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Breaking Benjamin
Band Wilkes-Barre United States Formed 1999
Breaking Benjamin formed in 1999 in Wilkes-Barre, United States. Breaking Benjamin has 159 chart appearances on 110 radio countdowns from 41 stations on RockLists, spanning 2002–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “I Will Not Bow”, which appears on 28 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 3 countdowns. The station that charted Breaking Benjamin most often is 94.3 WCYY (Portland, ME), with 23 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
Breaking Benjamin came roaring out of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1999, the brainchild of singer and guitarist Benjamin Burnley and drummer Jeremy Hummel, with Aaron Fink on guitar and Mark James Klepaski on bass. After the debut Saturate in 2002, We Are Not Alone in 2004 nailed the formula: churning riffs, verses that seethe and choruses that burst wide open, with Burnley's voice sliding from a hush to a howl. "So Cold" is the proof, all nervous tension and release, with "Sooner or Later" and "Rain" close behind.
Chad Szeliga replaced Hummel in 2005, and Phobia in 2006 upped the drama with "The Diary of Jane", "Breath" and "Until the End", big, brooding post-grunge built for arena lights. Dear Agony in 2009 brought "I Will Not Bow". Then Burnley's recurring health problems forced a long hiatus, and a compilation released without his approval led to a legal fight and the dismissal of Fink and Klepaski. Szeliga left too, and for a while Burnley was the band.
He rebuilt it with an entirely new lineup, Aaron Bruch, Keith Wallen, Jasen Rauch and Shaun Foist, and the comeback worked: Dark Before Dawn went to number one on the Billboard 200 with "Failure" and "Defeated", and Ember followed in 2018 with "Red Cold River". Through every lineup, Burnley has written the songs, and the sound hasn't budged an inch.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Breaking Benjamin on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Will Not Bow | 28 | #1 | 1 | 2009 | |
| 2 | So Cold | 26 | #1 | 1 | 2004 | |
| 3 | Breath | 15 | #1 | 1 | 2007 | |
| 4 | The Diary of Jane | 19 | #6 | – | 2006 | |
| 5 | Give Me a Sign | 9 | #2 | – | 2010 | |
| 6 | Awaken | 6 | #7 | – | 2024 | |
| 7 | Sooner or Later | 9 | #17 | – | 2005 | |
| 8 | Lights Out | 7 | #5 | – | 2010 | |
| 9 | Red Cold River | 4 | #7 | – | 2018 | |
| 10 | Failure | 4 | #3 | – | 2015 | |
| 11 | Give Me a Sign (Forever & Ever) | 3 | #12 | – | 2010 | |
| 12 | Torn In Two | 3 | #9 | – | 2018 | |
| 13 | Polyamorous | 4 | #25 | – | 2002 | |
| 14 | Blow Me Away | 3 | #14 | – | 2011 | |
| 15 | Angels Fall | 2 | #39 | – | 2015 | |
| 16 | Skin | 2 | #6 | – | 2003 | |
| 17 | Follow | 1 | #5 | – | 2004 | |
| 18 | Dear Agony | 2 | #16 | – | 2020 | |
| 19 | Until the End | 2 | #53 | – | 2007 | |
| 20 | Rain | 2 | #91 | – | 2005 | |
| 21 | Give Me A Sign (Forever & Forever) | 1 | #25 | – | 2010 | |
| 22 | Never Again | 2 | #38 | – | 2017 | |
| 23 | Far Away | 1 | #40 | – | 2020 | |
| 24 | Defeated | 1 | #13 | – | 2016 | |
| 25 | Enjoy the Silence | 1 | #58 | – | 2011 | |
| 26 | Tourniquet | 1 | #60 | – | 2019 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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Songs by other artists credited with Breaking Benjamin as a guest.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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