Throwback 2016 Alternative music

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These are all the top 1 songs of the year 20216 according to billboard, kinda wild how this is data is so true, like the pilots have been doing arenas for years, and lowk key wondering when they'll start doing stadiums tours. Cage the Elephants, is such a staple indie band as well, so very Tumblr. 

My favorite on this list has to Dark Necessities, Heathens, and Ophelia. For me, 2016 felt so dance pop heavy but alternative wise, love Twenty One Pilots, The Chili Peppers, and The Lumineers. 

Title

Artist

Reached #1

Wks @ #1

"Stressed Out"

Twenty One Pilots

November 21, 2015

12

"Mess Around"

Cage the Elephant

February 13, 2016

1

"Adventure of a Lifetime"

Coldplay

February 20, 2016

2

"Mess Around

Cage the Elephant

March 5, 2016

2

"Mountain at My Gates"

Foals

March 19, 2016

1

"Trip Switch"

Nothing but Thieves

March 26, 2016

2

"Ride"

Twenty One Pilots

April 9, 2016

6

"Spirits"

The Strumbellas

May 21, 2016

2

"Ride

Twenty One Pilots

June 4, 2016

1

"Ophelia" †[12]

The Lumineers

June 11, 2016

4

"Bored to Death"

Blink-182

July 9, 2016

5

"Dark Necessities"

Red Hot Chili Peppers

August 13, 2016

1

"Way Down We Go"

Kaleo

August 20, 2016

2

"Trouble"

Cage the Elephant

September 3, 2016

1

"Heathens"

Twenty One Pilots

September 10, 2016

9

"Bang Bang"

Green Day

November 12, 2016

1

"Heathens

Twenty One Pilots

November 19, 2016

2

"Waste a Moment"

Kings of Leon

December 3, 2016

1

"All We Ever Knew"

The Head and the Heart

December 10, 2016

1

"Waste a Moment

Kings of Leon

December 17, 2016

3


Billboards top 100 list had  top 100 list also had alternative songs Unsteady, Let it Go, Gold, Lost Boy and Adventure of a Lifetime. Pulse had a list similar! Also a great list of other bangers as well! Buttttt like below are some of my personal top listens in 2016. Honestly, love all of theses songs way more than the billboard top 100........