You “by no means made it as a clever man” should you did not guess Nickelback because the Largest Rock Band of the twenty first Century, not less than in response to Billboard.
The weekly music journal that retains tracks of all of the distinguished charts lately counted down the Prime 100 Artists of the twenty first Century throughout all of their charting codecs and Nickelback was the very best charting rock act on the checklist, coming in at No. 26 total.
The band notably had essentially the most performed music at radio throughout all codecs of the 2000s, the 2001 hit single “How You Remind Me,” plus have additionally scored Prime 10 hits on the Scorching 100 chart with “Sometime” (No. 7), “{Photograph}” (No. 2), “Far Away” (No. 8), “Rockstar” (No. 6) and “Gotta Be Someone” (No. 10). Plus they’ve had a wealth of Mainstream Rock, Pop, Adullt Various and Various Airplay singles as effectively.
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Whereas the narrative has been out of there of “rock” being lifeless, when Billboard gathered up the ultimate tally throughout all charts for his or her Prime 100 Artists of the twenty first Century, “rock” was really fairly effectively represented.
After Nickelback’s placement at No. 26, seven extra core rock acts made the minimize as effectively. Plus, there have been a further 5 acts which have discovered success in each the pop, different and rock worlds whose names usually get talked about in rock classes at award exhibits.
So who else made the minimize?
Coming in at No. 37, Billboard named Linkin Park because the second largest rock act of the twenty first Century. The group scored Prime 10 hits on the Scorching 100 with “Within the Finish” (No. 2), “What I’ve Accomplished” (No. 7) and “New Divide” (No. 6), however had greater successes on each the Various Airplay and Mainstream Rock charts.
Avril Lavigne was the highest feminine rocker for the twenty first Century, coming in at No. 47. Beginning off with extra rock cred, she quickly discovered largest success on the pop charts earlier than reclaiming a few of her rock edge lately. Prime songs included “Difficult” (No. 2) “Sk8er Boi” (No. 10), “I am With You” (No. 4), “My Blissful Ending” (No. 9)” and “Girlfriend” (No. 1) on the Billboard Scorching 100 chart.
Creed positioned at No. 66 on the checklist as “With Arms Broad Open” (No. 1), “My Sacrifice” (No. 4), and “One Final Breath” (No. 6) carried over their streak of Scorching 100 Prime 10s into the twenty first Century.
3 Doorways Down additionally had a trio of Prime 10 crossover hits on the Scorching 100 with “Kryptonite” (No. 3), “After I’m Gone” (No. 4) and “Right here With out You” (No. 5) on high of their different and mainstream rock radio hits.
Child Rock made the minimize at No. 83 with a broad attain. His duet with Sheryl Crow on “Image” was his lone Prime 10 Scorching 100 hit, peaking at No. 4. However he scored Mainstream Rock, Various Airplay and Grownup Pop Hits as effectively.
Daughtry claimed the No. 89 spot, discovering Scorching 100 Prime 10 success with the tracks “It is Not Over” (No. 4) and “Residence” (No. 5) in addition to songs on the Grownup Pop, Grownup Up to date, Pop and Mainstream Rock charts.
And claiming the final spot on the checklist at No. 100 is emo powerhouse Fall Out Boy. Songs akin to “Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down” (No. 8), “Dance, Dance” (No. 9), “This Ain’t a Scene, It is an Arms Race” (No. 2) and “Centuries” (No. 10) all cracked the Prime 10 of Billboard Scorching 100. Additionally they scored a lot of their success on the Various Airplay chart.
Others With Rock Ties
As said, there have been a number of different acts which have ties to the rock world. The legendary Santana are sometimes talked about among the many traditional rock greats, however took a poppier flip towards the beginning of the century that helped them to the No. 98 spot.
Likewise, Gwen Stefani was identified for being the frontwoman for certainly one of alt-rock’s largest ’90s bands No Doubt, however a lot of her output within the 2000s has been extra pop leaning and has garnered sufficient success within the pop world to rank at No. 97.
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Twenty One Pilots have dominated the Various Airplay chart lately whereas parlaying that success into fairly a little bit of pop crossover and that helped them to a No. 84 place on the checklist.
Coldplay had been one of many 2000s largest different airplay chart bands, however have seemingly moved extra pop lately. The mixed viewers helped pushed them to No. 53.
And eventually, Think about Dragons began extra within the different rock world and even had a No. 1 Rock Airplay music in “Radioactive,” however have veered extra to pop music on subsequent albums. They positioned at No. 38 on the checklist for the twenty first Century.
What different acts made Billboard’s Prime 100 Artists of the twenty first Century? Who hit No. 1? The total checklist might be discovered at Billboard.
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