Billboard Doesn't Know Rock Music

[@vikramtg1015]

Ed Sheeran's Shape of you is my favorite Black Metal song of the millennia.

[@Nosleep5937]

Vikram Tg Eminem is my favorite rock singer

[@bussyfamily1920]

Ed Sheeran gives me headaches

[@paxtongerhart6863]

What do you mean pony by Ginuine is the best black metal song ever

[@Nosleep5937]

Littlest Jin bro what do you mean he’s the best black metal artist

[@bussyfamily1920]

Gameplaying, yea sure, just in your OPiNION, also don’t call me bro. ED sHEERAN IS SHIT🙄

[@jungleismasiv4426]

Maroon 5's Sugar was the best technical death metal song of the decade

[@arseface2k934]

@mexican parfait I have never agreed with an opinion more than in this moment.

[@egg2895]

Billie Ellish was the best math-rock, jazz-core artist of the decade.

[@boheyo]

I'd probably take Maroon 5 over Imagine Dragons if forced to make the call at the hands of some improbable Jigsaw-style villain. Like at least there's some variety to Maroon 5.

[@cheesecakelasagna]

Gargenville ^ This. At least Maroon 5 gave us songs from She Will Be Loved era.

[@HeavenlyEchoVirus]

Gargenville I don’t really know any Imagine Dragons songs, but boy does your comment make me never want to listen to them.

[@FerBaide]

Where’s Call Me Maybe? That’s my favorite deathcore song of the decade wtf

[@NealBones]

*Cringey Upon This Dawning cover intensifies*

[@TheInvertedHorizon]

You should listen to Infant Annihilator, they make great K-pop music...

[@TheInvertedHorizon]

@Landon Maggard annihilated...

[@samsaat5638]

there actually is a death metal cover of that song 😂

[@depressedandgrapes8311]

Jokes on you, you call this song "deathcore"? DEATHCORE? Bullsh*t this is pop.... You should take a look to "Bad Guy" tho, this is what I call "deathcore"

[@mateorincon3448]

Despacito was undeniably the most experimental rock song of the decade

[@zachsteele6964]

Don't @ this guy he's speaking truth here

[@gaaradei]

it had more interesting guitar riffs than most of the shit on this list

[@mateorincon3448]

​@@gaaradei What I said was a joke but what you said is sadly true

[@staigenerator2949]

It’s ambient noise/artpop actually

[@andybradley8347]

I preferred Despacito 2 tbh

[@Jamie.Laszlo]

Billboard: "If it's not country or hip hop it must be rock."

[@gunkman612]

Jamie Laszlo ironically most of these entries lean more towards hip hop or country than they do rock

[@AbsinthedeLaRochefoucauld]

@@gunkman612 "If it's mainstream sounding enough then it's rock"

[@evan8tor21]

Don’t worry Ariana grande will be on their top rock music for 2020

[@lilo04]

"If real instruments are included in the song then it must be rock"

[@2000ZachAttack]

Billboard: hears a guitar and a drum set Also Billboard: Is this rock music?

[@InternationalSpaceForce]

If you guys like Death Metal, I would highly suggest giving Coldplay a listen.

[@spritepunk]

Too heavy for me

[@rainbow_vader]

Take on me is heavier than Coldplay you wimp

[@InternationalSpaceForce]

@@rainbow_vader stfu. I listen to Jonas Brothers so you know I like that heavy shit

[@homiespaghetti1522]

I most hardcore metal song I've ever listened to is Rappin' for Jesus

[@MrTrig-jf5il]

Pfft, they got nothing on Nikki Minaj

[@Cherry_Magenta]

I'm getting increasingly worried that Billboard will literally just shove any band into the "rock" charts just because they're a band and not a solo artist

[@Noreceipts400]

Tthey added solo artists as well. Thee probably just pulling names out of a hat

[@Shola-tg6lv]

Just waiting for when they add Brockhampton to one of these.

[@VRTSNM]

Looking forward for Migos in those charts, then

[@tangibleghooosty]

Let's not forget that Panic! At the Disco was a solo artist when he released Pray for the Wicked.

[@prestonbrazzle9165]

@@Psyfonify woooosh

[@user-cr2bt3zp1f]

If Imagine Dragons are rock, then Led Zeppelin is a jazz quartet.

[@sasmitroy5480]

@Fynn Carey wait till you hear in through the outdoor. It's proto prog deathgrind.

[@airikkalerofficial]

nah if imagine dragons are rock then ACDC is ball room dancing music

[@CoolMoon]

Yeah I listen to Rock Music like Imagine Dragons, Imagine Dragons, and Imagine Dragons.

[@benjaminlennox4249]

What about imagine dragons?

[@Carlosdreamur]

Patient Ache nah I listen to real rock like twenty one pilots

[@roots14808]

And Imagine Dragons

[@jackattack7940]

Guys you ever heard of Imagine Dragons? They're a pretty small indie band.

[@theeoddments960]

Fuck that pussy shit brah I listen to IMAGINE DRAGONS

[@mabelizing]

“if its loud and has a guitar, it must be rock”

[@damageddarth6352]

But they got mixed up and added acoustic guitars and just turned up the volume

[@catherine1776]

that's better logic than some of the actual stuff on the list, i seriously thought i was hallucinating when i saw fucking royals by lorde on the list which is as stripped down as pop can get

[@JH4RPlp]

@@catherine1776 I pretty much hate all pop that plays on the radio nowadays but I always like Lorde for some reason. It's kinda vibey

[@catherine1776]

@@JH4RPlp lorde is really good yeah, i actually like her a lot but i seriously don't understand how anyone in their right mind could call her rock lol

[@iliketrains3495]

Even though Feel It Still and Stressed Out don't even have guitars

[@micahpaulsen3940]

This list is so bad, number 10 could’ve been “Wake me up” by Avicii and I would have believed it

[@josh44026]

That song is edm country pop

[@pandaa3049]

@@josh44026 that sound is EDM, his voice just happens to be deep so it sounds like country especially with the guitar sound. But no. A lot of EDM actually includes guitars, it's just unique how Avicii ended having a deep country like voice and a clean acoustic guitar. Its EDM, that's all it it. However it included elements of the guitar, which I would say is more pop. His voice is just uniquely deep so that shouldn't mean he is country. But I wouldnt say you're wrong lol

[@igorbednarski8048]

'Wake me up" is closer to a rock song than anything on this list.

