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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2501 | Life of Agony | 5 | 5 | 2 | – | 2005–2012 |
| 2502 | Aaron Lewis & Fred Durst | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 2000–2001 |
| 2503 | Maurice and the Cliches | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1988–1994 |
| 2504 | Okkervil River | 6 | 5 | 5 | – | 2010–2024 |
| 2505 | Edie Brickell | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 1989–2001 |
| 2506 | Andy Prieboy | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1991–1998 |
| 2507 | Children Collide | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | 2008–2010 |
| 2508 | Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | 2021–2022 |
| 2509 | Ninajirachi | 4 | 1 | 4 | – | 2025 |
| 2510 | OPM | 8 | 8 | 1 | – | 2000 |
| 2511 | T.S.O.L. | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2002–2003 |
| 2512 | Sunny War | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2023–2026 |
| 2513 | Brittany Davis | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | 2023–2026 |
| 2514 | Members | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 1992–2003 |
| 2515 | Shreikback | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 1994–1999 |
| 2516 | Volcano Choir | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | 2013 |
| 2517 | The War and Treaty | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 2020–2025 |
| 2518 | Edgar Winter Group | 6 | 5 | 2 | – | 1991–2024 |
| 2519 | Rebecca's Empire | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | 1994–1997 |
| 2520 | MØ | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | 2015–2019 |
| 2521 | Mory Kante | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1988 |
| 2522 | Elefant | 8 | 8 | 2 | – | 2004–2006 |
| 2523 | Xmal Deutschland | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | 1983–1989 |
| 2524 | Janet Jackson | 7 | 5 | 6 | – | 1990–2024 |
| 2525 | Gary Glitter | 7 | 7 | 1 | – | 1999–2005 |
| 2526 | Leon Russell | 6 | 5 | 4 | – | 2006–2026 |
| 2527 | Apollo 440 | 6 | 6 | 1 | – | 1999–2000 |
| 2528 | Urthboy | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | 2007–2023 |
| 2529 | Paul Dempsey | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | 2009–2023 |
| 2530 | Purr | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2023–2026 |
| 2531 | Stabilo | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 2004–2006 |
| 2532 | Cloud Control | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | 2010–2013 |
| 2533 | Carly Rae Jepsen | 4 | 2 | 3 | – | 2013–2024 |
| 2534 | Sid Vicious | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 1999–2009 |
| 2535 | The Comsat Angels | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 1987–1999 |
| 2536 | Lita Ford | 6 | 3 | 5 | – | 1990–2022 |
| 2537 | The Twins | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | 1987–1992 |
| 2538 | 1,000 Homo DJ's | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 1991–1999 |
| 2539 | Pilate | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | 2003–2004 |
| 2540 | Fire from the Gods | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 2016–2020 |
| 2541 | Of Mice & Men | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | 2014–2021 |
| 2542 | The Bloody Beetroots | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | 2009–2012 |
| 2543 | Dick Dale | 4 | 4 | 3 | – | 1995–2012 |
| 2544 | Dave Brubeck | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2004–2006 |
| 2545 | Arab Strap | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 1996–1997 |
| 2546 | I Don't Know How But… | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 2020 |
| 2547 | Orbit | 5 | 5 | 3 | – | 1997–2002 |
| 2548 | Lady Blackbird | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2025–2026 |
| 2549 | Erykah Badu | 5 | 4 | 2 | – | 2006–2023 |
| 2550 | Animal Kingdom | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 2012–2014 |
| 2551 | Fairground Attraction | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 1988–1991 |
| 2552 | Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 2021–2024 |
| 2553 | Fiction Factory | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 1991–2003 |
| 2554 | Sense Field | 5 | 5 | 2 | – | 2002–2003 |
| 2555 | Breaking Point | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 2002–2005 |
| 2556 | Pothamus | 6 | 5 | 3 | – | 2021–2026 |
| 2557 | Blackfoot | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | 1990–2021 |
| 2558 | Georgia Satellites | 7 | 7 | 1 | – | 2021–2025 |
| 2559 | Pauline Pantsdown | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 1997–1998 |
| 2560 | Boards Of Canada | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | 1998–2000 |
| 2561 | Jawbone | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 2004 |
| 2562 | Gary Numan and Tubeway Army | 4 | 1 | 4 | – | 2003 |
| 2563 | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | 5 | 4 | 2 | – | 2011–2014 |
| 2564 | Bluai | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 2022 |
| 2565 | Art Garfunkel | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 1987–2009 |
| 2566 | One Eskimo | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | 2010–2026 |
| 2567 | Daddy Cool | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 1989–2025 |
| 2568 | The Chats | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | 2019–2022 |
| 2569 | Soulfly | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 2002–2004 |
| 2570 | Finger 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | 2003–2008 |
| 2571 | Foxboro Hot Tubs | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | 2008 |
| 2572 | Danielle Ponder | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | 2022–2026 |
| 2573 | Boom Crash Opera | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 1990–2018 |
| 2574 | Alicia Keys | 5 | 3 | 4 | – | 2001–2024 |
| 2575 | Antihero | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | 2001–2002 |
| 2576 | Dear Rouge | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | 2020–2022 |
| 2577 | Michelle Shocked | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | 1989–2010 |
| 2578 | Womack And Womack | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1988–1989 |
| 2579 | Curve | 4 | 3 | 4 | – | 1991–1998 |
| 2580 | Revis | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | 2003 |
| 2581 | Black Lab | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | 1998 |
| 2582 | Jamie T | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 2009–2014 |
| 2583 | Hurray For The Riff Raff | 5 | 4 | 5 | – | 2017–2026 |
| 2584 | Smokey Robinson | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | 2004–2010 |
| 2585 | Man Man | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2013 |
| 2586 | All That Remains | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | 2009–2017 |
| 2587 | Weather Report | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | 1991–2020 |
| 2588 | Dope Lemon | 4 | 3 | 4 | – | 2016–2021 |
| 2589 | Cardi B | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 2020–2021 |
| 2590 | St. Etienne | 5 | 5 | 1 | – | 1991–1992 |
| 2591 | Jasper Erkens | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 2009 |
| 2592 | Don Dixon | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 1987–1991 |
| 2593 | Johnny Winter | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 2006–2012 |
| 2594 | Ko | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | 2010–2011 |
| 2595 | April Wine | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 1990 |
| 2596 | Psychodots | 8 | 5 | 2 | – | 1994–2001 |
| 2597 | The Terrys | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | 2021–2025 |
| 2598 | Syml | 4 | 3 | 3 | – | 2018–2023 |
| 2599 | Lamb of God | 5 | 5 | 2 | – | 2004–2015 |
| 2600 | Janez Detd. | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | 2006–2008 |