List of Billboard number-one adult alternative singles of the 2000s
Adult Alternative Songs, also known as Triple A, is a record chart that ranks the most-played songs on American adult album alternative radio stations. Formulated based on each song's weekly total plays, the chart was introduced in the January 20, 1996 issue of Radio & Records magazine.[1][2] Adult Alternative Songs, along with other Radio & Records airplay charts, was initially compiled using radio airplay data from Mediabase.[3] In August 2006, Radio & Records was acquired by The Nielsen Company – then known as VNU Media – parent company of rival publication Billboard.[4] Following the purchase, Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems replaced Mediabase in monitoring airplay for charts, beginning with the issue dated August 11, 2006.[5][6] Billboard themselves introduced the chart in their July 5, 2008 issue, appropriating the same Nielsen data,[2] and became its sole publisher after Radio & Records ceased publication in June 2009.[7]
On the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs decade-end chart, "Use Somebody" by American rock band Kings of Leon, which originally topped the chart for two weeks in 2009, ranked as the overall top single of the 2000s.[8] The decade-end top artist was English alternative rock band Coldplay,[8] who scored eight number-one adult alternative singles during the 2000s.[9]
Number-one singles
- Key
– Billboard year-end number-one single
– Billboard decade-end number-one single- ↑ – Return of a single to number one
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| ← 1990s • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010s → |
| Single | Artist | Reached number one[9] | Weeks at number one[9] |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Waiting on the World to Change" | Mayer, JohnJohn Mayer | August 19, 2006 | 5 |
| "Is It Any Wonder?" | Keane | September 16, 2006 | 2 |
| "Waiting on the World to Change" | Mayer, JohnJohn Mayer | September 30, 2006 | 1 |
| "Chasing Cars" | Snow Patrol | October 7, 2006 | 1 |
| "How to Save a Life" | Fray, TheThe Fray | October 14, 2006 | 1 |
| "Chasing Cars" ↑ | Snow Patrol | October 21, 2006 | 7 |
| "Window in the Skies" | U2 | December 9, 2006 | 7 |
| "See the World" [10] |
Gomez | January 27, 2007 | 4 |
| "New Shoes" | Nutini, PaoloPaolo Nutini | February 24, 2007 | 5 |
| "Thinking About You" | Jones, NorahNorah Jones | March 31, 2007 | 3 |
| "Read My Mind" | Killers, TheThe Killers | April 21, 2007 | 6 |
| "Better Than" | Butler Trio, JohnJohn Butler Trio | June 2, 2007 | 7 |
| "Hey There Delilah" | Plain White T's | July 21, 2007 | 4 |
| "Bubbly" | Caillat, ColbieColbie Caillat | August 18, 2007 | 3 |
| "Hold On" | Tunstall, KTKT Tunstall | September 8, 2007 | 4 |
| "Shut Your Eyes" | Snow Patrol | October 6, 2007 | 1 |
| "Hold On" ↑ | Tunstall, KTKT Tunstall | October 13, 2007 | 7 |
| "You're the World to Me" | Gray, DavidDavid Gray | December 1, 2007 | 8 |
| "If I Had Eyes" [11] |
Johnson, JackJack Johnson | January 26, 2008 | 10 |
| "Supernatural Superserious" | R.E.M. | April 5, 2008 | 4 |
| "You Can't Count on Me" | Counting Crows | May 3, 2008 | 1 |
| "Supernatural Superserious" ↑ | R.E.M. | May 10, 2008 | 1 |
| "I Will Possess Your Heart" | Death Cab for Cutie | May 17, 2008 | 2 |
| "Violet Hill" | Coldplay | May 31, 2008 | 2 |
| "I Will Possess Your Heart" ↑ | Death Cab for Cutie | June 14, 2008 | 2 |
| "I'm Yours" | Mraz, JasonJason Mraz | June 28, 2008 | 1 |
| "I Will Possess Your Heart" ↑ | Death Cab for Cutie | July 5, 2008 | 1 |
| "Viva la Vida" | Coldplay | July 12, 2008 | 11 |
| "Come Around" | Counting Crows | September 27, 2008 | 3 |
| "Shattered (Turn the Car Around)" | O.A.R. | October 18, 2008 | 4 |
| "Take Back the City" | Snow Patrol | November 15, 2008 | 1 |
| "Lost!" | Coldplay | November 22, 2008 | 3 |
| "Take Back the City" ↑ | Snow Patrol | December 13, 2008 | 2 |
| "Rock & Roll" | Hutchinson, EricEric Hutchinson | December 27, 2008 | 1 |
| "You Found Me" | Fray, TheThe Fray | January 3, 2009 | 5 |
| "Get On Your Boots" | U2 | February 7, 2009 | 4 |
| "You Found Me" ↑ | Fray, TheThe Fray | March 7, 2009 | 2 |
| "Crack the Shutters" | Snow Patrol | March 21, 2009 | 7 |
| "Funny the Way It Is" | Matthews Band, DaveDave Matthews Band | May 9, 2009 | 12 |
| "Life in Technicolor II" | Coldplay | August 1, 2009 | 1 |
| "Use Somebody" [12] [8] |
Kings of Leon | August 8, 2009 | 1 |
| "You Never Know" | Wilco | August 15, 2009 | 1 |
| "Use Somebody" ↑ [12] [8] |
Kings of Leon | August 22, 2009 | 1 |
| "You Never Know" | Wilco | August 29, 2009 | 2 |
| "Fugitive" | Gray, DavidDavid Gray | September 12, 2009 | 10 |
| "Who Says" | Mayer, JohnJohn Mayer | November 21, 2009 | 5 |
| "Chasing Pirates" | Jones, NorahNorah Jones | December 26, 2009 | 6 |
References
- ↑ Trust, Gary (July 17, 2012). "Triple A Radio Breaking Rookie Stars". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- 1 2 Shipley, Al (October 9, 2008). "'Billboard' Breaks Down, Dials Up Triple-A". Idolator. Spin Media. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ↑ "Adult Alternative Top 30" (PDF). Radio & Records. Radio & Records, Inc.: 112 March 23, 2001. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ↑ "VNU To Acquire Radio & Records". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. July 6, 2006. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ↑ Farber, Erica (August 11, 2006). "A New Beginning" (PDF). Radio & Records. VNU Media: 2. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ↑ Tucker, Ken (September 21, 2006). "Nielsen BDS Expands Service". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ↑ Trust, Gary (June 10, 2009). "Chart Beat: Pink, Black Eyed Peas, Shinedown". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 Trust, Gary (December 18, 2009). "Linkin Park, Nickelback top decade's rock charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Reuters. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- 1 2 3 References for number-one singles on the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart in the 2000s:
- 2006:
- 2007:
- 2008: "Adult Alternative Songs – 2008 Archive". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
- 2009: "Adult Alternative Songs – 2009 Archive". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
- ↑ "2007 Year End Charts – Top Triple A Songs". Radio & Records. The Nielsen Company. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- ↑ "Triple A Songs: 2008 (Year-End)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 13, 2014. (subscription required (help)).
- 1 2 "Triple A Songs: 2009 (Year-End)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 13, 2014. (subscription required (help)).