[@josh44026]

@@pandaa3049 actually it is aloe blacc who sings the song

[@pandaa3049]

@@josh44026 is that so? Omg, not that I listen to it again I can hear it! Haha, never noticed! Anyways yeah either way Aloe Blacc isnt country lol

[@ChaseThePinballWizard]

If you guys like country, listen to Black Sabbath.

[@donnypatoine4475]

If anyone takes that seriously, there life is forever changed for the better 🤣

[@ChaseThePinballWizard]

@@donnypatoine4475 lol yeah.

[@lepeselo8949]

If you guys like freedom, go to North Korea

[@ChaseThePinballWizard]

@@lepeselo8949 lol

[@lepeselo8949]

@@ChaseThePinballWizard League of Legends

[@tameimpalafan17]

Yeah, I listen to rock R- Imagine Dragons O- C- K-

[@Jvxo]

Quarky lmaooo

[@JH4RPlp]

R- olling Stones O- The Offspring C- ream K- ing Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

[@kinggizzwizfizz]

Diego Ramírez *K- ing Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

[@gildedpeahen876]

omd yas

[@lucasdelima6147]

@@ramirezsantiagodiegodejesu9545 *K-pop

[@jarib3858]

"if they ever touched a guitar, I would consider it rock" -billboard 2019

[@orlock20]

So Taylor Swift is a rock star now Billboard?

[@FabulousKilljoy]

orlock20 I heard someone on the radio call Taylor a rock star the other day O_o

[@spoonnoise8332]

Fabulous Killjoy well, at least Taylor Swift used to be country

[@FabulousKilljoy]

TheStrokyMonkeys Speak Now is still an amazing album imo. I love it so much

[@spectator7269]

Jari B "But God damn them if they actually make an effort to sound like they're playing said guitar, let alone their group actually sounding like rock"

[@cooperetherton7148]

i actually thought this list was fake when i first saw it

[@hayleylamb1417]

Cooper Etherton same w the rnb/hip hop one !!

[@joebobby1412]

It is fake. The title of the list is clickbait, the list is a shitpost. What part is not fake?

[@derekwadas8489]

hayley lamb and the country list

[@bagelmaster8]

@@joebobby1412 its real check for yourself lol

[@vh1707]

Brayden Rankin um no it isn’t ... 🥴😂

[@smallpablo9204]

I do hate imagine dragons, but how is thunder in a higher spot than radioactive?

[@Nosleep5937]

Xnote Is Busy I was surprised to

[@tanishmukherji5683]

Really! That repetitive 'thunder, thunder' in that computerised voice pisses me off

[@Nosleep5937]

tincho the drums in the song are good but with that crappy chorus it’s awful

[@nightmarefanatic1819]

For real "I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones Enough to make my systems blow, Welcome to the new age" Is leagues above "Thunder, feel the thunder Lightning and the thunder"

[@miguelpereira9859]

@tincho Thunder is fucking horrendous even by Imagine Dragons' standards. Radioactive I thought was neat when it released but it has definitely been way overplayed

[@number1Joshie]

Back in my day, rock music was made with real rocks

[@ilovecody7514]

This is great.

[@Aya_02571]

And they rolled, literally.

[@aR0ttenBANANA]

I used to make rock juice. Cant do that anymore.

[@kinmakin2180]

Ah yes i remember the lyrics of my favourite rock song: Unga bunga uuuuu aaaaah aaahh uuu

[@epicjake354]

Ok boomer

[@MadMarco]

This is so sad Alexa play Rock Music *plays despacito*

[@jamesmcmackin8773]

Deathspacíto

[@jamesmcmackin8773]

It's now my civic duty to make this happen...

[@JH4RPlp]

Nobody: Billboard: Despacito has acoustic guitar therefore it is rock.

[@sonicworldcafe]

MadMarco thank you for an actual funny and original comment that doesnt just abuse the "nobody: " format

[@omaraellosiii8171]

MadMarco 😂😂😂👍🏽

[@crimsondump]

Dwayne Johnson is obviously the best rock of the past decade

[@xdude1228]

lmao

[@MichaelMarsProducer]

Agreed

[@Bu.Soul808]

speaking nothing but straight FAX

[@xdude1228]

@@Bu.Soul808 fuck straight facts,time for *GAY FACTZ!*

[@GaelGamaa]

I bet he makes better music than imagine dragons

[@davidnissim589]

When he was scrolling down the list, did anyone notice “Royals” by Lorde and “Sucker For Pain” by Lil Wayne?

[@user-bt7ix6sw2g]

Royals killed me

[@drugstoreeyeliner9936]

i laughed out loud when i saw royals

[@david_watt]

Wait whuuuuuuttt?

[@trollface808crashout]

Lil wayne is the best guitarist ever tho. Have you even listened to his iconic solo?

[@vae3716]

@@trollface808crashout legend has it that he can shred faster than Buckethead

[@stevester9148]

Rock criteria in 2019: ''I saw a guitar in one of their videos...''

[@muiscnight]

Stevester honestly

[@CheefChaos]

SilverSun Pickups - Widows weeds, see em live if you can!!

[@lincolnchildress6539]

DestructableMe I saw em live they are great

[@elflaco336]

Dude my friend one time told me that Rock is just people screaming I immediately unfriended him

[@Dere2727]

“At least one of their members plays an instrument”

[@TBS_2001]

Early day Avril Lavigne is harder rock than everything on this list.

[@RAMPAGE36542]

Lmao this is tragically accurate.

[@pavelm.gonzalez8608]

She's still making music today and she still rocks in her own way!!

[@tenitri5023]

I laughed. And then I paused and realized it’s actually true

[@caleb7551]

@@pavelm.gonzalez8608 "rocks in her own way" does not mean she's a rock artist. She's soft pop rock at heaviest.

