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Rock Rips Top 50 of 2020

Pos Song Artist Peak Notes
1 Chilean BandLike Never Before Chaos Magic 1 6 wks at #1
2 Spanish BandLumina Omnia Rainover 1 4 wks at #1
3 Heroes
Brazilian artistChilean artistUS artistCanadian artist		 Luna Akire, Mizuho Lin, Caterina Nix, Rosa Laricchiuta 1 5 wks at #1
4 My Quarantine
Belgian artistBulgarian artistItalian artistNorwegian artist		 Minniva, Quentin Cornet, Mr. Jumbo, Dimitar Belchev 1 5 wks at #1
5 UK BandFrom Out of Nowhere Jeff Lynne's ELO 1 2 wks at #1
6 US BandThe Strong Eva Under Fire 1 2 wks at #1
7 Greek BandThe End of Heartache Bare Infinity 1 1 wk at #1
8 Finnish bandNoise Nightwish 1 3 wks at #1
9 US BandsVoices in My Head Lindsey Stirling/Switchfoot 1 2 wks at #1
10 Italian BandReckless Lacuna Coil 1 1 weeks at #1
11 Dutch bandMad World Within Temptation 1 2 wks at #1
12 Greek BandRobin's Eyes Bare Infinity 1 3 wks at #1
13 US BandUS BandWith or Without You Eva Under Fire 1 1 wks at #1
14 Dutch BandBurning Bridges Delain 1 3 wks at #1
15 Brazilian BandSemblant Semblant 1 2 wks at #2
16 Swedish BandHelix Amaranthe 1 1 wks at #1
17 Canadian bandThe Chain Kobra & the Lotus 1 1 wk at #1
18 Italian BandLayers of Time Lacuna Coil 1 1 wk at #1
19 Italian BandMission Impossible Temperance 1 2 wks at #1
20 US BandMonsters Shinedown 1 1 wk at #1
21 Russian BandThe Legacy of Atlantis Imperial Age 1 1 wk at #1
22 Italian Bands Rezophonic/Lacuna Coil 3 2 wks at #3
23 Greek BandReaching for the Sun Bare Infinity 1 2 wks at #3
24 Indian artistAvenger's Theme Snake Charmer 2 2 wks at #2
25 US BandNever Stop Anaria 3 2 wks at #3
26 US BandThe Chain Evanescence 1 2 wks at #1
27 Canadian bandMy Prison Rani Chatoorgoon 4
28 Dutch BandTime to Shine Trillium 3 2 wks at #3
29 Finnish BandLay All Your Love on Me Amberian Dawn 3 2 wks at #3
30 US BandI Will Fight Eva Under Fire 4
31 US BandsEvery Second From Ashes to New/Eva Under Fire 4
32 US BandBulletproof Diamante 3 2 wks at #3
33 US BandVicious Halestorm 4
34 Us BandMr. Blue Sky Weezer 1 1 wk at #1
35 Us BandHaunted Diamante 3 2 wks at #3
36 Norwegian bandNeedles & Pins Jorn 2 2 wks at #2
37 Canadian BandThe Flood Rani Chatoorgoon 5
38 UK BandTime of Our Life Jeff Lynne's Elo 5
39 Italian BandStart Another Round Temperance 5
40 Canadian BandBurn! Konra & the Lotus 5
41 Finnish BandUndertaker Tarja 6
42 US BandBuzz Halestorm 5
43 Canadian BandNorthwest Passage Unleash the Archers 5
44 US BandThis Land Is Your Land Taylor Momsen 4
45 US BandTCanadian BandWe Are Warriors Avril Lavigne/Lindsey Stirling 4
46 Dutch BandOne Second Delain 5
47 Tunisian BandNo Holding Back Myrath 6
48 Dutch bandBeautiful Delirium Blackbriar 8
49 Canadian BandBreak Cecile Monique 7
50 Italian BandPurgatory Secret Rule 5

2020 in Review

As do many have before, Chaos Magic came to our attention this year and we expect nothing but greatness from this Chilean band! They have our biggest hit of 2020. This year was the year of the multi-artist and multi-natonal artist, with 3 of our top 5 matching this description. This year, our #3 song was a series of 5 versions of the same song by 4 female artists - Luna Akire, Rosa Laricchiuta, Mizuho Lin, and Caterina NIx. Caterina, of course is the vocalist of our #1 hit this year, and Mizuho is the lead singer of Semblant. What an original idea! Both Caterina and Mizuho are also present here with their regular bands, too. This year we celebrate the appearance of music from 17 countries: 19 from the US; 8 from Italy; 7 from Canada; 5 from The Netherlands; 3 each from Finland and Greece; 2 each from Brazil, Norway, Chile, Sweden, and the UK; and one each from Belgium, Spain, Bulgaria, Russia, India and Tunisia.

Eva Under Fire has 4 on our year-end chart this year (#6, #13, #30, #31)! Both Bare Infinity (#7, #12, #24) and Lacuna Coil (#10, #18, #22) landed 3 songs on the chart. And 8 bands placed 2 here: Delain (#14, #46); Jeff Lynne's ELO (#6, #38); Lindsey Stirling (#9, #45); Kobra & the Lotus (#17, #40), Temperance (#9, #$39), Rani Chatoorgoon (#27, #37); Diamante (#32, #35), and Halestorm (#33, #42).

Chaos MagicRainoverLuna Akire, Mizuho Lin, Caterina Nix, Rosa Laricchiuta
Minniva & the Quarantine CrewJeff LynneEva Under Fire

Chart facts: 11 artists on this year's top 50 were also on last year's chart: Delain, Eva Under Fire, Bare Infinity, Halestorm, Kobra & the Lotus, Weezer, Within Temptation. Temperance, Trillium, Secret Rule, and Blackbriar.

Other minutiae:
  • 44 songs feature one or more women.
  • There were 23 #1s and 1 #2.
  • There are 7 multi-act entries: Rainover and Anders Jacobsson, Luna Akire, Mizuho Lin, Rosa Laricchiuta, and Caterina Nix, Minniva, Quentin Cornet, Mr. Jumbo and Dimitar Belchev, Lindsey Stirling and Switchfoot, Lindsey Stirling and Avril Lavigne, Rezophonic & Lacuna Coil, and Eva Under Fire with From Ashes to New.
  • The lowest peaking song is "Beautiful Delirium" at #48 which peaked at #8.
  • 15 artists are here with their first charted hit. 9 are in our top 10.
  • 10 songs are remakes.
  • 2 acts are multi-national.
  • 2 have foreign languages featured.
  • Debuts in the top 10 include: "Lumina Omnia" (2), "Heroes" (3), "From Out of Nowhere" (5). and "Lay All Your Love on Me" (10).
  • 17 countries are represented