DiscoHeaven23 35,007 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 It is the 30th anniversary of Billboard's Alternative Songs chart. Therefore, Billboard has counted down the top songs on this chart and the Top artists to be seen on it over the last 30 years. This data is based on airplay on alternative/modern rock radio stations TOP 20 ALTERNATIVE ARTISTS OF ALL TIME 1. Foo Fighters 2. Red Hot Chili Peppers 3. Green Day 4. Linkin Park 5. U2 6. R.E.M. 7. Pearl Jam 8. Incubus 9. Weezer 10. The Offspring 11. Bush 12. The Smashing Pumpkins 13. Muse 14. Blink 182 15. Cage The Elephant 16. Imagine Dragons 17. The Cure 18. Stone Temple Pilots 19. Staind 20. Three Days Grace Full list of Top Artists: https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-alternative-artists TOP 20 ALTERNATIVE SONGS OF ALL TIME 1. Uprising - Muse (peak: September 2009) 2. Savior - Rise Against (peak: November 2009) 3. Feel It Still - Portugal. The Man (peak: June 2017) 4. Madness - Muse (peak: October 2012) 5. The Pretender - Foo Fighters (peak: August 2007) 6. Radioactive - Imagine Dragons (peak: February 2013) 7. First - Cold War Kids (peak: September 2015) 8. Hemorrhage - Fuel (peak: October 2000) 9. Cuts You Up - Peter Murphy (peak: January 1990) 10. Drive - Incubus (peak:February 2001) 11. Sweater Weather - The Neighbourhood (peak: May 2013) 12. Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground (peak: December 1997) 13. Do I Wanna Know - Arctic Monkeys (peak: January 2014) 14. When I Come Around - Green Day (peak: December 1994) 15. How You Remind Me - Nickelback (peak: September 2001) 16. My Own Worst Enemy - Lit (peak: March 1999) 17. Lightning Crashes - Live (peak: February 1995) 18. Wonderwall - Oasis (peak: December 1995) 19. It's Been Awhile - Staind (peak: April 2001) 20. Stolen Dance - Milky Chance (peak: September 2014) Full List of Songs: https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-alternative-songs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatfoxyfeeling 11,994 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 I just realised it’s charts and not a poll, got all worked up seeing Wonderwall at the bottom when it’s the best song ever tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GypsyBabe 22,836 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Foo Fighters above Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Smashing Pumpkins? I literally never hear them on the radio. But I guess stats are stats. ⚯͛ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Empty 22,536 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 The "alternative" label is such a mystery to me . What qualifies someone to be "alternative? Aren't a lot of these just rock and punk? And a song like Muse - Madness is just plain Pop to me. Pleasantly surprised to see that it even got listed though, I didn't know many people like that song. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssslyboy 2,885 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 I can't believe "Feel It Still" is one of the top 3 alternative songs of all time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damon 10,896 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 so glad to see many of my favs there! ... and now i just sit in silence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayonetta 9,844 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Lana was robbed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killa 14,407 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 WAit theer's no woman on those lists Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahkeenasitka 1,965 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 These lists are DISGUSTING. Not a single woman on any of these lists. No mention of Ani DiFranco, PJ Harvey, Bjork, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann, Natalie Merchant, Sarah McLachlan, Liz Phair, Sonic Youth, Stereolab, Joan Osborne, Sinead O'Connor, Portishead, Cocteau Twins, Fever Ray, Lamb, Patti Smith, Cat Power, Hole, Sleater Kinney, etc....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahkeenasitka 1,965 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 I just looked at the top 100 list, and whoever came up with that list is a certified LUNATIC. Beck is #31?!!?!??? And Foo Fighters is #1?!? Wow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toph 374 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Alannis Morisette!? The blasphemy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Bardot 3,990 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 35 minutes ago, Chris Pratt said: Lana was robbed Erhm no pooiota Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Bardot 3,990 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 I hear all the time The Cure on th radio. True icons pooiota Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoHeaven23 35,007 Posted October 12, 2018 Author Share Posted October 12, 2018 11 minutes ago, wahkeenasitka said: I just looked at the top 100 list, and whoever came up with that list is a certified LUNATIC. Beck is #31?!!?!??? And Foo Fighters is #1?!? Wow. It’s based on statistics lol. No one came up with it, except i guess you could say the radio stations who played their music (or didn’t) in the last 30 years. That’s all this is based on lol. Not albums, not singles sales, not pop radio plays. Solely alternative radio plays Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenWonder 3,074 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Nirvana not being top 20 is just silly. With The Smiths and The Cure, they are the quintessential alternative band of all time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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