[@Ticketman99]

@@caleb7551 Still more rock than anything in this list.

[@killerkuerbis6845]

This list is so bad people actually talk about music in the comments. Welcome to 2020

[@gabiturbinca9102]

Yea the melon is safe!

[@dextrotheretrometronegro9884]

Never thought I'd see the day lmao😂

[@LastGenRichtofenn]

fucking crazy lmao

[@natedogwilder2137]

Imagine Dragons is to rock what Taco Bell is to Mexican food.

[@marcinjaskolski2824]

Both equally vomit-inducing.

[@BruH-dj9gg]

Both make the worst shit ever

[@Jolipolie]

Killerbug7 0 I dunno man I still fuck up so Doritos Locos Tacos

[@LastGenRichtofenn]

@@BruH-dj9gg "Both make the worst shit ever". I see what u did there

[@arminc4658]

Taco Bell is more similar to Mexican food than Imagine Dragons is similar to rock.

[@loka9422]

If Imagine Dragons is rock, then 6ix9ine is jazz.

[@emiliomarbanjr]

Lmao. Fair enough.

[@Rekko82]

Mr. 69 is in jail.

[@chrismoore488]

To be fair, their first 2 albums were pretty much rock but after that they basically turned into pop

[@yiff]

I want freeform jazz tekashi

[@isthis3182]

CraX what a trip

[@jw7500]

Not to sound like a boomer, but jesus christ this list makes me sad. This is top 40 bait, not rock.

[@Ninjamanhammer]

Rock can be top 40 bait.

[@orfeasadam3926]

There is good rock music out there but they promote trending pop shit like imagine douchebags

[@aspeck1915]

Bruh I'm 20 and I feel like the exact same way

[@Crusader-tg1wx]

You don’t sound like a boomer. You’re just right.

[@p.chuckmoralesesquire3965]

hey man sometimes boomers are just flat correct, nothing wrong with that, i know we want to just dismiss them as being dumb and old, but credit where credit is due, this list is just ...... weird and lazy I think

[@Tjstev]

Rock is alive and well, it just doesn’t chart.

[@andtheheroprevails]

Truth

[@sfdko3291]

Is it? Who should i listen to that isn't trash?

[@HeavensOfMetal]

Want to throw out some rock bands that debuted this decade/have been on a hot streak this decade & debuted late 00s? I don’t follow much new rock & the first band that comes to mind is Halestorm.

[@trashpigeon1164]

@@sfdko3291 my favorites are Ghost, Tame Impala, Rishloo, Temples and Polyphia. If you ever want more I have tons

[@Ardis160]

@@HeavensOfMetal Ghost is pretty much the only 2010's band that's already made it to arenas.

[@dushdj8947]

This list just feels like it was made by a kid who listens to the radio in his moms car, and then recites the most popular non rap songs he can think of

[@bemersonbakebarmen]

Billboard takes data from.sales and streaming sites. This is whats popular. Like it or not

[@ricardoscosta2005]

still they aren't rock songs

[@Enceladus2106]

Df dush u doin here

[@bradensmith8006]

“Yeah, my favorite rock band is T H E L U M I N E E R S”

[@richiegigas8628]

hahahahaha

[@YouTubeAIbot]

missingname110 bitch stfu Eminem is wayyyy better

[@oldpotatoman4838]

I though they were country

[@YouTubeAIbot]

IBoss 2004 r/woooosh

[@sidobakker6323]

KZbin A.I bot what? noooo, that’s not how r/woooosh works

[@afganskiksiaze]

If Imagine Dragons is rock, then Eminem is soul.

[@KerWallis]

Eminem was originally part of the group 'Soul Intent.' Just a funny coincidence...

[@duwangambulance7048]

If Eminem is soul, then Death Grips is ambient music

[@theorion1405]

And Iron Maiden is for nursery rhymes.

[@failtolawl]

Even funnier because eminem has no soul anymore

[@polyduckwanaland]

If Eminem is soul, then 100 gecs are Blue Grass

[@mind-of-neo]

Imagine Dragons is what soccer moms with Live, Laugh, Love signs think the cool kids listen to

[@BananaGeekLord]

I have never heard a more perfect description of them.

[@Zzzodiackillerrr]

fucking destroyed

[@blueberry5822]

Facts

[@aprild.9992]

What about chain smokers?

[@Gammera2000]

It's the kind of thing they play at elementary school pep rallies to get everyone excited for bingis the clown to tell us about fire safety, and also to visit the local mega church.

[@lookatmypfp7590]

imagine dragons comfirmed so many times that they dont consider themselves rock.

[@Zatoka.]

I don't think billboard or rolling stone care. If they wanna add ID to the list since they're very popular, add I'm So Sorry or something; that IS rock, and it covers a popular band.

[@sadwrld520]

might as well put “you’re welcome” by Dwayne Johnson since that’s rock too

[@zuhri8]

This need more likes

[@someoneontheinternet6378]

Oh you-

[@rskl8083]

I enjoyed this👍

[@bazarus6510]

Billboard: “loud” songs = rock

[@person.w9780]

In that case Bang Bang by Arianna, Niki Minaj and that other girl would be considered rock.

[@sidhantsood5373]

Estabon Rodriguez now I want Steve Albini to create this “loud” overproduced, sugarcoated pop song to make it on a list like this

[@johnindigo5477]

What about loud rap songs with a guitar sample.

[@irishmanrants89]

XXXtentacion is my favorite rock band.

[@cocobarbarian1510]

any artist with a slight edge qualifies

[@atlastobin7837]

Post Malone is more like rock than Imagine Dragons.

[@xtexaschainsawx]

That's sad

[@AMG-ko3gt]

Well Post Malone likes Metal

[@davidnissim589]

He’s not even rock, which really says something about how bad Imagine Dragons is.

[@eeshsinger]

So true

[@MoZ1899]

the only song that's close to a rock i can remember from them is Battle Cry and that's it

[@XFTFX]

Back then we whined "Nu Metal is not metal reeeee" Now music industry gave us the middle finger and this

[@phillipaaron5880]

Fathi Rizqi Ananda I love nu metal.

