List of number-one Billboard Alternative Songs of 2010

These are the Billboard Alternative Songs number-one hits of 2010.

Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.

List

Key

Indicates best charting alternative song of 2010 Note: Year-end most popular alternative/modern rock songs, ranked by airplay detections as measured by Nielsen BDS.

Issue date	Song	Artist	Reference(s)
January 2	"Uprising"	Muse	[1]
January 9			[2]
January 16			[3]
January 23			[4]
January 30	"Kings and Queens"	Thirty Seconds to Mars	[5]
February 6			[6]
February 13			[7]
February 20	"1901"	Phoenix	[8]
February 27			[9]
March 6	"Back Against the Wall"	Cage the Elephant	[10]
March 13			[11]
March 20	"Resistance"	Muse	[12]
March 27			[13]
April 3			[14]
April 10	"Mountain Man"	Crash Kings	[15]
April 17	"Resistance"	Muse	[16]
April 24	"Between the Lines"	Stone Temple Pilots	[17]
May 1			[18]
May 8			[19]
May 15	"Lay Me Down"	The Dirty Heads featuring Rome Ramirez	[20]
May 22			[21]
May 29			[22]
June 5			[23]
June 12			[24]
June 19			[25]
June 26			[26]
July 3			[27]
July 10			[28]
July 17			[29]
July 24			[30]
July 31	"This Is War"	Thirty Seconds to Mars	[31]
August 7	"In One Ear"	Cage the Elephant	[32]
August 14			[33]
August 21			[34]
August 28			[35]
September 4	"The Catalyst"	Linkin Park	[36]
September 11			[37]
September 18			[38]
September 25			[39]
October 2	"Animal"	Neon Trees	[40]
October 9	"Little Lion Man"	Mumford & Sons	[41]
October 16	"Radioactive"	Kings of Leon	[42]
October 23			[43]
October 30			[44]
November 6	"Tighten Up"	The Black Keys	[45]
November 13			[46]
November 20			[47]
November 27			[48]
December 4			[49]
December 11			[50]
December 18			[51]
December 25			[52]

References

See also

• 2010 in music
• List of number-one alternative hits (United States)
• List of number-one Billboard Alternative Albums of 2010