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\n\tU2<\/a> pads its record for the most entries on Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Alternative Airplay<\/a> and Mainstream Rock Airplay<\/a> charts as \u201cAtomic City\u201d debuts on multiple tallies dated Oct. 14.<\/p>\n \n\tThe song premieres at No. 27 on Alternative Airplay. It\u2019s the Bono<\/a>-led band\u2019s 43rd chart appearance, extending its mark for the most visits to the ranking, which began in 1988.<\/p>\n \n\tFoo Fighters<\/a> and Pearl Jam<\/a> are the next-closest acts, earning 40 entries each.<\/p>\n \n\tMost Appearances, Alternative Airplay:<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tU2\u2019s Alternative Airplay chart run began on the Sept. 17, 1988, survey \u2013 the list\u2019s second week of existence \u2013 when \u201cJesus Christ\u201d debuted at No. 11. With entries now in the 1980s, \u201890s, 2000s, \u201810s and \u201820s, the band matches Depeche Mode<\/a> and Red Hot Chili Peppers<\/a> as the only acts with appearances in each decade of the list\u2019s archives.<\/p>\n \n\tOf U2\u2019s 43 appearances, 23 have reached the top 10 and eight have gone No. 1, beginning with the five-week ruler \u201cDesire\u201d in October 1988. The band last led the chart with \u201cVertigo\u201d (four weeks, November 2004) and most recently hit the top 10 with \u201cGet On Your Boots\u201d (No. 5, February 2009).<\/p>\n \n\tOn Mainstream Rock Airplay, \u201cAtomic City\u201d debuts at No. 38, the quartet\u2019s record-extending 51st appearance. Tom Petty<\/a>, solo and with the Heartbreakers<\/a>, is next with 48.<\/p>\n \n\tMost Appearances, Mainstream Rock Airplay<\/strong>:<\/p>\n \n\tU2 gains entrance to a select club of acts that have appeared on Mainstream Rock Airplay every decade of its existence, since it began in 1981, joining AC\/DC<\/a>, Guns N\u2019 Roses<\/a>, Motley Crue<\/a>, Ozzy Osbourne<\/a>, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Rolling Stones<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tAs with Alternative Airplay, U2 was on Mainstream Rock Airplay during the ranking\u2019s inaugural year (starting in the tally\u2019s fifth week), peaking at No. 20 with \u201cI Will Follow\u201d in April 1981. The act boasts 21 top 10s and seven No. 1s, last leading with \u201cHold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me\u201d in August 1995 and last hitting the top 10 with \u201cVertigo\u201d in November 2004.<\/p>\n \n\tBut unlike Alternative Airplay, where U2 had gone just under six years between appearances (\u201cYou\u2019re the Best Thing About Me\u201d peaked at No. 21 in October 2017), the band until this week had not made Mainstream Rock Airplay since \u201cInvisible\u201d debuted and peaked at No. 27 in early 2014.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAtomic City\u201d also premieres at No. 17 on Adult Alternative Airplay<\/a>, U2\u2019s 32nd entry since the ranking began in 1996, behind only Dave Matthews<\/a> (solo and with Dave Matthews Band<\/a>) with 36 entries.<\/p>\n \n\tMost Appearances, Adult Alternative Airplay<\/strong>:<\/p>\n \n\tFirst ranking on Adult Alternative Airplay in 1997 with \u201cDiscotheque\u201d (No. 7, February 1997), U2 has notched 13 No. 1s, most recently the seven-week leader \u201cYou\u2019re the Best Thing About Me\u201d beginning in November 2014. Prior to \u201cAtomic City,\u201d U2 last appeared with the No. 34-peaking \u201cYour Song Saved My Life\u201d in January 2022.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAtomic City\u201d bows at No. 5 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay<\/a> chart, U2\u2019s highest rank dating to the tally\u2019s 2009 inception. It earned 3.7 million radio audience impressions Sept. 29-Oct. 5, according to Luminate.<\/p>\n \n\tU2\u2019s previous best on Rock & Alternative Airplay had been a pair of No. 12 peaks in \u201cInvisible\u201d and \u201cThe Miracle (of Joey Ramone),\u201d both in 2014.<\/p>\n \n\tThe combination of airplay, streams and sales in its first week allows \u201cAtomic City\u201d to debut at No. 38 on the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs<\/a> chart. In addition to its radio airplay, the song earned 1.1 million official U.S. streams and sold 3,000 downloads, the latter count good for a No. 1 debut on Alternative Digital Song Sales<\/a> \u2013 U2\u2019s first ruler dating to the chart\u2019s 2011 debut. (U2 first led a Billboard<\/em> list when \u201cWith or Without You\u201d rose to No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Airplay in April 1987.)<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAtomic City\u201d is currently a stand-alone single for U2, which last released a full-length of new material in 2017 with Songs of Experience<\/em>. Most recently, Songs of Surrender<\/em> was released this March and features re-recordings of the band\u2019s catalog.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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