Decade consensus · Alternative & Modern Rock · 51 year-end countdowns
The best alternative rock songs of the 2020s
This ranking of the 2020s combines 51 year-end countdowns from 2020 through 2029. The top song of the '20s is “Bad Decisions” by The Strokes, which charted on 8 countdowns and reached number one one times. The decade’s most-charted artists are Twenty One Pilots, Foo Fighters, Billie Eilish, Glass Animals and The Black Keys.
Top 100 songs of the '20s
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The 2020s ranking adds together two kinds of evidence: the year-end countdowns from each year of the decade, and the retrospective “songs of the decade” countdowns that stations aired afterwards. Year-end lists capture what listeners loved at the time; decade countdowns capture what lasted. Every appearance earns percentile-based points, and the totals are ranked. See the methodology for details.