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The Jesus and Mary Chain was the first Modern Rock Tracks number-one hit of the 1990s.|alt=A man wearing a black jacket sings on a stage illuminated with yellow and purple lights; a bassist, a guitarist and a drummer perform along with him. attained four number-one songs on the chart during the decade, including the crossover hit "
Smells Like Teen Spirit".|alt=A side-view photograph of a blonde-haired man playing a guitar and singing into a microphone, along with a brown-haired man playing a bass guitar. 's "
What's the Frequency, Kenneth" was the first number-one debut in the chart's history.|alt=A blue-tinted photograph of musicians performing in front of an industrial background. From left to right: a long-haired male stands with his back to the camera playing bass guitar, a middle-aged Caucasian male sings into a microphone, a middle-aged Caucasian male plays behind a black-and-silver drum set on a riser, and a guitar player is mostly cropped from the extreme left of the photo. stayed at number one for fifteen weeks in 1998 with the song "
Sex and Candy".|alt=Three men wearing black shirts stand in a hallway. spent twenty-seven cumulative weeks at number one on Modern Rock Tracks during the 1990s.|alt=A band performs on a stage while several audience members raise their arms up. In the background, two spotlights flash brightly. " by
Blink-182 was the final number-one song of the decade on the chart.|alt=A black-haired man plays a guitar while another man plays a drum kit in the background. ==Notes==