| 1 | Cold War Kids | First | Hold My Home (2014) |
| 2 | X Ambassadors | Renegades | VHS (2015) |
| 3 | twenty one pilots | Stressed Out | Blurryface (2015) |
| 4 | Walk the Moon | Shut Up and Dance | Talking Is Hard (2014) |
| 5 | Muse | Dead Inside | Drones (2015) |
| 6 | twenty one pilots | Tear in My Heart | Blurryface (2015) |
| 7 | George Ezra | Budapest | Wanted on Voyage (2014) |
| 8 | Elle King | Ex’s & Oh’s | Love Stuff (2015) |
| 9 | Fall Out Boy | Centuries | American Beauty/American Psycho (2015) |
| 10 | Imagine Dragons | I Bet My Life | Smoke + Mirrors (2015) |
| 11 | Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness | Cecilia and the Satellite | Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness (2014) |
| 12 | Coleman Hell | 2 Heads | Coleman Hell EP (2015) |
| 13 | Sheppard | Geronimo | Bombs Away (2014) |
| 14 | Halsey | New Americana | Badlands (2015) |
| 15 | Mumford & Sons | Believe | Wilder Mind (2015) |
| 16 | All Time Low | Something’s Gotta Give | Future Hearts (2015) |
| 17 | Beck | Dreams | Non-album Single (2015) |
| 18 | James Bay | Hold Back the River | Chaos and the Calm (2015) |
| 19 | Banks | Beggin for Thread | Goddess (2014) |
| 20 | Saint Motel | My Type | My Type EP (2014) |
| 21 | Fall Out Boy | Uma Thurman | American Beauty/American Psycho (2015) |
| 22 | Weezer | Thank God for Girls | Non-album Single (2015) [Later on Weezer (White Album) (2016)] |
| 23 | Of Monsters and Men | Crystals | Beneath the Skin (2015) |
| 24 | Panic! at the Disco | Hallelujah | Non-album Single (2015) [Later on Death of a Bachelor (2016)] |
| 25 | Florence + the Machine | What Kind of Man | How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015) |
| 26 | The Struts | Could Have Been Me | Everybody Wants (2014) |
| 27 | Vance Joy | Mess Is Mine | Dream Your Life Away (2014) |
| 28 | Disclosure | Magnets [feat. Lorde] | Caracal (2015) |
| 29 | Cage the Elephant | Cigarette Daydreams | Melophobia (2013) |
| 30 | Muse | Mercy | Drones (2015) |
| 31 | The 1975 | Love Me | Non-album Single (2015) [Later on I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It (2016)] |
| 32 | Avicii | The Nights | The Days/Nights EP (2014) |
| 33 | Florence + the Machine | Ship to Wreck | How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015) |
| 34 | Silversun Pickups | Nightlight | Better Nature (2015) |
| 35 | AWOLNATION | Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf) | Run (2015) |
| 36 | Banners | Shine a Light | Banners EP (2015) |
| 37 | The Neighbourhood | Cry Baby | Wiped Out! (2015) |
| 38 | James Bay | Let It Go | Chaos and the Calm (2015) |
| 39 | The Offspring | Coming for You | Non-album Single (2015) |
| 40 | Slightly Stoopid | The Prophet | Meanwhile…Back at the Lab (2015) |
| 41 | Vance Joy | Fire and the Flood | Dream Your Life Away (Deluxe Edition) (2015) |
| 42 | Fall Out Boy | Irresistible | American Beauty/American Psycho (2015) |
| 43 | AWOLNATION | I Am | Run (2015) |
| 44 | Modest Mouse | Lampshades on Fire | Strangers to Ourselves (2015) |
| 45 | Alabama Shakes | Don’t Wanna Fight | Sound & Color (2015) |
| 46 | Death Cab for Cutie | Black Sun | Kintsugi (2015) |
| 47 | The Struts | Kiss This | Everybody Wants (2014) |
| 48 | Imagine Dragons | Roots | Non-album Single (2015) |
| 49 | Chris Cornell | Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart | Higher Truth (2015) |
| 50 | In the Valley Below | Peaches | The Belt (2014) |
| 51 | Of Monsters and Men | Empire | Beneath the Skin (2015) |
| 52 | Family of the Year | Hero | Loma Vista (2012) |
| 53 | Imagine Dragons | Shots | Smoke + Mirrors (2015) |
| 54 | The Neighbourhood | R.I.P. 2 My Youth | Wiped Out! (2015) |
| 55 | U2 | Song for Someone | Songs of Innocence (2014) |
| 56 | All Time Low | Tidal Waves [feat. Mark Hoppus] | Future Hearts (2015) |
