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Mediabase Alt Top 30: Top 60 of 2019 [30-1]

Mediabase Alt Top 30: Top 60 of 2019 [30-1]

The Mediabase Alt Top 60 of 2019 points tally.

Chart Notes:

  • This week (12.28.2019): 30-1.
  • The countdown will resume next week on 01.04.2020, with songs resetting to 0 points and accumulating from there.
  • The Mediabase Alt Top 30: Top 100 Songs of the 2010s countdown will be on Friday.

Hour 1
30 Barns Courtney “99” [26|5] [295]
29 Green Day “Father Of All…” [14|3] [306]
28 Weezer “The End Of The Game” [14|2] [323]
EX: Highly Suspect “16” (2019)
27 lovelytheband “Broken” [65|1(7x)] [327]​​​​​​​
26 Young The Giant “Superposition” [21|1(3x)] [347]
EX: Paramore “Fake Happy” (2017)
25 Meg Myers “Running Up That Hill” [25|3] [367]
24 half•alive “Still Feel” [21|7] [370]
23 The Black Keys “Go” [20|2] [371]
EX: The Unlikely Candidates “Novocaine” (2019)
22 Absofacto “Dissolve” [23|3] [385]
21 Oliver Tree “Hurt” [22|4] [386]

Hour 2
20 Billie Eilish “bury a friend” [20|1(1x)] [399]
19 The Black Keys “Lo/Hi” [20|1(2x)] [417]
EX: Nine Inch Nails “Head Like A Hole” (1990)
18 Twenty|one|pilots “Chlorine” [21|1(3x)] [417]
17 Cage The Elephant “Social Cues” [20|1(1x)] [433]
16 Panic! At The Disco “Hey Look Ma, I Made It” [28|5] [437]
EX: Sub Urban “Cradles” (2019)
15 The Head and The Heart “Missed Connection” [22|1(1x)] [443]
14 Catfish and The Bottlemen “Longshot” [23|2] [450]
13 Billie Eilish “bad guy” [20|1(3x)] [456]
EX: The 1975 “It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)” (2019)  
12 Marshmello/Bastille “Happier” [35|1(1x)] [458]
11 AJR “100 Bad Days” [24|3] [462]

Hour 3
10 Cage The Elephant “Ready To Let Go” [21|1(5x)] [495]
9 Illenium/Jon Bellion “Good Things Fall Apart” [25|3] [498]
EX: Tones and I “Dance Monkey” (2019)
8 Of Monsters and Men “Alligator” [21|2] [502]
7 Twenty|one|pilots “The Hype” [21|1(8x)] [514]
EX: Twin XL “Good” (2019)
6 Dominic Fike “3 Nights” [25|1(1x)] [517]
5 Matt Maeson “Cringe” [30|1(4x)] [570]
EX: The Lumineers “Ophelia” (2016)
4 The Lumineers “Gloria” [24|1(5x)] [574]
3 Lana Del Rey “Doin’ Time” [27|1(3x)] [576]
EX: Capital Cities “Safe and Sound” (2012)
2 Panic! At The Disco “High Hopes” [44|1(10x)] [685]
1 Shaed “Trampoline” [47|1(2x)] [1,080] 

Mediabase Alt Top 30: Top 60 of 2019 [60-31]

Mediabase Alt Top 30: Top 60 of 2019 [60-31]

The Mediabase Alt Top 60 of 2019 points tally.

Chart Notes:

  • This week (12.21.2019): 60-31.
  • Next week (12.28.2019): 30-1.
  • The countdown will resume on 01.04.2020, with songs resetting to 0 points and accumulating from there.

 

Hour 1
60 Machine Gun Kelly/YUNGBLUD/Travis Barker “I Think I’m Okay” [14|16] [150]
59 Cold War Kids “Complainer” [17|17] [153]
EX: Marshmello/CHVRCHES “Here With Me” (2019)
58 Catfish and The Bottlemen “2all” [14|9] [160]
57 Houses “Fast Talk” [15|10] [164]
56 Silversun Pickups “It Doesn’t Matter Why” [17|14] [165]
EX: Young The Giant “Heat Of The Summer” (2019)
55 Blink-182 “Blame It On My Youth” [12|11] [174]
54 Imagine Dragons “Natural” [30|1(9x)] [177]
EX: A Perfect Circle “Weak and Powerless” (2003)
53 Death Cab For Cutie “Northern Lights” [18|12] [181]
52 Local Natives “When Am I Gonna Lose You” [13|8] [182]
51 Coldplay “Orphans” [7|1(1x)] [183]

