Rock Songs

Rock Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the airplay of songs on alternative, mainstream rock and triple A radio stations. The first chart was published in the issue dated June 20, 2009. "Know Your Enemy" by Green Day was the first number-one song. The Rock Songs chart has had 22 number-one hits. The current number-one song, for the issue dated January 7, 2012, is "Lonely Boy" by The Black Keys.^[1]

Contents 1 List of number-one songs 2 Achievements 3 References 4 See also

List of number-one songs

Issue date	Song	Artist	Reference(s)
June 20, 2009	"Know Your Enemy"	Green Day	[2]
June 27, 2009	"New Divide"	Linkin Park	[3]
July 4, 2009			[4]
July 11, 2009			[5]
July 18, 2009			[6]
July 25, 2009			[7]
August 1, 2009			[8]
August 8, 2009			[9]
August 15, 2009			[10]
August 22, 2009			[11]
August 29, 2009			[12]
September 5, 2009			[13]
September 12, 2009			[14]
September 19, 2009	"Check My Brain"	Alice in Chains	[15]
September 26, 2009			[16]
October 3, 2009			[17]
October 10, 2009			[18]
October 17, 2009			[19]
October 24, 2009			[20]
October 31, 2009			[21]
November 7, 2009			[22]
November 14, 2009	"Wheels"	Foo Fighters	[23]
November 21, 2009			[24]
November 28, 2009	"I Will Not Bow"	Breaking Benjamin	[25]
December 5, 2009			[26]
December 12, 2009	"Break"	Three Days Grace	[27]
December 19, 2009			[28]
December 26, 2009			[29]
January 2, 2010			[30]
January 9, 2010			[31]
January 16, 2010			[32]
January 23, 2010			[33]
January 30, 2010			[34]
February 6, 2010			[35]
February 13, 2010			[36]
February 20, 2010			[37]
February 27, 2010			[38]
March 6, 2010	"Your Decision"	Alice in Chains	[39]
March 13, 2010			[40]
March 20, 2010			[41]
March 27, 2010			[42]
April 3, 2010			[43]
April 10, 2010			[44]
April 17, 2010	"Between the Lines"	Stone Temple Pilots	[45]
April 24, 2010			[46]
May 1, 2010			[47]
May 8, 2010			[48]
May 15, 2010			[49]
May 22, 2010			[50]
May 29, 2010			[51]
June 5, 2010	"The Good Life"	Three Days Grace	[52]
June 12, 2010			[53]
June 19, 2010			[54]
June 26, 2010			[55]
July 3, 2010			[56]
July 10, 2010			[57]
July 17, 2010	"The Crow & the Butterfly"	Shinedown	[58]
July 24, 2010	"Lay Me Down"	The Dirty Heads feat. Rome Ramirez	[59]
July 31, 2010	"The Crow & the Butterfly"	Shinedown	[60]
August 7, 2010			[61]
August 14, 2010			[62]
August 21, 2010	"The Catalyst"	Linkin Park	[63]
August 28, 2010			[64]
September 4, 2010			[65]
September 11, 2010			[66]
September 18, 2010			[67]
September 25, 2010	"Another Way To Die"	Disturbed	[68]
October 2, 2010	"Say You'll Haunt Me"	Stone Sour	[69]
October 9, 2010			[70]
October 16, 2010			[71]
October 23, 2010			[72]
October 30, 2010			[73]
November 6, 2010			[74]
November 13, 2010			[75]
November 20, 2010			[76]
November 27, 2010	"Tighten Up"	The Black Keys	[77]
December 4, 2010			[78]
December 11, 2010	"Say You'll Haunt Me"	Stone Sour	[79]
December 18, 2010	"Tighten Up"	The Black Keys	[80]
December 25, 2010			[81]
January 1, 2011			[82]
January 8, 2011			[83]
January 15, 2011			[84]
January 22, 2011			[85]
January 29, 2011			[86]
February 5, 2011			[87]
February 12, 2011			[88]
February 19, 2011			[89]
February 26, 2011	"Shake Me Down"	Cage the Elephant	[90]
March 5, 2011			[91]
March 12, 2011	"Rope"	Foo Fighters	[92]
March 19, 2011			[93]
March 26, 2011			[94]
April 2, 2011			[95]
April 9, 2011			[96]
April 16, 2011			[97]
April 23, 2011			[98]
April 30, 2011			[99]
May 7, 2011			[100]
May 14, 2011			[101]
May 21, 2011			[102]
May 28, 2011			[103]
June 4, 2011			[104]
June 11, 2011			[105]
June 18, 2011			[106]
June 25, 2011			[107]
July 2, 2011			[108]
July 9, 2011			[109]
July 16, 2011			[110]
July 23, 2011			[111]
July 30, 2011	"Walk"		[112]
August 6, 2011	"The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie"	Red Hot Chili Peppers	[113]
August 13, 2011			[114]
August 20, 2011			[115]
August 27, 2011			[116]
September 3, 2011			[117]
September 10, 2011			[118]
September 17, 2011			[119]
September 24, 2011			[120]
October 1, 2011	"Walk"	Foo Fighters	[121]
October 8, 2011			[122]
October 15, 2011			[123]
October 22, 2011			[124]
October 29, 2011			[125]
November 5, 2011			[126]
November 12, 2011			[127]
November 19, 2011	"The Sound of Winter"	Bush	[128]
November 26, 2011			[129]
December 3, 2011			[130]
December 10, 2011			[131]
December 17, 2011			[132]
December 24, 2011	"Lonely Boy"	The Black Keys	[133]
December 31, 2011			[134]
January 7, 2012			[135]

Achievements

Artists with the most number-one singles

• Foo Fighters (3)
• Alice in Chains (2) (tie)
• Linkin Park (2) (tie)
• Three Days Grace (2) (tie)
• The Black Keys (2) (tie)

Artists with the most cumulative weeks at number one

• Foo Fighters (30)
• Three Days Grace (18)
• Linkin Park (17)
• Alice in Chains (14)
• The Black Keys (13)

Singles that have debuted at number one

• "The Catalyst" by Linkin Park (2010)
• "Rope" by Foo Fighters (2011)

Acts that replaced themselves at number one

• Foo Fighters - "Rope" (3/12/2011-7/23/2011) was replaced by "Walk" (7/30/2011)

Singles that have spent ten weeks or more at number one

• 20 weeks
  • "Rope" — Foo Fighters (2011)

• 12 weeks
  • "New Divide" — Linkin Park (2009)
  • "Break" — Three Days Grace (2009-2010)
  • "Tighten Up" — The Black Keys (2010-2011)

Albums that have achieved the most total weeks at number-one on Rock Songs

• Wasting Light (2011) - Foo Fighters (28)
• Life Starts Now (2009) - Three Days Grace (18)
• Black Gives Way to Blue (2009) - Alice in Chains (14)
• Brothers (2010) - The Black Keys (12) (tie)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Soundtrack) (2009) - Linkin Park (12) (tie)

References

See also

• 2009 in music
• Alternative Songs
• Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks

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