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Alternative Airplay

Alternative Airplay is a music chart published by Billboard since 1988, ranking the 40 most-played songs on alternative and modern rock radio stations. Initially introduced as Modern Rock Tracks, it reflected the rise of alternative music in the late 1980s and has evolved alongside the genre's mainstream acceptance. The chart now primarily features alternative rock, indie pop, and pop punk artists, distinguishing itself from the Mainstream Rock chart, which focuses on blues rock, hard rock, and heavy metal.

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Alternative Airplay

Alternative Airplay is a music chart published by Billboard since 1988, ranking the 40 most-played songs on alternative and modern rock radio stations. Initially introduced as Modern Rock Tracks, it reflected the rise of alternative music in the late 1980s and has evolved alongside the genre's mainstream acceptance. The chart now primarily features alternative rock, indie pop, and pop punk artists, distinguishing itself from the Mainstream Rock chart, which focuses on blues rock, hard rock, and heavy metal.

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Alternative Airplay (formerly known as Modern Rock Tracks between 1988 and 2009, and Alternative

Songs between 2009 and 2020) is a music chart published in the American magazine Billboard since
September 10, 1988. It ranks the 40 most-played songs on alternative and modern rock radio stations.
Introduced as Modern Rock Tracks, the chart served as a companion to the Mainstream Rock chart (then
called Album Rock Tracks), and its creation was prompted by the explosion of alternative music on
American radio in the late 1980s. During the first several years of the chart, it regularly featured music
that did not receive commercial radio airplay anywhere but on a few modern rock and college rock radio
stations. This included many electronic and post-punk artists. Gradually, as alternative rock became
more mainstream (spearheaded by the grunge explosion in the early 1990s), alternative and
mainstream rock radio stations began playing many of the same songs. By the late 2000s, the genres
became more fully differentiated with only limited crossover. The Alternative Airplay chart features
more alternative rock, indie pop, and pop punk artists while the Mainstream Rock chart leans towards
more guitar-tinged blues rock, hard rock, and heavy metal.

Alternative Airplay (formerly known as Modern Rock Tracks between 1988 and 2009, and Alternative
Songs between 2009 and 2020) is a music chart published in the American magazine Billboard since
September 10, 1988. It ranks the 40 most-played songs on alternative and modern rock radio stations.
Introduced as Modern Rock Tracks, the chart served as a companion to the Mainstream Rock chart (then
called Album Rock Tracks), and its creation was prompted by the explosion of alternative music on
American radio in the late 1980s. During the first several years of the chart, it regularly featured music
that did not receive commercial radio airplay anywhere but on a few modern rock and college rock radio
stations. This included many electronic and post-punk artists. Gradually, as alternative rock became
more mainstream (spearheaded by the grunge explosion in the early 1990s), alternative and
mainstream rock radio stations began playing many of the same songs. By the late 2000s, the genres
became more fully differentiated with only limited crossover. The Alternative Airplay chart features
more alternative rock, indie pop, and pop punk artists while the Mainstream Rock chart leans towards
more guitar-tinged blues rock, hard rock, and heavy metal.

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