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	"1901"	Phoenix	^[9]
March 6	"Back Against the Wall"	Cage the Elephant	^[10]
March 13	"Back Against the Wall"	Cage the Elephant	^[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]