List of Billboard Alternative Airplay number ones of the 2020s

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Alternative Airplay is a record chart published by the music industry magazine Billboard that ranks the most-played songs on American modern rock radio stations. Introduced in September 1988, [1] the chart is based on airplay data compiled from a panel of national rock radio stations, with songs being ranked by their total number of spins per week. [2] Stations on the panel are electronically monitored by Mediabase, who replaced Broadcast Data Systems in this capacity beginning with the chart dated November 12, 2022. [3] The first number-one song of the 2020s on the chart was "Orphans" by Coldplay.

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Number-one songs

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† – Billboard year-end number-one song
↑ – Return of a song to number one
Contents
SongArtistReached number oneWeeks at
number one		Ref.
"Orphans" Coldplay December 21, 20194 [4]
"Dissolve" Absofacto January 18, 20202 [5]
"Running Up That Hill" Meg Myers February 1, 20202 [6]
"Might Be Right" White Reaper February 15, 20201 [7]
"Everything I Wanted" Billie Eilish February 22, 20203 [8]
"Novocaine" The Unlikely Candidates March 14, 20202 [9]
"Cradles" Sub Urban March 28, 20201 [10]
"Everything I Wanted" ↑ Billie Eilish April 4, 20202 [8]
"Oh Yeah!" Green Day April 18, 20201 [11]
"Caution" The Killers April 25, 20202 [12]
"Level of Concern" † [13] Twenty One Pilots May 9, 202014 [14]
"Honeybee" The Head and the Heart August 15, 20201 [15]
"Hero" Weezer August 22, 20201 [16]
"Hallucinogenics" Matt Maeson August 29, 20203 [17]
"Monsters" † [18] All Time Low featuring Blackbear September 19, 202017 [19]
"Leave Me Alone" I Dont Know How But They Found Me January 16, 20211 [20]
"Monsters" ↑ † [18] All Time Low featuring Blackbear January 23, 20211 [19]
"Fire for You" Cannons January 30, 20211 [21]
"Therefore I Am" Billie Eilish February 6, 20211 [22]
"Skin and Bones" Cage the Elephant February 13, 20214 [23]
"My Ex's Best Friend" Machine Gun Kelly featuring Blackbear March 13, 20211 [24]
"Heat Waves" Glass Animals March 20, 20213 [25]
"My Ex's Best Friend" ↑ Machine Gun Kelly featuring Blackbear April 10, 20212 [24]
"Follow You" Imagine Dragons April 24, 20211 [26]
"Shy Away" Twenty One Pilots May 1, 20218 [27]
"Follow You" ↑ Imagine Dragons June 26, 20214 [26]
"All My Favorite Songs" Weezer July 24, 20214 [28]
"We Are Between" Modest Mouse August 21, 20212 [29]
"Saturday" Twenty One Pilots September 4, 20215 [30]
"Beggin'" Måneskin October 9, 202111 [31]
"Brightside" The Lumineers December 25, 20214 [32]
" The Outside " Twenty One Pilots January 22, 20223 [33]
"Enemy" † [34] Imagine Dragons and JID February 12, 20227 [35]
"Black Summer" Red Hot Chili Peppers April 2, 20224 [36]
"Enemy" ↑ † [34] Imagine Dragons and JID April 30, 20222 [35]
"Wild Child" The Black Keys May 14, 20222 [37]
"Love Brand New" Bob Moses May 28, 20223 [38]
" A Little Bit of Love " Weezer June 18, 20222 [39]
"Toxic" BoyWithUke July 2, 20221 [40]
"Viva Las Vengeance" Panic! at the Disco July 9, 20223 [41]
"Supermodel" Måneskin July 30, 20225 [42]
"Boy" The Killers September 3, 20226 [43]
"Tippa My Tongue" Red Hot Chili Peppers October 15, 20221 [44]
"Here to Forever" Death Cab for Cutie October 22, 20221 [45]
"Sex, Drugs, Etc." Beach Weather October 29, 20221 [46]
"Edging" Blink-182 November 5, 202213 [47]
"This Is Why" Paramore February 4, 20231 [48]
"Sleepwalking" All Time Low February 11, 20232 [49]
"Records" Weezer February 25, 20231 [50]
"Love from the Other Side" Fall Out Boy March 4, 20233 [51]
"Lost" † [52] Linkin Park March 25, 20233 [53]
"Love from the Other Side" ↑ Fall Out Boy April 15, 20233 [51]
"Lost" ↑ † [52] Linkin Park May 6, 20233 [53]
"Rescued" Foo Fighters May 27, 202310 [54]
"Emergency Contact" Pierce the Veil August 5, 20231 [55]
"Rescue Me" Dirty Heads August 12, 20234 [56]
"Just Pretend" Bad Omens September 9, 20231 [57]
"Dial Drunk" Noah Kahan and Post Malone September 16, 20232 [58]
"Under You" Foo Fighters September 30, 20233 [59]
"One More Time" Blink-182 October 21, 202320 [60]
"Landmines" Sum 41 March 9, 20242 [61]
"Beautiful People (Stay High)" The Black Keys March 23, 20242 [62]
"Neon Pill" Cage the Elephant April 6, 20244 [63]
"Dilemma" Green Day May 4, 20248 [64]
"Too Sweet" Hozier June 29, 202411 [65]
"Rainbow" Cage the Elephant September 14, 20242 [66]
"Stargazing" Myles Smith September 28, 20241 [67]
" The Emptiness Machine " Linkin Park October 5, 20245 [68]
"That's How I'm Feeling" Jack White November 9, 20242 [69]

