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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† – Number-one mainstream rock song of the year.
Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Weeks at number one | Ref. |
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2020 | ||||
January 4 | "Under the Graveyard" | Ozzy Osbourne | 3 [a] | [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 Punch | 2 | [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 Wolves | 2 | [13] |
July 4 | "A Little Bit Off"† [14] | Five Finger Death Punch | 4 | [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 [b] [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" | Seether | 1 | [35] |
June 5 | "Mercy" | Ayron Jones | 4 | [37] |
July 3 | "Darkness Settles In" | Five Finger Death Punch | 5 | [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 WVH | 1 | [42] |
September 18 | "Making a Fire" | Foo Fighters | 1 | [43] |
September 25 | "Only Love Can Save Me Now" | The Pretty Reckless featuring Kim Thayil and Matt Cameron | 3 | [44] |
October 16 | "Survivor" | Pop Evil | 2 | [45] |
October 30 | "Wasteland" | Seether | 1 | [46] |
November 6 | "Back from the Dead" | Halestorm | 1 | [47] |
November 13 | "Alone Again" | Asking Alexandria | 1 | [48] |
November 20 | "Kill the Noise" | Papa Roach | 4 | [49] |
December 18 | "Shotgun Blues" | Volbeat | 2 | [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 Grace | 3 | [62] |
July 30 | "Patient Number 9" | Ozzy Osbourne featuring Jeff Beck | 3 | [63] |
August 20 | "Daylight" | Shinedown | 2 | [64] |
September 3 | "Hey You" | Disturbed | 3 | [65] |
September 24 | "No Apologies" | Papa Roach | 1 | [66] |
October 1 | "Times Like These" | Five Finger Death Punch | 3 | [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?" | Metallica | 1 | [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 | 2 | [98] |
May 11 | "I Was Alive" | Beartooth | 1 | [99] |
May 18 | "Screaming Suicide" | Metallica | 2 | [100] |
June 1 | "Truth" | Godsmack | 2 | [101] |
June 15 | "This Is the Way" | Five Finger Death Punch featuring DMX | 2 | [102] |
June 29 | "If It Doesn't Hurt"† [103] | Nothing More | 2 | [104] |
July 13 | "Wreckage" | Pearl Jam | 1 | [105] |
July 20 | "All My Life" | Falling In Reverse featuring Jelly Roll | 5 | [106] |
August 24 | "Magnetic" | Wage War | 2 | [107] |
September 7 | "Pieces" | Daughtry | 1 | [108] |
September 14 | "Judas Mind" | Seether | 2 | [109] |
September 28 | "Can U See Me in the Dark?" | Halestorm and I Prevail | 1 | [110] |
October 5 | "The Emptiness Machine" | Linkin Park | 6 | [111] |
November 16 | "Suffocate City" | The Funeral Portrait featuring Spencer Charnas | 1 | [112] |
November 23 | "Angel Song" | Nothing More featuring David Draiman | 2 | [113] |
December 7 | "Liar" | Jelly Roll | 1 | [114] |
December 14 | "Awaken" | Breaking Benjamin | 2 | [115] |
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