Five Finger Death Punch, BABYMETAL Notch Historic No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart

Five Finger Death Punch extends its record No. 1 streak on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated Nov. 22), while BABYMETAL becomes the first Japanese act to top the survey.

“The End,” Five Finger Death Punch’s latest radio single, featuring Japanese rockers BABYMETAL, ascends 2-1 to become the former’s 17th leader and 13th in a row, the lengthiest streak in the ranking’s history, which dates to 1981.

The run began in 2018 with “Sham Pain” and includes two leaders in 2025 alone, with “The End” preceded by the one-week reign of “I Refuse,” featuring Maria Brink, this July.

With 17 rulers, Five Finger Death Punch maintains its standing as the act with the third-most Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1s.

Most No. 1s, Mainstream Rock Airplay:
21, Shinedown
19, Three Days Grace
17, Five Finger Death Punch
14, Foo Fighters
14, Metallica
13, Disturbed
13, Godsmack
13, Linkin Park
13, Van Halen

“The End” was initially recorded for the Ivan Moody-led band’s 2022 album AfterLife and was redone for this year’s BEST OF (Volume 2) release, which introduced re-recordings of Five Finger Death Punch hits.

As for BABYMETAL, the band becomes the first act, lead or featured, from Japan to top Mainstream Rock Airplay. While it’s also the first act based on the Asia continent to rule the ranking, it has two colleagues in some regards; Asking Alexandria was originally formed in the United Arab Emirates before an early move to England, while System of a Down began in the United States but three of its four members were born abroad (Serj Tankian and John Dolmayan in Lebanon to Armenian parents, Shavo Odadjian in Armenia), while its fourth, Daron Malakian, was born in the U.S. to Armenian parents.

Concurrently, “The End” rises 19-17 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with 2.5 million audience impressions, up 16%, in the week ending Nov. 13, according to Luminate.

All Billboard charts dated Nov. 22 will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Nov. 18.