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System of a Down

Band Glendale, California United States Formed 1994

System of a Down formed in 1994 in Glendale, California. System of a Down has 254 chart appearances on 124 radio countdowns from 21 stations on RockLists, spanning 1999–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Chop Suey”, which appears on 62 lists and was voted number one twice. In total the artist has topped 5 countdowns. The station that charted System of a Down most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 52 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.

254appearances
124countdowns
19songs charted
21stations
5#1 finishes
1999–2026years

System of a Down formed in Glendale, California, in 1994, and the Armenian-American quartet's Toxicity (2001) arrived the week of the September 11 attacks and went to number one on the Billboard 200. "Chop Suey!" was the number one song of 2001 on WBTZ and Y100's number one of 2002, and "Toxicity" was KROQ's number two of 2002.

"Aerials" was the number one song of 2002 on WFNX and WHFS, and "B.Y.O.B." was CHOI's number one of 2005 and a top-ten song of the year across the archive. The band went on hiatus in 2006.

Songs by System of a Down on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Chop Suey#188 of all time
4,777		 62 #1 2 2001
2 Toxicity
2,667		 43 #2 – 2002
3 Aerials
1,790		 24 #1 2 2002
4 Hypnotize
1,320		 21 #10 – 2005
5 B.Y.O.B.
1,258		 19 #1 1 2005
6 Innervision
621		 18 #37 – 2002
7 Lonely Day
600		 12 #14 – 2006
8 Question!
486		 10 #12 – 2005
9 Sugar
270		 10 #56 – 1999
10 Psycho
159		 4 #30 – 2002
11 Radio/Video
146		 4 #53 – 2005
12 Spiders
118		 5 #65 – 2000
13 Cigaro
113		 4 #73 – 2005
14 Lost in Hollywood
81		 2 #51 – 2005
15 I-E-A-I-A-I-O
44		 3 #79 – 2003
16 Kill Rock n' Roll
42		 1 #63 – 2006
17 Chic N Stu
39		 1 #62 – 2003
18 Spiderwebs
8		 1 #461 – –
19 Violent Pornography
6		 1 #377 – 2005

