Linkin Park Triples Up Atop Airplay Charts With ‘Up From the Bottom’

Linkin Park’s “Up From the Bottom” takes the top spot on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay and Mainstream Rock Airplay charts, rising to the top of both May 31-dated surveys.

The rockers nab their 14th ruler on Alternative Airplay, breaking out of a three-way tie for the second-most since the tally began in 1988. They also pass Cage the Elephant for the most Alternative Airplay No. 1s since 2000 (14 to 13).

Only one act has more No. 1s on Alternative Airplay all-time as of the May 31 list: Red Hot Chili Peppers, with 15.

Most No. 1s, Alternative Airplay:

Linkin Park first appeared on Alternative Airplay in 2000 with “One Step Closer,” which peaked at No. 5 in January 2001. Its first No. 1, “In the End,” reached the summit in December 2001.

“Up From the Bottom” is the band’s first leader since “The Emptiness Machine,” for five weeks in October-November 2024. In between Linkin Park’s two latest No. 1s, “Heavy Is the Crown” peaked at No. 6 in March.

On Mainstream Rock Airplay, “Up From the Bottom” marks Linkin Park’s 13th No. 1, lifting the band into a four-way tie with Disturbed, Godsmack and Van Halen for the sixth-most dating to the chart’s 1981 inception.

Most No. 1s, Mainstream Rock Airplay:

Linkin Park’s Mainstream Rock Airplay career also began in 2000 with “One Step Closer,” though its first leader came with “Somewhere I Belong” in 2003. The band has now strung together five No. 1s in a row on the chart, dating to the eight-week command of “Lost” in 2023.

“Up From the Bottom” is the first song to top both Alternative Airplay and Mainstream Rock Airplay (at all or simultaneously) since “The Emptiness Machine.”

Concurrently, “Up From the Bottom” spends a sixth week atop the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with 6.2 million audience impressions, up 8%, in the week ending May 22, according to Luminate.

The song placed at No. 10 on the most recently published multimetric Hot Hard Rock Songs chart (dated May 24, reflecting data May 9-15), after reaching No. 2 in April 12. In addition to its radio airplay, the song earned 1.2 million official U.S. streams.

“Up From the Bottom” is on the deluxe version of From Zero, Linkin Park’s eighth studio album. The standard edition debuted at No. 1 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart dated Nov. 30, 2024; the deluxe was released May 16. From Zero has earned 383,000 equivalent album units to date.

All Billboard charts dated May 31 will update on Wednesday, May 28, on Billboard.com (a day later than usual due to the Memorial Day holiday May 26).