Alternative Songs - Chart Achievements

Chart Achievements

• Artists with the most number-one songs:

Red Hot Chili Peppers (12)

Linkin Park (11)

Foo Fighters (9) (tie)

Green Day (9) (tie)

U2 (8)

R.E.M. (6)

• Artists with the most cumulative weeks at number one:

Red Hot Chili Peppers (85)

Foo Fighters (74)

Linkin Park (72)

Green Day (50)

U2 (32)

• Artists with the most top ten songs:

Red Hot Chili Peppers (24)

U2 (20) (tie)

Foo Fighters (20) (tie)

Green Day (20) (tie)

Pearl Jam (18)

The Smashing Pumpkins (17) (tie)

The Offspring (17) (tie)

• Three songs have debuted at number one on this chart:

"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" by R.E.M. (1994)

"Dani California" by Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006)

"What I've Done" by Linkin Park (2007)

• No single act has replaced themselves at number one on Modern Rock Tracks, although when "All My Life" by Foo Fighters replaced "You Know You're Right" by Nirvana on November 23, 2002, this gave back-to-back chart-toppers to musician Dave Grohl.
• Dave Grohl has made the top of this chart with a record four different bands: Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, and Nine Inch Nails.
• Linkin Park's 2003 album Meteora has generated the most number-one Modern Rock hits, with five.
• Red Hot Chili Peppers' album Californication and Linkin Park's album Meteora have generated songs with the highest total number of weeks spent at number one, each with thirty weeks total.
• The song that has taken the longest time to reach number one on Alternative Songs is "Animal" by Neon Trees (32 weeks).
• Jane's Addiction has had the longest time between number-ones (13 years), with "Been Caught Stealing" (1990) and "Just Because" (2003).
• The band to have the most charted songs without a number-one single is Korn, with 20.
• The bands with the most charted songs are Pearl Jam and U2, both with 36.
• Seven songs released on an independent record label have reached number one on this chart: "Come Out and Play" by The Offspring, "What It's Like" by Everlast, "Panic Switch" by Silversun Pickups, "1901" by Phoenix, "Lay Me Down by The Dirty Heads featuring Rome Ramirez, "Little Lion Man" by Mumford & Sons and "The Sound of Winter" by Bush.

• Twenty-five songs have spent ten weeks or longer at number one. These are:

18 weeks

"The Pretender" — Foo Fighters (2007)

17 weeks

"Uprising" — Muse (2009-10)

16 weeks

"Scar Tissue" — Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999)

"It's Been Awhile" — Staind (2001)

"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" — Green Day (2004-05)

15 weeks

"Sex and Candy" — Marcy Playground (1997-98)

"What I've Done" — Linkin Park (2007)

14 weeks

"By the Way" — Red Hot Chili Peppers (2002)

"Dani California" — Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006)

13 weeks

"Otherside" — Red Hot Chili Peppers (2000)

"How You Remind Me" — Nickelback (2001)

"Rope" — Foo Fighters (2011)

12 weeks

"Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" — Fuel (2000-01)

"Numb" — Linkin Park (2003)

"New Divide" — Linkin Park (2009)

"Somebody That I Used to Know" — Gotye featuring Kimbra (2012)

11 weeks

"My Own Worst Enemy" — Lit (1999)

"Kryptonite" — 3 Doors Down (2000)

"Pork and Beans" — Weezer (2008)

"You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" — The Offspring (2008)

"Lay Me Down" — The Dirty Heads featuring Rome Ramirez (2010)

"Lonely Boy" — The Black Keys (2011-12)

10 weeks

"Wonderwall" — Oasis (1995-96)

"All My Life" — Foo Fighters (2002-03)

"Tighten Up" — The Black Keys (2010-11)