[@outstandingdogmarron9890]

Phillip Aaron what’s your favourite nu metal band?

[@phillipaaron5880]

Outstanding Dog Marron It's hard to say. If I had to say it would be Slipknot.

[@outstandingdogmarron9890]

Phillip Aaron same

[@eeshsinger]

@@phillipaaron5880 same

[@cartoonjoseph1624]

If Imagine Dragons is rock, Billie Eilish is rap.

[@someguy7448]

@crusader 1 If Imagine Dragons is rock, Infant Annihilator is pop.

[@muhammadsyafiq1004]

@@someguy7448 If Imagine Dragons is rock, BMTH is pop... wait a minute, nevermind.

[@MikeB3542]

Duh

[@pearsights]

Orfeas Adam Jesus man calm down it’s just a KZbin comment

[@FallOutGorl]

If Imagine Dragons is rock, Pink Floyd is death metal.

[@sparda_]

Shitty pop artist: *plucks one guitar note* Billboard: ROCK MUSIC! WRITE THAT DOWN!

[@davidnissim589]

Speaking of which, one of the songs on that list was by Lil Wayne. (he sucks at guitar). Coincidentally, that song featured Imagine Dragons.

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

Lmao

[@gerald3506]

It seems like a list a 12 year old made and it’s all bands he really likes

[@gjones9282]

theh1n1shot lmfao what

[@bennyrenny6613]

theh1n1shot that’s not true anyone can like anything

[@reddd-77]

@theh1n1shot an internet troll in 2020 oof

[@sparksfilmss]

don't come for lorde like that

[@jacobcatling]

@theh1n1shot piss off sexist idiot

[@ArchibaldClumpy]

Billboard's best horror movies of the decade: Jurassic World Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Game Night Captain Phillips

[@phoneguy3409]

Don't forget the best movie ever: Who Killed Captain Alex

[@zackzallie8735]

Room tho.

[@PhillyTornadoSpin]

Captain marvel was pretty scary

[@jsmarty1]

Don’t forget Inception. That was scary

[@Metalton95]

What about Jumanji? The version with Dwayne Johnson, ofc!

[@eocaioquil]

Now you need to do your own top rock songs of the decade list

[@derekwadas8489]

1988 Toyota Chaser New XG Extra Now I’m really interested in wanting him to do one!

[@Zaya2499]

Your asking him to think about this all day for days haha that would be interesting

[@megamob5834]

Imagine dragons reminds me of a Christian “rock” band that lost their way

[@megamob5834]

Anson Hartzler : seriously? Because that makes way too much sense

[@mons3020]

You mean Katy Perry? Wait...

[@JesusMuhammadAbraham]

“Imagine Dragons” is an anagram of their original band name. Could very well be something to do with God

[@Rekko82]

Sure most of the modern Christian rock and pop sucks but Neal Morse released two great prog rock albums. I still listen to Larry Norman, Petra, Stryper, The Choir, Believer, Theocracy, Fireflight, Randy Stonehill, Mark Heard, Daniel Amos and many Christian artists who are not afraid of being creative.

[@smarmalade5938]

@@JesusMuhammadAbraham GONAD MIGRANES

[@cheesecakelasagna]

Being reminded that the song Thunder existed twice in 2019 is my worst moment of the year.

[@jameskilgour387]

It was the second best rock song of the year, why are you sad about it?

[@BaronVonBielski]

James Kilgour because it’s an awful song.

[@chaseblauvelt7008]

James, how dare you! Its the second best OF THE DECADE!

[@SibaNL]

thunDA thu thu thunDA thUnDA I developed ear cancer.

[@xXNIDSXx]

BaronVonBielski I believe, when you think about it, he may be... now listen to me here... being sarcastic

[@banderdash2368]

Seriously though Taylor Swift has rockier songs than some of the songs on this list

[@richasingh9062]

Like state of grace. Very true.

[@richasingh9062]

@Alina Del Rey yep, one of my favourites too

[@ezrafowler1820]

This makes me so sad, I think I’ll go listen to my favorite top 40 country artist readiohead.

[@davidnissim589]

Her early country stuff was kind of pop rock/soft rock in a way

[@dclikemtndew]

Ah yes, my favorite rock artist Lana Del Rey

[@matteokamberi5304]

That's still one of the most believable things in this video

[@sycamore2656]

I could ve squinted if they put her Ultraviolence album instead of BTD...

[@CAILLOU777]

jajajajajaja

[@pavelm.gonzalez8608]

She's actually more Rocky than half of this thrash!!! xd

[@jaked.5954]

Hence “Norman Fucking ROCKwell”

[@callummcghie6957]

Guitar pop: exists Billboard: is this (grunge, pop-punk, britpop, art rock, indie rock, hard rock, heavy metal, punk, post-punk, post anything, alt rock, prog rock, math rock, midwestern emo, emo core, bluegrass, blues, modern rock, soft rock, new wave, baroque pop, folk rock, psychedelic, rap rock, glam rock or any revival movement ?)

[@Brandon-me2qr]

Forgot many more like slam metal or black metal or death metal

[@callummcghie6957]

Meme Ord see I’d call that metal bro

[@Brandon-me2qr]

Cho-ok-nuk Ho nah it’s different is more heavier

[@polyduckwanaland]

Forgot ska and ska punk and reggae

[@callummcghie6957]

Bisexual Duck it’s pretty arbitrary but I wouldn’t call them rock just personally

[@braeden9350]

Didn't realize it was possible to consider "shut up and dance" a rock song.

[@neverlosehighhopes9499]

shut up and dance

[@youtubeuserdan4017]

I fucking hate that song so much.

[@obliquesauce6741]

shut up and dance is a bop but not rock

[@mr.worldwide4758]

Pop rock

[@jardelinvencivel2426]

Pop Rock/Indie Rock

[@quickscopeoneeighty9158]

Billboard: If it has a sad acoustic guitar riff or an actual drummer, its rock music

[@buzzardsinuses4780]

Imagine Dragons were never rock, and Panic stopped rocking years ago. This just makes me chuckle!

