| 1 | Foster the People | Pumped Up Kicks | Torches (2011) |
| 2 | Bush | The Sound of Winter | The Sea of Memories (2011) |
| 3 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie | I’m with You (2011) |
| 4 | Rise Against | Help Is on the Way | Endgame (2011) |
| 5 | Foo Fighters | Walk | Wasting Light (2011) |
| 6 | Cage the Elephant | Shake Me Down | Thank You, Happy Birthday (2011) |
| 7 | Sublime with Rome | Panic | Yours Truly (2011) |
| 8 | Coldplay | Paradise | Mylo Xyloto (2011) |
| 9 | Foo Fighters | Rope | Wasting Light (2011) |
| 10 | The Black Keys | Howlin’ for You | Brothers (2010) |
| 11 | Incubus | Adolescents | If Not Now, When? (2011) |
| 12 | Young the Giant | Cough Syrup | Young the Giant (2010) |
| 13 | The Naked and Famous | Young Blood | Passive Me, Aggressive You (2010) |
| 14 | Blink-182 | After Midnight | Neighborhoods (2011) |
| 15 | Incubus | Promises, Promises | If Not Now, When? (2011) |
| 16 | Social Distortion | Machine Gun Blues | Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes (2011) |
| 17 | Adele | Rolling in the Deep | 21 (2011) |
| 18 | Linkin Park | Waiting for the End | A Thousand Suns (2010) |
| 19 | Florence + the Machine | Shake It Out | Ceremonials (2011) |
| 20 | Foster the People | Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls) | Torches (2011) |
| 21 | Sublime with Rome | Take It or Leave It | Yours Truly (2011) |
| 22 | Mumford & Sons | Roll Away Your Stone | Sigh No More (2009) |
| 23 | Blink-182 | Up All Night | Neighborhoods (2011) |
| 24 | Death Cab for Cutie | You Are a Tourist | Codes and Keys (2011) |
| 25 | Rise Against | Make It Stop (September’s Children) | Endgame (2011) |
| 26 | M83 | Midnight City | Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (2011) |
| 27 | Awolnation | Sail | Megalithic Symphony (2011) |
| 28 | Coldplay | Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall | Mylo Xyloto (2011) |
| 29 | The Black Keys | Lonely Boy | El Camino (2011) |
| 30 | Foo Fighters | These Days | Wasting Light (2011) |
| 31 | Seether | Country Song | Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray (2011) |
| 32 | Seether | Tonight | Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray (2011) |
| 33 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Monarchy of Roses | I’m with You (2011) |
| 34 | The Joy Formidable | Whirring | The Big Roar (2011) |
| 35 | Grouplove | Tongue Tied | Never Trust a Happy Song (2011) |
| 36 | Imagine Dragons | It’s Time | Non-album Single (2011) [Later on Night Visions (2012)] |
| 37 | The Airborne Toxic Event | Changing | All at Once (2011) |
| 38 | Two Door Cinema Club | What You Know | Tourist History (2010) |
| 39 | Neon Trees | Your Surrender | Habits (2010) |
| 40 | Sick Puppies | Riptide | Tri-Polar (2009) |
| 41 | Anberlin | Impossible | Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place (2010) |
| 42 | My Chemical Romance | Planetary (GO!) | Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010) |
| 43 | Panic! at the Disco | The Ballad of Mona Lisa | Vices & Virtues (2011) |
| 44 | 10 Years | Fix Me | Feeding the Wolves (2010) |
| 45 | Middle Class Rut | New Low | No Name No Color (2010) |
| 46 | The Wombats | Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) | The Wombats Proudly Present: This Modern Glitch (2011) |
| 47 | Fitz and the Tantrums | MoneyGrabber | Pickin’ Up the Pieces (2010) |
| 48 | A Day to Remember | All I Want | What Separates Me from You (2010) |
| 49 | My Chemical Romance | Bulletproof Heart | Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010) |
| 50 | Linkin Park | Burning in the Skies | A Thousand Suns (2010) |
| 51 | Sick Puppies | Maybe | Tri-Polar (2009) |
| 52 | Avenged Sevenfold | So Far Away | Nightmare (2010) |
| 53 | The Strokes | Under Cover of Darkness | Angles (2011) |
| 54 | Evanescence | What You Want | Evanescence (2011) |
| 55 | Chevelle | Face to the Floor | Hats Off to the Bull (2011) |
| 56 | Foster the People | Helena Beat | Torches (2011) |
