Most-charted alternative rock artists
6,398 artists have appeared on at least one countdown in the archive. They are ranked here by their combined results across every list: number of appearances, positions reached and how many different stations charted them. Browse alphabetically or see the listener-voted greatest artists.
| # | Artist | Entries | Lists | Songs | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2401 | Muscles | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | 2007–2008 |
| 2402 | The Kite String Tangle | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 2013–2014 |
| 2403 | Social Code | 4 | 4 | 3 | – | 2005–2007 |
| 2404 | The Associates | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 1982–1991 |
| 2405 | Dennis Lloyd | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 2018–2020 |
| 2406 | Nelly Furtado | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 2000–2001 |
| 2407 | Easybeats | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | 2018–2024 |
| 2408 | Jess Williamson | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2023–2026 |
| 2409 | Mick Jagger & David Bowie | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1985 |
| 2410 | Scars On Broadway | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | 2008 |
| 2411 | Holy Holy | 5 | 3 | 5 | – | 2017–2021 |
| 2412 | White Lion | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | 1990 |
| 2413 | Dayglow | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 2020–2021 |
| 2414 | Wilson Pickett | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2006–2010 |
| 2415 | Nur-D | 6 | 5 | 5 | – | 2020–2025 |
| 2416 | Ila | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 2022 |
| 2417 | Aereogramme | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 2004 |
| 2418 | Suicide Machines | 9 | 9 | 3 | – | 1996–2000 |
| 2419 | Chalk Circle | 4 | 2 | 3 | – | 1991–1999 |
| 2420 | Caribou | 5 | 4 | 2 | – | 2010–2024 |
| 2421 | Ladyhawke | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 2008 |
| 2422 | Them | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | 1987–2012 |
| 2423 | Redskins | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | 1982–1984 |
| 2424 | Keli Holiday | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | 2025 |
| 2425 | The Left Banke | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | 2004–2020 |
| 2426 | Survivor | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 2021–2024 |
| 2427 | William Shatner | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 2004–2024 |
| 2428 | Brides of Destruction | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | 2004 |
| 2429 | Desireless | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1987–1988 |
| 2430 | Gemini Syndrome | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 2013–2016 |
| 2431 | Danger Mouse & Black Thought | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | 2022–2026 |
| 2432 | Fred Again | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | 2022 |
| 2433 | Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 2009–2020 |
| 2434 | Two Feet | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2018–2020 |
| 2435 | Brand New Sin | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 2002 |
| 2436 | Ra Ra Riot | 6 | 6 | 5 | – | 2009–2016 |
| 2437 | Nikki Lane | 5 | 5 | 2 | – | 2017–2026 |
| 2438 | Ill Nino | 6 | 6 | 3 | – | 2001–2005 |
| 2439 | Edith Piaf | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 2006–2020 |
| 2440 | Gregg Allman | 4 | 4 | 3 | – | 2017–2023 |
| 2441 | Griswolds | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 2014 |
| 2442 | Trip Shakespeare | 9 | 9 | 3 | – | 1991–2023 |
| 2443 | Bombay Bicycle Club | 7 | 7 | 2 | – | 2011–2014 |
| 2444 | Sluts Of Trust | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 2003–2004 |
| 2445 | WALLOWS | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 2020–2024 |
| 2446 | Carly Simon | 5 | 4 | 2 | – | 2005–2026 |
| 2447 | Soundtrack of Our Lives | 6 | 5 | 2 | – | 2003–2004 |
| 2448 | Until December | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 1988–1991 |
| 2449 | Raphael Saadiq | 6 | 4 | 4 | – | 2010–2024 |
| 2450 | Daf | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 1988–1994 |
| 2451 | Epicure | 4 | 3 | 4 | – | 2003–2005 |
| 2452 | Imperal Drag | 7 | 7 | 1 | – | 1999–2005 |
| 2453 | Motion City Soundtrack | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 2005–2025 |
| 2454 | The Futureheads | 6 | 6 | 4 | – | 2003–2013 |
| 2455 | Scapegoat Wax | 6 | 6 | 3 | – | 2001–2002 |
| 2456 | Joywave | 5 | 5 | 4 | – | 2014–2018 |
| 2457 | Kottonmouth Kings | 5 | 5 | 1 | – | 1998–2007 |
| 2458 | Raul Malo | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | 2006–2013 |
| 2459 | BT / Mike Doughty | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 2000–2003 |
| 2460 | The Rural Alberta Advantage | 5 | 4 | 3 | – | 2009–2025 |
| 2461 | Katy Perry | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 2008–2024 |
| 2462 | Dimmu Borgir | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | 2012–2015 |
| 2463 | Digable Planets | 5 | 3 | 4 | – | 2020–2024 |
| 2464 | C-Bank | 5 | 5 | 1 | – | 1988–1998 |
| 2465 | Snoop Dogg | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 2004–2024 |
| 2466 | Le Tigre | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | 2004–2024 |
| 2467 | Motor Ace | 4 | 3 | 4 | – | 2000–2002 |
| 2468 | Tubeway Army | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | 1979–2005 |
| 2469 | Tiger Army | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | 2007 |
| 2470 | Badflower | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | 2018–2021 |
| 2471 | Owl City | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 2009–2013 |
| 2472 | P. O. S. | 4 | 2 | 4 | – | 2009–2012 |
| 2473 | Over The Rhine | 8 | 8 | 4 | – | 1994–2006 |
| 2474 | Lupe Fiasco | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 2006–2025 |
| 2475 | God Lives Underwater | 7 | 7 | 1 | – | 1998 |
| 2476 | Townes Van Zandt | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 2006–2020 |
| 2477 | The Sore Losers | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | 2010–2014 |
| 2478 | Daryl Braithwaite | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2018–2025 |
| 2479 | Rooney | 7 | 7 | 2 | – | 1998–2005 |
| 2480 | Glenn Miller | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 2006–2020 |
| 2481 | Lorna Shore | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | 2024–2026 |
| 2482 | Operator | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 2007 |
| 2483 | Emerson Lake Palmer | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | 2025 |
| 2484 | Anderson. Paak | 5 | 4 | 3 | – | 2018–2025 |
| 2485 | Zita Swoon | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | 1999–2002 |
| 2486 | Mighty Wah | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 1984–2004 |
| 2487 | Half Alive | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| 2488 | Pinback | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 2004–2005 |
| 2489 | Rezillos | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 1977–1978 |
| 2490 | Manowar | 5 | 2 | 5 | – | 1990–2002 |
| 2491 | Self | 9 | 9 | 2 | – | 1996–2014 |
| 2492 | Stereophonics & Tom Jones | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 2000–2003 |
| 2493 | Archers of Loaf | 6 | 6 | 1 | – | 1993–2024 |
| 2494 | Fefe Dobson | 6 | 3 | 3 | – | 2003–2004 |
| 2495 | Tom Jones | 5 | 5 | 2 | – | 1994–2006 |
| 2496 | Macy Gray | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | 1999–2023 |
| 2497 | Baz Luhrmann | 5 | 4 | 4 | – | 1999 |
| 2498 | Hot Tuna | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | 2004–2020 |
| 2499 | Donna Summer | 5 | 4 | 3 | – | 2018–2022 |
| 2500 | Gerling | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | 1999–2003 |