[@steviewonder1663]

And while we're at it, didn't Twenty One Pilots write a whole verse about selling candles in that one song

[@OneAndZer0]

Pop Rock is still rock. I'd say Believer and Radioactive are pop rock songs. This list is mostly straight pop though.

[@AlbanianGoose]

@@OneAndZer0 no they dont even have guitars, and they arent pop rock, pop rock is blink 182 green day the killers

[@thraelyad6751]

@@AlbanianGoose those are closer to emo/punk

[@tylerbradford427]

Most of this list is bipolar teen pop music

[@CaptnKrksNippls]

Note to self: Play one guitar note in every one of my songs so I can be in the running for top rock songs every time.

[@Zooropa_Station]

Make one rock album at the start of your career and then pivot to a completely different genre so Billboard will put you on top of the rock chart for all your trap opera fusion albums.

[@BrokeAtBestMusic]

Billboard Rock noun (bill-bored roc); Any song that predominantly features a guitar but does not feature whistles, claps, or finger snaps. Eric's grandmother was really into Billboard Rock.

[@nox5555]

@@Zooropa_Station trap opera fusion is clearly a form of metal

[@billmiller5445]

God damn...this is a near-exact list of every song I changed radio stations to avoid listening to in college

[@Crunch_Buttsteak]

Good man 🍻

[@applesyo]

Amen to that

[@billmiller5445]

mexican parfait yeeeee agree

[@barackobama5598]

Honestly, I'm a huge twenty one pilots fan, but they sure as hell aren't rock.

[@savvy9231]

Same, and I have a similar attitude towards Panic! now. Also, nice username and pfp.

[@liamwest472]

*screams in Jumpsuit*

[@miguelpereira9859]

@@savvy9231 Ayyy nice pfp yourself

[@savvy9231]

Miguel Pereira thanks!

[@jillleebean6327]

Liam West to be fair that's all they have, jumpsuit, that's it

[@issaphae9659]

when ain't it fun by paramore is a harder rock song than any of the top ten "rock songs" of the decade.

[@pabloparra-lopez1896]

Well its a alternative rock song

[@papayer]

Paramore still exists?

[@barringtonwomble4713]

Still into you is a harder rock song than all of these.

[@Ason19]

There is a Black choir on the hook. Doesn't seem rocking to me more upbeat blue-eyed soul

[@killingthemood2000]

The fact that Paramore has been running modern rock, consistently good and doesn't get enough recognition is mean

[@Raupekaa]

I’d argue some of Florence & The Machine’s music is more Rock than Imagine Dragons

[@elyy0345]

What Kind of man is a rock song completely I agree

[@samc771]

Also highlights the fact that the entire top 10 is male

[@MarkTheCat]

Sam C jeez calm down

[@themapplesperiod]

Kiss With a Fist comes to mind, among others.

[@SeemsLogical]

@@samc771 Rock music has always had more of a male audience and male majority among the musicians. Janis Joplin, Joan Jett, Stevie Nicks and Amy Lee are notable exceptions but it's still less than 10%. It doesn't appeal to most women for whatever reason so it's hard to include a female example on this list.

[@beerdrinker8514]

This is the most un rock and roll list I’ve ever seen

[@orlock20]

There is a lot of roll, as in rolling one's eyes and rolling in the grave, in this.

[@3rdmemberofdaftpunk]

Arctic Monkeys: exist Billboard: I'm gonna pretend that I didn't see that

[@nunoaraujo3658]

How Arctic Monkeys don't top the list I'll never understand. And they don't even make it lol

[@olevantiel3123]

@Cinnamon Rey I never really listened to the Arctic Monkeys, but they aren’t really rock right? Also, that would mean that they could be on the list. It would be better than imagine dragons for sure

[@3rdmemberofdaftpunk]

@@olevantiel3123 they actually are one of the greatest rock bands of our generation, you should really listen to them if you're into rock/indie rock :)

[@olevantiel3123]

@Cinnamon Rey Okay, I will. Thx for the tip

[@3rdmemberofdaftpunk]

@@olevantiel3123 no problem :)

[@RedHeatOnTheStreet]

I'll never forget probably the most inappropriate moment in my life, when the tourguide bus which I was sitting in during a guided tour in Chernobyl and Pripyat chose to play Radioactive as the outro going back to Kiev

[@OlegUstimenko]

jesus lmao

[@Yuh_mama]

I hope this actually happened

[@RedHeatOnTheStreet]

Yuh Mama unfortunately I didn’t record it but I do have a lot of pictures to prove I was there. I was traveling with SoloEast Travel in October 2018

[@amgm1996]

Lmaaaaao

[@Trazynn]

Our bus driver played the Hostel movie on our way to Bratislava.

[@jimini1976]

Nickelback is feeling pretty good after seeing this list.

[@HoneydaxNovac16]

It is upsetting how Nickleback don't even seem that bad after seeing all the absolute garbage artists on the list.

[@ultimatetrishbhatia]

Nickelback is actually good, people hate them for no reason

[@majik5194]

@@ultimatetrishbhatia they're not bad really. Just sort of bland and inconsequential (albeit pretty damn catchy sometimes)

[@ejenplitobarces]

@LegoGuy87 true, I think their music is only average, but may actually be very good compared to the artists on the list

[@jaspen7266]

Billboard: puts artists on a top 10 list for a genre they dont even dabble in Also billboard: Old town road isn't country

[@dischordonthebeat]

Basically

[@tyrkun1624]

But it isn't country. Doesn't mean this list isn't hot garbage.

[@skellez]

@@tyrkun1624 Billboard thinks One Thing Right by Marshmello is a country song, a #1 at that, by that definition OTR def is country

[@tyrkun1624]

@@skellez Billboard is a fucking joke.

[@jaspen7266]

@@tyrkun1624 fax

[@mors.]

Oh man, cant wait so listen to my death metal playlist: lady gaga, outkast and some kanye west

[@popisdeadisagoodsong9997]

Now I can just imagine someone growling "hey ya". Thanks.

[@iCanBeHeroic]

They’re called *MINERALS*

[@pabloparra-lopez1896]

1. Sand vs salt by 24k

[@ggll6241]

DAMNIT MARIE

[@reunio]

Well Aurora wins by default then

[@MatPost]

"Pain is when I kick you in the ass, Marie!"