Hour 2
50 Rex Orange County “10/10” [12|8] [184]
49 Vampire Weekend “This Life” [16|14] [186]
48 Mumford and Sons “Guiding Light” [19|1(2x)] [187]
EX: Mumford and Sons “Blind Leading The Blind” (2019)
47 The Revivalists “Change” [15|12] [188]
46 Judah and The Lion “Over My Head” [11|8] [190]
EX: Gotye/Kimbra “Somebody That I Used To Know” (2012)
45 Billie Eilish “all the good girls go to hell” [10|5] [210]
44 lovelytheband “maybe, i’m afraid” [17|12] [212]
43 morgxn/Walk The Moon “Home” [19|11] [213]
EX: SWMRS “April In Houston” (2018)
42 Judah and The Lion “Why Did You Run?” [20|12] [216]
41 Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean “Dear Future Self (Hands Up)” [13|8] [231]

Hour 3
40 Vampire Weekend “Harmony Hall” [14|8] [238]
39 The 1975 “Love It If We Made It” [20|4] [245]
38 I Don’t Know How But They Found Me “Choke” [18|13] [247]
EX: Empire Of The Sun “Walking On A Dream” (2016)
37 Bastille “Joy” [17|10] [248]
36 Muse “Pressure” [18|4] [248]
EX: AWOLNATION “The Best” (2019)
35 Imagine Dragons “Bad Liar” [17|8] [251]
34 White Reaper “Might Be Right” [18|6] [251]
33 Dreamers “Die Happy” [19|9] [258]
EX: Phantogram “Into Happiness” (2019)
32 flora cash “You’re Somebody Else” [32|1(1x)] [275]
31 Mumford and Sons “Beloved” [18|10] [284]

Mediabase Alt Top 30 (12.14-12.15.2019)

Mediabase Alt Top 30 (12.14-12.15.2019)
From the 12.14.2019 Saturday Mediabase Alternative Update.

Chart Notes:

  • This is the final regular countdown of 2019.
  • On 12.21.2019 and 12.28.2019, the Mediabase Alt Top 60 of 2019 will be held, with 12.21 being 60-31 and 12.28 being 30-1.
  • The countdown will resume on 01.04.2020, with songs resetting to 0 points and accumulating from there.
  • Saint Motel + Silversun Pickups debut.
  • The Lumineers [+5] for Leap Of The Week.
  • Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean [-9] for Loser Of The Week.
  • Will Twenty|one|pilots be your #1 for the 9th time and 8th consecutively this week? Or will Coldplay end their reign to take it?

Hour 1
30 Foals “The Runner” [3|30] [=] [3]
29 Post Malone “Circles” [3|29] [=] [6]
Bonus: Two Feet “You?”​​​​​​​
28 Saint Motel “Van Horn” [1|28] [D] [3]
27 Silversun Pickups “Don’t Know Yet” [1|27] [D] [4]

EX: Bastille “Joy” (2019)
26 Billie Eilish “everything i wanted“ [2|26] [+2] [8]
25 Joywave “Obsession” [10|24] [-1] [42]
CB1: Matt Maeson “Go Easy”
24 Of Monsters and Men “Wars” [7|24] [+2] [22]
23 Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean “Dear Future Self (Hands Up)” [13|8] [-9] [231]
EX: Green Day “Know Your Enemy” (2009)
22 Green Day “Father Of All…” [14|3] [-4] [306]
21 Neon Trees “Used To Like” [3|21] [+4] [19]

Hour 2
20 YUNGBLUD/Dan Reynolds “Original Me” [8|20] [+1] [54]
19 Sub Urban “Cradles” [5|19] [+4] [33]
EX: NONONO “Pumpin Blood” (2013)
18 Shaed “Thunder” [13|18] [+2] [86]
17 The Lumineers “Life In The City” [9|17] [+5] [57]
16 Tones and I “Dance Monkey” [12|16] [=] [103]
CB2: Lana Del Rey “Mariners Apartment Complex” 
15 AWOLNATION “The Best” [4|15] [+4] [44]
14 Mumford and Sons “Blind Leading The Blind” [6|14] [+3] [63]
Bonus: U2/A.R. Rahman “Ahimsa”
13 Blink-182 “I Really Wish I Hated You” [10|13] [+1] [129]
12 Highly Suspect “16” [16|12] [+3] [149]
EX: I Don’t Know How But They Found Me “Choke” (2019)
11 The Unlikely Candidates “Novocaine” [11|11] [+2] [114]

