page_title: List of Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number ones of the 1990s
section_title: Number-one singles
hierarchical_section_title: List of Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number ones of the 1990s / Number-one singles
caption_attribution_description: English: Blink 182 at the T-Mobile Sidekick LX launch in Hollywood, CA. Info Blink-182's first live performance in 5 years took place at the T-Mobile Sidekick LX launch in Hollywood. The image was taken at 4:30PM, as the band was rehearsing for the event.
context_page_description: Alternative Songs is a record chart published by the music industry magazine Billboard that ranks the most-played songs on American modern rock radio stations. Introduced by Billboard in September 1988 and named Modern Rock Tracks until June 2009, it was initially compiled based on weighted reports from several national rock radio stations. Starting with the chart dated June 12, 1993, radio airplay data compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems – which electronically monitors various radio stations on a daily basis – was introduced as a factor in determining chart rankings. Modern Rock Tracks later became solely based on Nielsen data, a change that took effect with the chart dated January 22, 1994.
  141 singles topped the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the 1990s; the first of these was "Blues from a Gun" by The Jesus and Mary Chain, which spent three weeks at number one from December 1989 to January 1990. The modern rock radio format experienced a substantial growth in popularity during the decade, with the success of Nirvana's 1991 single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" marking a "return of the crossover rock hit".
context_section_description: Key
   – Billboard year-end number-one single
   – Return of a single to number one
caption: "All the Small Things" by Blink-182 was the final number-one single of the decade on the chart.
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