The band lands its 14th chief with “Infra-Red.”
There’s a brand new head honcho amongst acts with essentially the most No. 1s within the 37-year historical past of Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Songs airplay chart.
Three Days Grace breaks the file for essentially the most leaders, as “Infra-Red” rises 2-1 on the Sept. 15-dated tally. The band tallies its 14th No. 1, breaking a tie with Van Halen for essentially the most because the record launched in 1981.
The Canadian four-piece achieved the feat in simply over 15 years of showing on the chart and first led with “Just Like You” in August 2004; Van Halen dominated 13 occasions after practically 17 years of scaling the survey (with the band’s profession predating the chart’s inception).
Most No. 1s All-Time on Mainstream Rock Songs
14, Three Days Grace
13, Van Halen
12, Shinedown
10, Tom Petty (solo and with The Heartbreakers)
9, Aerosmith
9, Metallica
A distinction between Three Days Grace and Van Halen’s Mainstream Rock Songs No. 1 sums displays the eras of every band’s hit-making heydays: Six of Van Halen’s 13 leaders hit the Billboard Hot 100’s prime 40, together with 1984’s No. 1 “Jump.” In the 2000s and 2010s, when comparatively few rock songs have crossed to such mainstream acceptance, Three Days Grace has but to achieve the Hot 100’s prime 40 (rating as excessive as No. 44 with “Pain” in 2007).
Three Days Grace earned 10 No. 1s with unique frontman Adam Gontier, who departed in 2013. The most up-to-date 4, together with “Infra-Red,” function Matt Walst on vocals.
Additionally, Three Days Grace already held the file for many weeks at No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Songs, a mark that now stands at 82 weeks; Shinedown is second with 66 (through its 12 No. 1s).
“Infra-Red” additionally leaps into the highest 20 of the all-rock-format Rock Airplay chart, zooming 22-17 with 4.1 million viewers impressions (up 15 p.c), in line with Nielsen Music. On the Hot Rock Songs chart, which blends airplay, streaming and gross sales information, the tune strikes up 5 spots to a brand new peak of No. 31.
“Infra-Red” is the second No. 1 from the band’s album Outsider (launched in March), following five-week chief “The Mountain.”
