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The modern rock radio format experienced a substantial growth in popularity during the decade, [5] with the success of Nirvana's 1991 song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" marking a "return of the crossover rock hit". [6] Speaking to Billboard in 1994, chart analyst Max Tolkoff remarked that in previous years, "people didn't care what was a hit on ...
The Billboard Mainstream Rock chart is compiled from the number of airplay songs received from active rock and heritage rock radio stations in the United States. [1] Below are the songs that have reached number one on the chart during the 2020s, listed in chronological order.
Introduced as Modern Rock Tracks, the chart served as a companion to the Mainstream Rock chart (then called Album Rock Tracks), and its creation was prompted by the explosion of alternative music on American radio in the late 1980s. During the first several years of the chart, it regularly featured music that did not receive commercial radio ...
Two of the biggest artists on the Mainstream Rock chart during the 2000s not only had success on the Modern Rock/Alternative charts, but also crossed over into the realm of Top 40 pop music. The top mainstream rock song of the decade, "Kryptonite" by 3 Doors Down, [2] peaked at No. 3 on the Hot 100 and was a No. 1 pop hit.
When the 1990s began, Billboard magazine published two rock charts, Album Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks, and the two formats played a decidedly different set of artists with a few exceptions. Crossover between the two began to increase, however, with the rise and emergence of alternative rock such as grunge and a heavier sound that ...
The debut album by the Fort Worth, Tx. quartet Toadies rode the post-grunge train straight to the top 5 of the Modern Rock chart with “Possum Kingdom,” one of several songs with a creepy ...
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" topped the Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts but could only get to number six on the Billboard Hot 100. If you were alive during the 1990s, then you know that didn ...
This 2000 earworm took Long Island band Nine Days to No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the top 10 of several other American charts; the song's propulsive chorus and marriage of bouncy rock with ...