2024 Mainstream Rock #1’s

November 25^th – The American Dream Is Killing Me

Green Day

The lead track from “Saviors” spends eight weeks at #1 (three weeks in 2024)

January 20^th – A Symptom Of Being Human

Shinedown

Shinedown’s 19^th #1 on the chart is from their “Planet Zero” album.

February 17^th – Artificial

Daughtry (pictured above)

The band has had eight entries on the chart since 2006 but this is their first #1.

February 24^th – Leave A Light On (Talk Away The Dark)

Papa Roach

The ballad, which supports the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s “Talk Away The Dark” campaign, is the band’s tenth #1 on the chart.

March 16^th – Dark Matter

Pearl Jam

PJ returns to #1 for the first time in 26 years. The band last reached the top spot with “Given To Fly” in early ’98.

April 13^th – The Glass

Foo Fighters

The Foo’s third consecutive #1 follows “Rescued” and “Under You.” Both topped the chart last year. All three songs are from the band’s eleventh studio album, “But Here We Are.”

April 20^th – Friendly Fire

Linkin Park

The song was recorded during the sessions for “One More Light” but was not included on the ’17 album. It did land on “Papercuts,” the band’s ’24 greatest hits collection.

April 27^th – Dilemma

Green Day

It’s the band’s ninth song to top the chart and their second in a row, following “The American Dream Is Killing Me.” Both tracks are from Green Day’s 14^th studio album, “Saviors.”

May 11^th – I Was Alive

Beartooth

The second single from “The Surface,” Beartooth’s fifth studio album, has a one-week run at the top just like the band’s previous #1, “Might Love Myself.”

May 18^th – Screaming Suicide

Metallica

It’s the band’s fourth straight #1 – “Too Far Gone?,” “72 Seasons” and “Lux Æterna” were the first three. All four are from Metallica’s eleventh album, “72 Seasons.”

June 1^st – Truth

Godsmack

The track, from the band’s eighth album, is their 13^th song to top the survey. The power ballad came about after frontman Sully Erna (pictured) suffered a relationship betrayal that took a lot of processing to get through.

June 15^th – This Is The Way

Five Finger Death Punch

Their fifteenth #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart is a mash-up of DMX’s ’09 song “The Way It’s Gonna Be” and Five Finger Death Punch’s “Judgement Day.”

June 29^th – If It Doesn’t Hurt

Nothing More

The band’s second #1 on the chart follows the Grammy nominated “Go To War” which reached the top in ’17.

July 13^th – Wreckage

Pearl Jam

From “Dark Matter,” the band’s twelfth studio effort, the song is their fifth to top the chart. The first four are “Daughter” (’93), “Better Man” (”95), “Given To Fly” (’98) and “Dark Matter” (’24).

July 20^th – All My Life

Falling In Reverse featuring Jelly Roll

The Country-Rock collaboration had a brisk five-week trip to the top. It was the third #1 for Falling In Reverse (“Popular Monster” and “Zombified” were the first two) and Jelly Roll (he previously scored with “Dead Man Walking” and “Need A Favor”).

August 24^th – Magnetic

Wage War

The band’s first #1 on the chart is the lead track from “Stigma,” Wage War’s fifth studio effort. It dropped last June.

September 7^th – Pieces

Daughtry

“This (song) is about finding the strength to pick up those broken pieces, face the darkness head on, and fight your way toward the light,” explains frontman Chris Daughtry.

September 14^th – Judas Mind

Seether

The track is from “The Surface Seems So Far.” “It’s about rising up against people who have a vision for you that you don’t share,” offers frontman Shaun Morgan.

September 28^th – Can U See Me In The Dark?

Halestorm/I Prevail

The track is currently a standalone single. It’s Halestorm’s seventh #1 and I Prevail’s third – their first since “Bad Things” in ’22.

I Prevail formed in ’13. Their debut EP “Heart Vs. Mind” was known for the Metal cover of Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space.” They have released three albums to date including ’22’s “True Power.”

October 5^th – The Emptiness Machine

Linkin Park

Linkin Park now has thirteen #1’s on the Alternative Airplay chart and eleven chart-toppers on the Mainstream Rock Airplay survey.

November 16^th – Suffocate City

The Funeral Portrait (featuring Spencer Chamas)

The song is the Atlanta-based band’s first #1 on any Billboard chart. It’s also a first for Chamas, vocalist for Ice Nine Kills.

November 23^rd – Angel Song

Nothing More (featuring David Draiman)

The track is the second single from “Carnal,” Nothing More’s seventh studio set.

For Draiman, “Angel Song” is his second solo #1 on the chart, coming two years after “Dead Inside” with guitarist Nita Strauss.

December 7^th – Liar

Jelly Roll

All four of Jelly Roll’s Mainstream Rock Airplay entries have reached #1. The first three were “Dead Man Walking” (2022), “Need A Favor” (2023) and, earlier this year, “All My Life” with Falling In Reverse.