The Billboard Mainstream Rock chart is compiled from the number of airplay songs received from active rock and heritage rock radio stations in the United States.[1] Below are the songs that have reached number one on the chart during the 2020s, listed in chronological order.

2020s

 †  – Number-one mainstream rock song of the year.

Issue date Song Artist(s) Weeks at
number one
Ref.
2020
January 4 "Under the Graveyard" Ozzy Osbourne 3[a] [2]
January 25 "Killing Me Slowly" Bad Wolves 1 [3]
February 1 "Attention Attention" Shinedown 1 [4]
February 8 "Inside Out" Five Finger Death Punch 2 [5]
February 22 "History of Violence" Theory of a Deadman 1 [6]
February 29 "Inside Out" Five Finger Death Punch 2 [5]
March 14 "Die to Live" Volbeat featuring Neil Fallon 1 [7]
March 21 "Hurricane" I Prevail 2 [8]
April 4 "Oh Yeah!" Green Day 2 [9]
April 18 "Far Away" Breaking Benjamin featuring Scooter Ward 3 [10]
May 9 "Popular Monster" Falling in Reverse 1 [11]
May 16 "Unforgettable" Godsmack 5 [12]
June 20 "Sober" Bad Wolves 2 [13]
July 4 "A Little Bit Off"†[14] Five Finger Death Punch 4 [15]
August 1 "Death by Rock and Roll" The Pretty Reckless 3 [16]
August 22 "Atlas Falls" Shinedown 2 [17]
September 5 "All Within My Hands" Metallica and San Francisco Symphony 4 [18]
October 3 "Patience" Chris Cornell 1 [19]
October 10 "Dangerous" Seether 3 [20]
October 31 "Black Eyes Blue" Corey Taylor 2 [21]
November 14 "Shot in the Dark" AC/DC 5 [22]
December 19 "Shame Shame" Foo Fighters 6 [23]
2021[b][24][25]
January 30 "My Way, Soon" Greta Van Fleet 1 [26]
February 6 "Living the Dream" Five Finger Death Punch 1 [27]
February 13 "Trouble's Coming" Royal Blood 2 [28]
February 27 "Distance" Mammoth WVH 2 [29]
March 13 "The Ending" Papa Roach 1 [30]
March 20 "Self Destructor" Chevelle 3 [31]
April 10 "Waiting on a War" Foo Fighters 2 [32]
April 24 "And So It Went" The Pretty Reckless featuring Tom Morello 2 [33]
May 8 "Breathe Again" Pop Evil 1 [34]
May 15 "Bruised and Bloodied" Seether 1 [35]
May 22 "Let the Bad Times Roll" The Offspring 1 [36]
May 29 "Bruised and Bloodied" Seether 1 [35]
June 5 "Mercy" Ayron Jones 4 [37]
July 3 "Darkness Settles In" Five Finger Death Punch 5 [38]
August 7 "Nowhere Generation" Rise Against 1 [39]
August 14 "For the Glory" All Good Things featuring Johnny 3 Tears & Charlie Scene 1 [40]
August 21 "Wait a Minute My Girl" Volbeat 3 [41]
September 11 "Don't Back Down" Mammoth WVH 1 [42]
September 18 "Making a Fire" Foo Fighters 1 [43]
