List of number-one Billboard Alternative Albums of 2009

These are the U.S. number-one alternative rock albums of 2009, per the Billboard Alternative Albums chart.

Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.

List

Key

Indicates best charting alternative album of 2009 Note: Year-End top-selling alternative albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan..

Issue date	Album	Artist	Reference
January 3	Dark Horse	Nickelback	[1]
January 10			[2]
January 17	Twilight	Soundtrack	[3]
January 24	Dark Horse	Nickelback	[4]
January 31			[5]
February 7			[6]
February 14			[7]
February 21	The Fray	The Fray	[8]
February 28			[9]
March 7			[10]
March 14	Dark Horse	Nickelback	[11]
March 21	No Line on the Horizon	U2	[12]
March 28			[13]
April 4			[14]
April 11	Twilight	Soundtrack	[15]
April 18			[16]
April 25			[17]
May 2			[18]
May 9	Sounds of the Universe	Depeche Mode	[19]
May 16	Twilight	Soundtrack	[20]
May 23	White Lies for Dark Times	Ben Harper & Relentless7	[21]
May 30	21st Century Breakdown	Green Day	[22]
June 6			[23]
June 13			[24]
June 20	Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King	Dave Matthews Band	[25]
June 27			[26]
July 4			[27]
July 11			[28]
July 18	Wilco (The Album)	Wilco	[29]
July 25	Nothing Personal	All Time Low	[30]
August 1	Horehound	The Dead Weather	[31]
August 8	Only by the Night	Kings of Leon	[32]
August 15			[33]
August 22			[34]
August 29			[35]
September 5	Ursa Major	Third Eye Blind	[36]
September 12	Awake	Skillet	[37]
September 19	Sci-Fi Crimes	Chevelle	[38]
September 26	Love Drunk	Boys Like Girls	[39]
October 3	The Resistance	Muse	[40]
October 10	Backspacer	Pearl Jam	[41]
October 17	Brand New Eyes	Paramore	[42]
October 24	Dear Agony	Breaking Benjamin	[43]
October 31	Kill The Noise	Unleash The Red	[44]
November 7			[45]
November 14	Full Circle	Creed	[46]
November 21	Raditude	Weezer	[47]
November 28	Memento Mori	Flyleaf	[48]
December 5	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Soundtrack	[49]
December 12			[50]
December 19			[51]
December 26			[52]

References

External links

• Current Billboard Alternative Albums chart

See also

• 2009 in music