| 1 | All Time Low feat. blackbear | Monsters | Wake Up, Sunshine (2020) |
| 2 | twenty one pilots | Level of Concern | Non-album Single (2020) [Later on Scaled And Icy (Livestream Version) (2021)] |
| 3 | AJR | Bang! | Non-album Single (2020) [Later on OK ORCHESTRA (2021)] |
| 4 | Absofacto | Dissolve | Thousand Peaces (2017) |
| 5 | Billie Eilish | everything i wanted | Non-album Single (2019) [Later on WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? (Deluxe Edition) (2020)] |
| 6 | Tame Impala | Lost In Yesterday | The Slow Rush (2020) |
| 7 | Matt Maeson | Hallucinogenics | Bank on the Funeral (2019) |
| 8 | Powfu feat. beabadoobee | death bed (coffee for your head) | poems of the past (2020) |
| 9 | twenty one pilots | The Hype | Trench (2018) |
| 10 | Cage the Elephant | Black Madonna | Social Cues (2019) |
| 11 | The Strokes | Bad Decisions | The New Abnormal (2020) |
| 12 | Meg Myers | Running Up That Hill | Thank U 4 Taking Me 2 The Disco (2020) |
| 13 | The Unlikely Candidates | Novocaine | Panther Island (2020) |
| 14 | Machine Gun Kelly | bloody valentine | Tickets to My Downfall (2020) |
| 15 | The Killers | Caution | Imploding the Mirage (2020) |
| 16 | The Head and the Heart | Honeybee | Living Mirage (2020) |
| 17 | Neon Trees | Used To Like | I Can Feel You Forgetting Me (2020) |
| 18 | Weezer | Hero | Non-album Single (2020) [Later on Van Weezer (2021)] |
| 19 | Coldplay | Orphans | Everyday Life (2019) |
| 20 | The Lumineers | Life in the City | III (2019) |
| 21 | White Reaper | Might Be Right | You Deserve Love (2019) |
| 22 | AWOLNATION | The Best | Angel Miners & The Lightning Riders (2020) |
| 23 | Sub Urban | Cradles | Thrill Seeker (2020) |
| 24 | GROUPLOVE | Deleter | Healer (2020) |
| 25 | Dayglow | Can I Call You Tonight? | Fuzzybrain (2019) |
| 26 | Wallows feat. Clairo | Are You Bored Yet? | Nothing Happens (2019) |
| 27 | lovelytheband | loneliness for love | conversations with myself about you (2020) |
| 28 | Green Day | Oh Yeah! | Father of All Motherfuckers (2020) |
| 29 | The Black Keys | Shine A Little Light | Let’s Rock (2019) |
| 30 | Cannons | Fire for You | Shadows (2019) |
| 31 | Bakar | Hell N Back | Will You Be My Yellow? (2019) |
| 32 | Glass Animals | Your Love (Déjà Vu) | Dreamland (2020) |
| 33 | The Killers | My Own Soul’s Warning | Imploding the Mirage (2020) |
| 34 | KennyHoopla | how will i rest in peace if i’m buried by a highway? | Non-album Single (2020) [Later on ESTELLA// (2021)] |
| 35 | Blue October | Oh My My | This is What I Live For (2020) |
| 36 | SHAED | Trampoline | MELT (2018) |
| 37 | Billie Eilish | all the good girls go to hell | WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? (2019) |
| 38 | Catfish and the Bottlemen | 2all | The Balance (2019) |
| 39 | Major Lazer feat. Marcus Mumford | Lay Your Head On Me | Music Is The Weapon (2020) |
| 40 | Weezer | The End of the Game | Non-album Single (2020) [Later on Van Weezer (2021)] |
| 41 | Saint Motel | Van Horn | The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2020) |
| 42 | blink-182 | I Really Wish I Hated You | NINE (2019) |
| 43 | Local Natives | When Am I Gonna Lose You | Violet Street (2019) |
| 44 | Rezz & Grabbitz | Someone Else | Non-album Single (2020) |
| 45 | Of Monsters and Men | Wars | FEVER DREAM (2019) |
| 46 | Ashe | Moral of the Story | Non-album Single (2019) [From To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You Soundtrack (2020)] |
| 47 | Juice WRLD with Marshmello | Come & Go | Legends Never Die (2020) |
| 48 | Bastille feat. Graham Coxon | WHAT YOU GONNA DO??? | Non-album Single (2020) [Later on Give Me The Future (2022)] |
| 49 | The 1975 | If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know) | Notes On A Conditional Form (2020) |
| 50 | Judah & the Lion | Beautiful Anyway | Non-album Single (2020) [Later on Pep Talks (Deluxe Edition) (2021)] |
| 51 | Mumford & Sons | Blind Leading The Blind | Non-album Single (2019) |
| 52 | Peach Tree Rascals | Mariposa | I Can’t Wait for You to Come My Way (2020) |
| 53 | 24kGoldn | CITY OF ANGELS | DROPPED OUTTA COLLEGE (2019) |
| 54 | Coldplay | Champion Of The World | Everyday Life (2019) |
| 55 | The Airborne Toxic Event | Come On Out | Hollywood Park (2020) |
| 56 | The Smashing Pumpkins | Cyr | CYR (2020) |
