Billboard mainstream rock songs

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The Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs are music charts from Billboard Magazine that list pieces from the music genres mainstream and active rock according to the number of radio transmissions.

history

The Billboard Rock Albums & Top Tracks were first released on March 21, 1981. Since many American rock radio stations played pieces that were not released as singles, a hit parade should be created that lists tracks according to the number of their radio transmissions. Billboard employee Mike Harrison said that thanks to the mainstream rock songs chart, "[...] more than one song from an album can now be known". ("[…] More than one song from the album can become popular.") The first number one placement was the song I Can't Stand It by Eric Clapton .

Longest number one placements

21 weeks 2000: 3 Doors Down - Loser 20 weeks 2001: Staind - It's Been Awhile 17 weeks 1999: Creed - Higher 2002: 3 Doors Down - When I'm Gone 16 weeks 1995: Days of the New - Touch, Peel and Stand 15 weeks 1994: Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song 1999: Collective Soul - Heavy

14 weeks 2003: Staind - So Far Away 2005: Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams 2007: Seether - Fake It 2008: Disturbed - Inside the Fire 1 - 3 weeks 1981: The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up 2001: Nickelback - How You Remind Me 2004: Nickelback - Figured You Out 2006: Three Days Grace - Pain 2012: Three Days Grace - Chalk Outline 2014: Foo Fighters - Something from Nothing

See also

• Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs number-one hit list (1990s)
• List of Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs number-one hits (2000s)
• List of number one hits on Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs (2010s)
• List of Number One Hits Of Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs (2020s)

Web links

• Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs at Billboard (English)

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1. ^ Gary Trust: Album, Rock Charts Celebrate Anniversaries | Billboard , March 23, 2010, billboard.com