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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5301 | Big Kenny | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | 2007–2010 |
| 5302 | Afrocelt Sound System/Peter Gabriel | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2013 |
| 5303 | Furniture | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1991–1999 |
| 5304 | Corrosion of Conformity | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 2000–2005 |
| 5305 | Trance-Dance | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1987 |
| 5306 | Caroline's Spine | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2000 |
| 5307 | Dream City Film Club | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1997 |
| 5308 | Candy Candy | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2010 |
| 5309 | Ginuwine | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2023 |
| 5310 | Junior Senior | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2003 |
| 5311 | The Noisettes | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2009 |
| 5312 | Bertha | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2004 |
| 5313 | Seal/Sire | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1994 |
| 5314 | Page Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2004 |
| 5315 | Dub Pistols | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 1999 |
| 5316 | Tupac Shakur | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 2006 |
| 5317 | 10 Years After | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1990 |
| 5318 | Tom Robinson Band | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2010 |
| 5319 | Tony C. and The Truth | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2005 |
| 5320 | Madison Cunningham | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2019 |
| 5321 | Gear Daddies | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 2023 |
| 5322 | Lifter Puller | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2023 |
| 5323 | Stars of Track & Field | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2007 |
| 5324 | Hotel Satellite | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2026 |
| 5325 | Susan Werner | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 2006 |
| 5326 | Dave Graney/Coral Snakes | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1994 |
| 5327 | 60ft Dolls | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1998 |
| 5328 | Cornershop presents Bubbley Kaur | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2004 |
| 5329 | Spizzenergi | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1980 |
| 5330 | Amy MacDonald | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2008 |
| 5331 | Julia Jacklin | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2023 |
| 5332 | Dave | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2021 |
| 5333 | BADBADNOTGOOD, V.C.R | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2025 |
| 5334 | Wishbone Ash | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2012 |
| 5335 | Medication | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2002 |
| 5336 | Craving Theo | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 2001–2002 |
| 5337 | Brandy and Monica | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2023 |
| 5338 | Friedrich Gulda, Vienna Philharmonic & Claudio Abbado | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2020 |
| 5339 | Summercamp | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1997 |
| 5340 | The Lowest of the Low | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 1992–1999 |
| 5341 | Selena | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2023 |
| 5342 | Machine Gun Feedback | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1992 |
| 5343 | Motograter | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2003 |
| 5344 | Huck Johns | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2006 |
| 5345 | Supagroup | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2007 |
| 5346 | Rob Dickinson | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2005 |
| 5347 | Young Gods | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1992 |
| 5348 | Matt Good | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2009 |
| 5349 | Beat Happening | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2019 |
| 5350 | Unified Theory | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2000 |
| 5351 | John Taylor | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1986 |
| 5352 | Mother Earth | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2020 |
| 5353 | NITE | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2026 |
| 5354 | Chet Atkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 2006 |
| 5355 | Jane Siberry & k.d. lang | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2009 |
| 5356 | Circus of Power | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1988–1990 |
| 5357 | Linkin Park/Steve Aoki | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2013 |
| 5358 | Lo-Fang | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2014 |
| 5359 | Aaron Copland | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 2006 |
| 5360 | Wilson | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2015 |
| 5361 | Rainer Maria | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 2006–2025 |
| 5362 | Art of Dying | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2005 |
| 5363 | Miava | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2021–2022 |
| 5364 | Dyscordia | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2016 |
| 5365 | 3D | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1988 |
| 5366 | House of Lords | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1990 |
| 5367 | Los Del Rio | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2023 |
| 5368 | Now Now | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2025 |
| 5369 | blackwave. | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2022 |
| 5370 | Petula Clark | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2020 |
| 5371 | George Strait | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 2006 |
| 5372 | Sandi Thom | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2006 |
| 5373 | Benny Benassi Presents The Biz | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2003 |
| 5374 | The Dissociatives | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2004 |
| 5375 | Madside | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2005 |
| 5376 | Tove Lo | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2023 |
| 5377 | The Wendy's | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1991 |
| 5378 | The Nields | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 2006 |
| 5379 | Grace Cummings | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2024 |
| 5380 | Inch | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1997 |
| 5381 | Little Hurricane | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2014 |
| 5382 | Rufus Del Sol | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2022 |
| 5383 | Vallieres | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2007 |
| 5384 | Flying Blind | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2001 |
| 5385 | Joe Strummer and Johnny Cash | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2004 |
| 5386 | Jazz Butcher | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1990 |
| 5387 | Brougham | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2000 |
| 5388 | Gigolo Aunts | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1994 |
| 5389 | Matchbook Romance | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2006 |
| 5390 | Marian Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 2006 |
| 5391 | C.W. Mc Call | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2010 |
| 5392 | Plan B | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2011 |
| 5393 | David Gogo & Tom Wilson | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2004 |
| 5394 | Dangerman | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1999 |
| 5395 | Cheech Marin | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1985 |
| 5396 | Bad Suns | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2020 |
| 5397 | Talk Show | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1997 |
| 5398 | Big Joe Turner | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2012 |
| 5399 | Indigo de Souza | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 2023–2026 |
| 5400 | Snake River Conspiracy | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2000 |