List of Billboard Alternative Songs number ones of the 2010s

Alternative Airplay is a record chart published by the music industry magazine Billboard that ranks the most-played songs on American modern rock radio stations.

[1] During the 2010s, the chart was named Alternative Songs and based on electronically monitored airplay data compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems from a panel of national rock radio stations, with songs being ranked by their total number of spins per week.

[3] From October 2012 to February 2013, Muse's song "Madness" topped the chart for 19 non-consecutive weeks, breaking the record for the most weeks spent at number one by a song in the chart's history.

The Man broke this record by topping the chart for 20 weeks.

[5] The American band Cage the Elephant attained nine Alternative Songs number-one hits during the 2010s, the most by any artist within the decade.

From left to right: A man plays drums, a second man wearing a leather jacket plays guitar, and a third man plays the bass guitar. In the foreground, several audience members are seen watching.
American rock band Portugal. The Man performed " Feel It Still ", which spent a record-breaking 20 weeks atop the Alternative Songs chart.