| 57 | Korn feat. Skrillex | Get Up! | The Path of Totality (2011) |
| 58 | Papa Roach | Burn | Time for Annihilation: On the Record & On the Road (2010) |
| 59 | Alter Bridge | Isolation | AB III (2010) |
| 60 | Cake | Sick of You | Showroom of Compassion (2011) |
| 61 | Theory of a Deadman | Lowlife | The Truth Is… (2011) |
| 62 | 311 | Sunset in July | Universal Pulse (2011) |
| 63 | Korn feat. Skrillex & Kill the Noise | Narcissistic Cannibal | The Path of Totality (2011) |
| 64 | Switchfoot | Dark Horses | Vice Verses (2011) |
| 65 | Shinedown | Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom) | The Sound of Madness (Deluxe) (2010) |
| 66 | The Fray | Heartbeat | Non-album Single (2011) [Later on Scars & Stories (2012)] |
| 67 | Thirty Seconds to Mars | Closer to the Edge | This Is War (2009) |
| 68 | Mumford & Sons | The Cave | Sigh No More (2009) |
| 69 | Avenged Sevenfold | Welcome to the Family | Nightmare (2010) |
| 70 | Three Days Grace | World So Cold | Life Starts Now (2009) |
| 71 | The Black Keys | Tighten Up | Brothers (2010) |
| 72 | Alter Bridge | Ghost of Days Gone By | AB III (2010) |
| 73 | Evanescence | My Heart Is Broken | Evanescence (2011) |
| 74 | Sixx:A.M. | Lies of the Beautiful People | This Is Gonna Hurt (2011) |
| 75 | The Head and the Heart | Lost in My Mind | The Head and the Heart (2011) |
| 76 | Amos Lee | Windows Are Rolled Down | Mission Bell (2011) |
| 77 | Mat Kearney | Hey Mama | Young Love (2011) |
| 78 | Scars On 45 | Give Me Something | Give Me Something EP (2011) |
| 79 | Matt Nathanson | Faster | Modern Love (2011) |
| 80 | The Decemberists | Down By The Water | The King Is Dead (2011) |
| 81 | Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs | For the Summer | God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise (2010) |
| 82 | Jack Johnson | From The Clouds | To The Sea (2010) |
| 83 | Eddie Vedder | Longing To Belong | Ukulele Songs (2011) |
| 84 | Paul Simon | The Afterlife | So Beautiful or So What (2011) |
| 85 | Brett Dennen | Comeback Kid (That's My Dog) | Loverboy (2011) |
| 86 | Wilco | I Might | The Whole Love (2011) |
| 87 | Gomez | Options | Whatever's On Your Mind (2011) |
| 88 | Arcade Fire | Modern Man | The Suburbs (2010) |
| 89 | Iron & Wine | Tree by the River | Kiss Each Other Clean (2011) |
| 90 | The Kooks | Junk Of The Heart (Happy) | Junk Of The Heart (2011) |
| 91 | The Civil Wars | Barton Hollow | Barton Hollow (2011) |
| 92 | Amos Lee | Flower | Mission Bell (2011) |
| 93 | The Decemberists | This Is Why We Fight | The King Is Dead (2011) |
| 94 | Feist | How Come You Never Go There | Metals (2011) |
| 95 | The Decemberists | Calamity Song | The King Is Dead (2011) |
| 96 | The Jayhawks | She Walks In So Many Ways | Mockingbird Time (2011) |
| 97 | Ryan Adams | Lucky Now | Ashes & Fire (2011) |
| 98 | Snow Patrol | Called Out In The Dark | Fallen Empires (2011) |
| 99 | My Morning Jacket | Holdin On To Black Metal | Circuital (2011) |
| 100 | Train | Marry Me | Save Me San Francisco (2010) |
| 101 | NEEDTOBREATHE | Drive All Night | The Reckoning (2011) |
| 102 | Reeve Carney feat. Bono & The Edge | Rise Above 1 | Rise Above 1 (2011) |
| 103 | Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs | Repo Man | God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise (2010) |
| 104 | Death Cab for Cutie | Stay Young Go Dancing | Codes and Keys (2011) |
| 105 | Trevor Hall | Brand New Day | Everything Everytime Everywhere (2011) |
| 106 | The Cars | Sad Song | Move Like This (2011) |
About 2011
In 2011, KROQ’s airwaves pulsed with Foster the People’s indie-pop hooks, Foo Fighters’ raw rock anthems, and the reggae-punk revival of Sublime with Rome. Sticking with shorter lists post-2009, the Top 30 showcased alt-rock’s diversity, from Adele’s soulful crossover to M83’s dreamy synths, lighting up festivals and clubs. This curated list expands to 106 songs, starting with KROQ’s rankings and adding tracks likely played, sourced from Billboard and other airplay data, ordered by 2011 airplay.