List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 2022

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Adele returned to number one on the second chart of the year with "Easy on Me" and has spent 21 weeks at number one in 2022. Adele for Vogue in 2021.png
Adele returned to number one on the second chart of the year with "Easy on Me" and has spent 21 weeks at number one in 2022.

Adult Contemporary is a chart published by Billboard ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) market, based on weekly airplay data from radio stations compiled by Broadcast Data Systems.

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The first number one of the year, in the issue of Billboard dated January 1, was "Merry Christmas" by Ed Sheeran and Elton John. It was John's 17th Adult Contemporary number one, extending his lead for the most among all artists on the chart, and also set a new record for the longest timespan of AC number ones by an artist, coming more than 48 years after he first topped the listing. [1] The following week "Easy on Me" by Adele returned to the number one spot, having spent three weeks atop the chart in 2021; [2] the song remained at number one for 19 consecutive weeks until it was replaced in the issue dated May 21 as John returned to number one with "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)", a collaboration with Dua Lipa.

In the issue dated December 3, Backstreet Boys topped the chart with their version of the 1980s song "Last Christmas", which remained in the peak position for the rest of the year. The song continued a trend of Christmas-themed tracks topping the AC chart in late November and throughout December, reflecting the fact that adult contemporary radio stations usually switch to playing exclusively festive songs in the period leading up to the holiday. [3] [4]

Chart history

Elton John extended his record for the most AC number ones when "Merry Christmas", his collaboration with Ed Sheeran, topped the first chart of the year, and when "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)", his collaboration with Dua Lipa, topped the charts in May. Elton John Cannes 2019.jpg
Elton John extended his record for the most AC number ones when "Merry Christmas", his collaboration with Ed Sheeran, topped the first chart of the year, and when "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)", his collaboration with Dua Lipa, topped the charts in May.
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Dagger-14-plain.pngIndicates best-performing AC song of 2022 [5]
Issue dateTitleArtist(s)Ref.
January 1"Merry Christmas" Ed Sheeran and Elton John [6]
January 8"Easy on Me" Dagger-14-plain.png Adele [2]
January 15 [7]
January 22 [8]
January 29 [9]
February 5 [10]
February 12 [11]
February 19 [12]
February 26 [13]
March 5 [14]
March 12 [15]
March 19 [16]
March 26 [17]
April 2 [18]
April 9 [19]
April 16 [20]
April 23 [21]
April 30 [22]
May 7 [23]
May 14 [24]
May 21"Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" Elton John and Dua Lipa [25]
May 28"Easy on Me" Dagger-14-plain.png Adele [26]
June 4"Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" Elton John and Dua Lipa [27]
June 11 [28]
June 18"Easy on Me" Dagger-14-plain.png Adele [29]
June 25"Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" Elton John and Dua Lipa [30]
July 2 [31]
July 9 [32]
July 16 [33]
July 23 [34]
July 30 [35]
August 6 [36]
August 13 [37]
August 20 [38]
August 27 [39]
September 3 [40]
September 10"As It Was" Harry Styles [41]
September 17 [42]
September 24 [43]
October 1 [44]
October 8 [45]
October 15 [46]
October 22 [47]
October 29 [48]
November 5 [49]
November 12"Unstoppable" Sia [50]
November 19"As It Was" Harry Styles [51]
November 26 [52]
December 3"Last Christmas" Backstreet Boys [53]
December 10 [54]
December 17 [55]
December 24 [56]
December 31 [57]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cold Heart (Pnau remix)</span> 2021 single by Elton John and Dua Lipa

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Merry Christmas (song)</span> 2021 single by Ed Sheeran and Elton John

"Merry Christmas" is a song by English singer-songwriters Ed Sheeran and Elton John. It was released through Asylum and Atlantic Records as a single on 3 December 2021. The song appears on the Christmas edition of John's collaborative album, The Lockdown Sessions, and originally appeared on the now-removed Christmas edition of Sheeran's fifth studio album, =. Sheeran and John wrote the song alongside its producer, Steve Mac. "Merry Christmas" entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart during the chart week of 10 December 2021, becoming Sheeran's twelfth chart-topper in the country and John's ninth number-one single in the country. It also topped the charts in the Flanders region of Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

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