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Mediabase Alt Top 30 (01.25-01.26.2020)

Mediabase Alt Top 30 (01.25-01.26.2020)
From the 01.25.2020 Saturday Mediabase Alternative Update.

Chart Notes:

  • Grouplove + Beck + Cage The Elephant + Dan Luke and The Raid debut.
  • Billie Eilish’s everything i wanted [+5] for Leap Of The Week.
  • Local Natives [-6] for Loser Of The Week.
  • Will Absofacto maintain their #1 run? Or does Meg Myers take the top spot for herself?

Hour 1
30 Beck “Uneventful Days” [1|30] [D] [1]
29 Dan Luke and The Raid “Fool” [1|29] [D] [2]

EX: Adam Ant “Wonderful” (1995)
28 Lana Del Rey “Mariners Apartment Complex” [3|28] [=] [8]
27 Post Malone “Circles” [7|27] [=] [13]
Bonus: The Federal Empire “I Never Liked Your Friends”
26 Joywave “Obsession” [14|23] [-3] [28]
25 Silversun Pickups “Don’t Know Yet” [5|25] [=] [24]
CB1: Goody Grace/Blink-182 “Scumbag” ​​​​​​​
24 Grouplove “Deleter” [1|24] [D] [7]
23 Cage The Elephant “Black Madonna” [1|23] [D] [8]

EX: Cage The Elephant “Aberdeen” (2011)
22 Saint Motel “Van Horn” [5|22] [+4] [21]
21 Weezer “The End Of The Game” [18|2] [-2] [59]

Hour 2
20 Matt Maeson “Go Easy” [4|20] [+4] [28]
19 YUNGBLUD/Dan Reynolds “Original Me” [12|19] [+2] [44]
EX: K.Flay “Bad Vibes” (2019)
18 Of Monsters and Men “Wars” [11|18] [+4] [40]
17 Shaed “Thunder” [17|17] [+3] [51]
16 Billie Eilish “all the good girls go to hell” [14|5] [-5] [85]
CB2: Green Day “Oh Yeah!”
15 Mumford and Sons “Blind Leading The Blind” [10|11] [-2] [74]
14 Local Natives “When Am I Gonna Lose You” [17|7] [-6] [88]
Bonus: Hayley Williams “Simmer”
13 Neon Trees “Used To Like” [7|13] [+2] [58]
12 Blink-182 “I Really Wish I Hated You” [14|12] [+2] [69]
EX: Dashboard Confessional​​​​​​​ “Hands Down” (2003)
11 Billie Eilish “everything i wanted“ [6|11] [+5] [52]

Hour 3
10 The Lumineers “Life In The City” [13|10] [+2] [76]
9 Sub Urban “Cradles” [9|9] [+1] [79]
EX: Matisyahu “King Without A Crown” (2006)
8 AWOLNATION “The Best” [8|8] [+1] [85]
7 Catfish and The Bottlemen “2all” [18|7] [=] [92]
Bonus: Kaleo “I Want More”
6 The Unlikely Candidates “Novocaine” [15|6] [=] [96]
5 Twenty|one|pilots “The Hype” [25|1(8x)] [-1] [107]
CB3: Pearl Jam “Dance Of The Clairvoyants”
4 White Reaper “Might Be Right” [22|4] [+1] [105]
3 Coldplay “Orphans” [11|1(3x)] [=] [116]
EX: Linkin Park “The Catalyst” (2010)
2 Absofacto “Dissolve” [27|1(1x)] [-1] [117]
1 Meg Myers “Running Up That Hill” [29|1(1x)] [+1] [115]

Falloffs:
17 Tones and I “Dance Monkey” [15|16] [42] [RECURRENT, <15]
18 Highly Suspect “16” [19|12] [43] [RECURRENT, <15]
29 Rex Orange County “10/10” [15|8] [20]
30 Foals “The Runner” [6|30] [3]

Mediabase Alt Top 30 (01.18-01.19.2020)

Mediabase Alt Top 30 (01.18-01.19.2020)
From the 01.18.2020 Saturday Mediabase Alternative Update.

Chart Notes:

  • no returns/debuts.
  • Billie Eilish’s everything i wanted [+5] for Leap Of The Week.
  • Billie Eilish’s all the good girls go to hell [-5] for Loser Of The Week.
  • Can Coldplay maintain #1 for the 4th week in a row? Or do Meg Myers or Absofacto take it themselves?