Hour 3
10 Rex Orange County “10/10” [12|8] [-2] [184]
9 Catfish and The Bottlemen “2all” [14|9] [+1] [160]
EX: Cake “No Phone” (2004)
8 Local Natives “When Am I Gonna Lose You” [13|8] [+1] [182]
7 Weezer “The End Of The Game” [14|2] [-2] [323]
Bonus: The Blue Stones “Shakin’ Off The Rust”
6 White Reaper “Might Be Right” [18|6] [+1] [251]
5 Billie Eilish “all the good girls go to hell” [10|5] [=] [210]
EX: Alanis Morissette “Thank U” (1998)
4 Meg Myers “Running Up That Hill” [25|3] [-1] [367]
3 Absofacto “Dissolve” [23|3] [+1] [385]
EX: Muse “Dead Inside” (2015)
2 Twenty|one|pilots “The Hype” [21|1(8x)] [-1] [514]
1 Coldplay “Orphans” [7|1(1x)] [+1] [183]

Falloffs:
11 Lana Del Rey “Doin’ Time” [27|1(3x)] [576] [RECURRENT, Maxed Out]
27 AJR “Dear Winter” [10|27] [33]

Mediabase Alt Top 30 (12.07-12.08.2019)

Mediabase Alt Top 30 (12.07-12.08.2019)
From the 12.07.2019 Saturday Mediabase Alternative Update.

Chart Notes:

  • The final regular countdown of 2019 will be next Saturday.
  • On 12.21.2019 and 12.28.2019, the Mediabase Alt Top 60 of 2019 will be held, with 12.21 being 60-31 and 12.28 being 30-1.
  • Billie Eilish’s everything i wanted debuts.
  • Catfish and The Bottlemen [+4] for Leap Of The Week.
  • Green Day [-6] for Loser Of The Week.
  • Will Twenty|one|pilots be your #1 for the 8th time and 7th consecutively this week?

Hour 1
30 Foals “The Runner” [2|30] [=] [2]
29 Post Malone “Circles” [2|29] [=] [4]
CB1: Jimmy Eat World “Love Never” 
28 Billie Eilish “everything i wanted“ [1|28] [D] [3]
27 AJR “Dear Winter” [10|27] [=] [33]
EX: Of Monsters and Men “Alligator” (2019)
26 Of Monsters and Men “Wars” [6|26] [=] [15]
25 Neon Trees “Used To Like” [2|25] [+3] [9]
Bonus: The Federal Empire “I Never Liked Your Friends”
24 Joywave “Obsession” [9|24] [+1] [36]
23 Sub Urban “Cradles” [4|23] [+1] [21]
EX: Smith and Thell/Swedish Jam Factory “Forgive Me Friend” (2019)
22 The Lumineers “Life In The City” [8|22] [+1] [43]
21 YUNGBLUD/Dan Reynolds “Original Me” [7|21] [=] [43]

Hour 2
20 Shaed “Thunder” [12|20] [=] [73]
19 AWOLNATION “The Best” [3|19] [+3] [28]
EX: Audioslave “Be Yourself” (2005)
18 Green Day “Father Of All…” [13|3] [-6] [297]
17 Mumford and Sons “Blind Leading The Blind” [5|17] [+2] [46]
16 Tones and I “Dance Monkey” [11|16] [+2] [88]
CB2: Silversun Pickups “Don’t Know Yet” 
15 Highly Suspect “16” [15|15] [+2] [130]
14 Blink-182 “I Really Wish I Hated You” [9|14] [+1] [111]
Bonus: Marshmello/YUNGBLUD/blackbear “Tongue Tied” 
13 The Unlikely Candidates “Novocaine” [10|13] [+3] [94]
12 Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean “Dear Future Self (Hands Up)” [12|8] [-2] [223]
EX: The 1975 “Love Me” (2015)
11 Lana Del Rey “Doin’ Time” [27|1(3x)] [=] [576] [RECURRENT, 4/4 Bonus Weeks and Maxed Out]

Hour 3
10 Catfish and The Bottlemen “2all” [13|10] [+4] [138]
9 Local Natives “When Am I Gonna Lose You” [12|9] [=] [159]
EX: Silversun Pickups “Panic Switch” (2009)
8 Rex Orange County “10/10” [11|8] [=] [163]
7 White Reaper “Might Be Right” [17|7] [=] [226]
Bonus: Steve Aoki/Sting/Shaed “2 In A Million” 
6 Weezer “The End Of The Game” [13|2] [-2] [289]
5 Billie Eilish “all the good girls go to hell” [9|5] [+1] [184]
EX: Iggy Pop/Kate Pierson “Candy” (1990)
4 Absofacto “Dissolve” [22|4] [=] [357]
3 Meg Myers “Running Up That Hill” [24|3] [=] [340]
EX: Alex Clare “Too Close” (2012)
2 Coldplay “Orphans” [6|2] [=] [153]
1 Twenty|one|pilots “The Hype” [20|1(8x)] [=] [485]

Falloffs:
13 Illenium/Jon Bellion “Good Things Fall Apart” [25|3] [498] [RECURRENT, <15]