3 Doors Down No. 1 on Billboard Rock Charts After Brad Arnold’s Death

3 Doors Down music dots Billboard’s charts dated Feb. 21 following the Feb. 7 death of frontman Brad Arnold, including No. 1s on both song and album tallies.

In the week ending Feb. 12, 3 Doors Down’s songs drew 34.5 million official on-demand U.S. streams, a week over week gain of 155%, according to Luminate. The band’s music totaled 39,000 equivalent album units (up 212%) and 26,000 paid song downloads (up 2,807%).

The group’s catalog is paced by one of its signature songs, “Kryptonite,” which reenters Hot Hard Rock Songs at No. 1 (with older songs eligible to appear on Billboard’s multimetric song charts if ranking in the top half and with a meaningful reason for their resurgences). “Kryptonite” drew 6.4 million streams and 3.6 million in radio airplay audience and sold 5,000 in the tracking week.

“Kryptonite” became 3 Doors Down’s first Billboard Hot 100 hit, and its highest charting, peaking at No. 3 in 2000. It also reigned on Alternative Airplay (for 11 weeks) and Mainstream Rock Airplay (nine) and crossed to pop radio, topping Pop Airplay for five weeks.

The track concurrently ranks at No. 8 on the all-rock-genre Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. It’s one of three 3 Doors Down songs on the survey, followed by “Here Without You” (No. 10; 5.1 million streams, 3.3 million in radio audience, 6,000 sold) and “When I’m Gone” (No. 15; 4.2 million streams, 2.4 million in radio reach, 4,000 sold).

Those two songs mark 3 Doors Down’s other Hot 100 top 10s, with “When I’m Gone” hitting No. 4 and “Here Without You” at No. 5, both in 2003. The former also led Mainstream Rock Airplay (17 weeks) and Pop Airplay (one week), while the latter topped Adult Pop Airplay (13) and Pop Airplay (six).

More 3 Doors Down songs appear on the rock genre-based digital song sales charts. “It’s Not My Time” (No. 7), “Be Like That” (No. 11), “Away From the Sun” (No. 13) and “Loser” (No. 14) are on Rock Digital Song Sales, while “Let Me Go” also joins the group on Hard Rock Digital Song Sales (No. 6).

3 Doors Down’s The Greatest Hits, released in 2012, claims its first week at No. 1 on Top Hard Rock Albums, with 26,000 units (up 187%). The set also returns to the all-genre Billboard 200 at No. 23, a new high (after reaching No. 94 in 2017).

Arnold died Feb. 7 after a battle with cancer. The band’s final album, Us and the Night, was released in 2016.