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The week's most popular current alternative, ... more mainstream rock and triple A songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen BDS, sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and streaming activity data from online music sources tracked by Nielsen BDS. Songs are defined as current if they are newly-released titles, or songs receiving widespread airplay and/or sales activity for the first time.

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Burn It Down

Linkin Park
Living Things

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Linkin Park
Linkin Park: AMAs 2012 Red Carpet
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Gold On The Ceiling

The Black Keys
The Tour Rehearsal Tapes

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The Black Keys
The Black Keys LIVE @ Lollapalooza 2012
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Little Talks

Of Monsters And Men
Gangnam Hits

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Of Monsters and Men
SXSW 2012: Of Monsters and Men Q&A
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Days Go By

The Offspring
Days Go By [Clean]

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Tongue Tied

Grouplove
Don't Fly Too Close to the Sun

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Grouplove
Backbeat: Tom Morello, Dangerbird, New West Records Execs Hang Backstage At Outside Lands 2012

Backbeat: Tom Morello, Dangerbird, New West Records Execs Hang Backstage At Outside Lands 2012

Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters performed Friday evening before headliner Neil Young at Outside Lands 2012. (Photo: Jeff Miller)

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It's Time

Imagine Dragons
It's Time

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Imagine Dragons
Black Friday Preview: Brand-New Releases From P!nk, Clarkson, Aldean, Pitbull, More Available for $5, $7

Black Friday Preview: Brand-New Releases From P!nk, Clarkson, Aldean, Pitbull, More Available for $5, $7

It's beginning to look a lot like a $5 Christmas.

At least that's the price point being touted in Black Friday adds by Target and Walmart, according to the circular pages on the Black Friday Gotta Deal site.

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Some Nights

fun.
Now That's What I Call Music!, Vol. 83

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Fun.
The Beat 1/10: 'Les Mis' Soundtrack Rules, Grammy Performers, More 'Idol' Drama

The Beat 1/10: 'Les Mis' Soundtrack Rules, Grammy Performers, More 'Idol' Drama

Welcome to the Thursday, January 10 edition of "The Beat," Billboard.com's daily music news show, featuring host Jonathan Brooks running down the latest music news -- who's making headlines and who's topping the charts.

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Hats Off To The Bull

Chevelle
Stray Arrows: A Collection of Favorites

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Chevelle
Billboard Bits: Chevelle, Elton John, The Frames

Billboard Bits: Chevelle, Elton John, The Frames

Epic artist Chevelle is penciling in a spring 2007 release date for its next album. The as-yet-untitled set will be the follow-up to 2004's "This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)," which debuted at No.
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Unity

Shinedown
Amaryllis

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Too Close

Alex Clare
NRJ Hit List 2012, Vol. 2

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Weekly Chart Notes:<br />Pop Radio's Folk Balancing Act

Weekly Chart Notes:
Pop Radio's Folk Balancing Act

After last year brought a marked shift to an acceptance of unlikely alternative hits at pop radio from the likes of Gotye, fun., Alex Clare and more, early 2013 finds the format welcoming even softer guitar-based fare among top 40's still-dominant dance/pop center.

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