List of number-one singles of the 2020s (Malta)

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The Busker's single "Dance (Our Own Party)" spent 13 weeks at number one in 2023. The Busker (2023).jpg
The Busker's single "Dance (Our Own Party)" spent 13 weeks at number one in 2023.

This is a list of the songs that have reached number one on the BMAT PRS Malta airplay chart during the 2020s. The issue date is the date the song began its run at number one during the decade.

Chart

Key

   – Songs partly or entirely in Maltese
Contents
← 2010s   2020   2021   2022   2023   2024
Issue dateSongArtist(s)Weeks at
number one
2020
3 January"Dive In" Red Electric 6
14 February"Venom"Oxygyn1
21 February"Road Trip"Matthew James1
28 February"Dangerous" Red Electric 10
8 May"Why Are We Here"Airport Impressions1
15 May"I Will Be Fine" Red Electric 1
22 May"1991"MTeam5
24 July"Come Alive" Red Electric 8
18 September"Are You With Me"MTeam4
16 October"Wicked White Lies"Oxygyn2
30 October"This is Your Life"Juno Valdez (Stevy Vee Club Mix)1
6 November"Just a Little Bit More" The Busker and Matthew James2
20 November"Somebody Like You" Aidan 1
27 November"Just a Little Bit More"The Busker and Matthew James3
18 December"Love"MTeam6
2021
29 January"In the Rain"Matthew James featuring Ira Losco 2
12 February"Put Away Your Money" Amber 1
19 February"In the Rain"Matthew James featuring Ira Losco1
26 February"You Don't Call"Nick Morales2
12 March"Mistake" Red Electric featuring Destiny 2
19 March"Min Jaf"The New Victorians featuring Lapes3
9 April"Naħseb Fik" Aidan 11
25 June"Over"Brooke3
16 July"Round and Round"Matthew James1
23 July"Runaway"Owen Leuellen1
30 July"Find Another Way"Nosnow/Noalps5
3 September"Loose" The Busker 1
10 September"Remedy"Carlo Gerada1
17 September"Differenti"Sterjotipi1
24 September"24/7"Carlo Gerada and Aidan 4
22 October"Inżul U Tlajja’" The Travellers 2
5 November"24/7"Carlo Gerada and Aidan4
3 December"Hit & Run"Lex and Micimago1
10 December"Dan Il-Milied" Amber 4
2022
7 January"Siġġu Vojt" The Travellers 1
14 January"Saving Grace"Janvil5
18 February"Our Own Way"Luke Cieca1
25 February"More than Love" Chris and Moira 1
4 March"Ritmu" Aidan 2
18 March"Ħobbni Kemm Trid" The Travellers 2
1 April"Ritmu"Aidan4
29 April"I Am What I Am" Emma Muscat 3
20 May"Fejn Mar Il-Kwiet?" The Travellers 7
8 July"H8 That I H8 U"Megan May2
15 July"Is-Sbuħija Ta’ dan Iż-Żmien" The Travellers 3
5 August"Fix Of You" Red Electric 9
30 September"Devil" Red Electric 3
28 October"Simili" The Travellers 6
9 December"Vampire" Red Electric 5
2023
15 January"Simili"The Travellers1
22 January"Rip (Rest in Peace)" Aidan and Ira Losco 1
29 January"Ħdejja" The Travellers 2
12 February"Count On You"Shaun Farrugia2
26 February"Dance (Our Own Party)" The Busker 13
28 May"Pupa" Aidan 8
6 August"Mhux Xorta"Matthew James3
27 August"Pupa"Aidan2
10 September"Strawberry" Aidan 6
5 November"Why?" Gaia Cauchi 1
12 November"Head & Mind" NaBBoo and Aidan 2
24 December"Tridx Tkun Tiegħi Dan Il-Milied?" The Travellers featuring Ira Losco, Gianluca and Michela 2
2024
7 January"Humans" Vikkstar featuring Shaun Farrugia4
18 February"Time Flies" Red Electric 7
7 April"Juliette" Aidan 2
21 April"Time Flies"Red Electric1
28 April"Loop" Sarah Bonnici 4
26 May"Juliette"Aidan3
9 June"Cupid" Gaia Cauchi 1
16 June"Juliette"Aidan4
14 July"Same Old Story"Midnight, Joe Roscoe and Kevin Paul1
21 July"Wherever You Are" Martin Garrix, DubVision featuring Shaun Farrugia3
11 August"Same Old Story"Midnight, Joe Roscoe and Kevin Paul2
25 August"Hero" Aidan 4

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