3 Doors Down dominated Billboard’s rock charts in the 2000s and beyond, also crossing to pop formats and the upper reaches of the Billboard Hot 100.
As previously reported, Brad Arnold, a founding member and lead singer of the band, died on Feb. 7 following a battle with cancer. He was 47.
“Brad helped redefine mainstream rock, blending post-grunge accessibility with emotionally direct songwriting and lyrical themes that resonated with everyday listeners,” the group shared in a statement.
3 Doors Down made its Billboard chart debut on Jan. 29, 2000, and went on to achieve five No. 1s among 13 top 10s through 2016 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. “Loser” led for 21 weeks in 2000-01 — the longest command in the list’s history, which dates to 1981.
On Alternative Airplay, the band has tallied four top 10s, including “Kryptonite,” which ruled the ranking for 11 weeks in 2000.
The act’s combination of crunch and melody clicked with mainstream audiences, with three of its hits topping the Pop Airplay chart, among five top 10s: “Kryptonite” (for five weeks in 2000), “When I’m Gone” (one week, 2003) and ballad “Here Without You” (six, 2003). On Adult Pop Airplay, “Here Without You” reigned for 13 weeks and “It’s My Time,” for three in 2008.
3 Doors Down boasts two No. 1 albums among five top 10s on the Billboard 200. Seventeen Days debuted at the summit in February 2005 and follow-up 3 Doors Down opened on top in June 2008. Arnold co-wrote every original composition on the group’s six LPs.
The Mississippi-based band rose to the top 20 of the all-genre, multimetric Hot 100 five times between 2000 and 2008. Below, count down 3 Doors Down’s five biggest Hot 100 hits.
“The impact Brad Arnold and 3 Doors Down had on us is immeasurable,” Monte and Avery Lipman, co-founders of Republic Records, which signed 3 Doors Down to a partnership in 1999, told Billboard in a statement following Arnold’s passing. “Brad’s connection to people and his rare ability to lift their spirits through words and music is that of legends. Brad Arnold will forever be with us in spirit.”
3 Doors Down’s Biggest Billboard Hot 100 hits chart is based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100, through the Feb. 7, 2026, ranking. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted to account for different chart turnover rates over various periods.
