2015 in rock music

none 2015 rock music 2015 This article summarizes the events related to rock music for the year of 2015. Notable events January Foo Fighters's single "Something from Nothing" tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock songs chart for the entirety of the month, in a run that spans 13 weeks across December 2014 to February 2015. The song also simultaneously tops the Mainstream Rock and Alternative Songs chart. As of 2015, the band is the only band to top both simultaneously with a song in the 2010s, with the feat becoming rare due to alternative music's shift to less guitar-driven music.https://www.billboard.com/pro/foo-fighters-something-from-nothing-rock-charts/ Foo Fighters Flex Their Dual Mainstream & Alternative Appeal Billboardhttps://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/2014/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks 2014 Archive - Billboard Billboard I Prevail's hard rock cover of Taylor Swift's song Blank Space breaks into the all-format Billboard Hot 100, the band's only song with crossover success.http://www.billboard.com/music/i-prevail I Prevail | Billboard www.billboard.com 17 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20171015071936/http://www.billboard.com/music/i-prevail 15 October 2017 dead It's later certified Gold in the US, indicating 500,000 units sold.https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ Gold & Platinum RIAAhttps://www.billboard.com/music/rock/i-prevail-trauma-paranoid-8504650/ I Prevail Explain Getting In the Right Headspace for New Album 'Trauma' Billboard Fall Out Boy releases their sixth studio album, American Beauty/American Psycho. It tops the US all-format Billboard 200 album chart, selling 218,000 album equivalent units. It is their third album to top the chart.https://www.billboard.com/pro/fall-out-boy-third-no-1-album-billboard-200/ Fall Out Boy Scores Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Billboard The Decemberists release their seventh studio album, What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World. It debuts at number seven on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 51,000 album equivalent units. Marilyn Manson releases his ninth studio album, The Pale Emperor. It debuts at number 7 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 51,000 album equivalent units. February Three Days Grace's single "I Am Machine" tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and stays there for six consecutive weeks.https://www.billboard.com/pro/three-days-grace-most-mainstream-rock-number-ones-van-halen/ Three Days Grace Ties Van Halen for Most No. 1s on Mainstream Rock Songs Chart Billboard Lenny Kravitz performs at Super Bowl 49. He plays guitar and duets with Katy Perry on her song "I Kissed A Girl".https://time.com/3689856/super-bowl-half-time-show-katy-perry-missy-elliott-lenny-kravitz/ Watch Katy Perry, Missy Elliott, and Lenny Kravitz at the Super Bowl Halftime Show Time March Papa Roach's single "Face Everything and Rise" tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart for one week. It is their second song to do so.http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2015/3/13/papa-roachs-face-everything-and-rise-grabs-number-one-on-bil.html Papa Roach's "Face Everything and Rise" Grabs Number One on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs - Music News - ABC News Radio ABC News Radio Halestorm's single "Apocalyptic" tops the Billboard Mainstream rock chart for one week. It is their second to do so.http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2015/3/20/halestorms-apocalyptic-hits-number-one-on-billboards-mainstr.html Halestorm's "Apocalyptic" Hits Number One on "Billboard's" Mainstream Rock Songs - Music News - ABC News Radio ABC News Radio Death Cab for Cutie releases their eighth studio album, Kintsugi. It debuts at number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 56,000 album equivalent units.https://www.billboard.com/pro/wale-second-no-1-album-furious-7-soundtrack-no-2/ Wale Rules With Second No. 1 Album, 'Furious 7' Soundtrack Drives to No. 2 Billboard The album also later receives a Grammy Nomination.https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2016/02/15/58th-annual-grammys-winners-list/80208260/ List: Who won what at the 58th annual Grammys Usatoday.com Modest Mouse releases their sixth studio album, Strangers to Ourselves. It debuts at number 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 77,000 album equivalent units.https://www.billboard.com/pro/kendrick-lamar-earns-first-no-1-album-billboard-200/ Kendrick Lamar Earns His First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart Billboard April Foo Fighters's single "Congregation", featuring Zac Brown, tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart for 3 weeks.http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2015/3/27/modest-mouse-grabs-top-spot-on-top-rock-albums-foo-fighters.html