Hour 1
30 Foals “The Runner” [6|30] [=] [3]
29 Rex Orange County “10/10” [15|8] [-6] [20]
Bonus: Dan Luke and The Raid “Fool”
28 Lana Del Rey “Mariners Apartment Complex” [2|28] [+1] [5]
27 Post Malone “Circles” [6|27] [+1] [9]
EX: The Strokes “Juicebox” (2005)
26 Saint Motel “Van Horn” [4|26] [+1] [12]
25 Silversun Pickups “Don’t Know Yet” [4|25] [=] [18]
CB1: Grouplove “Deleter”
24 Matt Maeson “Go Easy” [3|24] [+2] [17]
23 Joywave “Obsession” [13|23] [+1] [23]
EX: Joywave “It’s A Trip!” (2017)
22 Of Monsters and Men “Wars” [10|22] [=] [27]
21 YUNGBLUD/Dan Reynolds “Original Me” [11|20] [-1] [32]

Hour 2
20 Shaed “Thunder” [16|18] [-2] [37]
19 Weezer “The End Of The Game” [17|2] [-4] [49]
EX: Incubus “Stellar” (2000)

18 Highly Suspect “16” [19|12] [-2] [43]
17 Tones and I “Dance Monkey” [15|16] [=] [42]
16 Billie Eilish “everything i wanted“ [5|16] [+5] [32]
CB2: Cage The Elephant “Black Madonna”
15 Neon Trees “Used To Like” [6|15] [+4] [40]
14 Blink-182 “I Really Wish I Hated You” [13|13] [=] [50]
Bonus: Green Day “Oh Yeah!”
13 Mumford and Sons “Blind Leading The Blind” [9|11] [-2] [58]
12 The Lumineers “Life In The City” [12|12] [+1] [55]
EX: Bush “Baby Come Home”​​​​​​​ (2012)
11 Billie Eilish “all the good girls go to hell” [13|5] [-5] [70]

Hour 3
10 Sub Urban “Cradles” [8|10] [+2] [57]
9 AWOLNATION “The Best” [7|9] [+1] [62]
EX: Mike Shinoda “Crossing A Line” (2018)
8 Local Natives “When Am I Gonna Lose You” [16|7] [-1] [71]
7 Catfish and The Bottlemen “2all” [17|7] [+2] [68]
Bonus: The 1975 “Me and You Together Song”
6 The Unlikely Candidates “Novocaine” [14|6] [+2] [71]
5 White Reaper “Might Be Right” [21|5] [=] [78]
EX: Concrete Blonde “Someday?” (1992)  
4 Twenty|one|pilots “The Hype” [24|1(8x)] [=] [81]
3 Coldplay “Orphans” [10|1(3x)] [-2] [88]
EX: The Killers “When You Were Young” (2006)
2 Meg Myers “Running Up That Hill” [28|2] [+1] [85]
1 Absofacto “Dissolve” [26|1(1x)] [+1] [88]

Falloffs:
none

Mediabase Alt Top 30 (01.11-01.12.2020)

Mediabase Alt Top 30 (01.11-01.12.2020)
From the 01.11.2020 Saturday Mediabase Alternative Update.

Chart Notes:

  • Lana Del Rey debuts.
  • Billie Eilish’s everything i wanted [+3] for Leap Of The Week.
  • Weezer [-5] for Loser Of The Week.
  • Can Coldplay maintain #1 for the 3rd week in a row? Or do Meg Myers or Absofacto take it themselves?

 

Hour 1
30 Foals “The Runner” [5|30] [=] [2]
29 Lana Del Rey “Mariners Apartment Complex” [1|29] [D] [2]
EX: K’s Choice “Not An Addict” (1997) 
28 Post Malone “Circles” [5|28] [+1] [5]
27 Saint Motel “Van Horn” [3|27] [+1] [7]
CB1: Beck “Uneventful Days” 
26 Matt Maeson “Go Easy” [2|26] [=] [10]
25 Silversun Pickups “Don’t Know Yet” [3|25] [=] [12]
EX: Silversun Pickups “It Doesn’t Matter Why” (2019)
24 Joywave “Obsession” [12|23] [-1] [15]
23 Rex Orange County “10/10” [14|8] [-2] [18]
Bonus: Grouplove “Deleter”
22 Of Monsters and Men “Wars” [9|22] [=] [18]
21 Billie Eilish “everything i wanted“ [4|21] [+3] [17]

