Cage the Elephant Ties Green Day & Linkin Park for Second-Most Alternative Airplay No. 1s

Cage the Elephant notches its 13th No. 1 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart, tying for the second-most rulers in the tally’s history.

“Metaverse” is the band’s latest leader, jumping three spots to the top of the April 12-dated survey.

The Matt Shultz-led band moves into a tie with Green Day and Linkin Park. Red Hot Chili Peppers lead with 15 Alternative Airplay toppers, dating to the list’s September 1988 inception.

Most No. 1s, Alternative Airplay:
15, Red Hot Chili Peppers
13, Cage the Elephant
13, Green Day
13, Linkin Park
12, Foo Fighters
11, Twenty One Pilots
8, U2
8, Weezer
7, The Black Keys
7, Imagine Dragons

“Metaverse” gives Cage the Elephant its fourth No. 1 in a row, the band’s longest streak, besting two other runs of three straight (in 2010-11 and 2015-16). The current stretch dates to 2021, also encompassing “Skin and Bones” that year and “Neon Pill” and “Rainbow” in 2024. The band first topped the chart in 2010 with “Back Against the Wall.”

Concurrently, “Metaverse” bullets at its No. 6 best on Adult Alternative Airplay. On the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, it lifts 9-7 with 3.3 million audience impressions (up 8%) in the week ending April 3, according to Luminate.

“Metaverse” is the third single from Neon Pill, Cage the Elephant’s sixth studio album. The set debuted at No. 7 on the Top Alternative Albums chart last June and has earned 89,000 equivalent album units to date.

All Billboard charts dated April 12 will update Tuesday, April 8, on Billboard.com.