[@fullskapunkalchemist3471]

Mineral had alot of good rock songs in the 90s like parking lot, but they haven't been very active this decade only releasing 2 songs (aurora and your body is the world)

[@simonDopeSRB]

apolgy for bad english where were u wen rock die I was at house eating dorito when phone ring "rocc music is kil" "no"

[@davidgutierrez5310]

Why??

[@alpujugo]

La buena Simón

[@simoproduction98]

Shid plz no

[@newbalance2002r]

Simon Ramirez Burgos brilliant poet

[@itsallenwow]

Classic meme is never kil

[@bipbipletucha]

Why the hell wasn't Do I Wanna Know on this list? That song was huge.

[@JimboCruntz]

Because that song was, quite clearly, jazz.

[@vincentbarbes7672]

R U Mine too. Both these songs are classics by this point

[@leafhouseee]

that song is clearly a fusion of pc music and 20’s big band music , so defo wouldn’t be on the list

[@JimboCruntz]

@@leafhouseee Its a neoclassical post jazz future funk fusion odyssey. Clearly not rock.

[@zester9208]

mjwoodworth it doesnt seem like they care if its rock or not they put imagine dragons in a list that was supposed to be rock

[@MrPajamaShark]

Alice in Chains, Black Sabbath, Foo Fighters, Metallica, Judas Priest, Queens of the Stone Age, and Jack White all released allbums this decade, and that was all off the top of my head.

[@Horus4302]

Imagine Dragons is basically the human music Jerry listens to in "Rick and Morty"

[@Fraudemusic]

Alternative music: exists Billboard: “is this rock music?”

[@mikekachowski2797]

WALSHmusic the sad thing is that most of these songs aren’t even alternative... they’re just pop songs

[@nopers2223322]

Billboard is boomers who've never used the internet and are tallying up what they're hearing on IHeartRadio FM stations

[@jak3w]

Can we stop with the dumb meme comments in 2020?

[@abbedurgut3743]

@@nopers2223322 i think its the opposite because rock is stereotypicaly for older generations.

[@masterchaoss]

@@nopers2223322 I think boomers would have a better since of what rock is compared to who ever put this list together.

[@mikewarper6789]

This list isn't shitty enough. I don't see any Maroon 5.

[@jordanfrancis1074]

Wish I could go back in time when Maroon 5 made actual pop rock with real instruments and tell Adam Levine at gunpoint to keep going in that direction

[@SouthernGothicYT]

@@jordanfrancis1074 they peaked at "she well be loved"

[@drdre4397]

@@SouthernGothicYT songs about jane was their last good album. That whole album top to bottom is amazing.

[@Smarackto]

never forget the spongebob superbowl.

[@ProfessorEggnog]

@@Smarackto *we don't talk about that tragedy*

[@Optropicraft]

I realize that "rock" has a pretty broad meaning but Christ, "Shut Up and Dance"?

[@jsmarty1]

Banger of a song imo, but it’s defo not rock

[@benlassen2115]

It is a rock song. I don't understand how it isn't. I mean, there's other sounds in there, but if I had to put it in one genre it'd be that.

[@gregtechnewhorizons]

@@benlassen2115 it is not rock at all my bro

[@benlassen2115]

@@gregtechnewhorizons How so? As with any genre, we have to keep pushing the definition of 'rock' forward. I'm fairly certain that song falls into that definition. I'd really like to hear how it doesn't. There's far more egregious choices on that list like 'High Hopes', which doesn't at all resemble rock music.

[@gregtechnewhorizons]

@@benlassen2115 have you ever heard what rock souns like? it has electric guitars, bass, drums and gritted vocal it has nothing to do with songs like this

[@supergranular]

Why do all these "rock songs" sound like Katy Perry's Roar?

[@alanheyes694]

It’s a solid question.

[@Trazynn]

Billboard should just have listed 'Roar' ten times.

[@brandon9506]

every song in existence is derivative of roar in some way

[@maestro723]

even Katy Perry has more rock experience than most of these bands considering her work with POD in Goodbye For Now.

[@murcielago7247]

Probably written by the same guy

[@lordofolimpia1]

billboard is just basically telling us that "if they're a band then they're a rock band"

[@dutchvanderlinde8034]

That means that BTS, one direction, Jonas brothers, backstreet boys, nsync and westlife are all rock bands

[@Alexander-hi8bo]

How the hell did Lorde and Lana del Rey made it on here than lol

[@Hi-fd4cw]

This list speaks volumes of Billboard’s credibility; there is none.

[@dukeofnuke2446]

Vance Joy's Ripitide and Passenger's Let her Go is in the list...

[@dukeofnuke2446]

@@lukebradford I know !

[@ianbyrne465]

Everyone's talking about Imagine Dragons, but why tf is "Ho Hey" on that list?

[@lorengarms9836]

We live in the age where rock is being constantly made and yet completely overlooked.

[@comedychrises]

The definition of rock according to Billboard is anything not hip hop.

[@JuanGomez-se8wh]

But these songs are closer from hip hop than to rock.

[@KerWallis]

Philip Glass is my favorite Rock band

[@brushot]

21 Pilots. Very not Hip Hop

[@EmperorTigerstar]

Thank you for making this video and summing up my frustrations with Billboard's classification for rock for the past 5 years.

[@pchavez8833]

Rock has more or less died since the 90’s.

[@javierganzarain4559]

Nice to find you here, your highness

[@im_so_bored3896]

@@pchavez8833 not true, it died around 10 yrs ago

[@LastGenRichtofenn]

@@im_so_bored3896 Yh, it was still big in the 2000s

[@PaulBenjaminJenkins]

Top 10 Billboard songs of the 2000s: 10. Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire 9. 3 Doors Down - Kryptonite 8. Staind - It's Been Awhile 7. Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams 6. Audioslave - Like A Stone 5. Linkin Park - In the End 4. Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows 3. Foo Fighters - The Pretender 2. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication 1. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army At least you can't argue that those are all rock bands, even if some of it isn't great.