Hour 2
20 YUNGBLUD/Dan Reynolds “Original Me” [10|20] [=] [22]
19 Neon Trees “Used To Like” [5|19] [=] [24]
EX: Paramore “Decode” (2008)
18 Shaed “Thunder” [15|18] [=] [26]
17 Tones and I “Dance Monkey” [14|16] [=] [28]
16 Highly Suspect “16” [18|12] [=] [30]
CB2: The Federal Empire “I Never Liked Your Friends” 
15 Weezer “The End Of The Game” [16|2] [-5] [37]
14 Blink-182 “I Really Wish I Hated You” [12|13] [+1] [33]
Bonus: Cold War Kids “Dirt In My Eyes”
13 The Lumineers “Life In The City” [11|13] [=] [36]
12 Sub Urban “Cradles” [7|12] [+2] [36]
EX: The Strumbellas “We Don’t Know” (2016)
11 Mumford and Sons “Blind Leading The Blind” [8|11] [=] [40]

Hour 3
10 AWOLNATION “The Best” [6|10] [+2] [40]
9 Catfish and The Bottlemen “2all” [16|9] [=] [44]
EX: Muse “Undisclosed Desires” (2010)
8 The Unlikely Candidates “Novocaine” [13|8] [=] [46]
7 Local Natives “When Am I Gonna Lose You” [15|7] [=] [48]
Bonus: Dan Luke and The Raid “Fool”
6 Billie Eilish “all the good girls go to hell” [12|5] [=] [50]
5 White Reaper “Might Be Right” [20|5] [=] [52]
EX: Staind “Price To Play” (2003) 
4 Twenty|one|pilots “The Hype” [23|1(8x)] [=] [54]
3 Meg Myers “Running Up That Hill” [27|3] [=] [56]
EX: Stone Temple Pilots “Plush” (1993)
2 Absofacto “Dissolve” [25|2] [=] [58]
1 Coldplay “Orphans” [9|1(3x)] [=] [60]

Falloffs:
27 Green Day “Father Of All…” [15|3] [4]

Mediabase Alt Top 30 (01.04-01.05.2020)

Mediabase Alt Top 30 (01.04-01.05.2020)
From the 01.04.2020 Saturday Mediabase Alternative Update.

Chart Notes:

  • This is the first regular countdown of 2020, so songs are reset to 0 points and accumulating upwards from there.
  • Matt Maeson debuts.
  • Sub Urban [+5] for Leap Of The Week.
  • Rex Orange County [-11] for Loser Of The Week.
  • Can Coldplay maintain #1 for the 2nd week in a row? Or do Meg Myers or Absofacto take it themselves?

Hour 1
30 Foals “The Runner” [4|30] [=] [1]
29 Post Malone “Circles” [4|29] [=] [2]
CB1: Lana Del Rey “Mariners Apartment Complex”
28 Saint Motel “Van Horn” [2|28] [=] [3]
27 Green Day “Father Of All…” [15|3] [-5] [4]
EX: Catfish and The Bottlemen “Longshot”​​​​​​​ (2019)
26 Matt Maeson “Go Easy” [1|26] [D] [5]
25 Silversun Pickups “Don’t Know Yet” [2|25] [+2] [6]
EX: PJ Harvey “Sheela-Na-Gig” (1992)
24 Billie Eilish “everything i wanted“ [3|24] [+2] [7]
23 Joywave “Obsession” [11|23] [+2] [8]
Bonus: Goody Grace/Blink-182 “Scumbag”
22 Of Monsters and Men “Wars” [8|22] [+2] [9]
21 Rex Orange County “10/10” [13|8] [-11] [10]

