 Chart references for "Ho Hey":27Mumford and Sons"I Will Wait"October 13, 2012 1 Chart references for "I Will Wait":28Fun"Some Nights"October 20, 2012 8 Chart references for "Some Nights":re"Ho Hey"December 15, 2012 16 29Imagine Dragons "Radioactive"April 6, 2013 23 Chart references for "Radioactive":30Lorde"Royals"September 14, 2013 19 Chart references for "Royals":31Passenger"Let Her Go"January 25, 2014 5 Chart references for "Let Her Go":32Bastille "Pompeii"March 1, 2014 12 Chart references for "Pompeii":33Paramore"Ain't It Fun"May 24, 2014 1 Chart references for "Ain't It Fun":34Coldplay"A Sky Full of Stars"May 31, 2014 1 Chart references for "A Sky Full of Stars":reParamore"Ain't It Fun"June 7, 2014 10 reColdplay"A Sky Full of Stars"August 16, 2014 2 35Tove Lo"Habits"August 30, 2014 6 Chart references for "Habits (Stay High)":reColdplay"A Sky Full of Stars"October 11, 2014 3 36Hozier"Take Me to Church"November 1, 2014 23 Chart references for Take Me to Church:37Walk the Moon"Shut Up and Dance"April 11, 2015 27 Chart references for "Shut Up and Dance":38X Ambassadors"Renegades"October 17, 2015 2 Chart references for "Renegades":39"Ex's & Oh's"October 31, 2015 10 Chart references for "Ex's & Oh's":40Twenty One Pilots"Stressed Out"January 9, 2016 18 Chart references for "Stressed Out":41Prince"Purple Rain"May 14, 2016 1 Chart references for "Purple Rain":reTwenty One Pilots"Stressed Out"May 21, 2016 5 42"Ride"June 25, 2016 9 Chart references for "Ride":43"Heathens"August 27, 2016 30 Chart references for "Heathens":44Imagine Dragons"Believer"March 25, 2017 29 Chart references for "Believer":45Portugal. The Man"Feel It Still"October 14, 2017 5 Chart references for "Feel It Still":46Imagine Dragons"Thunder"November 18, 2017 21 Chart references for "Thunder":47"Whatever It Takes"April 3, 2018 17 Chart references for "Whatever It Takes":re"Thunder"July 31, 2018 3 48"Natural"August 21, 2018 11 Chart references for "Natural":49Panic! at the Disco "High Hopes"November 10, 2018 34 Chart references for "High Hopes":
50"Hey Look Ma, I Made It"July 6, 2019 11 Chart references for "Hey Look Ma, I Made It":re"High Hopes"September 21, 2019 31 51Twenty One Pilots"Level of Concern"April 25, 2020 7 Chart references for "Level of Concern":52Powfu featuring Beabadoobee"Death Bed"June 13, 2020 6 Chart references for "Death Bed":53 and Marshmello"Come & Go"July 25, 2020 2 Chart references for "Come & Go":54"Cardigan"August 8, 2020 1 Chart references for "Cardigan":55"My Future"August 15, 2020 1 Chart references for "My Future":re and Marshmello"Come & Go"August 22, 2020 2 5624kGoldn featuring Iann Dior"Mood"September 5, 2020 16 Chart references for "Mood":57"Willow"December 26, 2020 1 Chart references for "Willow":re24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior"Mood"January 2, 2021 19 58"Without You"May 15, 2021 3 Chart references for "Without You":59"Brutal"June 5, 2021 1 Chart references for "Brutal":re"Without You"June 12, 2021 9 60"Happier Than Ever"August 14, 2021 4 Chart references for "Happier Than Ever":61Glass Animals"Heat Waves" September 11, 2021 4 Chart references for "Heat Waves":
62Coldplay and BTS"My Universe"October 9, 2021 2 Chart references for "My Universe":reGlass Animals"Heat Waves" October 23, 2021 1 reColdplay and BTS"My Universe"October 30, 2021 1 reGlass Animals"Heat Waves" November 6, 2021 32 63"Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)"June 18, 2022 11 Chart references for "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)":
64Steve Lacy"Bad Habit"September 3, 2022 22 Chart references for "Bad Habits":
65"Something in the Orange" February 4, 2023 6 Chart references for "Something in the Orange":
66"Until I Found You"March 18, 2023 3 Chart references for "Until I Found You":re"Something in the Orange" April 8, 2023 14 67Jelly Roll"Need a Favor"July 15, 2023 4 Chart references for "Need a Favor":68"What Was I Made For?"August 12, 2023 2 Chart references for "What Was I Made For?":69"Bad Idea Right?"August 26, 2023 1 Chart references for "Bad Idea Right?":reJelly Roll"Need a Favor"September 2, 2023 1 70 featuring Kacey Musgraves"I Remember Everything" September 9, 2023 30 Chart references for "I Remember Everything":
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71Hozier"Too Sweet"April 6, 2024 8 Chart references for "Too Sweet":
72"Lunch"June 1, 2024 1 Chart references for "Lunch":73"Pink Skies"June 8, 2024 1 Chart references for "Pink Skies":reHozier"Too Sweet" June 15, 2024 9 74"Birds of a Feather" August 17, 2024 55 Chart references for "Birds of a Feather":
75Sombr"Undressed"September 6, 2025 6 Chart references for "Undressed":76"Back to Friends"October 18, 2025 13 Chart references for "Back to Friends":77Djo"End of Beginning"January 17, 2026 2 Chart references for "End of Beginning":reSombr"Back to Friends"January 31, 2026 2 78"The Great Divide"February 14, 2026 1 Chart references for "The Great Divide":reSombr"Back to Friends"February 21, 2026 10 79 and Jennie"Dracula (Jennie remix)"May 2, 2026 1 Chart references for "Dracula":
80 "Doors"May 9, 2026 1 Chart references for "Doors":re and Jennie"Dracula (Jennie remix)"May 16, 2026 3 81 "The Cure"June 6, 2026 1 Chart references for "The Cure":re and Jennie"Dracula (Jennie remix)"June 13, 2026 2 re "The Cure"June 27, 2026 1 re and Jennie"Dracula (Jennie remix)"July 4, 2026 14
Statistics By artist +Artists by most number-one songsArtistNumber-onesongsImagine Dragons 5 Billie Eilish 5 Twenty One Pilots 4 Foo Fighters 3 Linkin Park 3 Zach Bryan 3 Olivia Rodrigo 3
+Artists by most weeks at number oneArtistWeeks atnumber-oneImagine Dragons 104 Panic! at the Disco 76 Twenty One Pilots 71 Billie Eilish 63 Zach Bryan 51
Songs by total number of weeks at number one +Number-one songs by amount of time spent at number oneSongWeeks atnumber-one"High Hopes" 65 "Birds of a Feather" 55 "Heat Waves" 37 "Mood" 35 "Heathens" 30 "I Remember Everything" 30
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External links Billboard website