List of Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 2020s

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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.

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2020s

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 † – Number-one mainstream rock song of the year.

Issue dateSongArtist(s)Weeks at
number one		Ref.
2020
January 4"Under the Graveyard" Ozzy Osbourne 3 [lower-alpha 1] [2]
January 25"Killing Me Slowly" Bad Wolves 1 [3]
February 1"Attention Attention" Shinedown 1 [4]
February 8"Inside Out" Five Finger Death Punch 2 [5]
February 22"History of Violence" Theory of a Deadman 1 [6]
February 29"Inside Out"Five Finger Death Punch2 [5]
March 14"Die to Live" Volbeat featuring Neil Fallon 1 [7]
March 21"Hurricane" I Prevail 2 [8]
April 4"Oh Yeah!" Green Day 2 [9]
April 18"Far Away" Breaking Benjamin featuring Scooter Ward 3 [10]
May 9"Popular Monster" Falling in Reverse 1 [11]
May 16"Unforgettable" Godsmack 5 [12]
June 20"Sober"Bad Wolves2 [13]
July 4"A Little Bit Off"† [14] Five Finger Death Punch4 [15]
August 1"Death by Rock and Roll" The Pretty Reckless 3 [16]
August 22"Atlas Falls" Shinedown 2 [17]
September 5"All Within My Hands" Metallica and San Francisco Symphony 4 [18]
October 3"Patience" Chris Cornell 1 [19]
October 10"Dangerous" Seether 3 [20]
October 31"Black Eyes Blue" Corey Taylor 2 [21]
November 14"Shot in the Dark" AC/DC 5 [22]
December 19"Shame Shame" Foo Fighters 6 [23]
2021 [lower-alpha 2] [24] [25]
January 30"My Way, Soon" Greta Van Fleet 1 [26]
February 6"Living the Dream" Five Finger Death Punch 1 [27]
February 13"Trouble's Coming" Royal Blood 2 [28]
February 27"Distance" Mammoth WVH 2 [29]
March 13"The Ending" Papa Roach 1 [30]
March 20"Self Destructor" Chevelle 3 [31]
April 10"Waiting on a War" Foo Fighters 2 [32]
April 24"And So It Went" The Pretty Reckless featuring Tom Morello 2 [33]
May 8"Breathe Again" Pop Evil 1 [34]
May 15"Bruised and Bloodied" Seether 1 [35]
May 22"Let the Bad Times Roll" The Offspring 1 [36]
May 29"Bruised and Bloodied"Seether1 [35]
June 5"Mercy" Ayron Jones 4 [37]
July 3"Darkness Settles In"Five Finger Death Punch5 [38]
August 7"Nowhere Generation" Rise Against 1 [39]
August 14"For the Glory"All Good Things featuring Johnny 3 Tears & Charlie Scene 1 [40]
August 21"Wait a Minute My Girl" Volbeat 3 [41]
September 11"Don't Back Down"Mammoth WVH1 [42]
September 18"Making a Fire"Foo Fighters1 [43]
September 25"Only Love Can Save Me Now"The Pretty Reckless featuring Kim Thayil and Matt Cameron 3 [44]
October 16"Survivor"Pop Evil2 [45]
October 30"Wasteland"Seether1 [46]
November 6"Back from the Dead" Halestorm 1 [47]
November 13"Alone Again" Asking Alexandria 1 [48]
November 20"Kill the Noise"Papa Roach4 [49]
December 18"Shotgun Blues"Volbeat2 [50]
2022
January 1"Hunter's Moon" Ghost 1 [51]
January 8"Shotgun Blues" Volbeat 1 [50]
January 15"Dead Inside" Nita Strauss and David Draiman 3 [52]
February 5"So Called Life"† [53] Three Days Grace 4 [54]
March 5"Planet Zero" Shinedown 8 [55]
April 30"Zombified" Falling in Reverse 1 [56]
May 7"Won't Stand Down" Muse 1 [57]
May 14"Dead Man Walking" Jelly Roll 1 [58]
May 21"Call Me Little Sunshine" Ghost 2 [59]
June 4"The Steeple" Halestorm 1 [60]
June 11"Afterlife" Five Finger Death Punch 4 [61]
July 9"Lifetime"Three Days Grace3 [62]
July 30"Patient Number 9" Ozzy Osbourne featuring Jeff Beck 3 [63]
August 20"Daylight"Shinedown2 [64]
September 3"Hey You" Disturbed 3 [65]
September 24"No Apologies" Papa Roach 1 [66]
October 1"Times Like These"Five Finger Death Punch3 [67]
October 22"Masterpiece" Motionless in White 1 [68]
October 29"Natural Born Killer" Highly Suspect 1 [69]
November 5"Bad Things" I Prevail 1 [70]
November 12"Surrender" Godsmack 5 [71]
December 17"Lux Æterna" Metallica 11 [72]
2023
March 4"Welcome to the Circus" Five Finger Death Punch 1 [73]
March 11"Just Pretend" Bad Omens 1 [74]
March 18"Lost"† [75] Linkin Park 8 [76]
May 13"Cut the Line" Papa Roach 1 [77]
May 20"Rescued" Foo Fighters 6 [78]
July 1"72 Seasons" Metallica 2 [79]
July 15"Need a Favor" Jelly Roll 3 [80]
August 5"Lowest in Me" Staind 2 [81]
August 19"Unstoppable" Disturbed 2 [82]
September 2"The Dirt I'm Buried In" Avatar 2 [83]
September 16"Blood in the Water" Ayron Jones 1 [84]
September 23"Beyond" Corey Taylor 1 [85]
September 30"Under You" Foo Fighters 1 [86]
October 7"Psycho" Asking Alexandria 4 [87]
November 4"Too Far Gone?"Metallica1 [88]
November 11"Skeletons" Pop Evil 1 [89]
November 18"Might Love Myself" Beartooth 1 [90]
November 25"The American Dream Is Killing Me" Green Day 8 [91]
2024
January 20"A Symptom of Being Human" Shinedown 4 [92]
February 17"Artificial" Daughtry 1 [93]
February 24"Leave a Light On (Talk Away the Dark)" Papa Roach 3 [94]
March 16"Dark Matter" Pearl Jam 4 [95]
April 13"The Glass" Foo Fighters 1 [96]
April 20"Friendly Fire" Linkin Park 1 [97]
April 27"Dilemma" Green Day 1 [98]

Notes

  1. ↑ Total chart run at number one—3 weeks at the end of 2019 and 3 weeks at the beginning of 2020
  2. ↑ Bring Me the Horizon's "Teardrops" peaked at number 2 in June 2021, but was ranked number-one on the year-end chart of 2021.

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  96. ↑ "The Glass"; April 13, 2024
  97. ↑ "Friendly Fire"; April 20, 2024
  98. ↑ "Dilemma"; April 27, 2024
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