Inverse Point System:
30 = 1, 29 = 2, 28 = 3 [...] 3 = 28, 2 = 29, 1 = 30, et al.
Mediabase Alt Top 30 YTD Points (2015)
1 X Ambassadors “Renegades” 894 Most Weeks @#1 in 2015 [11]
2 Cold War Kids “First” 766
3 Elle King “Ex’s and Oh’s” 737
4 Walk The Moon “Shut Up And Dance” 723
5 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness “Cecilia And The Satellite” 634 Highest Song NOT to go #1
6 Twenty|one|pilots “Tear In My Heart” 609
7 Mumford and Sons “Believe” 534
8 Mumford and Sons “The Wolf” 520
9 Death Cab For Cutie “Black Sun” 504
10 AWOLnation “Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)” 502
11 Vance Joy “Mess Is Mine” 496
12 Muse “Dead Inside” 493
13 Coleman Hell “2 Heads” 484
14 Robert DeLong “Long Way Down” 470
15 Beck “Dreams” 467
16 Death Cab For Cutie “The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive” 453
17 Modest Mouse “Lampshades On Fire” 438
18 Of Monsters and Men “Crystals” 431
19 Milky Chance “Stolen Dance” 411
20 The Struts “Could Have Been Me” 409
21 AWOLnation “I Am” 401
22 Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats “S.O.B.” 372
23 Twenty|one|pilots “Stressed Out” 367
24 Foo Fighters “Congregation” 356
25 Cage The Elephant “Cigarette Daydreams” 340
26 Florence + The Machine “Ship To Wreck” 323
27 Walk The Moon “Different Colors” 321
28 Saint Motel “My Type” 315
29 George Ezra “Budapest” 293
30 Silversun Pickups “Nightlight” 289
31 Atlas Genius “Molecules” 284
32 Bleachers “Rollercoaster” 281
33 Panic! At The Disco “Hallelujah” 275
34 Muse “Mercy” 274
35 Imagine Dragons “I Bet My Life” 271
36 Wolf Alice “Moaning Lisa Smile” 248
37 Florence + The Machine “What Kind Of Man” 247
38 Hozier “Take Me To Church” 236
39 Arctic Monkeys “R U Mine?” 232
40 BØRNS “Electric Love” 229
41 Foals “Mountain At My Gates” 228
42 James Bay “Hold Back The River” 223
43 Imagine Dragons “Shots” 218
44 Vance Joy “Fire And The Flood” 211
45 Houndmouth “Sedona” 209
46 Alabama Shakes “Don’t Wanna Fight” 199
47 Foo Fighters “Outside” 199
48 Halsey “New Americana” 197
49 Foo Fighters “Something From Nothing” 193
50 Joywave “Somebody New” 184
51 The Black Keys “Weight Of Love” 180
52 The Offspring “Coming For You” 178
53 Cage The Elephant “Mess Around” 170
54 Imagine Dragons “Roots” 165
55 Meg Myers “Sorry” 162
56 Royal Blood “Little Monster” 147
57 The Arcs “Outta My Mind” 146
58 Royal Blood “Figure It Out” 142
59 CHVRCHES “Leave A Trace” 134
60 In The Valley Below “Peaches” 132
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61 Robert DeLong “Don’t Wait Up” 131
62 Banks “Beggin For Thread” 126
63 Modest Mouse “The Ground Walks, With Time In A Box” 124
64 Catfish and The Bottlemen “Kathleen” 121
65 Coldplay “Adventure Of A Lifetime” 118
66 Alt-J “Every Other Freckle” 116
67 Big Data/Joywave “Dangerous” 114
68 Sublime With Rome “Wherever You Go” 111
69 Weezer “Thank God For Girls” 110
70 Chris Cornell “Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart” 106
71 Nothing But Thieves “Trip Switch” 86
72 X Ambassadors “Unsteady” 84
73 Incubus “Absolution Calling” 80
74 Glass Animals “Gooey” 76
75 The 1975 “Love Me” 74
76 Fall Out Boy “Centuries” 70
77 Yelawolf “Till It’s Gone” 68
78 Disclosure/Lorde “Magnets” 56
79 Saint Motel “Cold Cold Man” 55
80 Glass Animals “Black Mambo” 53
81 Night Riots “Contagious” 49
82 JR JR “Gone” 48
83 The Kooks “Bad Habit” 46
84 The Dirty Heads “Sound Of Change” 44
85 Rise Against “Tragedy + Time” 44
86 Highly Suspect “Lydia” 44
87 Vance Joy “Riptide” 44
88 Bush “The Only Way Out” 37
89 New Politics “West End Kids” 34
90 Lorde “Yellow Flicker Beat” 33
91 Nate Ruess “Nothing Without Love” 32
92 Meg Myers “Lemon Eyes” 29
93 Fall Out Boy “Uma Thurman” 27
94 Passion Pit “Lifted Up (1985)” 26
95 The Dead Weather “I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)” 25
96 Matt and Kim “Get It” 24
97 Panic! At The Disco “Victorious” 24
98 New Politics “Everywhere I Go (Kings & Queens)” 24
99 Mumford and Sons “Ditmas” 22
100 Milky Chance “Flashed Junk Mind” 18
101 Breaking Benjamin “Failure” 16
102 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness “High Dive” 16
103 The Neighbourhood “R.I.P 2 My Youth” 15
104 Joywave “Now” 14
105 U2 “Every Breaking Wave” 11
106 Fitz and The Tantrums “Fools Gold” 10
107 Foo Fighters “Saint Cecilia” 9
108 The Struts “Kiss This” 6
109 Of Monsters and Men “Empire” 4
110 Big Grams “Lights On” 2
111 El Vy “Return To The Moon” 1
112 Ms Mr “Painted” 1
113 Weezer “Da Vinci” 1
2014 (Top 20 of 125)
1 Kongos “Come With Me Now” 887
2 Big Data/Joywave “Dangerous” 844
3 Vance Joy “Riptide” 783
4 Arctic Monkeys “Do I Wanna Know?” 761
5 Bastille “Bad Blood” 710 Highest Song NOT to go #1
6 The Black Keys “Fever” 701
Most Weeks @#1 in 2014 [11]
7 Fitz and The Tantrums “The Walker” 695
8 Milky Chance “Stolen Dance" 675
9 Bleachers “I Wanna Get Better” 588
10 Cage The Elephant “Come A Little Closer” 583
11 Hozier “Take Me To Church” 516
12 The Dirty Heads “My Sweet Summer” 514
13 Alt-J “Left Hand Free” 466
14 Arctic Monkeys “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?” 463
15 Lorde “Team” 450
16 Coldplay “A Sky Full Of Stars” 415
17 Phantogram “Fall In Love” 405
18 Bastille “Flaws” 398
19 Weezer “Back To The Shack” 390
20 Young The Giant “It’s About Time” 386
#1s (inverse points era):
2016:
2015: X Ambassadors "Renegades" 894
2014: Kongos “Come With Me Now” 887
2013: Capital Cities “Safe and Sound” 1,053
2012: Imagine Dragons “It’s Time” 905
2011: Foster The People “Pumped Up Kicks” 1,073