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GALLERY: Most Played Songs on Rock Radio in the 2010s

Happy National Radio Day! To celebrate, we’re looking back on some of the biggest rock radio hits of the 2010s! Billboard determines the biggest songs in rock radio via their Year-End…

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Happy National Radio Day! To celebrate, we're looking back on some of the biggest rock radio hits of the 2010s!

Billboard determines the biggest songs in rock radio via their Year-End Mainstream Rock Songs chart. The chart is determined solely on airplay.

So, what songs were the most played on rock radio in the 2010s? Find out the most popular songs each year in the gallery below!

2010: Three Days Grace - "Break"

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LAS VEGAS, NV - OCTOBER 16: Three Days Grace frontman Adam Gontier performs during the 48 Hours Festival October 16, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)


2011: Seether - "Country Song"

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LAS VEGAS - JULY 03: Seether singer/guitarist Shaun Morgan performs at the Red White & Boom Independence Day festival at Desert Breeze Park July 3, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The band will release the album, "One Cold Night" on July 11, 2006. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)


2012: Shinedown - "Bully"

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LAS VEGAS, NV - SEPTEMBER 15: Singer Brent Smith of the band Shinedown performs during the Carnival of Madness tour at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on September 15, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)


2013: Pop Evil - "Trenches"

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TEMPE, ARIZONA - SEPTEMBER 02: Singer Leigh Kakaty of Pop Evil performs during a stop of the Victorious War Tour at the Marquee Theatre on September 2, 2019 in Tempe, Arizona. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)


2014: The Pretty Reckless - "Heaven Knows"

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NASHVILLE, TN - APRIL 22: Singer Taylor Momsen of the band The Pretty Reckless performs at the Ryman Auditorium on April 22, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)


2015: Breaking Benjamin - "Failure"

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NEW YORK - JULY 21: Ben Burnley of Breaking Benjamin performs live on FUSE TV's Daily Download show July 21, 2004 in New York City. (Photo by Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)


2016: Volbeat - "The Devil's Bleeding Crown"

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INDIO, CA - APRIL 15: Musician of Michael Poulsen of Volbeat performs onstage during day 1 of the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Club on April 15, 2016 in Indio, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Coachella)


2017: Stone Sour - "Song #3"

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 24: Singer Corey Taylor performs at Celebrating David Bowie at the Wiltern Theatre on January 24, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)


2018: Godsmack - "Bulletproof"

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LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 21: Frontman Sully Erna of Godsmack performs during the Las Rageous music festival at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center on April 21, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)


2019: Bad Wolves - "Remember When"

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 01: Singer Tommy Vext of Bad Wolves performs as the band opens for Five Finger Death Punch's kickoff of its fall 2019 tour at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on November 1, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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