The band notches its 16th lead, past Three Days Grace.
A presence on BillboardThe Airstream playing card of Mainstream Rock Songs since the early 2000s, Shinedown breaks the record for most no. 1s in the nearly 40-year history of the map.
The Florida band’s latest single, “Atlas Falls,” increased 2-1 to Shinedown’s 16th no. 1 to be on the rankings of 22 August.
Led by singer Brent Smith, along with Eric Bass, Barry Kerch and Zach Myers, Shinedown takes over the sole ownership of most no. 1s in the archive of the tally from Three Days Grace, which first mapped less than four months after the Shinedown family trial; Shinedown charted with “Fly From the Inside” on April 19, 2003, while TDG followed with “(I Hate) Everything About You” on the list dated August 2, 2003.
Three Days Grace had taken over the market for most no. 1s in September 2018, when “Infra-Red” became its 14th leader, by passing Van Halen’s trek.
Most no. 1’s, Mainstream Rock Songs
16, Shinedown
15, Three days grace
13, Van Halen
11, Godsmack
10, Disturbed
10, Tom Petty (solo and with the Heartbreakers)
9, Five Finger Death Punch
9, Foo Fighters
9, Metallica
“Atlas Falls” was released in 2020 after they were initially recorded during the sessions for the group’s 2012 album Amaryllis. Prior to its arrival on streaming DSPs, it debuted as part of a bundle of T-shirts that raised funds for COVID-19 relief via Direct Relief.
“Myself, Barry, Zach and Eric are humbled outside,” Smith says Billboard. “‘Atlas Falls’ represents so many emotions, especially now. The success of this song would never have been achieved if it were not for the audience, the fans, family, the people. A song that was written and recorded eight years ago found its voice in 2020 in the midst of a global pandemic as a symbol of optimism, courage and the human mind.
“I want to personally thank our management at De Goot Entertainment, our label Atlantic Records, our incredible partners at Radio and Direct Relief for giving us the inspiration to release the song. We share this No. 1 with the whole world, and we say thank you very much. “Do not give up now. There is already so much at stake.” “
Adds drummer Kerch, who, like Smith, has been a member of the band’s Mainstream Rock Songs No. 1s, “Becoming a part of rock history is something we don’t take for granted. With ‘Atlas Falls’ [hitting] No. 1, we say thank you not only to rock radio, but to the fans all over the world. We are just at the beginning. On behalf of Shinedown, we’re really damn good. Away and up. “
Shinedown boazet no seis nr. 1s in a row, dating in four weeks leader “How Did You Love” in March 2017.
At the same time, “Atlas Falls” topped its No. 11 high on the all-rock format, audience-based Rock Airplay chart, with 3.8 million audience impressions, up 7%, according to Nielsen Music / MRC Data.
Two years after the release of Shinedown’s most recent album, 2018’s Attention Attention, Smith and guitarist Myers will re-launch duo Smith & Myers this week with a new song version, “Not Mad Enough,” plus a cover of Neil Young’s “Rockin ‘in the Free World,” on August 21, followed by the first of the few full-length albums (after two acoustic EPs in 2014), thanks in October on Atlantic Records.