Modest Mouse Grabs Top Spot on Top Rock Albums; Foo Fighters Top Mainstream Rock Songs - Music News - ABC News Radio ABC News Radio The Offspring's single "Coming for You" tops the Mainstream Rock chart for 1 week. It is their second song to do so, and their first to do so in over 18 years, after their single "Gone Away" did in 1997.https://www.billboard.com/pro/offspring-number-one-mainstream-rock-18-years/ The Offspring Back at No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Chart After a Record 18 Years Billboard All Time Low releases their sixth studio album, Future Hearts. It debuts at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 80,000 album equivalent units, and sold 75,000 albums, topping the Billboard Top Album Sales chart. Both were their best debuts on the charts to date.https://www.billboard.com/pro/furious-7-soundtrack-no-1-billboard-200-chart/ 'Furious 7' Soundtrack Speeds to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart Billboard Halestorm releases their third studio album, Into the Wild Life. It debuts at number 5 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 56,000 album equivalent units, their most successful album debut to date.https://www.billboard.com/pro/shawn-mendes-handwritten-debut-no-1-billboard-200-chart/ Shawn Mendes' 'Handwritten' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart Billboard May The Pretty Reckless's single "Follow Me Down" tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart for one week.https://www.billboard.com/pro/the-pretty-reckless-rock-songs-record-take-me-down/ The Pretty Reckless Sets Mainstream Rock Songs Record With New No. 1 Billboard Breaking Benjamin's single "Failure" tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. It tops the chart for nine straight weeks, across much of June and July as well.https://www.billboard.com/pro/mainstream-rock-songs-breaking-benjamin-no-1/ Breaking Benjamin Earns Fifth No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Songs Billboard The song also has cross-over success, peaking at Billboard'''s US all-format Hot 100 song chart.https://www.billboard.com/artist/breaking-benjamin/chart-history/hsi/ Breaking Benjamin Billboard Zac Brown Band, while generally more associated with country music, sends their more rock-oriented song, Heavy is the Head", featuring rock vocalist Chris Cornell (of Soundgarden and Audioslave) to rock radio. The song ends up topping the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart for two weeks.https://www.billboard.com/pro/zac-brown-band-mainstream-rock-chart/ Wait… Zac Brown Band Is on the Mainstream Rock Songs Chart? Billboard http://loudwire.com/zac-brown-band-top-billboard-200-album-chart-lead-mainstream-rock-songs/ Zac Brown Band Top Billboard 200 + Mainstream Rock Charts Loudwire Incubus release their EP Trust Fall (Side A). It debuts at number 6 on the Billboard 200, selling 40,000 album equivalent units.https://www.billboard.com/pro/pitch-perfect-2-soundtrack-debuts-no-1-billboard-200/ 'Pitch Perfect 2' Soundtrack Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart Billboard June Breaking Benjamin releases their fifth studio album, Dark Before Dawn. It tops the Billboard 200 chart, selling 141,000 album equivalent units. It is their first album to do so, and the band's first album to feature a fully new lineup outside of band founder and frontman Ben Burnley, following a hiatus due to Burnley's health problems and legal issues during much of the early 2010s.https://www.billboard.com/pro/breaking-benjamin-first-no-1-album-billboard/ Breaking Benjamin Earns Its First No. 1 Album on the Billboard 200 Chart Billboard Muse releases their seventh studio album, Drones. It tops the Billboard 200 chart, selling 84,000 album equivalent units. It is their first album to do so.https://www.billboard.com/pro/muse-first-no-1-album-billboard-200-chart/ Muse Earns Its First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart Billboard The album also tops the all-format album charts of several other countries, including the UK OCC chart and the Australian ARIA chart.http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20150614/7502/ Official Albums Chart Top 100 - Official Charts Company Officialcharts.comhttps://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Muse&titel=Drones&cat=a australian-charts.com - Muse - Drones Australian-charts.com The album later wins a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. July Halestorm's single "Amen" tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart for a week. It is their fourth song to do so.https://www.billboard.com/pro/halestorm-ties-record-mainstream-rock-songs/ Halestorm Ties Record Atop Mainstream Rock Songs Billboard Bring Me the Horizon's single "Happy Song" tops the Billboard US Hard Rock Digital Songs chart, selling 11,000 copies in its