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.
In the issue of Billboard dated January 6, "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus moved back to number one, its 35th non-consecutive week atop the chart. [1] Two weeks later the song broke the record for the most weeks at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. [2] The following week, Taylor Swift reached number one with "Cruel Summer", a song which had been available as an album track since 2019 but not promoted as a single until 2023. [3] "Flowers" returned to number one for a single week the following week before "Cruel Summer" spent a further six weeks in the top spot. "Flowers" returned to number one in the issue dated March 23 and held the top spot for 19 consecutive weeks, meaning that it had spent the equivalent of more than a year in the top spot in total.
Issue date | Title | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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January 6 | "Flowers" | Miley Cyrus | [1] |
January 13 | [4] | ||
January 20 | [5] | ||
January 27 | "Cruel Summer" | Taylor Swift | [6] |
February 3 | "Flowers" | Miley Cyrus | [7] |
February 10 | "Cruel Summer" | Taylor Swift | [8] |
February 17 | [9] | ||
February 24 | [10] | ||
March 2 | [11] | ||
March 9 | [12] | ||
March 16 | [13] | ||
March 23 | "Flowers" | Miley Cyrus | [14] |
March 30 | [15] | ||
April 6 | [16] | ||
April 13 | [17] | ||
April 20 | [18] | ||
April 27 | [19] | ||
May 4 | [20] | ||
May 11 | [21] | ||
May 18 | [22] | ||
May 25 | [23] | ||
June 1 | [24] | ||
June 8 | [25] | ||
June 15 | [26] | ||
June 22 | [27] | ||
June 29 | [28] | ||
July 6 | [29] | ||
July 13 | [30] | ||
July 20 | [31] | ||
July 27 | [32] | ||
August 3 | "Lose Control" | Teddy Swims | [33] |
August 10 | [34] | ||
August 17 | [35] | ||
August 24 | [36] | ||
August 31 | [37] | ||
September 7 | [38] | ||
September 14 | [39] | ||
September 21 | [40] | ||
September 28 | [41] | ||
October 5 | [42] | ||
October 12 | [43] | ||
October 19 | [44] | ||
October 26 | [45] | ||
November 2 | [46] | ||
November 9 | [47] |
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