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

99 00 01 02 03 05 06

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2026 5 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2026)
2026 26 Toxicity Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2026)
2025 10 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2025)
2025 16 Toxicity Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2025)
2025 61 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2025)
2024 7 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2024)
2024 18 Toxicity Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2024)
2024 64 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2024)
2024 177 Chop Suey WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024)
2023 8 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2023)
2023 25 Toxicity Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2023)
2023 55 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2023)
2022 34 Artist ranking The End Top 100 Alternative Artists of All Time
2022 8 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2022)
2022 20 Toxicity Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2022)
2022 50 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2022)
2021 11 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2021)
2021 21 Toxicity Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2021)
2021 38 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2021)
2021 97 Toxicity Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2021)
2020 5 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2020)
2020 17 Toxicity Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2020)
2020 41 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2020)
2020 95 Toxicity Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2020)
2019 5 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2019)
2019 22 Toxicity Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2019)
2019 43 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2019)
2018 3 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2018)
2018 14 Toxicity Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2018)
2018 38 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2018)
2017 2 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2017)
2017 22 Toxicity Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2017)
2017 27 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2017)
2016 5 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2016)
2016 27 Toxicity Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2016)
2016 29 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2016)
2015 3 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2015)
2015 26 Toxicity Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2015)
2015 36 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2015)
2014 4 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2014)
2014 43 Toxicity Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2014)
2014 53 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2014)
2013 7 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2013)
2013 56 Toxicity Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2013)
2013 80 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2013)
2013 26 Chop Suey Triple J Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years (2013)
2012 6 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2012)
2012 69 Toxicity Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2012)
2011 5 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2011)
2011 47 Toxicity Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2011)
2010 12 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2010)
2010 31 Toxicity Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2010)
2010 117 Chop Suey 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium
2009 120 Chop Suey Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009)
2009 162 Toxicity Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009)
2009 223 Aerials Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009)
2009 7 Chop Suey Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2009)
2009 26 Toxicity Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2009)
2009 45 B.Y.O.B. Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2009)
2009 82 Chop Suey Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (2009)
2009 33 Chop Suey WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 2009)
2009 57 Aerials WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 2009)
2008 45 Chop Suey KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008)
2008 138 Toxicity KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008)
2008 234 Aerials KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008)
2008 344 Sugar KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008)
2008 444 B.Y.O.B. KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008)
2007 306 Spiders KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)
2007 311 Sugar KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)
2007 17 Artist ranking KROQ Top 106.7 Artists of All-Time (Memorial Day 2007)
2007 40 Artist ranking Live 105 Top 105.3 Artists of All-Time (May 2007)
2006 13 Hypnotize KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2006
2006 27 Lonely Day KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2006
2006 18 Hypnotize 91X Top 91 Songs of 2006
2006 52 Lonely Day 91X Top 91 Songs of 2006
2006 46 Hypnotize Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2006
2006 58 Lonely Day Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2006
2006 63 Kill Rock n' Roll Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2006
2006 45 Lonely Day Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2006
2006 64 Hypnotize Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2006
2006 83 B.Y.O.B. Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2006
2006 31 Lonely Day The End Top 107 Songs of 2006
2006 21 Hypnotize 89X Top 89 Songs of 2006
2006 49 Lonely Day 89X Top 89 Songs of 2006
2006 13 Hypnotize CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2006
2006 72 Lonely Day CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2006
2006 90 Lonely Day The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2006
2006 14 Lonely Day The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2006
2006 40 Hypnotize The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2006
2006 51 Lonely Day WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2006
2006 10 Hypnotize Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2006
2006 43 Lonely Day Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2006
2006 50 Chop Suey KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 121 Aerials KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 179 Toxicity KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 240 Sugar KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 328 Psycho KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 393 B.Y.O.B. KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 440 Hypnotize KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 461 Spiderwebs KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 82 Chop Suey Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 169 Toxicity Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 203 Hypnotize Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 346 Aerials Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 442 Sugar Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 14 Chop Suey The End Top 107 Songs of the Millennium (December 2006)
2006 72 B.Y.O.B. The End Top 107 Songs of the Millennium (December 2006)
2006 99 Toxicity The End Top 107 Songs of the Millennium (December 2006)
2006 52 Artist ranking 91X Top 100 Artists of All-Time (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 463 Artist ranking WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006)
2005 7 B.Y.O.B. KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2005
2005 32 Question! KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2005
2005 45 Hypnotize KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2005
2005 73 Cigaro KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2005
2005 92 Lonely Day KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2005
2005 19 Hypnotize 91X Top 91 Songs of 2005
2005 39 B.Y.O.B. 91X Top 91 Songs of 2005
2005 56 Question! 91X Top 91 Songs of 2005
2005 44 Hypnotize Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2005
2005 51 Lost in Hollywood Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2005
2005 83 B.Y.O.B. Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2005
2005 103 Question! Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2005
2005 14 B.Y.O.B. Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005
2005 84 Radio/Video Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005
2005 100 Cigaro Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005
2005 53 Hypnotize WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005