Hour 2
20 YUNGBLUD/Dan Reynolds “Original Me” [9|20] [=] [11]
19 Neon Trees “Used To Like” [4|19] [+2] [12]
EX: Imagine Dragons “Demons” (2013)
18 Shaed “Thunder” [14|18] [=] [13]
17 Tones and I “Dance Monkey” [13|16] [-1] [14]
16 Highly Suspect “16” [17|12] [-4] [15]
EX: Blink-182 “I Miss You” (2003)
15 Blink-182 “I Really Wish I Hated You” [11|13] [-2] [16]
14 Sub Urban “Cradles” [6|14] [+5] [17]
Bonus: Cage The Elephant “Black Madonna”
13 The Lumineers “Life In The City” [10|13] [+4] [18]
12 AWOLNATION “The Best” [5|12] [+3] [19]
EX: Walk The Moon “One Foot” (2017)
11 Mumford and Sons “Blind Leading The Blind” [7|11] [+3] [20]

Hour 3
10 Weezer “The End Of The Game” [15|2] [-3] [21]
9 Catfish and The Bottlemen “2all” [15|9] [=] [22]
EX: The Cranberries “Free To Decide” (1996)
8 The Unlikely Candidates “Novocaine” [12|8] [+3] [23]
7 Local Natives “When Am I Gonna Lose You” [14|7] [+1] [24]
Bonus: The Black Keys “Shine A Little Light”
6 Billie Eilish “all the good girls go to hell” [11|5] [-1] [25]
5 White Reaper “Might Be Right” [19|5] [+1] [26]
EX: Audioslave “Doesn’t Remind Me” (2005)
4 Twenty|one|pilots “The Hype” [22|1(8x)] [-1] [27]
3 Meg Myers “Running Up That Hill” [26|3] [+1] [28]
EX: lovelytheband “Broken” (2017)
2 Absofacto “Dissolve” [24|2] [+1] [29]
1 Coldplay “Orphans” [8|1(2x)] [=] [30]

Falloffs:
23 Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean “Dear Future Self (Hands Up)” [13|8]

Mediabase Alt Top 30: Top 100 Songs of the 2010s

Mediabase Alt Top 30: Top 100 Songs of the 2010s
1 lovelytheband “Broken” (2017) [1,521] :1stplace:
2 Cold War Kids “First” (2015) [1,360]
3 Portugal. The Man “Feel It Still” (2017) [1,288]
4 Panic! At The Disco “High Hopes” (2018) [1,122]
5 Milky Chance “Stolen Dance” (2014) [1,086]

6 Imagine Dragons “Radioactive” (2012) [1,084]
7 Shaed “Trampoline” (2018) [1,080]
8 Foster The People “Pumped Up Kicks” (2011) [1,073]
9 Imagine Dragons “Believer” (2017) [1,057]
10 Foster The People “Sit Next To Me” (2017) [1,055]

11 Capital Cities “Safe and Sound” (2012) [1,053]
12 The Neighbourhood “Sweater Weather” (2012) [1,044]
13 Muse “Madness” (2012) [1,034]
14 Cage The Elephant “Come A Little Closer” (2013) [1,034]
15 The Dirty Heads/Rome “Lay Me Down” (2010) [1,011]
16 Imagine Dragons “Demons” (2013) [984]
17 The Black Keys “Tighten Up” (2010) [979]
18 Cage The Elephant “Trouble” (2016) [971]
19 Arctic Monkeys “Do I Wanna Know?” (2013) [967]
20 Big Data/Joywave “Dangerous” (2014) [959]

21 The Revivalists “Wish I Knew You” (2016) [957]
22 The Lumineers “Ho Hey” (2012) [938]
23 Bastille “Pompeii” (2013) [938]
24 X Ambassadors “Renegades” (2015) [933]
25 Neon Trees “Animal” (2010) [924]
26 Kaleo “Way Down We Go” (2016) [916]
27 The Black Keys “Little Black Submarines” (2012) [909]
28 Rise Against “Savior” (2009) [907]
29 Imagine Dragons “It’s Time” (2012) [905]
30 Walk The Moon “Shut Up And Dance” (2014) [897]

31 Mumford and Sons “I Will Wait” (2012) [897]
32 Grouplove “Tongue Tied” (2011) [889]
33 Kongos “Come With Me Now” (2014) [887]
34 Muse “Uprising” (2009) [880]
35 Of Monsters and Men “Mountain Sound” (2012) [869]
36 Fitz and The Tantrums “Out Of My League” (2013) [865]
37 Linkin Park “Waiting For The End” (2010) [864]
38 Of Monsters and Men “Little Talks” (2012) [859]
39 Phoenix “1901” (2009) [857]
40 AWOLNATION “Sail” (2011) [851]