September 25 "Only Love Can Save Me Now" The Pretty Reckless featuring Kim Thayil and Matt Cameron 3 [44]
October 16 "Survivor" Pop Evil 2 [45]
October 30 "Wasteland" Seether 1 [46]
November 6 "Back from the Dead" Halestorm 1 [47]
November 13 "Alone Again" Asking Alexandria 1 [48]
November 20 "Kill the Noise" Papa Roach 4 [49]
December 18 "Shotgun Blues" Volbeat 2 [50]
2022
January 1 "Hunter's Moon" Ghost 1 [51]
January 8 "Shotgun Blues" Volbeat 1 [50]
January 15 "Dead Inside" Nita Strauss and David Draiman 3 [52]
February 5 "So Called Life"†[53] Three Days Grace 4 [54]
March 5 "Planet Zero" Shinedown 8 [55]
April 30 "Zombified" Falling in Reverse 1 [56]
May 7 "Won't Stand Down" Muse 1 [57]
May 14 "Dead Man Walking" Jelly Roll 1 [58]
May 21 "Call Me Little Sunshine" Ghost 2 [59]
June 4 "The Steeple" Halestorm 1 [60]
June 11 "Afterlife" Five Finger Death Punch 4 [61]
July 9 "Lifetime" Three Days Grace 3 [62]
July 30 "Patient Number 9" Ozzy Osbourne featuring Jeff Beck 3 [63]
August 20 "Daylight" Shinedown 2 [64]
September 3 "Hey You" Disturbed 3 [65]
September 24 "No Apologies" Papa Roach 1 [66]
October 1 "Times Like These" Five Finger Death Punch 3 [67]
October 22 "Masterpiece" Motionless in White 1 [68]
October 29 "Natural Born Killer" Highly Suspect 1 [69]
November 5 "Bad Things" I Prevail 1 [70]
November 12 "Surrender" Godsmack 5 [71]
December 17 "Lux Æterna" Metallica 11 [72]
2023
March 4 "Welcome to the Circus" Five Finger Death Punch 1 [73]
March 11 "Just Pretend" Bad Omens 1 [74]
March 18 "Lost"†[75] Linkin Park 8 [76]
May 13 "Cut the Line" Papa Roach 1 [77]
May 20 "Rescued" Foo Fighters 6 [78]
July 1 "72 Seasons" Metallica 2 [79]
July 15 "Need a Favor" Jelly Roll 3 [80]
August 5 "Lowest in Me" Staind 2 [81]
August 19 "Unstoppable" Disturbed 2 [82]
September 2 "The Dirt I'm Buried In" Avatar 2 [83]
September 16 "Blood in the Water" Ayron Jones 1 [84]
September 23 "Beyond" Corey Taylor 1 [85]
September 30 "Under You" Foo Fighters 1 [86]
October 7 "Psycho" Asking Alexandria 4 [87]
November 4 "Too Far Gone?" Metallica 1 [88]
November 11 "Skeletons" Pop Evil 1 [89]
November 18 "Might Love Myself" Beartooth 1 [90]
November 25 "The American Dream Is Killing Me" Green Day 8 [91]
2024
January 20 "A Symptom of Being Human" Shinedown 4 [92]
February 17 "Artificial" Daughtry 1 [93]
February 24 "Leave a Light On (Talk Away the Dark)" Papa Roach 3 [94]
March 16 "Dark Matter" Pearl Jam 4 [95]
April 13 "The Glass" Foo Fighters 1 [96]
April 20 "Friendly Fire" Linkin Park 1 [97]
April 27 "Dilemma" Green Day 1 [98]

