These are the Billboard magazine Dance/Mix Show Airplay number-one hits of 2021.
† | Indicates best charting dance/mix show airplay single of 2021 Note: Year-end most popular songs based radio airplay. [1] |
Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Remixer(s) | Ref(s) |
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January 2 | "Nobody" | NOTD and Catello | Tobsky and F-Kitz | [2] |
January 9 | [3] | |||
January 16 | [4] | |||
January 23 | "You Broke Me First"† | Tate McRae | Luca Schreiner, Gryffin | [5] |
January 30 | [6] | |||
February 6 | [7] | |||
February 13 | [8] | |||
February 20 | "Goosebumps" | Travis Scott and Hvme | [9] | |
February 26 | [10] | |||
March 6 | "Lovelife" | Benny Benassi and Jeremih | Varmix | [11] |
March 13 | "Good Thing" | Lodato and Bright Sparks | Baldaccini | [12] |
March 20 | "New Love" | Silk City featuring Ellie Goulding | Shane Codd, TSHA | [13] |
March 27 | [14] | |||
April 3 | "Tell Me What You're Thinking" | Aviella | Lipless, Disco Fries, JYYE, Müne | [15] |
April 10 | "Underwater" | Anabel Englund and MK | Nightcore | [16] |
April 17 | "Hearts On Fire" | Illenium, Dabin and Lights | Lucas and Steve | [17] |
April 24 | "Bed" | Joel Corry, Raye, and David Guetta | David Guetta's Festival Mix | [18] |
May 1 | [19] | |||
May 8 | [20] | |||
May 15 | "You" | Regard, Troye Sivan, and Tate McRae | DJ Zax | [21] |
May 22 | [22] | |||
May 29 | [23] | |||
June 5 | [24] | |||
June 12 | [25] | |||
June 19 | [26] | |||
June 26 | [27] | |||
July 3 | [28] | |||
July 10 | [29] | |||
July 17 | [30] | |||
July 24 | [31] | |||
July 31 | "Neon Lights" | Lodato | Nappi | [32] |
August 7 | "Love Tonight" | SHouse | David Guetta | [33] |
August 14 | "Heartbreak Anthem" | Galantis, David Guetta and Little Mix | Clean Bandit, Tchami | [34] |
August 21 | "Love Tonight" | SHouse | David Guetta, Robin Schulz, Vintage Culture & Kiko Franco | [35] |
August 28 | [36] | |||
September 4 | "Mirror" | Sigrid | Paul Woolford | [37] |
September 11 | "Bad Habits" | Ed Sheeran | Tion Wayne & Central Cee, Meduza, HBz, Marc Benjamin & Chemical Neon | [38] |
September 18 | "Love Me Better" | Dillon Francis and Shift K3Y featuring Marc E. Bassy | [39] | |
September 25 | "If There is Love" | Laidback Luke featuring Ralphi | Los Padres/Blacker and James | [40] |
October 2 | "Always On My Mind" | Shane Codd featuring Charlotte Haining | [41] | |
October 9 | "I Wanna Be There" | DubVision and ANML KNGDM | [42] | |
October 16 | "Out Out" | Joel Corry, Jax Jones, Charli XCX, and Saweetie | [43] | |
October 23 | [44] | |||
October 30 | "Cold Heart" | Elton John and Dua Lipa | Pnau, PS1 | [45] |
November 6 | [46] | |||
November 13 | [47] | |||
November 20 | [48] | |||
November 27 | [49] | |||
December 4 | [50] | |||
December 11 | [51] | |||
December 18 | [52] | |||
December 25 | [53] |
Dance/Mix Show Airplay is a monitored electronic dance music radio chart that is published weekly by Billboard magazine.
Throughout his career, Dutch electronic DJ and producer Tiësto has released seven studio albums. After spending years searching for his personal style and working with DJs like Ferry Corsten, Benno de Goeij and Armin van Buuren, he decided it was time to focus on his solo work. Tiësto's fame started to rise in the late 1990s after his set at the first ID&T Innercity party, and it continued to skyrocket in the early 2000s following his six-hour "Tiësto Solo" sets, which he performed without any other DJs or opening acts. His last three full-length releases broke the 70,000-unit mark, and the 2003 DJ mix Nyana hit 87,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan in mid-2008.
"Cake by the Ocean" is the debut single by American band DNCE. It was released through Republic Records as the lead single from their debut extended play, Swaay, on September 18, 2015. It was also included on their self-titled debut studio album, which was released in 2016. "Cake by the Ocean" is a 1970s-inspired pop, R&B, dance, and disco-funk song. The song reached the top 10 on multiple national record charts including those of Australia, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It also topped the U.S. Billboard Adult Pop Songs airplay chart and has been certified Gold or higher by a number of recording industry associations. Billboard ranked "Cake by the Ocean" at number 44 on their "100 Best Pop Songs of 2016" list. Nielsen Music declared "Cake by the Ocean" the second most-played song in Canada for 2016, only behind Canadian singer Justin Bieber's single, "Love Yourself", from his fourth studio album, Purpose (2015).
CamelPhat are an English DJ and production duo, consisting of Dave Whelan and Mike Di Scala, formed in Liverpool in 2006. They are best known for the 2017 single "Cola", which peaked at No. 3 on the UK Dance Chart, and at No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart. The single was a collaboration with UK dance act Elderbrook and was released on Defected Records.
"Feel It Still" is a song by American rock band Portugal. The Man. The song draws on the melody from the Marvelettes' 1961 hit "Please Mr. Postman"; written by the band along with producers John Hill and Asa Taccone, "Feel It Still" also includes a credit for Motown songwriter Brian Holland. It serves as the second single and first radio single off their eighth studio album, Woodstock. The song reached number one on the US Alternative Songs, Mexican and Russian Tophit airplay chart. It was also their first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming a sleeper hit, as it took eight months to peak at number four in November 2017.
"Attention" is a song recorded and produced by American singer-songwriter Charlie Puth for his second studio album Voicenotes (2018). It was written by Puth and Jacob Kasher. A midtempo pop rock track with elements of 1980s soft-soul and funk music, the song finds Puth singing about how he realizes his partner was "just want[ing] attention" from him instead of loving him. It was released digitally through Artist Partner Group and Atlantic Records on April 21, 2017, and later serviced to the radio on May 2, serving as the album's lead single. An accompanying music video was released on April 24, 2017, featuring Puth brooding at the club while scoping out his former partner, later returning home and finding the partner again at his apartment.
"Circles" is a song by American rapper and singer Post Malone. It was released through Republic Records on August 30, 2019, as the third single from Malone's third studio album Hollywood's Bleeding (2019). It reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the week of November 30, 2019, topping the chart for three weeks, marking Post Malone's fourth number-one song, as well as his first solo effort to top the chart. The song also reached number one in Iceland, Malaysia, and New Zealand, as well as the top ten in 20 additional countries. It was the most played song of 2020 on adult contemporary radio in the US. It is also certified ten times platinum in Australia, nine times platinum in Canada, diamond in the US, and gold or higher in 11 additional countries. It was also nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the 2021 Grammy Awards.
"Kings & Queens" is a song by American singer Ava Max, released on March 12, 2020, through Atlantic Records as the lead single from her debut studio album, Heaven & Hell (2020). The song was written by Max, