Shinedown Becomes First Act With 20 Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1s

Shinedown adds to its record number of No. 1s on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, strutting to the top of the March 15-dated survey with “Dance, Kid, Dance.”

The song becomes Shinedown’s milestone 20th leader on Mainstream Rock Airplay, which began in 1981. The Brent Smith-fronted rockers first reigned with “Save Me” in 2005. They have earned their two most recent rulers consecutively, as “Dance, Kid, Dance” follows the four-week rule of “A Symptom of Being Human” in January-February 2024.

All of the band’s No. 1s on the chart have been released on and promoted to radio by Atlantic Records.

Most No. 1s, Mainstream Rock Airplay:
20, Shinedown
18, Three Days Grace
15, Five Finger Death Punch
14, Foo Fighters
14, Metallica
13, Godsmack
13, Van Halen
12, Disturbed
12, Linkin Park

“Dance, Kid, Dance” is one of two Shinedown songs currently on the tally. “Three Six Five,” which was released concurrently with “Dance, Kid, Dance” on Jan. 24, reaches a new No. 38 high.

“Dance, Kid, Dance” also lifts 7-6 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with 3.3 million audience impressions (up 1%) in the week ending March 6, according to Luminate.

On the most recently published, multimetric Hot Hard Rock Songs chart (dated March 8, reflecting data Feb. 21-27), “Dance, Kid, Dance” ranked at No. 9, after it debuted at its No. 3 high (Feb. 8). In addition to its radio airplay, the song earned 344,000 official U.S. streams.

“Three Six Five,” meanwhile, is the lead radio single at other radio formats. It rises 17-16 on Adult Pop Airplay and holds at its No. 19 best on Alternative Airplay.

Both songs are the first tastes of new music from Shinedown since 2022’s Planet Zero. A new studio album, the band’s eighth, has not yet been announced.

All Billboard charts dated March 15 will update Tuesday, March 11 on Billboard.com.

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