
The quartet’s exceptional streak pushed it into sole possession of the record for the most No. Shinedown Now One Away From Tom Petty's Record for Most Mainstream Rock Songs Top 10s 1s, meaning nearly two-thirds of the group’s entries have reigned, including its last six in a row dating to 2017. Its perfect top-five batting average (27-for-27, all released on Atlantic Records) includes a chart-record 16 No.

In a career that’s spanned 27 charting singles on Mainstream Rock Airplay to date, Shinedown has never not sent one of its songs to the top five, let alone the top 10. 2 in February 2005. “Save Me” then began a 12-week domination in November 2005, bringing Shinedown to its most frequent peak on Mainstream Rock Airplay: No. 5 in September 2004 and “Burning Bright” rose to No. 3 in May 2004, a cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd‘s “Simple Man” hit No. 5 on Mainstream Rock Airplay in September 2003. 1 on Billboard‘s Greatest of All Time Mainstream Rock Artists chart, announced its presence with its debut single, “Fly From the Inside,” which peaked at No. The Florida-formed, Brent Smith-fronted quartet, No. The band may not have even formed until two decades into the lifespan of the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, but Shinedown reigning as the list’s all-time top artist should be none too surprising for anyone who’s followed the ranking in the ensuing 20 years. “In terms of actual rock radio airplay, the track has indeed become the primary unit of measurement.” 1s With 'Atlas Falls'Īs rock radio solidified its standing as a format, however, “Something else is needed: tracks research,” Harrison mused.

Most of these songs could stand alone, but together they’re the work of a band unafraid of veering from one side of life’s road to another, and of rock stars totally in tune with the people who put them there.Shinedown Breaks Record for Most Mainstream Rock Songs No. Taken as a whole, Planet Zero continues Shinedown’s good work but widens their stride. In fact, Daylight’s proof that a great song is a great song, irrespective of genre. So where Army Of The Underappreciated is a bruising punk-metal song (albeit played with greater musicality and production value than most artists of that genre would muster), Daylight is this whole other thing – a unifying ballad that could conceivably have been written for Leona Lewis. Its pacing is especially to be admired as is its caring assessment of what fear and confusion has done to our humanity.

But this album is both considered and considerate. The title-track and manic opener No Sleep Tonight go full frontal, Shinedown at their most assertive.
