This article summarizes the events related to rock music for the year of 2010.

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  • Alice in Chains single "Your Decision" tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, and stays there for 8 consecutive weeks.[2]
  • Rob Zombie releases his fourth studio album, Hellbilly Deluxe 2. It opens at number 8 on the Billboard 200, selling 49,000 copies. This is half as much as his prior album, Educated Horses, which sold 108,000 copies in its first week in 2006.[7]
  • Alkaline Trio releases their seventh studio album, This Addiction. It debuts just outside of the top 10 of the Billboard 200, charting at number 11 with 26,000 copies sold. It is the second highest debut of the week, and the career highest debut for the band.[8]

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  • Three Days Grace's single "The Good Life" tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart for 5 weeks.[2]
  • Godsmack releases their fourth studio album, The Oracle. It tops the Billboard 200 chart, selling 117,000 copies in its opening week.[15]
  • Deftones releases their sixth studio album, and their first in four years, Diamond Eyes. It debuts at number 6 on the Billboard 200, selling 62,000. It is the first album without original bassist Chi Cheng, who entered a long-term coma in 2008.[15]
  • Stone Temple Pilots releases their sixth studio album, Stone Temple Pilots. It debuts at number 2 on the Billboard 200, selling 62,000 copies. The album is their first since their 2002 breakup, and last to feature the band's original lineup following Scott Weiland's dismissal in 2013 and death in 2015. It is also the first of two self-titled albums the band release, later releasing an entirely different Stone Temple Pilots album in 2018.[16]
  • The Black Keys release their sixth studio album, Brothers. It debuts at number 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 73,000 copies. It holds on to number 8 in its second week as well, selling another 26,000 copies.[17][16]

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  • Disturbed releases their fifth studio album, Asylum. It tops the Billboard 200 chart, selling 179,000 copies in its opening week. It is the band's fourth album in a row to top the chart.[22]
  • Disturbed's single "Another Way to Die" tops the Mainstream Rock chart and stays there for 8 consecutive weeks.[2]

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  • Linkin Park releases their fourth studio album, A Thousand Suns. It tops the Billboard 200 chart, selling 241,000 copies in its opening week.[23] It holds on to number 3 in its second week, selling another 70,000 copies.[24]
  • Stone Sour releases their third studio album, Audio Secrecy. It debuts at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 46,000 copies.[25]
  • Weezer releases their eighth studio album, Hurley. It debuts at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 45,000 copies. The album's title and cover art is a reference to the character Hugo "Hurley" Reyes (Jorge Garcia) from the television series Lost.[26]

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References edit

  1. ^ a b "Nickelback". Billboard.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Mainstream Rock Songs - 2010 Archive". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "Three Days Grace". Billboard.
  4. ^ "You Me at Six / Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  5. ^ "You Me at Six Hold Me Down". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  6. ^ "'Hope For Haiti' Album Debuts At No. 1 on Billboard 200". Billboard. 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  7. ^ "Grammy Stars Shine On Billboard 200, Lady Antebellum Holds At No. 1". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Sade Clocks Third Week At No. 1 On Billboard 200". Billboard.
  9. ^ a b "Lady Antebellum Returns to No. 1 On Billboard 200". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard.
  11. ^ "Lady Antebellum Returns To No. 1, Marvin Sapp Debuts Big On Billboard 200". Billboard.
  12. ^ "Justin Bieber Back On Top With 'World 2.0'". Billboard.
  13. ^ Caulfield, Keith (April 21, 2010). "MGMT's Top Debut on Billboard 200; Bieber Holds at No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  14. ^ "B.o.B Bounds In At No. 1 On The Billboard 200". Billboard.
  15. ^ a b "Godsmack Grabs Third No. 1 Album; Eminem Wows Digitally". Billboard.
  16. ^ a b "'Glee' Edges Out STP, Holds On To No. 1 On Billboard 200". Billboard.
  17. ^ "The Black Keys' "Brothers" Debuts at No. 3 on Billboard Album Chart with Band's Best One-Week Sales Ever". Nonesuch Records. May 26, 2010. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
  18. ^ Caulfield, Keith. "Drake Debuts At No. 1 on Billboard 200". billboard.com. June 23, 2010.
  19. ^ "Shinedown chart history: Hot 100". Billboard.
  20. ^ "Avenged Sevenfold Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200". Billboard.
  21. ^ "Eminem's 'Recovery' Tops Billboard 200 for a Fourth Week". Billboard.
  22. ^ "Game's 'R.E.D.' Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard.
  23. ^ "George Strait Lands Top Debut on Billboard 200, Beatles' 1' Re-enters Top 5". Billboard.
  24. ^ "Lady Antebellum 'Own' the Billboard 200 With Second No. 1 Album". Billboard.
  25. ^ "Sara Bareilles, Stone Sour Earn Top 10 Debuts". Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  26. ^ "Linkin Park and Trey Songz Debut At Nos. 1 & 2 on Billboard 200". Billboard.
  27. ^ Kreps, Daniel (October 24, 2016). "On the Charts: Kings of Leon Reign With 'Walls' at Number One". Rolling Stone.
  28. ^ "Kanye West, Nicki Minaj Score Big Debuts on Billboard 200". Billboard.
  29. ^ "My Chemical Romance". Billboard.
  30. ^ "2010 in Music: The Year That Went Pop". Billboard.
  31. ^ Quillen, Dustin (2010-10-13). "Analyst: Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Sales Disappoint in September". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  32. ^ Ivan, Tom (2010-10-15). "Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock makes 'fairly dreadful start'". Computer and Video Games. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  33. ^ Meer, Alec (2011-01-26). "Cowen predicts "blowout quarter" for Activision". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  34. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (2011-02-09). "Activision kills Guitar Hero". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
  35. ^ Dutton, Fred (2011-02-09). "Acti explains Guitar Hero, True Crime cul". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
  36. ^ "Slipknot bassist Paul Gray found dead". The Guardian. May 24, 2010.
  37. ^ Kennelty, Greg (September 19, 2018). "Greg Tribbett Says There's No Time For A MUDVAYNE Reunion Right Now". Metal Injection.
  38. ^ "CHAD GRAY Explains MUDVAYNE Break-Up, Wants Respect For HELLYEAH". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. June 2, 2016.
  39. ^ "Patrick Stump: "I'm Not in Fall Out Boy"". Spin. February 3, 2010.