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  2. ↑ "The Charts". Sun Herald . August 25, 2008. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Billboard to Begin Using Mediabase Radio Airplay Data for Charts Dated Nov. 12". Billboard . November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  4. ↑ References for "Orphans" chart performance:
  5. ↑ References for "Dissolve" chart performance:
  6. ↑ References for "Running Up That Hill" chart performance:
  7. ↑ References for "Might Be Right" chart performance:
  8. 1 2 References for "Everything I Wanted" chart performance:
  9. ↑ References for "Novocaine" chart performance:
  10. ↑ References for "Cradles" chart performance:
  11. ↑ References for "Oh Yeah!" chart performance:
  12. ↑ References for "Caution" chart performance:
  13. ↑ "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2020)". Billboard . Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  14. ↑ References for "Level of Concern" chart performance:
  15. ↑ References for "Honeybee" chart performance:
  16. ↑ References for "Hero" chart performance:
  17. ↑ References for "Hallucinogenics" chart performance:
  18. 1 2 "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2021)". Billboard . Retrieved December 4, 2021.
  19. 1 2 References for "Monsters" chart performance:
  20. ↑ References for "Leave Me Alone" chart performance:
  21. ↑ References for "Fire for You" chart performance:
  22. ↑ References for "Therefore I Am" chart performance:
  23. ↑ References for "Skin and Bones" chart performance:
  24. 1 2 References for "My Ex's Best Friend" chart performance:
  25. ↑ References for "Heat Waves" chart performance:
  26. 1 2 References for "Follow You" chart performance:
  27. ↑ References for "Shy Away" chart performance:
  28. ↑ References for "All My Favorite Songs" chart performance:
  29. ↑ References for "We Are Between" chart performance:
  30. ↑ References for "Saturday" chart performance:
  31. ↑ References for "Beggin'" chart performance:
  32. ↑ References for "Brightside" chart performance:
  33. ↑ References for "The Outside" chart performance:
  34. 1 2 "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2022)". Billboard . Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  35. 1 2 References for "Enemy" chart performance:
  36. ↑ References for "Black Summer" chart performance:
  37. ↑ References for "Wild Child" chart performance:
  38. ↑ References for "Love Brand New" chart performance:
  39. ↑ References for "A Little Bit of Love" chart performance:
  40. ↑ References for "Toxic" chart performance:
  41. ↑ References for "Viva Las Vengeance" chart performance:
  42. ↑ References for "Supermodel" chart performance:
  43. ↑ References for "Boy" chart performance:
  44. ↑ References for "Tippa My Tongue" chart performance:
  45. ↑ References for "Here to Forever" chart performance:
  46. ↑ References for "Sex, Drugs, Etc." chart performance:
  47. ↑ References for "Edging" chart performance:
  48. ↑ References for "This Is Why" chart performance:
  49. ↑ References for "Sleepwalking" chart performance:
  50. ↑ References for "Records" chart performance:
  51. 1 2 References for "Love from the Other Side" chart performance:
  52. 1 2 "Year-end Charts – Alternative Airplay Songs (2023)". Billboard . Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  53. 1 2 References for "Lost" chart performance:
  54. ↑ References for "Rescued" chart performance:
  55. ↑ References for "Emergency Contact" chart performance:
  56. ↑ References for "Rescue Me" chart performance:
  57. ↑ References for "Just Pretend" chart performance:
  58. ↑ References for "Dial Drunk" chart performance:
  59. ↑ References for "Under You" chart performance:
  60. ↑ References for "One More Time" chart performance:
  61. ↑ References for "Landmines" chart performance:
  62. ↑ References for "Beautiful People (Stay High)" chart performance:
  63. ↑ References for "Neon Pill" chart performance:
  64. ↑ References for "Dilemma" chart performance:
  65. ↑ References for "Too Sweet" chart performance:
  66. ↑ References for "Rainbow" chart performance:
  67. ↑ References for "Stargazing" chart performance:
  68. ↑ References for "The Emptiness Machine" chart performance:
  69. ↑ References for "That's How I'm Feeling" chart performance:
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