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Rock Rips Top 50 of 2022

Pos Song Artist Peak Notes
1 Canadian artistMexican BandEnter Sandman The Warning/Alessia Cara 1 5 wks at #1
2 Unintended
Greek artistNorwegian artist		 Minniva/Christos Nikolao 1 6 wks at #1
3 Maybe It's Time
UK bandUS bands		 Sixx A.M., AWOLNATION, Joe Elliott, Corey Taylor, Brantley Gilbert, Ivan Moody, Slash & Tommy Vext 1 4 wks at #1
4 Nothing
Italian band		 Walk in Darkness 1 4 wks at #1
5 German BandThe Wellerman Van Canto 1 3 wks at #1
6 Chilean BandEmerge Chaos Magic 1 3 wks at #1
7 US BandsWe Will Rock You In This Moment, Lzzy Hale & Taylor Momsen 1 3 wks at #1
8 US bandUnstoppable Eva Under Fire 1 2 wks at #1
9 US bandSeparate Ways Eva Under Fire 1 3 wks at #1
10 Hungarian BandMidsummer Cairn Anahata 1 1 weeks at #1
11 Mexican bandChoke The Warning 1 3 wks at #1
12 Mexican bandDing The Warning 1 2 wks at #1
13 Japanese BandHeartless Scat Ninjen Isu 1 1 wks at #1
14 US BandThe Steeple Halestorm 1 1 wks at #1
15 Mexican BandMartirio The Warning 1 1 wks at #1
16 Argentinian BandFair War Inner Stream 1 1 wks at #1
17 Desert Rose
US artistTunisian artistChilean band		 Chaos Magic, Zaher Zorgati & Mike Terrana 1 1 wk at #1
18 German BandReborn Xandria 1 2 wks at #1
19 Ukrainian BandQueen Dies Ignea 1 1 wk at #1
20 US BandCursed Anaria 1 1 wks at #1
21 US BandsBreak In Halestorm/Amy Lee 1 1 wks at #1
22 Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend
German ArtistCanadian Artist		 Alyssa White-Gluz/Powerwolf 2 2 wks at #2
23 Dutch BandThe Way Is the Aim Imperial Age 3 2 wks at #3
24 American bandsSurvivor Eva Under Fire/State of Mine 2 2 wks at #2
25 Argentinian BandMassive Drain Inner Stream 1 1 wks at #1
26 US bandWicked Ways Halestorm 1 1 wks at #1
27 Argentinian bandLast Drink Inner Stream 3 2 wks at #3
28 German BandFaith Focus Finish Van Canto 3 2 wks at #3
29 German BandWe Got the Moves Electric Callboy 3 2 wks at #3
30 US BandBetter Without You Evanescence 3 2 wks at #3
31 Canadian BandThis Is Who we Are Now The Damn Truth 2 2 wks at #2
32 US BandBack From the Dead Halestorm 4 2 wks at #4
33 Brazilian BandWe Will Stand FlowerLeaf & Marina Torraca 5 2 wks at #5
34 Dutch BandSkeleton Key Epica 5 2 wks at #5
35 Argentinian BandAfraid Elessär 3 2 wks at #3
36 Russian bandAmaranthe The Big Deal 4 2 wks at #4
37 Swiss bandUnstoppable Ad Infinitum 1 2 wks at #1
38 Italian BandThe Last Glow of Day Walk in Darkness 5 2 wks at #5
39 US BandOnly Love Can Save me Now The Pretty Reckless 5 2 wks at #5
40 German BandDead by the Night Van Canto 5 2 wks at #5
41 Italian BandOn the Road to Babylon Walk in Darkness 4 2 wks at #4
42 Turkish BandThe Legend of teh Free Imperial Age 6 2 wks at #6
43 Ukrainian BandMantra Azathoth Circle 6 2 wks at #6
44 Ukrainian ArtistUK BandHey Hey Rise Up Pink Floyd & Andriy Khlyvnyuk 7 2 wks at #7
45 Warriors of the World United
German BandsSwiss Artist		 Feuerschwanz with Thomas Winkler, Saltatio Mortis & Melissa Bonny 7 2 wks at #7
46 Swiss BandAnimals Ad Infinitum 4 2 wks at #4
47 Canadian BandVampin' Lee Aaron 6 2 wks at #6
48 Chilean bandFallign Again Chaos Magic 7 2 wks at #7
49 Canadian BandYou Should be Dancing Dee Gees 5 3 wks at #5
50 US BandComatose Eva Under Fire & Jonathan Dörr 7 3 wks at #7

2022 in Review

Newcomers The Warning, along with support from Canadian Alessia Cara, are #1 on our year-end chart for 2022! That sort of sets the theme for teh year - multi-act collaborations. Our year-end chart features artists from 19 countries: 25 from the US, 5 from Canada, 8 from Germany, 4 each from Mexico and Argentina; 3 each from Ukraine, Switzerland, Italy and Chile; 2 each from the UK and Russia, and 1 apiece from Netherlands, Norway, Greece, Hungary, Tunisia, Japan, Brazil and Turkey. One band from Russia repatriated to Turkey because of the war in Ukraine.

Nine bands have more than 1 hit on our chart, including 4 each from The Warning (#1, 11, 12 & 15), Halestorm (#14, 21, 26 & 32), Eva Under Fire (#8, 9, 24 & 50); 3 each from Walk in Darkness (#4, 28 & 41), Van Canto (#5, 28 & 40), Chaos Magic (#6, 17 & 48), and Inner Stream (#16, 42 & 44). Imperial Age has 2 hits on this chart (#23, #42), as does Ad Infinitum (#37, #46). In addition to her appearances in Halestorm, Lzzy Hale also appears at #7, Amy Lee of Evanescence is also at #21, Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless is also at # 7, and there's Melissa Bonny of Ad Infinitum also appearing at #45.

The WarningMinnivaSixx A.M.
Walk in DarknessVan CantoChaos Magic

Chart facts: 12 artists on this year's top 50 were also on last year's chart: Eva Under Fire, Chaos Magic, Evanescence, Lzzy Hale, Taylor Momsen, The Pretty Reckless, Fueurschwanz, Melissa Bonny, Lee Aaron, Ad Infinitum, Imperial Age and Van Canto.

Other minutiae:
  • 45 songs feature one or more women.
  • There were 24 #1s and 3 #2s.
  • There are 12 multi-act entries: They're at #1, 2, 3, 7, 17, 21, 22`, 24, 33, 44, 45 and 50.
  • There are four lowest peaking songs on the chart that all reached #7.
  • 21 artists are here with their first charted hit. Nine are in our top 10.
  • 11 songs are remakes.
  • 2 songs are from soundtracks (#3, #50).
  • 3 songs feature a foreign language (#12, 15, 35 & 44).
  • 5 songs debuted in the top 10: #2 "Unintended" (#9); #4 "Nothing" (#8); #7 "We Will Rock You" (#7); #11 "Choke" (#10); and #12 "Evolve" (#9);
  • 19 countries are represented