opening week. Tame Impala releases their third studio album Currents. Its tops the Australian ARIA all-format album chart in its debut week. It debuts at number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 50,000 album equivalent units. It is also the first album to top the UK's Official Charts Company's newly created Official Progressive Albums chart, created to track music of the progressive rock genre.https://www.billboard.com/pro/future-earns-his-first-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart/ Future Earns His First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart Billboard https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/prog-rock-finally-comes-of-age-with-launch-of-the-first-official-progressive-chart-10483180.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/prog-rock-finally-comes-of-age-with-launch-of-the-first-official-progressive-chart-10483180.html 2022-05-01 subscription live After almost 50 years prog rock is finally getting its own chart Independent.co.uk 2 September 2015 August Shinedown's single "Cut the Cord" tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart for three weeks.https://www.billboard.com/pro/shinedown-12th-mainstream-rock-songs-chart-number-1-devil/ Shinedown Scores 12th Mainstream Rock Songs Chart No. 1 With 'Devil' Billboard Disturbed's single "The Vengeful One" tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart for a single week. Disturbed releases their sixth studio album, Immortalized. It tops the Billboard 200 chart, selling 98,000 album equivalent units. It is their fifth studio album in a row the top the chart, a feat only done by two other bands, Dave Matthews Band and Metallica.https://www.billboard.com/pro/disturbed-scores-fifth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart/ Disturbed Scores Fifth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart Billboard Ghost releases their second studio album, Meliora. It debuts at number 8, selling 29,000 album equivalent units. Bullet for My Valentine releases their fifth studio album, Venon. It debuts at number 8, selling 28,000 album equivalent units.https://www.billboard.com/pro/luke-bryan-kill-the-lights-billboard-200-second-week/ Luke Bryan's 'Kill the Lights' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Billboard Frank Turner releases his sixth studio album, Positive Songs for Negative People. It peaked at number 2 on the UK albums chart and was certified silver.https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5253/frank-turner/ Frank Turner / Official Charts Official Charts Company 1 August 2023https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/16165-2422-2 Frank Turner Positive Songs For Negative People British Phonographic Industry 1 August 2023 September Shinedown's single "Cut the Cord" returns to the top the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart for four more consecutive weeks. Bring Me the Horizon releases their fifth studio album, That's the Spirit. It debuts a number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 62,000 album equivalent units. It also debuts at number 2 on the UK all-format OCC albums chart, and tops the Australian all-format ARIA albums chart, their highest performance on all three charts.https://www.billboard.com/pro/the-weeknd-billboard-200-third-week-no-1/ The Weeknd Earns Third Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart Billboard https://www.billboard.com/pro/stereophonics-bring-me-the-horizon-top-uks-albums-chart/ Stereophonics Edges Out Bring Me The Horizon to Top U.K.'s Albums Chart Billboard https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bring+Me+the+Horizon&titel=That's+the+Spirit&cat=a australian-charts.com - Bring Me The Horizon - That's The Spirit Steffen Hung australian-charts.com Shinedown releases their fifth studio album, Threat to Survival. It debuts at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 65,000 album equivalent units.https://www.billboard.com/pro/billboard-200-top-10-debuts-drake-future-lana-del-rey-mac-miller/ Seven Debuts Hit Top 10 of Billboard 200 Chart, Led by Drake & Future, Lana Del Rey and Mac Miller Billboard Pink Floyd's David Gilmour releases his fourth solo album, Rattle That Lock. It debuts at number 5 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 71,000 album equivalent units. The album also tops the UK album charts, his second solo album to do so.http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/david-gilmour-scores-second-solo-number-1-album-with-rattle-that-lock-im-delighted-__10834/ David Gilmour scores second solo Number 1 album: "I'm delighted" Officialcharts.com October Red Sun Rising's debut single as a band, "The Otherside" tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart for one week.https://www.billboard.com/pro/red-sun-rising-mainstream-rock-songs-breakthrough-hit/ Red Sun Rising Rules Mainstream Rock Songs