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Rock Rips Top 50 of 2021

Pos Song Artist Peak Notes
1 Swedish BandEndlessly Amaranthe 1 6 wks at #1
2 US BandHeroin(e) Eva Under Fire 1 4 wks at #1
3 Lobo
Spanish band		 Rainover 1 4 wks at #1
4 Drive it Like you Stole it
Finnish band		 Smackbound 1 4 wks at #1
5 Canadian BandIn the Dark Black Rose Maze 1 3 wks at #1
6 Chilean BandI'm Your Cancer Chaos Magic 1 4 wks at #1
7 Norwegian BandThe Day the Earth Caught Fire Jorn 1 1 wk at #1
8 Canadian bandHeartless World Unleash the Archers 1 3 wks at #1
9 Dutch bandUS BandsUse my Voice Evanescence, Deena Jakoub, Sharon den Adel, Taylor Momsen, Lindsey Stirling, Lzzy Hale 1 1 wks at #1
10 US BandBlow Eva Under Fire/Spencer Charnas 1 1 weeks at #1
11 Bulgarian bandShattered Sevi 1 2 wks at #1
12 German BandSwiss BandDing Feuerschwanz/Melissa Bonny 1 1 wks at #1
13 Canadian BandI'm a Woman Lee Aaron 1 1 wks at #1
14 Finnish BandHow's the Heart? Nightwish 1 1 wks at #1
15 Swedish BandGG6 Amaranthe 1 2 wks at #2
16 Brazilian BandMurder of Crows Semblant 1 1 wks at #1
17 Swiss bandMarching on Versailles Ad Infinitum 1 1 wk at #1
18 US BandGerman BandRebel The Picturebooks/Lzzy Hale 1 1 wk at #1
19 US BandIris Diamante/Breaking Benjamin 1 2 wks at #1
20 New Zealand BandI Got You Shihad 1 2 wks at #1
21 Russian BandDemons Are a Girl's Best Friend Imperial Age 2 2 wks at #2
22 Chilean BandI'm Alive Chaos Magic 1 2 wks at #1
23 Dutch BandEntertain You Within Temptation 4 #4 for 3wks
24 Bulgarian artistDark Knight Sevi 2 2 wks at #2
25 US BandWasted on You Evanescence 1 2 wks at #1
26 Canadian bandLet Me Be Me Black Rose Maze 3 2 wks at #3
27 Finnish bandWhite Room Apocalyptica/Jacoby Shaddix 2 2 wks at #2
28 US BandThe Way We Used to Be Journey 1 1 wks at #1
29 Canadian BandDiamond Baby Lee Aaron 2 2 wks at #2
30 US BandDeath by Rock and Roll The Pretty Reckless 1 1 wk at #1
31 Canadian BandRussian BandStop Making Stupid People Famous Our Lady Peace/Pussy Riot 1 1 wk at #1
32 US Band25 The Pretty Reckless 3 2 wks at #3
33 Canadian BandAbyss Unleash the Archers 1 1 wk at #1
34 Dutch BandCyanide Sky Autumn 2 2 wks at #2
35 Swedish BandsDo or Die Amaranthe/Angela Gossow 3 2 wks at #3
36 Finnish bandStones Marko Hietala 3 2 wks at #3
37 US artistTimeless Rob Thomas 8 6 wks at #8
38 Bulgarian BandChristmas Song Sevi 3 2 wks at #3
39 Dutch BandStacked Smoke Autumn 5 2 wks at #5
40 US BandGhost Myself Diamante 4 2 wks at #4
41 Brazilian BandDaydream Tragedy Semblant 5 3 wks at #5
42 Canadian BandI Fell in Love With the Devil Avril Lavigne 5 3 wks at #5
43 US BandZombie Bad Wolves 3 2 wks at #3
44 US BandServes You Right Diamante 4 2 wks at #4
45 US BandFinnish BandTalk to Me Apocalyptica/Lzzy Hale 4 2 wks at #4
46 Brazilian BandDethrone the Gods, Control the Master Semblant 5 3 wks at #5
47 Swiss BandLive Before You Die Ad Infinitum 6 2 wks at #6
48 German bandTo the Power of Eight Van Canto 8 2 wks at #8
49 Canadian BandFaster than Light Unleash the Archers 8 2 wks at #8
50 US BandArtemis Lindsey Stirling 7 2 wks at #7

2021 in Review

2021 was Amaranthe's year to shine - along with the top hit of the year, they also have two more on our chart at #15 and #35. Rainover returned with another huge hit. Last year they finished in 2nd place for the year; this year, in 3rd place. This year we welcome 9 new bands to our year-end chart, with 4 of those in the top 10; and our list of songs comes from 14 countries: 22 from the US, 9 from Canada, 5 from Finland, 4 each from Sweden and The Netherlands; 3 from Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria and Switzerland; 2 from Russia and Chile; and 1 from Norway, New Zealand and Spain.

Sixteen bands have more than 1 hit on our chart, including 3 each from Amaranthe (#1, 15, & 35), Unleash the Archers (#8, 33 & 49), Diamante (#19, 40 & 44), Sevi (#11, 24 & 38), Semblant (#16, 41 & 46), and while Halestorm has none on the chart, frontwoman Lzzy Hale is in 3 collaborations at #9, 18 & 45. Ten bands have 2: Eva Under Fire (#2, #10), Black Rose Maze (#5, #26), Chaos Magic (#6, #22); Evanescence (#9, #25); Lindsey Stirling (#9, #50); Lee Aaron (#13, #29), The Pretty Reckless (#30, #32), Apocalyptica (#27, #45); Autumn (#34, #39), and Ad Infinitum (#17, #47). Furthermore, besides her appearance in Within Temptation at #23, Sharon den Adel is also part of #9; similarly, besides her two apeparances with Ad Infinitum, Melissa Bonny is also part of #12.

AmarantheEva Under FireRainover
SmackboundBlack Rose MazeChaos Magic

Chart facts: 14 artists on this year's top 50 were also on last year's chart: Amaranthe, Eva Under Fire, Rainover, Chaos Magic, Jorn, Unleash the Archers, Within Temptation. Lindsey Stirling, Nightwish, Semblant, Imperial Age, Evanescence, Avril Lavigne, and Diamante.

The most significantly "new" thing about 2021 is a single occurrence that has not happened until now (and may well never happen again!), and prompted the creation of a new symbol on our legend: Eva Under Fire's "Heroin(e)," already a hit when it fell off the chart after reaching #1 for 4 weeks, came back on the chart and climbed back into the top 10, making 2 separate runs on the chart. We're calling this a Phoenix song.

Other minutiae:
  • 44 songs feature one or more women.
  • There were 26 #1s and 6 #2s.
  • The lowest peaking song is "Timeless" which peaked at #8 for 6 weeks, and lands at #37 on our year-end chart.
  • 9 artists are here with their first charted hit. Four are in our top 10.
  • 9 songs feature multiple artists: #9 "Use my Voice," #10 "Blow," #12 "Ding," #18 "Rebel," #19 "Iris," #27 "White Room," #31 "Stop Making Stupid People Famous," #35 "Do or Die," and #45 "Talk to Me."
  • 8 songs are remakes.
  • 2 songs are from soundtracks (#2, #10).
  • There is one holiday song ("Christmas Song," #38).
  • 1 song features a foreign language ("Ding," #12).
  • 1 songs is instrumental (#48).
  • There were no debuts in the top 10.
  • 14 countries are represented