Notes

  1. ^ Total chart run at number one—3 weeks at the end of 2019 and 3 weeks at the beginning of 2020
  2. ^ Bring Me the Horizon's "Teardrops" peaked at number 2 in June 2021, but was ranked number-one on the year-end chart of 2021.

References

  1. ^ Caulfield, Keith (June 20, 2009). "Dave Matthews Band Rolls Ahead of Rock Parade". Billboard. Vol. 121, no. 24. p. 41. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  2. ^ "Under the Graveyard"; January 4–18, 2020
  3. ^ "Killing Me Slowly"; January 25, 2000
  4. ^ "Attention Attention"; February 1, 2020
  5. ^ a b "Inside Out"; February 8–15, February 29 – March 7, 2020
  6. ^
  7. ^ "Die to Live"; March 14, 2020
  8. ^ "Hurricane"; March 21–28, 2020
  9. ^ "Oh Yeah!"; April 4–11, 2020
  10. ^ "Far Away"; April 18 – May 2, 2020
  11. ^ "Popular Monster"; May 9, 2020
  12. ^ "Unforgettable"; May 16 – June 13, 2020
  13. ^ "Sober"; June 20–27, 2020
  14. ^ "Mainstream Rock Songs – Year-end 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  15. ^ "A Little Bit Off"; July 4–25, 2020
  16. ^ "Death by Rock and Roll"; August 1–15, 2020
  17. ^ "Atlas Falls"; August 22–29, 2020
  18. ^ "All Within My Hands"; September 5–26, 2020
  19. ^ "Patience"; October 3, 2020
  20. ^ "Dangerous"; October 10, 2020
  21. ^ "Black Eyes Blue"; October 31, 2020
  22. ^ "Shot in the Dark"; November 14, 2020
  23. ^ "Shame Shame"; December 19, 2020
  24. ^ "Bring Me The Horizon Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  25. ^ "Mainstream Rock Songs - 2021 Year End Charts". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  26. ^ "My Way Soon"; January 30, 2021
  27. ^ "My Way Soon"; February 6, 2021
  28. ^ "Trouble's Coming"; February 13, 2021
  29. ^ "Distance"; February 27, 2021
  30. ^ "The Ending"; March 13, 2021
  31. ^ "Self Destructor"; March 20, 2021
  32. ^ "Waiting on a War"; April 10, 2021
  33. ^ "And So It Went"; April 24, 2021
  34. ^ "Breathe Again"; May 8, 2021
  35. ^ a b "Bruised and Bloodied"; May 15, 2021 + May 29, 2021
  36. ^ "Let the Bad Times Roll"; May 22, 2021
  37. ^ "Mercy"; June 5, 2021
  38. ^ "Darkness Settles In"; July 3, 2021
  39. ^ "Nowhere Generation"; August 7, 2021
  40. ^ "For the Glory"; August 14, 2021
  41. ^ "Wait a Minute My Girl"; August 21, 2021
  42. ^ "Don't Back Down"; September 11, 2021
  43. ^ "Making a Fire"; September 18, 2021
  44. ^ "Only Love Can Save Me Now"; September 25, 2021
  45. ^ "Survivor"; October 16, 2021
  46. ^ "Wasteland"; October 30, 2021
  47. ^ "Back from the Dead"; November 6, 2021
  48. ^ "Alone Again"; November 13, 2021
  49. ^ "Kill the Noise"; November 20, 2021
  50. ^ a b "Shotgun Blues"; December 18, 2021
  51. ^ "Hunter's Moon"; January 1, 2022
  52. ^ "Dead Inside"; January 15, 2022
  53. ^ "Mainstream Rock Songs – Year-end 2022". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  54. ^ "So Called Life"; February 5, 2022
  55. ^ "Planet Zero"; March 12, 2022
  56. ^ "Zombified"; April 30, 2022
  57. ^ "Won't Stand Down"; May 7, 2022
  58. ^ "Dead Man Walking"; May 14, 2022
  59. ^ "Call Me Little Sunshine"; May 21, 2022
  60. ^ "The Steeple"; June 4, 2022
  61. ^ "Afterlife"; June 11, 2022
  62. ^ "Lifetime"; July 9, 2022
  63. ^ "Patient Number 9"; July 30, 2022
  64. ^ "Daylight"; August 20, 2022
  65. ^ "Hey You"; September 3, 2022
  66. ^ "No Apologies"; September 24, 2022
  67. ^ "Times Like These"; October 1, 2022
  68. ^ "Masterpiece"; October 22, 2022
  69. ^ "Natural Born Killer"; October 29, 2022
  70. ^ "Bad Things"; November 5, 2022
  71. ^ "Surrender"; November 12, 2022
  72. ^ "Lux Æterna"; December 17, 2022
  73. ^ "Welcome to the Circus"; March 4, 2023
  74. ^ "Just Pretend"; March 11, 2023
  75. ^ "Mainstream Rock Songs – Year-end 2023". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  76. ^ "Lost"; March 18, 2023
  77. ^ "Cut the Line"; May 13, 2023
  78. ^ "Rescued"; May 20, 2023
  79. ^ "72 Seasons"; July 1, 2023
  80. ^ "Need a Favor"; July 15, 2023
  81. ^ "Lowest in Me"; August 5, 2023
  82. ^ "Unstoppable"; August 19, 2023
  83. ^ "The Dirt I'm Buried In"; September 2, 2023
  84. ^ "Blood in the Water"; September 16, 2023
  85. ^ "Beyond"; September 23, 2023
  86. ^ "Under You"; September 30, 2023
  87. ^ "Psycho"; October 7, 2023
  88. ^ "Too Far Gone"; November 4, 2023
  89. ^ "Skeletons"; November 11, 2023
  90. ^ "Might Love Myself"; November 18, 2023
  91. ^ "The American Dream Is Killing Me"; November 25, 2023
  92. ^ "A Symptom of Being Human"; January 20, 2024
  93. ^ "Artificial"; February 17, 2024
  94. ^ "Leave a Light On (Talk Away the Dark)"; February 24, 2024
  95. ^ "Dark Matter"; March 16, 2024
  96. ^ "The Glass"; April 13, 2024
  97. ^ "Friendly Fire"; April 20, 2024
  98. ^ "Dilemma"; April 27, 2024