| 57 | Sublime with Rome | Wherever You Go | Yours Truly (2011) |
| 58 | Bring Me the Horizon | Throne | That’s the Spirit (2015) |
| 59 | Bleachers | Rollercoaster | Strange Desire (2014) |
| 60 | George Ezra | Blame It on Me | Wanted on Voyage (2014) |
| 61 | Adele | Hello | 25 (2015) |
| 62 | Of Monsters and Men | Wolves Without Teeth | Beneath the Skin (2015) |
| 63 | Houndmouth | Sedona | Little Neon Limelight (2015) |
| 64 | CHVRCHES | Leave a Trace | Every Open Eye (2015) |
| 65 | Incubus | Absolution Calling | Trust Fall (Side A) EP (2015) |
| 66 | Foo Fighters | Outside | Sonic Highways (2014) |
| 67 | Robert DeLong | Long Way Down | In the Cards (2015) |
| 68 | Brandon Flowers | Can’t Deny My Love | The Desired Effect (2015) |
| 69 | U2 | Every Breaking Wave | Songs of Innocence (2014) |
| 70 | Walk the Moon | Different Colors | Talking Is Hard (2014) |
| 71 | BØRNS | Electric Love | Dopamine (2015) |
| 72 | Arctic Monkeys | R U Mine? | AM (2013) |
| 73 | The Orwells | Who Needs You | Disgraceland (2014) |
| 74 | Robert DeLong | Don’t Wait Up | In the Cards (2015) |
| 75 | Foo Fighters | Congregation | Sonic Highways (2014) |
| 76 | Mumford & Sons | The Wolf | Wilder Mind (2015) |
| 77 | Atlas Genius | Molecules | Inanimate Objects (2015) |
| 78 | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | S.O.B. | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (2015) |
| 79 | The Arcs | Outta My Mind | Yours, Dreamily (2015) |
| 80 | Foals | Mountain at My Gates | What Went Down (2015) |
| 81 | Death Cab for Cutie | The Ghosts of Beverly Drive | Kintsugi (2015) |
| 82 | Hozier | Someone New | Hozier (2014) |
| 83 | Leon Bridges | Coming Home | Coming Home (2015) |
| 84 | Lord Huron | Fool for Love | Strange Trails (2015) |
| 85 | KALEO | All the Pretty Girls | Non-album Single (2015) [Later on A/B (2016)] |
| 86 | Dawes | Things Happen | All Your Favorite Bands (2015) |
| 87 | Greg Holden | Hold on Tight | Chase the Sun (2015) |
| 88 | Spoon | Inside Out | They Want My Soul (2014) |
| 89 | My Morning Jacket | Big Decisions | The Waterfall (2015) |
| 90 | Frank Turner | The Next Storm | Positive Songs for Negative People (2015) |
| 91 | Brandi Carlile | Wherever Is Your Heart | The Firewatcher’s Daughter (2015) |
| 92 | Shakey Graves feat. Esmé Patterson | Dearly Departed | And the War Came (2014) |
| 93 | Meg Mac | Roll Up Your Sleeves | MEGMAC EP (2015) |
| 94 | Jason Isbell | 24 Frames | Something More Than Free (2015) |
| 95 | The New Basement Tapes | Kansas City | Lost on the River (2014) |
| 96 | The Black Keys | Weight of Love | Turn Blue (2014) |
| 97 | My Morning Jacket | Compound Fracture | The Waterfall (2015) |
| 98 | The Decemberists | Make You Better | What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World (2015) |
| 99 | Hozier | From Eden | Hozier (2014) |
| 100 | Gary Clark Jr. | The Healing | The Story of Sonny Boy Slim (2015) |
| 101 | Ryan Adams | Bad Blood | 1989 (2015) |
| 102 | Anderson East | Satisfy Me | Delilah (2015) |
| 103 | Maia Sharp | Nothing But the Radio | The Dash Between the Dates (2015) |
| 104 | Bahamas | All the Time | Bahamas Is Afie (2014) |
| 105 | Houndmouth | Say It | Little Neon Limelight (2015) |
| 106 | Good Old War | Tell Me What You Want from Me | Broken into Better Shape (2015) |
About 2015
In 2015, KROQ’s airwaves vibrated with Cold War Kids’ soulful anthems, twenty one pilots’ genre-defying hits, and Walk the Moon’s dance-pop energy. The sprawling Top 77 list blended gritty alt-rock from Muse and Cage the Elephant, indie charm from George Ezra and Vance Joy, electro vibes from Disclosure and CHVRCHES, and massive crossovers like Adele and U2, while revisiting older gems from Sublime with Rome and Arctic Monkeys, igniting SoCal’s festivals, clubs, and radio dials. 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 2015 airplay.