2005 83 Question! WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005
2005 5 B.Y.O.B. The End Top 107 Songs of 2005
2005 32 Hypnotize The End Top 107 Songs of 2005
2005 53 Radio/Video The End Top 107 Songs of 2005
2005 98 Question! The End Top 107 Songs of 2005
2005 19 B.Y.O.B. 89X Top 89 Songs of 2005
2005 50 Hypnotize 89X Top 89 Songs of 2005
2005 15 B.Y.O.B. Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005
2005 85 Hypnotize Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005
2005 150 Cigaro Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005
2005 40 B.Y.O.B. CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2005
2005 1 B.Y.O.B. CHOI Top 98 Songs of 2005
2005 45 Question! CHOI Top 98 Songs of 2005
2005 16 B.Y.O.B. The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2005
2005 34 Hypnotize The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2005
2005 46 Question! The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2005
2005 2 B.Y.O.B. WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2005
2005 12 Question! WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2005
2005 22 Hypnotize WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2005
2005 27 B.Y.O.B. Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005
2005 57 Radio/Video Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005
2005 76 Hypnotize Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005
2005 12 B.Y.O.B. Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2005
2005 48 Question! Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2005
2005 11 B.Y.O.B. ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005
2005 34 Question! ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005
2005 53 Hypnotize ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005
2005 92 Cigaro ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005
2005 268 Radio/Video ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005
2005 289 Lost in Hollywood ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005
2005 377 Violent Pornography ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005
2005 16 Artist ranking KROQ Top 106.7 Biggest Bands of All-Time (July 2005)
2004 258 Chop Suey Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004)
2004 284 Sugar Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004)
2004 80 Aerials Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004)
2004 100 Chop Suey Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004)
2004 185 Toxicity Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004)
2003 63 Innervision KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003
2003 85 I-E-A-I-A-I-O KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003
2003 50 Innervision 91X Top 91 Songs of 2003
2003 29 Aerials Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003
2003 58 Innervision Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003
2003 38 Innervision K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2003
2003 51 Innervision WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003
2003 79 I-E-A-I-A-I-O WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003
2003 62 Chic N Stu Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003
2003 33 Aerials Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003
2003 62 Innervision Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003
2002 2 Toxicity KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002
2002 6 Aerials KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002
2002 17 Chop Suey KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002
2002 30 Psycho KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002
2002 44 Innervision KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002
2002 106.7 I-E-A-I-A-I-O KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002
2002 39 Aerials 91X Top 91 Songs of 2002
2002 9 Aerials Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002
2002 16 Toxicity Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002
2002 105 Innervision Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002
2002 5 Aerials Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002
2002 7 Toxicity Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002
2002 37 Chop Suey Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002
2002 1 Aerials WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002
2002 11 Toxicity WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002
2002 56 Innervision WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002
2002 3 Toxicity K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002
2002 5 Chop Suey K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002
2002 10 Aerials K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002
2002 52 Psycho K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002
2002 81 Innervision K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002
2002 1 Aerials WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002 8 Toxicity WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002 93 Innervision WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002 94 Psycho WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002 3 Toxicity The End Top 107 Songs of 2002
2002 13 Aerials The End Top 107 Songs of 2002
2002 37 Innervision The End Top 107 Songs of 2002
2002 11 Aerials 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002
2002 72 Innervision 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002
2002 1 Chop Suey Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002 17 Aerials Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002 38 Toxicity Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002 82 Innervision Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002 3 Toxicity The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002
2002 8 Aerials The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002
2002 39 Innervision The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002
2002 4 Toxicity WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002
2002 5 Aerials WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002
2002 86 Innervision WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002
2002 18 Toxicity Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002
2002 37 Aerials Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002
2002 87 Innervision Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002
2002 11 Toxicity Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002 13 Aerials Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002 18 Chop Suey Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002 32 Toxicity KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002
2002 44 Aerials KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002
2002 94 Innervision KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002
2002 25 Chop Suey K-Rock Top 92 Party Songs of All-Time (2002)
2002 5 Chop Suey The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial)
2002 62 Toxicity The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial)
2002 12 Artist ranking KROQ Top 106.7 Artists of All-Time (Memorial Day 2002)
2002 12 Artist ranking WHFS Top 99 Artists of All-Time (November 2002)
2001 3 Chop Suey KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001
2001 61 Toxicity KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001
2001 3 Chop Suey Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001
2001 86 Toxicity Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001
2001 54 Chop Suey Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001
2001 3 Chop Suey WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001
2001 80 Aerials WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001
2001 88 Toxicity WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001
2001 19 Chop Suey K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001
2001 10 Chop Suey WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001
2001 7 Chop Suey The End Top 107 Songs of 2001
2001 29 Chop Suey 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001
2001 1 Chop Suey The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001
2001 2 Chop Suey WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2001
2001 3 Chop Suey Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001
2001 48 Chop Suey Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001
2000 83 Spiders KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000
2000 98 Spiders Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000
2000 87 Spiders K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000
2000 56 Sugar WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2000
2000 65 Spiders WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2000
1999 67 Sugar KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999
1999 99 Sugar Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999
1999 73 Sugar K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999
1999 82 Sugar WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999
1999 106.7 Artist ranking KROQ Top 106.7 Artists of All-Time (Year End 1999)