\n\tShinedown<\/a> pads its record for the most No. 1s in the history of Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Mainstream Rock Airplay<\/a> chart as \u201cSearchlight\u201d rules the March 7-dated tally.<\/p>\n \n\tThe song becomes the band\u2019s 22nd Mainstream Rock Airplay leader, dating to its first in 2005. The survey began in 1981.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cSearchlight\u201d also marks the band\u2019s second No. 1 in a row, following \u201cKilling Fields\u201d in September.<\/p>\n \n\tMost No. 1s, Mainstream Rock Airplay:<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tShinedown first topped the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart dated Nov. 19, 2005, with the 12-week leader \u201cSave Me.\u201d (That song and \u201cBully,\u201d in 2012, represent the band\u2019s longest No. 1 runs.) The group has logged eight of its 22 leaders this decade, after 10 in the 2010s and four in the \u201800s.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cSearchlight\u201d is already the third No. 1 from EI8HT<\/em>, Shinedown\u2019s eighth studio album, despite the set not being due until May 29. In addition to \u201cSearchlight\u201d and \u201cKilling Fields,\u201d \u201cDance, Kid, Dance\u201d led for a week in March 2025.<\/p>\n \n\tConcurrently, \u201cSearchlight\u201d climbs 10-7 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay<\/a> chart with 3.4 million audience impressions in the week ending Feb. 26, a gain of 12%, according to Luminate. Each of the songs to reach the ranking from Eight has hit the top 10, paced by the No. 5 peak for \u201cDance, Kid, Dance.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tEI8HT<\/em> is the follow-up to Shinedown\u2019s Planet Zero<\/em>. The latter debuted at No. 1 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart in July 2022 and has earned 452,000 equivalent album units to date.<\/p>\n \n\tAll Billboard <\/em>charts dated March 7 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, March 3.<\/p>\n\n
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