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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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:
- ↑ "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)).
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