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Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (originally called Mainstream Rock Tracks) is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock (that is, "alternative") stations, which are counted in the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry Mainstream rock is a Radio format used by many commercial Radio stations in the United States and Canada. Modern rock is a term commonly used to describe a Rock music format found on American commercial Radio. Hot Modern Rock Tracks (originally called Modern Rock Tracks) is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in ''Billboard'' magazine since September

This chart began with the March 21, 1981 issue of Billboard. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 It was originally named simply Rock Tracks, and was accompanied by a Rock Albums chart, which was discontinued in 1984. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) (A new chart with the same name has recently been introduced). [1] Before this, Billboard did not compile a chart specifically for rock songs. The closest thing to it was an Album Radio Action page which named some of the albums (but not songs) receiving airplay on album-oriented rock stations. Album-oriented rock (sometimes referred to as Adult-oriented rock or as West Coast Rock) abbreviated AOR and originally called album-oriented radio The Rock Tracks chart originally listed 60 songs. The first number-one song was "I Can't Stand It" by Eric Clapton. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer

The chart changed its name to Album Rock Tracks in April 1986. During the 1980s, a subgenre of rock music began to develop and gain popularity, known as New Wave, or Modern Rock. New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s Modern rock is a term commonly used to describe a Rock music format found on American commercial Radio. The Album Rock Tracks chart included some New Wave songs, but usually only those with crossover appeal to mainstream listeners. Crossover is a term applied to Musical works or performers appearing on two or more of the Record charts which track differing musical tastes or genres Radio stations devoted entirely to this new category of rock music began to grow in popularity, but data from these stations were not included in compiling the Album Rock chart.

In order to give more recognition to Modern Rock, Billboard began a separate Modern Rock Tracks chart, beginning with the September 10, 1988 issue. Hot Modern Rock Tracks (originally called Modern Rock Tracks) is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in ''Billboard'' magazine since September Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The Album Rock Tracks chart remained as before, and it continued to include Modern Rock songs with crossover appeal. Within two months of the first Modern Rock Tracks chart, the song "Desire" by U2 became the first song to reach number-one on both of these two Rock Tracks charts. " Desire " is the lead single from U2 's 1988 album Rattle and Hum.

In 1996, Album Rock Tracks once again changed its name, to Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. This occurred soon after Billboard established the Adult Top 40 chart. Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks (formerly known as Adult Top 40) is a variation on the United States Billboard charts Like Hot Modern Rock Tracks, Adult Top 40 also had some songs in common with Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. Ironically, Adult Top 40 has often featured artists who were once prominent on the Rock Tracks charts, but were now considered too "soft" for rock radio.

Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks was published in the print edition of Billboard for the last time in its July 26, 2003 issue. Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The chart is still compiled, but it is only available through the magazine's website. In recent years, fewer and fewer classic rock artists have released new music which has appeared on the chart; as such, the artists appearing on this chart have almost become a subset of those appearing on Hot Modern Rock Tracks. Hot Modern Rock Tracks (originally called Modern Rock Tracks) is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in ''Billboard'' magazine since September For six and a half years, following "Jaded" by Aerosmith in 2001, every number one song on Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks also appeared on Modern Rock Tracks. " Jaded " is a strongly Riff-driven song by American Hard rock band Aerosmith. Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" This string was finally broken by Ozzy Osbourne's "I Don't Wanna Stop" in July 2007. John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born December 3 1948) is a British singer " I Don't Wanna Stop " is a Grammy nominated single from heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne 's 9th studio album Black Rain.

The Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks has had 308 number one hits. The current number-one song on Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (for the week ending June 14, 2008) is "Inside the Fire" by Disturbed. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common " Inside the Fire " is a single by American heavy metal band Disturbed from their fourth studio album Indestructible Disturbed is an American Heavy metal band from Chicago, Illinois.

Shown below are some songs which have spent ten or more weeks in the number one spot. Most of these songs are from recent years, in part because the top spot experiences much less turnover than it used to. Prior to 1994, only three songs had spent ten or more weeks at number one:

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