[@ejenplitobarces]

The Linkin Park song is a great one and I'm not even a fan of them

[@Heisenbulla]

@@ejenplitobarces Isnt californiacation from 1999 tho

[@ejenplitobarces]

@@Heisenbulla yes it is, but I bet it was still popular during that year

[@zackzallie8735]

The White Stripes, RHCP, Queens of the Stone Age, and Green Day are the best ones.

[@addison_deez]

yeah always wondered sex on fire and mr brightside, seven nation army are never on any of these lists. those songs are better than imagine dragons entire discography

[@fakeband67]

Tyler, the Creator is my favorite country artist!!!!

[@pabloparra-lopez1896]

So true man!!

[@biblicaladrian6007]

Slipknot is my favorite rap group

[@tomschult133]

"Swampy niggaz out da bayou"

[@incongruous4]

Disturbed is my favorite metal band

[@strawberrymilkshake4822]

Big time rush is my favorite screamo band

[@kit2799]

2020: “This decade rock will be mainstream again!” 2030 “This decade rock will be mainstream again!”

[@cooldinom]

👍yep

[@vraisairs9201]

Don't make me cry

[@juliustheillustrious7727]

It's better off this way, lest rock is diluded down to appeal to the lowest denomnator...

[@harrylane4]

@@juliustheillustrious7727 rock has been ***diluted to the lowest common denominator for decades but ok.

[@jameskilgour387]

Haven't you heard? My favourite rock bands Imagine Dragons and Twenty One Pilots are really popular now, it's already mainstream

[@wandajames143]

These songs are played constantly on “modern rock” radio.

[@nimue2059]

So modern Rock is basically Pop? Now I remember why I stopped listening to the radio...

[@ParodyMenOnline]

@@nimue2059 everything on the radio is just pop tbh, every genre has just been morphed into this easily digestible slop that has no substantial meaning on the radio

[@slimeforest]

because modern rock is mostly pop rock...?

[@disarray8244]

@@slimeforest It's hard to classify let me think of the right wording..........🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 It's shit.

[@avidspider]

Truth. It's for this reason that I can't stand iHeartRadio. When you hear Macklemore - Thrift Shop playing on the rock station, EDM station, and rap/hiphop station... AT THE SAME TIME, yeah just shoot me.

[@luccaburgess]

If Twenty One Pilots are rock, Beastie Boys are metal.

[@Nosleep5937]

Hymns of The Needle Freak it’s true I read about that

[@wesleyzimmerman94]

They had a solo done by one of the guys from Slayer back in the day

[@Nosleep5937]

Wesley Zimmerman wow didn’t know that

[@jorgethebest8217]

@Hymns of The Needle Freak Hardcore Punk And Hip Hop

[@eldafint]

Tbf TOP has made som more rocky song (Jumpsuit for instance)

[@spacewizardpip1111]

This list kind of shits the bed when they have the Twenty One Pilots, and Imagine Dragons 3 times each.

[@daliguj221]

Mazde help me lose my mind?

[@mahraba874]

TOP are good but like seriously, ROCK?

[@esharp48]

IMAGINE DRAGONS AS THE TOP 3 ROCK SONGS OF THE DECADE. THE TOP MOTHERFUCKING 3... “Hmmm... that’s good... what’s another good rock song?” OH #4? PANIC! AT THE GODDAMN DISCO.

[@liyah6170]

and high hopes by panic at the disco

[@brandofield1280]

Still lots of hope for rock. King Gizzard has to be one of the best ever. And they're just getting started

[@gimmedataids]

yeah they're killing it. Looking forward to more Black MIDI as well

[@daynthemusicmayn5425]

Rock is alive and well but the people up top just don’t know what it is and they certainly don’t want to find out because that would mean danger and free thought

[@cataclisma3846]

I mean you can just google a lot of metalcore bands

[@jonathanhill6928]

THE GIZZ WILL REIGN

[@derekwadas8489]

Brando Field Hopefully their music will reach a much wider audience this decade. I feel like they’ve been so underground in the 2010s that they gotta burst out onto the mainstream stage any moment soon.

[@NateJackson_]

Neil Young: Rock and Roll will never die Billboard: Hold my beer

[@ZaveAres]

Fuck Neil Young

[@animegamingdude]

@@ZaveAres Fuck you.

[@duwangambulance7048]

ZaVe Ares look at this entire circus here

[@neverlosehighhopes9499]

@@ZaveAres Ahahahahaha funny comment here

[@calebfronk8256]

Zave Ares you couldn’t even hang from Neil young’s jock

[@tenmeicherry9797]

If Imagine Dragons is rock, then Elvis Presley is rap

[@igornaimoli7321]

Tuttifrutti actually sounds pretty rap

[@brandonayong752]

@@igornaimoli7321 that's a little Richard song actually.. jailhouse rock definitely is hip hop though

[@staigenerator2949]

Lil Presley in this bih

[@charliesmith4415]

not my imagie dragies

[@tubthungusbychumbungus]

That comment imagine dragged me to my grave

[@mck7646]

THUNDAH. THUNDAH. THUNDAH.

[@aprild.9992]

@@mck7646 ⛈️🌀⚡

[@Gammera2000]

Fun fact, the charter school I went to chose Dragons as our mascot (This was before I went there). The schools were called Imagine International Academy. We were Imagine Dragons

[@musiew683]

Imagine dragon deez nuts

[@SquishyEggo]

Rock in 2019: LOUD AND A GUITAR SOMEWHERE

[@Dazumu]

And then we have a Lumineers who dont have a loud tune to save their life.

[@ballscrusher4]

*Billboard Rock Guidelines - What Makes A Song A Rock Song?* A rock song is literally any song with any single one of the following characteristics: • Bold, shouty vocals • Melodic chord progressions • "Riffs" or ostinato phrases • Loud sometimes • Has any type of guitar • Has vocals • Is music • Has a rhythm • Is audible If the song ticks at least one of these boxes, it's probably a rock song!

[@anthonystark5412]

@Aaron Garcia So, like Lil Wayne, am I right?

