List of Billboard number-one adult alternative singles of the 2020s

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Adult Alternative Songs, also known as Triple A, is a record chart that ranks the most-played songs on American adult album alternative radio stations. Currently published by the music industry magazine Billboard , the chart is formulated based on electronically monitored airplay data compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. [1] from a panel of 32 stations. [2] It was introduced in January 1996 [3] as a feature in Radio & Records magazine, [4] which was later purchased by Billboard parent company Nielsen. [5] Billboard appropriated the Radio & Records adult alternative chart in July 2008 and became its sole publisher after Radio & Records ceased publication in June 2009. [6] The first number-one single of the 2020s on the Adult Alternative Songs chart was "Orphans" by British rock band Coldplay. [7]

Contents

Number-one singles

Key
† – Billboard year-end number-one single
↑ – Return of a single to number one
Contents
← 2010s  • 2020  • 2021  • 2022  • 2023  • 2024
SingleArtistReached number one [7] Weeks at
number one [7]
"Orphans" [8] Coldplay January 4, 20201
"Uneventful Days" [9] Beck January 11, 20203
"Love You for a Long Time" [10] Maggie Rogers February 1, 20201
"Orphans" ↑ [11] Coldplay February 8, 20201
"Colors" [12] Black Pumas February 15, 20201
"And It's Still Alright" [13] Nathaniel Rateliff February 22, 20208
"Black Madonna" [14] Cage the Elephant April 18, 20202
"Bad Decisions" [15] The Strokes May 2, 20204
"Lost in Yesterday" [16] Tame Impala May 30, 20201
"Lay Your Head on Me" [17] Major Lazer featuring Marcus Mumford June 6, 20204
"Hell N Back" † [18] [19] Bakar July 4, 20202
"Don't Let Me Down" [20] Milky Chance and Jack Johnson July 18, 20201
"Strong Enough" [21] Ray LaMontagne July 25, 20207
"I Got You" [22] Michael Franti and Spearhead September 12, 20201
"Feel You" [23] My Morning Jacket September 19, 20205
"Is It True" [24] Tame Impala October 24, 20203
"Letter to You" [25] Bruce Springsteen November 14, 20202
"Identical" [26] Phoenix November 28, 20202
"Visitor" [27] Of Monsters and Men December 12, 20201
"Officer of Love" [28] Caamp December 19, 20206
"1st Time" [29] Bakar January 30, 20213
"The Bandit" † [30] [31] Kings Of Leon February 20, 20216
"All My Favorite Songs" [32] Weezer April 3, 20213
"Not Dead Yet" [33] Lord Huron April 24, 20215
"Crawling Kingsnake" [34] The Black Keys May 29, 20213
"We Are Between" [35] Modest Mouse June 19, 20217
"Solar Power" [36] Lorde August 7, 20212
"Last Train Home" [37] John Mayer August 21, 20212
"Missing Piece" [38] Vance Joy September 4, 20212
"Hush" [39] The Marías September 18, 20211
"Survivor" [40] Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night SweatsSeptember 25, 20216
"I Don't Live Here Anymore" [41] The War on Drugs November 6, 20211
"Brightside" [42] The Lumineers November 13, 20212
"I Don't Live Here Anymore" ↑ [43] The War on Drugs November 27, 20216
"Crutch" [44] Band of Horses January 8, 20222
"The Hardest Cut" [45] Spoon January 22, 20223
"Wild Blue" [46] John Mayer February 12, 20221
"Oh My God" [47] Adele February 19, 20221
"Chapstick" [48] Coin February 26, 20221
"U&Me" [49] Alt-J March 5, 20221
"The Only Heartbreaker" [50] Mitski March 12, 20221
"What, Me Worry?" [51] Portugal. The Man March 19, 20223
"Virginia (Wind in the Night)" [52] The Head and the Heart April 9, 20221
"Wild Child" † [53] [54] The Black Keys April 16, 20223
"My Love" [55] Florence and the Machine May 7, 20222
"Wild Child" ↑† [56] [54] The Black Keys May 21, 20221
"My Love" ↑ [57] Florence and the Machine May 28, 20222
"Believe" [58] Caamp June 11, 20222
"That's Where I Am" [59] Maggie Rogers June 25, 20221
"Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)" [60] Arcade Fire July 2, 20223
"One Step Ahead" [61] Jack Johnson July 23, 20221
"Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)" ↑ [62] Arcade Fire July 30, 20221
"Alpha Zulu" [63] Phoenix August 6, 20222
"Here to Forever" [64] Death Cab for Cutie August 20, 20228
"Boy" [65] The Killers October 15, 20221
"Snap" [66] Rosa Linn October 22, 20227
"Tonight" [67] Phoenix featuring Ezra Koenig December 10, 20227
"Run Away to Mars" [68] Talk January 28, 20232
"Pages" [69] White Reaper February 11, 20234
"Pepper" [70] Death Cab for Cutie March 11, 20231
"Tropic Morning News" [71] The National March 18, 20235
"Kid" [72] The Revivalists April 22, 20234
"Eat Your Young" [73] Hozier May 20, 20232
"Not Strong Enough" † [74] [75] Boygenius June 3, 20237
"Psychos" [76] Jenny Lewis July 22, 20232
"Odyssey" [77] Beck and Phoenix August 5, 20235
"Dial Drunk" [78] Noah Kahan September 9, 20232
"Francesca" [79] Hozier September 23, 20231
"More Than a Love Song" [80] Black Pumas September 30, 20234
"Good Old Days" [81] The Revivalists October 28, 20231
"More Than a Love Song" ↑ [82] Black Pumas November 4, 20231
"Good Old Days" ↑ [83] The Revivalists November 11, 20231
"Atomic City" [84] U2 November 18, 20231
"More Than a Love Song" ↑ [85] Black Pumas November 25, 20231
"Atomic City" ↑ [86] U2 December 2, 20231
"Now and Then" [87] The Beatles December 9, 20232
"What Now" [88] Brittany Howard December 23, 20232
"Northern Attitude" [89] Noah Kahan and Hozier January 6, 20241
"What Now" ↑ [90] Brittany Howard January 13, 20241
"Northern Attitude" ↑ [91] Noah Kahan and Hozier January 20, 20244
"Beautiful People (Stay High)" [92] The Black Keys February 17, 20245
"Neon Pill" [93] Cage the Elephant March 23, 20244
"Good People" [94] Mumford & Sons and Pharrell Williams April 20, 20241
"Don't Forget Me" [95] Maggie Rogers April 27, 20242
"Too Sweet" † [96] [97] Hozier May 11, 202410
"Heartless" [98] Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats July 20, 20243
"Wreckage" [99] Pearl Jam August 10, 20241
"Step Into Your Power" [100] Ray LaMontagne August 17, 20243
"Rainbow" [101] Cage the Elephant September 7, 20243
"Floating Parade" [102] Michael Kiwanuka September 28, 20242
"Up All Night" [103] James Bay with The Lumineers and Noah Kahan October 12, 20241
"Peaceful Place" [104] Leon Bridges October 19, 20242
"Nobody's Soldier" [105] Hozier November 2, 20245
"Call Me (Whatever You Like)" [106] Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats December 7, 20242
"Arrow" [107] The Head and the Heart December 21, 20249
"Same Old Love" [108] The Lumineers February 22, 20251

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