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.