[@anthonystark5412]

@@h7777 Surely you mean, "lil wayne tried to do 'music' at some point it wasnt great"? Yes, he's earning a good living. But, might that not be due to the fact that a small group of producers have, over the course of the past 25 years or so, convinced a multitude of gormless viewers that glorified talent shows like "Idol" and "X Factor" are actually worthwhile entertainment? In part, at least. Yes, I know. Mostly, it was because Lil Wayne can outplay Satch.

[@stevenalexander6713]

You don't even need a guitar. If you've got a hip hop beat and you rap the lyrics, that's rock!

[@f.f5771]

So the category is “white and quirky” according to billboard

[@98izzark69]

Giving weird al a run for his money

[@ragamuffin2829]

The descriptor “quirky” is very charitable. I wouldn’t go that far.

[@archangelofcoffee922]

White and NERDY!

[@goodolmeplant5809]

@ bLacK?

[@soadapop9331]

sounds like “alternative”

[@Cringeous]

I guess Queen or Rush is considered death metal according to Billboard.

[@jsmarty1]

Must’ve lost their shit when they heard Sheer Heart Attack

[@itsmedante.5325]

ugh cant stand both those bands. that Geddy Lee guy has such an irritating voice.

[@Martwypłód2k12]

@@itsmedante.5325 La Villa Strangato and YYZ are instrumental masterpieces

[@yawnlemon2080]

@@itsmedante.5325 You clearly have a shit taste in music

[@isaacgavino7593]

My list: 10: Circles- Post Malone 9: Circles- Post Malone 8: Circles- Post Malone 7: Circles- Post Malone 6: Circles- Post Malone 5: Circles- Post Malone 4: Circles- Post Malone 3: Circles- Post Malone 2: Circles- Post Malone 1: Circles- Post Malone

[@bambap9012]

Where was Circles-Post Malone

[@sprb4725]

Nah fam, circles is better then circles

[@eoin8450]

This would have made more sense on that list than most of the songs

[@coffdrop77]

You really put circles over circles?

[@unlikelysalmon786]

@@bambap9012 It was in all 10 spaces. Only smol pp will r/woooosh.

[@djurdjixradic4083]

Its just sooo depressing seeing how the top 3 "best rock" songs, come from a band that has been literally moprhed for shopping mall playlists and backround music for various commercials. Its so sad that this type of "rock" that is being promoted (or whatever), totally underminds and shits on everything that rock music actually stands for. When I hear radioactive, I truly think im slowly dying from radiation poisoning through my ears.

[@simmyt10]

Idc you said this 7 months ago it’s exactly what I’ve been saying for ages

[@paulelroy6650]

Exactly. I mean nothing with an artist of group being in one genre but making it out that's part of another is fucking dumb.

[@smeebs]

If someone told me that was Cal's Rock List of the Decade I would have believed them

[@jamesduncan6729]

I like your profile pic of the sexy beard man from RLM

[@falkin42]

Honestly I just want to see (or hear) Cal read this list.

[@smeebs]

@@jamesduncan6729 I think you are mistaken, this is not Rich Evans.

[@jamesduncan6729]

@@smeebs are you sure? I really don't think i could mistake the birthday boy

[@gaborkrausz5402]

If Imagine Dragons is rock, Iron Maiden is deathcore!

[@NealBones]

If that's true, then what does Cattle Decapitation become? 😳💀

[@nickischaos2674]

@@NealBones bubblegum pop

[@qwertybub5407]

@@nickischaos2674 lol it cycles back around

[@nickischaos2674]

@@qwertybub5407 yeah lmai

[@esharp48]

Billboard: “What even is “Adult Contemporary?”

[@rossmorton7002]

@Sarincrow It's a lost art.

[@greensmurf221]

Queens of the Stone Age: "Am I a joke to you??"

[@MrSnuffian]

Right, I mean fucking Like Clockwork came out this decade.

[@IncompleteStrangers]

QotSA - Like Clockwork, Highly Suspect - Mister Asylum, Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark, Rival Sons - Great Western Valkyrie, FIDLAR’s first record, literally anything Jack White has done all decade .......... and I’m sure I missed plenty of legendary rock records. The fuck is this list?

[@olivermeakin7449]

@@IncompleteStrangers you're missing King Gizzard

[@tachysphex4095]

Queens of the Stone Age invented modern rock

[@john4786]

Oliver Meakin rattlesnake def should be but they’re not as known as others. This is why it’s all imagine dragons is top 3

[@elijahsheets3360]

Literally thought this was a meme

[@Horus4302]

It is one now

[@keranssdecontrol]

Might as well be one

[@richardpictures]

Yeah I thought this was fake when I saw it on its own

[@kevinbates832]

Billboard-"Hmm, Trivium, A7X, Slipknot, Greta Van Fleet, Metallica, Megadeth, Muse, and even Black Sabbath are all popular rock/metal bands that received success and critical acclaim throughout the decade." Also Billboard-"Nah, mate we like Imagine Dragons."

[@dreamer1116]

Why isn't Lil Wayne on this list!? Absolute rock god on the guitar

[@turnleftaticeland]

dude that’s vintage

[@skellez]

But he's actually there lmao

[@1337snake888]

He's like the black Jimi Hendrix

[@ochavez3]

Dooo do do do do Dooo do do do do True shredders know that melody

[@armanamini8408]

Cause he's an independent underground rock artist that most people ain't even heard of... Billboard just lists the popular shit

[@joaquinremalante8160]

HELL YEAH!!! One of my favorite country song is *"Down with the sickness"* by Disturbed

[@orlock20]

The original was a lounge jazz song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6WTY3msmc2eaKs

[@BrokeAtBestMusic]

You jest but you can't deny that banjo. \m/

[@tobytomlinson814]

Fantano should make an actual top 10 rock songs of this decade. Honestly I don't really know where to start with this decade as far as rock

[@TurtleGamers1]

AM ... Like Clockwork At least from the perspective of artists that are in the mainstream

[@ncrtrooper8786]

Ever since the 2010s the definition of rock has drastically changed

[@Ja_Crispy69]

Whats funny is that 2010 was the first year that rock had no spots in the top 40’s since early last century