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] As of the issue of Billboard dated June 15, only these two songs had occupied the top spot during 2024.
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] |
The Digital Songs or Digital Song Sales chart ranks the best-selling digital songs in the United States, as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published by Billboard magazine. Although it originally started tracking song sales the week of October 30, 2004, it officially debuted in the issue dated January 22, 2005, and merged all versions of a song sold from digital music distributors. Its data was incorporated in the Hot 100 three weeks later. Since October 2004, digital sales have been incorporated into many of Billboard's music singles charts. The decision was based on the dramatic increase of the digital market while commercial single sales in a physical format were becoming negligible.
The Radio Songs chart is released weekly by Billboard magazine and measures the airplay of songs being played on radio stations throughout the United States across all musical genres. It is one of the three components, along with sales and streaming activity, that determine the chart positions of songs on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Adult Contemporary chart is published weekly by Billboard magazine and lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary radio stations in the United States. The chart is compiled based on airplay data submitted to Billboard by stations that are members of the Adult Contemporary radio panel. The chart debuted in Billboard magazine on July 17, 1961. Over the years, the chart has gone under a series of name changes, being called Easy Listening(1961–1962; 1965–1979), Middle-Road Singles(1962–1964), Pop-Standard Singles(1964–1965), Hot Adult Contemporary(1984–1996) and Adult Contemporary(1979–1984, 1996–present) The current number-one song on the chart is "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus.
The Canadian Hot 100 is a music industry record chart in Canada for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. The Canadian Hot 100 was launched on the issue dated March 31, 2007, and is the standard record chart in Canada; a new chart is compiled and released to the public by Billboard on Tuesdays, but post-dated to the following Saturday.
"Crazier" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, taken from the soundtrack to the 2009 film Hannah Montana: The Movie. Swift wrote the song with Robert Ellis Orrall and produced it with Nathan Chapman. A country ballad, the song has lyrics about falling in love. In Hannah Montana: The Movie, Swift makes a cameo and performs the song. "Crazier" was released on Radio Disney and Disney Channel.
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"Cruel Summer" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her seventh studio album, Lover (2019). Swift and Jack Antonoff produced the song, and they wrote it with St. Vincent. "Cruel Summer" is a synth-pop, industrial pop, and electropop song composed of synths, wobbling beats, and vocoder-manipulated vocals. The lyrics are about an intense romance during a painful summer.
Michael Ross Pollack is an American songwriter and record producer. He has written songs for artists such as Miley Cyrus, Maroon 5, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Katy Perry, Jonas Brothers, Beyoncé, Lizzo, Kelly Clarkson and many others. He achieved his first US Top 40 radio #1 in February 2020 with Maroon 5's "Memories", his second in February 2022 with Justin Bieber’s "Ghost", and his third in February 2023 with Miley Cyrus' "Flowers". He achieved his first Billboard Hot 100 #1 in January 2023 with Miley Cyrus' "Flowers".
The Billboard Global 200 is a weekly record chart published by Billboard magazine. The chart ranks the top songs globally and is based on digital sales and online streaming from over 200 territories worldwide. First announced in mid-2019, it officially launched in September 2020.
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