This article summarizes the events related to rock music for the year of 2015.

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Notable events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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  • Foo Fighters's single "Congregation", featuring Zac Brown, tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart for 3 weeks.[4][2]
  • The Offspring's single "Coming for You" tops the Mainstream Rock chart for 1 week. It is their second song to do so, and their first to do so in over 18 years, after their single "Gone Away" did in 1997.[16]
  • All Time Low releases their sixth studio album, Future Hearts. It debuts at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 80,000 album equivalent units, and sold 75,000 albums, topping the Billboard Top Album Sales chart. Both were their best debuts on the charts to date.[17]
  • Halestorm releases their third studio album, Into the Wild Life. It debuts at number 5 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 56,000 album equivalent units, their most successful album debut to date.[18]

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June

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July

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August

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September

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  • Shinedown's single "Cut the Cord" returns to the top the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart for four more consecutive weeks.[2]
  • Bring Me the Horizon releases their fifth studio album, That's the Spirit. It debuts a number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 62,000 album equivalent units. It also debuts at number 2 on the UK all-format OCC albums chart, and tops the Australian all-format ARIA albums chart, their highest performance on all three charts.[38]

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  • Shinedown releases their fifth studio album, Threat to Survival. It debuts at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 65,000 album equivalent units.[41]
  • Pink Floyd's David Gilmour releases his fourth solo album, Rattle That Lock. It debuts at number 5 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 71,000 album equivalent units. The album also tops the UK album charts, his second solo album to do so.[41][42]

October

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November

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December

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  • Disturbed's single "The Light" tops the Mainstream Rock chart for 5 weeks, in a run that bleeds into January 2016.[33]

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  • Coldplay released their seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams. The album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 210,000 album equivalent units.[52]

Year end

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Deaths

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Band breakups

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References

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  1. ^ "Foo Fighters Flex Their Dual Mainstream & Alternative Appeal". Billboard.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "2015 Archive - Billboard". Billboard.
  3. ^ "2014 Archive - Billboard". Billboard.
  4. ^ a b "Modest Mouse Grabs Top Spot on Top Rock Albums; Foo Fighters Top Mainstream Rock Songs - Music News - ABC News Radio". ABC News Radio.
  5. ^ "I Prevail | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
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  7. ^ "I Prevail Explain Getting In the Right Headspace for New Album 'Trauma'". Billboard.
  8. ^ a b c "Fall Out Boy Scores Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Three Days Grace Ties Van Halen for Most No. 1s on Mainstream Rock Songs Chart". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Watch Katy Perry, Missy Elliott, and Lenny Kravitz at the Super Bowl Halftime Show". Time.
  11. ^ "Papa Roach's "Face Everything and Rise" Grabs Number One on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs - Music News - ABC News Radio". ABC News Radio.
  12. ^ "Halestorm's "Apocalyptic" Hits Number One on "Billboard's" Mainstream Rock Songs - Music News - ABC News Radio". ABC News Radio.
  13. ^ "Wale Rules With Second No. 1 Album, 'Furious 7' Soundtrack Drives to No. 2". Billboard.
  14. ^ a b "List: Who won what at the 58th annual Grammys". Usatoday.com.
  15. ^ "Kendrick Lamar Earns His First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard.
  16. ^ "The Offspring Back at No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Chart After a Record 18 Years". Billboard.
  17. ^ "'Furious 7' Soundtrack Speeds to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard.
  18. ^ "Shawn Mendes' 'Handwritten' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard.
  19. ^ "The Pretty Reckless Sets Mainstream Rock Songs Record With New No. 1". Billboard.
  20. ^ a b "Breaking Benjamin Earns Fifth No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Songs". Billboard.
  21. ^ "Breaking Benjamin". Billboard.
  22. ^ "Wait… Zac Brown Band Is on the Mainstream Rock Songs Chart?". Billboard.
  23. ^ "Zac Brown Band Top Billboard 200 + Mainstream Rock Charts". Loudwire.
  24. ^ "'Pitch Perfect 2' Soundtrack Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard.
  25. ^ "Breaking Benjamin Earns Its First No. 1 Album on the Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard.
  26. ^ a b "Muse Earns Its First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard.
  27. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100 - Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
  28. ^ "australian-charts.com - Muse - Drones". Australian-charts.com.
  29. ^ a b "Halestorm Ties Record Atop Mainstream Rock Songs". Billboard.
  30. ^ "Future Earns His First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard.
  31. ^ "After almost 50 years prog rock is finally getting its own chart". Independent.co.uk. 2 September 2015. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01.
  32. ^ "Shinedown Scores 12th Mainstream Rock Songs Chart No. 1 With 'Devil'". Billboard.
  33. ^ a b "Disturbed Earns Fourth Mainstream Rock Songs No. 1 From 'Immortalized'". Billboard.
  34. ^ a b "Disturbed Scores Fifth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard.
  35. ^ "Luke Bryan's 'Kill the Lights' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200". Billboard.
  36. ^ "Frank Turner / Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  37. ^ "Frank Turner Positive Songs For Negative People". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  38. ^ "The Weeknd Earns Third Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard.
  39. ^ "Stereophonics Edges Out Bring Me The Horizon to Top U.K.'s Albums Chart". Billboard.
  40. ^ Hung, Steffen. "australian-charts.com - Bring Me The Horizon - That's The Spirit". australian-charts.com.
  41. ^ a b "Seven Debuts Hit Top 10 of Billboard 200 Chart, Led by Drake & Future, Lana Del Rey and Mac Miller". Billboard.
  42. ^ "David Gilmour scores second solo Number 1 album: "I'm delighted"". Officialcharts.com.
  43. ^ "Red Sun Rising Rules Mainstream Rock Songs With Breakthrough Hit 'The Otherside'". Billboard.
  44. ^ "Pop Evil & Florence + the Machine Score New Airplay Chart No. 1s". Billboard.
  45. ^ "Pentatonix Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard.
  46. ^ Reed, Ryan (8 July 2015). "Coheed and Cambria Pause Sci-Fi Concept for New LP". Rollingstone.com.
  47. ^ "Fetty Wap Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard.
  48. ^ "The Weeknd Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard.
  49. ^ "Timeline of Paris attacks according to public prosecutor". Reuters. 14 November 2015.
  50. ^ "Paris attacks: Who were the victims?". Bbc.co.uk. 27 November 2015.
  51. ^ "Bring Me the Horizon Sits in Mainstream Rock Songs 'Throne' for First Time". Billboard.
  52. ^ "Adele's '25' Rules for Third Week at No. 1, Coldplay Debuts at No. 2 on Billboard 200". Billboard.
  53. ^ Naughton, Julia (26 November 2015). "2015 ARIA Awards: Tame Impala Takes Out Album Of The Year". Huffingtonpost.com.
  54. ^ "Tame Impala wins Best International Brit - ARIA". Aria.com.au.
  55. ^ a b "Gone But Not Forgotten: Music Stars In Memoriam 2015". Billboard.
  56. ^ Grow, Kory (18 December 2015). "Scott Weiland Cause of Death: Accidental Overdose". Rollingstone.com.
  57. ^ a b "Band Breakups 2015: 12 Groups We Lost This Year - Fuse". Fuse.tv.