Green Day’s “Dilemma” becomes the band’s eighth leader on Billboard’s Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, shooting from No. 4 to No. 1 on the tally dated April 6.
The song reigns with 6.7 million audience impressions, a boost of 15%, March 22-28, according to Luminate.
Green Day pads its position for the second-most toppers in the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart’s nearly 15-year history. Foo Fighters lead all acts with 11 No. 1s.
Most No. 1s, Rock & Alternative Airplay:
11, Foo Fighters
8, Green Day
6, Cage the Elephant
6, twenty one pilots
5, The Black Keys
5, Imagine Dragons
5, Linkin Park
4, Red Hot Chili Peppers
3, Weezer
Green Day claimed the first No. 1 on Rock & Alternative Airplay, as “Know Your Enemy” led the inaugural list dated June 20, 2009. Prior to “Dilemma,” the trio last led, for seven weeks, with “The American Dream Is Killing Me” beginning in November 2023.
Concurrently, “Dilemma” bullets at its No. 2 best on Mainstream Rock Airplay and lifts 6-5 on Alternative Airplay.
On the most recently published, multimetric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ranking (dated March 30, reflecting activity March 15-21), “Dilemma” debuted at No. 50. In addition to its radio airplay, the song earned 376,000 official U.S. streams.
“Dilemma” is the second single, following “The American Dream Is Killing Me,” from Saviors, Green Day’s 14th studio album. The set debuted at No. 1 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart dated Feb. 3 and has earned 100,000 equivalent album units to date.
All Billboard charts dated April 6 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, April 2.
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