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Dave Matthews Band,
The Wallflowers’
‘One Headlight’ Are No. 1
D
URING THE FIRST YEAR OF THE ADULT ALTERNATIVE AIRPLAY
chart, listeners of the rock radio format enjoyed both the survey’s all-time biggest
artist and song.
Upon the chart’s 25th anniversary — it launched Jan. 20, 1996 — Dave Matthews
Band is the top artist and The Wallflowers’ “One Headlight” is the No. 1 song.
That initial survey featured DMB’s then-current single, “Satellite,” which went on to
become the group’s first top 10. Building off the breakthrough with its 1994 debut album,
Under the Table and Dreaming, the band seemed tailor-made for success at the format — and
succeed it has, with 11 No. 1s credited to either the band or its frontman, the third-most in
the chart’s history. U2 and Coldplay lead with 13 chart-toppers apiece and place at Nos.
and 3, respectively, on the Top Adult Alternative Artists recap.
In October 1996, The Wallflowers, led by Jakob Dylan, debuted with “One Headlight.”
Two months later, the track began a 14-week reign, now tied for the fourth-longest in the
chart’s history. U2’s “Beautiful Day” ruled for a record 16 weeks in 2000-01 and ranks at
No. 10 on the Top Adult Alternative Songs recap. —KEVIN RUTHERFORDSheryl CrowMatthewsTOP ADULT
ALTERNATIVE
ARTISTS, 1996-
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