List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 2013 (U.S.)

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Folk-rock band The Lumineers topped the chart with "Ho Hey". The Lumineers 2013.jpg
Folk-rock band The Lumineers topped the chart with "Ho Hey".

These are the U.S. number-one adult contemporary singles of 2013, per the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

<i>Billboard</i> (magazine) American music magazine

Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style, and is also known for its music charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular songs and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows.

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 Tracks(1979–1982) and Adult Contemporary(1983–present).

Key
Dagger-14-plain.pngIndicates best charting adult contemporary single of 2013
Note: Year-end most popular adult contemporary songs, ranked by radio airplay detections as measured by Nielsen BDS.

Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.

Issue dateSongArtistRef.
January 5"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" Rod Stewart [1]
January 12"Somebody That I Used to Know" Gotye featuring Kimbra [2]
January 19 [3]
January 26 [4]
February 2"Home" Phillip Phillips [5]
February 9 [6]
February 16 [7]
February 23 [8]
March 2 [9]
March 9 [10]
March 16 [11]
March 23 [12]
March 30 [13]
April 6 [14]
April 13 [15]
April 20 [16]
April 27"Try" Pink [17]
May 4"Ho Hey" Dagger-14-plain.png The Lumineers [18]
May 11 [19]
May 18 [20]
May 25 [21]
June 1 [22]
June 8 [23]
June 15 [24]
June 22 [25]
June 29"When I Was Your Man" Bruno Mars [26]
July 5"Just Give Me a Reason"Pink featuring Nate Ruess [27]
July 13"When I Was Your Man"Bruno Mars [27]
July 20"Just Give Me a Reason"Pink featuring Nate Ruess [28]
July 27 [29]
August 3 [30]
August 10 [31]
August 17 [32]
August 24 [33]
August 31 [34]
September 7"Gone, Gone, Gone"Phillip Phillips [35]
September 14 [36]
September 21 [37]
September 28 [38]
October 5 [39]
October 12"Just Give Me a Reason"Pink featuring Nate Ruess [40]
October 19"Cups (Pitch Perfect's When I'm Gone)" Anna Kendrick [41]
October 26 [42]
November 2 [43]
November 9"Roar" Katy Perry [44]
November 16 [45]
November 23 [46]
November 30 [47]
December 7 [48]
December 14"Underneath the Tree" Kelly Clarkson [49]
December 21 [50]
December 28 [51]

See also

This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2013 in music.

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Mexico Airplay is a record chart published weekly by Billboard magazine for singles receiving airplay in Mexico. According to Billboard's electronic database, the first chart was published on October 1, 2011 with "Give Me Everything" by Cuban-American rapper Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer, at number-one. The track also peaked at the top of the American Billboard Hot 100. The same year, American performers Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera also peaked at number-one in Mexico and in the United States with "Moves like Jagger". In 2012, Mexican band Jesse & Joy peaked at number one on this chart and the Mexican Espanol Airplay with the song "¡Corre!" that also won the Latin Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year in 2012. Two songs performed by Barbadian singer Rihanna reached number-one, "We Found Love" and "Where Have You Been", the former also was a number-one song in the Billboard Hot 100 and its music video won the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year, while the latter was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance. "Bailando" by Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias reached number-one on the Mexico Airplay, Mexican Espanol Airplay, and the Billboard Latin Songs chart in the United States, where it spent 41 consecutive weeks at the top and won the Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year. In 2015, "Lean On" by American electronic duo Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ peaked at number-one on the chart and was named by Spotify as the most streamed song of all time, with 526 million streams globally. By 2018, Scottish DJ Calvin Harris is the performer with the most number-one singles on the Mexico Airplay chart, with eight chart toppers.

References

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