Alternative Music’s Finest, Ranked Weekly
The iTunes Top 100 Alternative Songs Chart is your weekly window into music that refuses to play by the rules. Updated every week, this chart ranks the 100 best-selling alternative singles on iTunes, spanning indie rock, post-punk, dream pop, shoegaze, emo, and the restless genre-bending that has always defined alternative music at its best.
Alternative music earned its name by existing outside the mainstream — but today’s alternative is tomorrow’s pop. Artists like Arctic Monkeys, Hozier, Billie Eilish, and Tame Impala all found their footing on alternative charts before crossing over globally. That pipeline of credibility-to-mainstream is what makes this chart one of the most exciting places to discover what will be huge next.
Whether you’re building a playlist that skips the predictable or just want to find your next favourite band, the full iTunes Top 100 Alternative Songs chart, updated this week, is right below.
Chart updated this week on: 2026-04-24
1.
Cryogen
Muse
2.
The Great Divide
Noah Kahan
January 30, 2026
3.
Porch Light
Noah Kahan
March 13, 2026
4.
Dracula (JENNIE Remix)
Tame Impala & JENNIE
February 6, 2026
5.
Dracula
Tame Impala
September 26, 2025
6.
End of Beginning
Djo
March 1, 2024
7.
Doors
Noah Kahan
April 24, 2026
8.
Dashboard
Noah Kahan
April 24, 2026
9.
Ride Lonesome
Beck
April 20, 2026
10.
Stick Season
Noah Kahan
July 8, 2022
11.
Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra)
Gotye
July 5, 2011
12.
back to friends
sombr
December 27, 2024
13.
Someone You Loved
Lewis Capaldi
November 8, 2018
14.
End of August
Noah Kahan
April 24, 2026
15.
Here
Mumford & Sons & Chris Stapleton
February 20, 2026
16.
Zombie
YUNGBLUD
February 12, 2026
17.
INTRO (HIT ME HARD AND SOFT TOUR)
Billie Eilish
April 24, 2026
18.
Yellow
Coldplay
June 26, 2000
19.
Be With You
Muse
March 21, 2026
20.
Unravelling
Muse
March 21, 2026
21.
iloveitiloveitiloveit
Bella Kay
January 11, 2026
22.
Believer
Imagine Dragons
February 1, 2017
23.
Viva La Vida
Coldplay
May 25, 2008
24.
Creep
Radiohead
September 21, 1992
25.
12 to 12
sombr
July 24, 2025
26.
Self Aware
Temper City
February 15, 2026
27.
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
February 9, 2015
28.
Deny Deny Deny
Noah Kahan
April 24, 2026
29.
Losing My Religion
R.E.M.
February 19, 1991
30.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Billie Eilish
May 17, 2024
31.
American Cars
Noah Kahan
April 24, 2026
32.
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Green Day
October 14, 1997
33.
Best Day of My Life
American Authors
January 1, 2013
34.
Rein Me In
Sam Fender & Olivia Dean
October 17, 2025
35.
All Them Horses
Noah Kahan
April 24, 2026
36.
Dog Days Are Over
Florence + the Machine
December 1, 2008
37.
White Keys
Dominic Fike
November 14, 2025
38.
Willing and Able
Noah Kahan
April 24, 2026
39.
23
Noah Kahan
April 24, 2026
40.
Northern Attitude
Noah Kahan & Hozier
November 10, 2023
41.
First Light
Lana Del Rey
April 16, 2026
42.
Too Sweet
Hozier
March 22, 2024
43.
Picking Dragons’ Pockets
Modest Mouse
44.
Babydoll
Dominic Fike
October 16, 2018
45.
Get To It
Quicksand
46.
Shut Up and Dance
WALK THE MOON
December 2, 2014
47.
Regenerate
Quicksand
48.
Planting Tomatoes
Lucy Dacus
April 24, 2026
49.
Forever
Noah Kahan
February 9, 2024
50.
Downfall
Noah Kahan
April 24, 2026
51.
Everyone Dies Alone
Periphery
April 23, 2026
52.
What Was I Made For? (From The Motion Picture "Barbie")
Billie Eilish
July 13, 2023
53.
Demons
Imagine Dragons
September 4, 2012
54.
Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
September 24, 1991
55.
We Go Way Back
Noah Kahan
April 24, 2026
56.
Home (2019 Remaster)
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
July 7, 2009
57.
Wonderwall
Oasis
October 2, 1995
58.
Intro
The xx
August 14, 2009
59.
All Star
Smash Mouth
May 4, 1999
60.
On Top of the World
Imagine Dragons
September 4, 2012
61.
Going Shopping
The Strokes
April 7, 2026
62.
Dan
Noah Kahan
April 24, 2026
63.
1979 (Remastered 2012)
The Smashing Pumpkins
October 24, 1995
64.
A Sky Full of Stars
Coldplay
May 2, 2014
65.
Pumped Up Kicks
Foster the People
September 14, 2010
66.
Victim Of Luck
Metric
April 24, 2026
67.
Can't Stop
Red Hot Chili Peppers
July 9, 2002
68.
Lightning Crashes
LIVE
April 19, 1994
69.
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Green Day
September 21, 2004
70.
Stay Love
Lewis Capaldi
April 17, 2026
71.
Electric Feel
MGMT
October 2, 2007
72.
undressed
sombr
March 21, 2025
73.
Clocks
Coldplay
August 26, 2002
74.
Sweater Weather
The Neighbourhood
December 3, 2012
75.
Before You Go
Lewis Capaldi
November 19, 2019
76.
Closer
Nine Inch Nails
March 8, 1994
77.
We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe)
Fun.
September 20, 2011
78.
Messy
Lola Young
May 29, 2024
79.
Paid Time Off
Noah Kahan
April 24, 2026
80.
Take Me to Church
Hozier
September 13, 2013
81.
Drag Path
twenty one pilots
September 12, 2025
82.
The Middle
Jimmy Eat World
July 24, 2001
83.
Just Like Heaven
The Cure
May 25, 1987
84.
I Melt with You
Modern English
May 3, 1982
85.
Feel Good Inc. (feat. David Jolicoeur, Kelvin Mercer & Vincent Mason)
Gorillaz & De La Soul
May 9, 2005
86.
Everybody Hurts
R.E.M.
October 5, 1992
87.
Hungry Like the Wolf
Duran Duran
May 10, 1982
88.
Rooster
Alice In Chains
September 29, 1992
89.
Semi-Charmed Life
Third Eye Blind
April 8, 1997
90.
Fuck The Whole World
Oliver Tree
April 24, 2026
91.
Champagne Supernova (Remastered)
Oasis
October 2, 1995
92.
Riptide
Vance Joy
March 22, 2013
93.
Work Song
Hozier
September 19, 2014
94.
Rubber Band Man
Mumford & Sons & Hozier
October 24, 2025
95.
Self Esteem
The Offspring
April 8, 1994
96.
It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
R.E.M.
September 1, 1987
97.
Back of a Truck
Rostam
98.
Friday I'm In Love
The Cure
April 21, 1992
99.
My Own Worst Enemy
Lit
February 23, 1999
100.
Summertime Sadness
Lana Del Rey
January 27, 2012