| 57 | Of Monsters and Men | Visitor | Tíu (2020) |
| 58 | Joji | Run | Nectar (2020) |
| 59 | Flume feat. Toro y Moi | The Difference | Non-album Single (2020) |
| 60 | CHVRCHES | Forever | Love Is Dead (2018) |
| 61 | almost monday | broken people | don’t say you’re ordinary (2020) |
| 62 | lovelytheband | buzz cut | conversations with myself about you (2020) |
| 63 | Bleeker | Give A Little Bit More (Disaster) | Self-Made (2020) |
| 64 | GROUPLOVE | Inside Out | Healer (2020) |
| 65 | AJR | Bummerland | Non-album Single (2020) [Later on OK ORCHESTRA (2021)] |
| 66 | guardin | alive | creature pt. 2 (2020) |
| 67 | The Blue Stones | Shakin’ Off The Rust | Shakin’ Off The Rust (2019) |
| 68 | SHAED | No Other Way | Non-album Single (2020) [Later on High Dive (2021)] |
| 69 | Cheap Cuts feat. Pete Wentz | Check Your Phone | Non-album Single (2020) |
| 70 | grandson | Dirty | Death Of An Optimist (2020) |
| 71 | Nothing But Thieves | Real Love Song | Moral Panic (2020) |
| 72 | The Head and the Heart | See You Through My Eyes | Living Mirage (2020) |
| 73 | Dominic Fike | Chicken Tenders | What Could Possibly Go Wrong (2020) |
| 74 | Bastille | survivin’ | Goosebumps EP (2020) |
| 75 | The Federal Empire | I Never Liked Your Friends | Road Through Hell (2020) |
| 76 | The Black Keys | Go | Let’s Rock (2019) |
| 77 | Machine Gun Kelly feat. YUNGBLUD & Travis Barker | I Think I’m OKAY | Hotel Diablo (2019) |
| 78 | Machine Gun Kelly with blackbear | my ex’s best friend | Tickets to My Downfall (2020) |
| 79 | Joji | Daylight | Nectar (2020) |
| 80 | boy pablo | hey girl | Wachito Rico (2020) |
| 81 | Clairo | Sofia | Immunity (2019) |
| 82 | Machine Gun Kelly | why are you here | Non-album Single (2019) [Later on Mainstream Sellout (Life in Pink Deluxe) (2022)] |
| 83 | UPSAHL | Smile For The Camera | Young Life Crisis (2020) |
| 84 | flora cash | Missing Home | Baby, It’s Okay (2020) |
| 85 | Tool | Fear Inoculum | Fear Inoculum (2019) |
| 86 | The Backseat Lovers | Kilby Girl | When We Were Friends (2019) |
| 87 | Mallrat | Charlie | Driving Music (2019) |
| 88 | Biffy Clyro | Instant History | A Celebration Of Endings (2020) |
| 89 | Highly Suspect | These Days | MCID (2019) |
| 90 | Glass Animals | Heat Waves | Dreamland (2020) |
| 91 | Angels & Airwaves | Rebel Girl | Non-album Single (2019) [Later on Lifeforms (2021)] |
| 92 | Meg Myers | Any Way You Wanna Love | Thank U 4 Taking Me 2 The Disco (2020) |
| 93 | The Lumineers | Salt And The Sea | III (2019) |
| 94 | Tones And I | Ur So F**kInG cOoL | Non-album Single (2020) [Later on Welcome to the Madhouse (2021)] |
| 95 | HOKO | OK OK | Non-album Single (2020) |
| 96 | Dylan Cartlidge | Yellow Brick Road | Hope Above Adversity (2020) |
| 97 | Ritt Momney | Put Your Records On | Non-album Single (2020) [Later on Sunny Boy (2021)] |
| 98 | Incubus | Our Love | Trust Fall (Side B) (2020) |
| 99 | EOB | Shangri-La | Earth (2020) |
| 100 | Bakar | 1st Time | Non-album Single (2020) [Later on Nobody’s Home (2022)] |
| 101 | Romy | Lifetime | Non-album Single (2020) [Later on Mid Air (2023)] |
| 102 | Ashnikko | Daisy | Non-album Single (2020) [Later on DEMIDEVIL (2021)] |
| 103 | Cold Hart feat. Lil Peep | Me and You | Non-album Single (2020) |
| 104 | jxdn | ANGELS & DEMONS | Non-album Single (2020) [Later on Tell Me About Tomorrow (2021)] |
| 105 | Deftones | Ohms | Ohms (2020) |
| 106 | Little Hurt | Alaska | Non-album Single (2020) [Later on Every Second (2021)] |
About 2020
In 2020, KROQ’s airwaves pulsed with a mix of introspective pop, gritty rock, and indie anthems, reflecting a world reshaped by the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread lockdowns. As listeners turned to music for solace during isolation, All Time Low’s anthemic “Monsters” and twenty one pilots’ upbeat “Level of Concern” led the charge, capturing the era’s emotional highs and lows. AJR’s catchy “Bang!,” Billie Eilish’s haunting “everything i wanted,” Tame Impala’s dreamy “Lost In Yesterday,” and Machine Gun Kelly’s punk-infused “bloody valentine” kept Southern California’s radio buzzing with raw energy and resilience. This curated list of 106 songs, compiled from various sources including Billboard airplay data, reflects KROQ’s eclectic playlist, ranked by 2020 alternative airplay.