The ballad reigns thanks to a boundary-pushing band and open-minded radio programmers, says Warner Bros. CEO Cameron Strang. Billboard's chart has a new No. 1, and it's decidedly different from the tracks that usually lead the radio airplay ranking. 's operatic cover of Simon & Garfunkel's 'The Sound of Silence' surges 3-1 on the list (dated March 19), gaining by 17 percent in plays, according to Nielsen Music, in just its seventh week on the chart. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel's (written by Simon), topped the for two weeks more than 50 years ago, beginning on the Jan. 1, 1966, chart.

(It was their first of 17 career entries.) Of course, there's intrigue in Disturbed adding yet another No. The song becomes the rockers' sixth chart-topper on Mainstream Rock Songs and the third straight from their 2015 album Immortalized, which debuted atop the Sept. 12, 2015, (becoming their fifth No. 1) and has sold 288,000 copies in the U. Patch Rosetta Stone 3.3.5. S. The single follows 'The Vengeful One' (one week atop Mainstream Rock Songs, Aug. 29) and 'The Light' (five, beginning Dec. There's another noteworthy angle: 'Silence' is the first remake to crown Mainstream Rock Songs since 2006, when – hey, surprise – Disturbed's own version of Genesis' 'Land of Confusion' led for three weeks (becoming the band's first Mainstream Rock Songs No.

Download Wow 1 12 1 Repack Trailer there. But Disturbed's 'Silence' cover marks another Mainstream Rock Songs rarity: it's absent both the sounds of electric guitar and a drum kit, instead driven by keyboards and strings, as well as frontman David Draiman's increasingly growling vocal (which is more in line with typical hits at the format). Since the chart's inception in 1981, the genetic makeup of mainstream rock radio has been malleable, but especially in recent years, one element has generally remained steady: the presence of rock-oriented instruments like electric and bass guitars and a drum set. Over the past decade, we've seen fleeting departures from that tenet in the chart's top 10, but they've generally been more technicalities., for instance, has reached the top three with each of its first three singles (including the No. 1 'Little Monster' last year) sans electric guitar, instead via frontman Mike Kerr's usage of two amps (electric and bass) for his bass guitar, while Finnish quartet Apocalyptica has earned three top 10s strictly through the use of cellos and double bass that, on record, have an electric sound. (Notably, Chris Cornell's ballad 'Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart' reached No.