With Breakthrough Hit 'The Otherside' Billboard Pop Evil's single "Footsteps" tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and stays there for four weeks.https://www.billboard.com/pro/pop-evil-florence-machine-airplay-chart-toppers/ Pop Evil & Florence + the Machine Score New Airplay Chart No. 1s Billboard Coheed and Cambria release their eighth studio album, The Color Before the Sun. It debuts at number 10 on the Billboard' 200 chart, selling 32,000 album equivalent units. It is their sixth studio album to debut in the top 10, and their first and only album to not be a concept album, with all others telling the story of The Amory Wars.https://www.billboard.com/pro/pentatonix-first-no-1-album-billboard-200-chart/ Pentatonix Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart Billboard https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/coheed-and-cambria-pause-sci-fi-concept-for-personal-new-album-53017/ Coheed and Cambria Pause Sci-Fi Concept for New LP Ryan Reed 8 July 2015 Rollingstone.com The Jack White and Alison Mosshart fronted band The Dead Weather release their third studio album, Dodge and Burn. It debuts at number 10 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 33,000 album equivalent units.https://www.billboard.com/pro/fetty-wap-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart/ Fetty Wap Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart Billboard Five Finger Death Punch release their sixth studio album Got Your Six. It debuts at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 119,000 album equivalent units.https://www.billboard.com/pro/the-weeknd-second-week-no-1-billboard-200-albums/ The Weeknd Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart Billboard November Breaking Benjamin's single "Angels Fall" tops the Mainstream Rock chart, and stays there for 4 weeks. The November 2015 Paris attacks disrupt an Eagles of Death Metal concert, with over 130 people killed over the course of the attacks.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-shooting-timeline/timeline-of-paris-attacks-according-to-public-prosecutor-idUSKCN0T31BS20151114 Timeline of Paris attacks according to public prosecutor Reuters 14 November 2015 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34821813 Paris attacks: Who were the victims? 27 November 2015 Bbc.co.uk December Bring Me the Horizon's single "Throne" tops the Mainstream Rock chart for 2 weeks. It is their first song to do so.https://www.billboard.com/pro/bring-me-the-horizon-mainstream-rock-songs-throne/ Bring Me the Horizon Sits in Mainstream Rock Songs 'Throne' for First Time Billboard Disturbed's single "The Light" tops the Mainstream Rock chart for 5 weeks, in a run that bleeds into January 2016.https://www.billboard.com/pro/mainstream-rock-disturbed-number-one-open-your-eyes/ Disturbed Earns Fourth Mainstream Rock Songs No. 1 From 'Immortalized' Billboard https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/2015/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks 2015 Archive - Billboard Billboard Coldplay released their seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams. The album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 210,000 album equivalent units.https://www.billboard.com/pro/adeles-25-no-1-on-billboard-200-album-chart-third-week-coldplay-a-head-full-of-dreams/ Adele's '25' Rules for Third Week at No. 1, Coldplay Debuts at No. 2 on Billboard 200 Billboard Year end Tame Impala wins "Album of the Year" at the Australian 2015 ARIA Awards for the release of their third studio album Currents''.https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2015/11/26/arias-2015-winners_n_8653580.html 2015 ARIA Awards: Tame Impala Takes Out Album Of The Year Julia Naughton 26 November 2015 Huffingtonpost.com They also win "Best International Group" at the Brit Awards following the album's release.https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/tame-impala-wins-best-international-brit Tame Impala wins Best International Brit - ARIA Aria.com.au Deaths List of 2015 deaths in popular music Lemmy Kilmister, frontman and vocalist of Motörhead, dies on December 28, 2015, of cancer at age 70.https://www.billboard.com/photos/6523827/music-star-deaths-2015 Gone But Not Forgotten: Music Stars In Memoriam 2015 Billboard Scott Weiland, original vocalist of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, dies on December 4, 2015, of a drug overdose at age 48.https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/scott-weiland-cause-of-death-accidental-overdose-33037/ Scott Weiland Cause of Death: Accidental Overdose Kory Grow 18 December 2015 Rollingstone.com Band breakups The Black Croweshttps://www.fuse.tv/galleries/2015/12/2015-band-breakups Band Breakups 2015: 12 Groups We Lost This Year - Fuse Fuse.tv Motörhead References Category:2015 in music Category:2015-related lists Category:Rock music by year