Another decade is wrapping up, and as we reflect on the music that's come out in the past 10 years it's not hard to point out two bands that not only plotted their own paths to success, but also paved the way for the future.
Imagine Dragons released their debut album Night Visions in 2012, which boasted a song that would steal the heart of the ALT rock world: "Radioactive." In the years that followed, they gifted us three more albums that featured more instant classics like "Believer," "Thunder," "Natural," "Whatever It Takes," and "Demons."
Around that same time, Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun were getting their bearings as a two-piece rock band; however, it wasn't until Twenty One Pilots released their fourth album Blurryface that the world really started to take notice. That record gave us songs like "Stressed Out" and "Ride," and became so popular that Billboard crowned it top rock album of the decade. That momentum led to singles like "Heathens" and a worthy follow-up in Trench.
The 2010s also saw some powerful females rise to stardom. Lorde blurred the boundaries of rock and pop when she released her stunning debut album Pure Heroine in 2013, and 2019 was the year of Billie Eilish โ another young woman who refuses to play by the rules.
The last 10 years also introduced us to bands like Mumford & Sons, Foster The People, and The 1975, while groups like Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco made resurgences that garnered them more success than ever before.
These are the 30 alternative rock songs that define the 2010s.
Imagine Dragons - โRadioactiveโ
Twenty One Pilots - โStressed Outโ
Panic! At The Disco - "High Hopes"
The Lumineers - โHo Heyโ
Hozier - โTake Me To Churchโ
Billie Eilish - โBad Guyโ
Portugal. The Man - โFeel It Stillโ
X Ambassadors - โRenegadesโ
Fall Out Boy - โCenturiesโ
Lorde - โRoyalsโ
Mumford & Sons - โLittle Lion Manโ
Foster The People โPumped Up Kicksโ
Walk The Moon - โShut Up and Danceโ
Muse - โUprisingโ
Bastille - โPompeiiโ
Gotye f/ Kimbra - โSomebody That I Used To Knowโ
AWOLNATION - โSailโ
Foo Fighters - โRopeโ
The Black Keys - โTighten Upโ
lovelytheband - โBrokenโ
Elle King - โExโs & Ohโsโ
fun. - โSome Nightsโ
Vance Joy - โRiptideโ
Coldplay โA Sky Full of Starsโ
Of Monsters and Men - โLittle Talksโ
American Authors - โBest Day Of My Lifeโ
Arctic Monkeys - โDo I Wanna Know?โ
The 1975 - โSomebody Elseโ
Capital Cities - โSafe And Soundโ
Paramore - โHard Timesโ
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