Twenty One Pilots’ "Heathens" breaks record for most weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Rock Songs chart
Twenty One Pilots’ “Heathens” is continuing to break records. Billboard has reported that the song has spent 28 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot Rock Songs chart, breaking the record previously held by Walk The Moon’s “Shut Up And Dance.”
The band has spent a combined 60 weeks atop the Hot Rock Songs chart, with “Stressed Out” leading the chart for 23 weeks and “Ride” ruling for nine.
Read more: Twenty One Pilots topped 12 Billboard charts this year
In addition to this record-breaking announcement, Twenty One Pilots were nominated for five Grammy Awards, including best rock song for “Heathens,” and the pair took home the award for best pop duo/group performance for “Stressed Out”—and happened to accept the award pants-less.
Below are some of the other songs that have spent 20+ weeks atop the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart:
28, “Heathens,” twenty one pilots (reached No. 1 Aug. 27, 2016)
27, “Shut Up and Dance,” Walk the Moon (April 11, 2015)
23, “Stressed Out,” twenty one pilots (Jan. 9, 2016)
23, “Take Me to Church,” Hozier (Nov. 1, 2014)
23, “Radioactive,” Imagine Dragons (April 6, 2013)
20, “Rope,” Foo Fighters (March 12, 2011)
In addition to their most recent Billboard accolade, Twenty One Pilots' “Stressed Out” and Blurryface topped 12 total Billboard charts at the end of last year:
1. Top Artists – Duo/Group
2. Top Rock Artists
3. Hot Rock Songs
4. Hot Rock Songs Artists
5. Rock Airplay Artists
6. Rock Digital Songs
7. Rock Digital Songs Artists
8. Rock Streaming
9. Rock Streaming Songs Artists
10. Top Rock Albums
11. Top Rock Albums Artists
12. Alternative Songs Artists
The band is currently on tour with Jon Bellion and Judah & the Lion, and if you’ll be catching Twenty One Pilots on the spring leg of their Emotional Roadshow Tour, we have plenty of reasons for you to be excited. Check out the full list of cities and dates below!
FEBRUARY
22 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
24 Birmingham, AL BJCC Arena
25 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Complex
26 North Charleston, SC North Charleston Coliseum
28 Tampa, FL Amalie Arena
MARCH
2 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center
3 North Little Rock, AR Verizon Arena
4 Memphis, TN FedEx Forum
5 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center
24 Wellington, NZ TSB Bank Arena
25 Auckland, NZ Vector Arena
27 Brisbane, AU Entertainment Centre
29 Adelaide, AU Entertainment Centre
31 Melbourne, AU Rod Laver Arena
APRIL
1 Sydney, AU Qudos Bank Arena
8 Perth, AU Perth Arena
How stoked are you to see “Heathens” break the Hot Rock Songs record? Let us know in the comments below!
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