This article summarizes the events related to rock music for the year of 2015.
Notable events
January
Foo Fighters's single "Something from Nothing" tops the BillboardMainstream Rock songs chart for the entirety of the month, in a run that spans 13 weeks across December 2014 to February 2015. The song also simultaneously tops the Mainstream Rock and Alternative Songs chart. As of 2015, the band is the only band to top both simultaneously with a song in the 2010s, with the feat becoming rare due to alternative music's shift to less guitar-driven music.[1][2][3][4]
Marilyn Manson releases his ninth studio album, The Pale Emperor. It debuts at number 7 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 51,000 album equivalent units.[5]
Halestorm's single "Apocalyptic" tops the Billboard Mainstream rock chart for one week. It is their second to do so.[9]
Death Cab for Cutie releases their eighth studio album, Kintsugi. It debuts at number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 56,000 album equivalent units.[10] The album also later receives a Grammy Nomination.[11]
Modest Mouse releases their sixth studio album, Strangers to Ourselves. It debuts at number 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 77,000 album equivalent units.[12]
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.[13]
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 BillboardTop Album Sales chart. Both were their best debuts on the charts to date.[14]
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.[15]
Breaking Benjamin's single "Failure" tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. It tops the chart for nine straight weeks, across much of June and July as well.[17] The song also has cross-over success, peaking at Billboard's US all-format Hot 100 song chart.[18]
Muse releases their seventh studio album, Drones. It tops the Billboard 200 chart, selling 84,000 album equivalent units. It is their first album to do so.[23] The album also tops the all-format album charts of several other countries, including the UK OCC chart and the Australian ARIA chart.[23][24][25] The album later wins a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.[11]
July
Halestorm's single "Amen" tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart for a week. It is their fourth song to do so.[26]
Tame Impala releases their third studio album Currents. Its tops the Australian ARIA all-format album chart in its debut week. It debuts at number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 50,000 album equivalent units. It is also the first album to top the UK's Official Chart Company's newly created Official Progressive Albums chart, created to track music of the progressive rock genre.[27][28]
Disturbed releases their sixth studio album, Immortalized. It tops the Billboard 200 chart, selling 98,000 album equivalent units. It is their fifth studio album in a row the top the chart, a feat only done by two other bands, Dave Matthews Band and Metallica.[31]
Ghost releases their second studio album, Meliora. It debuts at number 8, selling 29,000 album equivalent units.[31]
Bullet for My Valentine releases their fifth studio album, Venon. It debuts at number 8, selling 28,000 album equivalent units.[32]
September
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.[33][34][35]
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.[36]
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.[36][37]
Pop Evil's single "Footsteps" tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and stays there for four weeks.[39][2]
Coheed and Cambria release their eighth studio album, The Color Before the Sun. It debuts at number 10 on the Billboard' 200 chart, selling 32,000 album equivalent units. It is their sixth studio album to debut in the top 10, and their first and only album to not be a concept album, with all others telling the story of The Amory Wars.[40][41]
Five Finger Death Punch release their sixth studio album Got Your Six. It debuts at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 119,000 album equivalent units.[43]
Disturbed's single "The Light" tops the Mainstream Rock chart for 5 weeks, in a run that bleeds into January 2016.[30][2]
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.[47]
Year end
Tame Impala wins "Album of the Year" at the the Australian 2015 ARIA Awards for the release of their third studio album Currents.[48] They also win "Best International Group" at the Brit Awards following the album's release.[49]
