2024 Mainstream Rock #1’s
#1’s on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart with the Date, Song Title, Song Link and Artist
November 25th – The American Dream Is Killing Me
Green Day
The lead track from “Saviors” spends eight weeks at #1 (three weeks in 2024)
January 20th – A Symptom Of Being Human
Shinedown
Shinedown’s 19th #1 on the chart is from their “Planet Zero” album.
February 17th – Artificial
Daughtry (pictured above)
The band has had eight entries on the chart in seventeen-years but this is their first #1.
February 24th – 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 16th – 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 20th – 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 27th – 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 14th studio album, “Saviors.”
May 11th – 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 18th – 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 1st – Truth
Godsmack
The track, from the band’s eighth album, is their 13th 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 15th – 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 29th – 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 13th – 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 20th – 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 24th – 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 7th – 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 14th – 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 28th – 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 5th – The Emptiness Machine
Linkin Park
Linkin Park now has thirteen #1s on the Alternative Airplay chart and eleven chart-toppers on the Mainstream Rock Airplay survey,
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