41 Marshmello/Bastille “Happier” (2018) [845]
42 Foo Fighters “Walk” (2011) [839]
43 Cage The Elephant “Shake Me Down” (2010) [830]
44 Elle King “Ex’s and Oh’s” (2015) [829]
45 Mumford and Sons “The Cave” (2010) [828]
46 Vance Joy “Riptide” (2014) [827]
47 Imagine Dragons “Whatever It Takes” (2017) [827]
48 Twenty|one|pilots “Heathens” (2016) [816]
49 Gotye/Kimbra “Somebody That I Used To Know” (2011) [803]
50 Twenty|one|pilots “Stressed Out” (2015) [789]

51 The Lumineers “Ophelia” (2016) [775]
52 Atlas Genius “Trojans” (2012) [768]
53 Hozier “Take Me To Church” (2014) [752]
54 Imagine Dragons “Natural” (2018) [752]
55 Imagine Dragons “Thunder” (2017) [738]
56 The Black Keys “Howlin’ For You” (2011) [738]
57 Twenty|one|pilots “Ride” (2016) [737]
58 Walk The Moon “One Foot” (2017) [737]
59 Blink-182 “Bored To Death” (2016) [723]
60 Muse “Resistance” (2010) [721]

61 Young The Giant “Cough Syrup” (2011) [713]
62 Bastille “Bad Blood” (2014) [710]
63 The Airborne Toxic Event “Changing” (2011) [707]
64 The Black Keys “Fever” (2014) [701]
65 The Black Keys “Gold On The Ceiling” (2012) [696]
66 Fitz and The Tantrums “The Walker” (2013) [695]
67 Foo Fighters “Rope” (2011) [693]
68 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness “Cecilia And The Satellite” (2014) [685]
69 The Strumbellas “Spirits” (2016) [678]
70 Phoenix “Lisztomania” (2010) [676]

71 Passion Pit “Take A Walk” (2012) [676]
72 Kings Of Leon “Waste A Moment” (2016) [674]
73 fun./Janelle Monáe “We Are Young” (2011) [673]
74 Rise Against “Help Is On The Way” (2011) [666]
75 The Black Keys “Lonely Boy” (2011) [664]
76 Bush “The Sound Of Winter” (2011) [664]
77 Alex Clare “Too Close” (2012) [659]
78 Grouplove “Ways To Go” (2013) [645]
79 AJR “Burn The House Down” (2018) [640]
80 Linkin Park “Burn It Down” (2012) [637]

81 Lorde “Team” (2013) [631]
82 Judah and The Lion “Take It All Back” (2016) [629]
83 Foals “Mountain At My Gates” (2015) [617]
84 Cage The Elephant “In One Ear” (2010) [609]
85 Twenty|one|pilots “Tear In My Heart” (2015) [609]
86 Portugal. The Man “Live In The Moment” (2017) [608]
87 fun. “Some Nights” (2012) [607]
88 Bastille “Good Grief” (2016) [606]
89 Rag’n’Bone Man “Human” (2016) [605]
90 New Politics “Harlem” (2013) [603]

91 Lorde “Royals” (2013) [601]
92 Mumford and Sons “Little Lion Man” (2010) [601]
93 The Head and The Heart “All We Ever Knew” (2016) [598]
94 Weezer “Feels Like Summer” (2017) [591]
95 Bleachers “I Wanna Get Better” (2014) [588]
96 Beck “Up All Night” (2017) [585]
97 Muse “Undisclosed Desires” (2010) [585]
98 30 Seconds To Mars “Walk On Water” (2017) [583]
99 Red Hot Chili Peppers “Dark Necessities” (2016) [580]
100 Sir Sly “High” (2017) [579]

 

=
101 Lana Del Rey “Doin’ Time” (2019) [576]
102 Coldplay “Paradise” (2011) [574]
103 The Lumineers “Gloria” (2019) [574]
104 flora cash “You’re Somebody Else” (2018) [574]
105 Nothing But Thieves “Trip Switch” (2015) [573]
106 Coldplay “Adventure Of A Lifetime” (2015) [572]
107 Alice Merton “No Roots” (2017) [572]
108 Red Hot Chili Peppers “The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie” (2011) [571]
109 Matt Maeson “Cringe” (2019) [570]
110 AWOLNATION “Kill Your Heroes” (2012) [565]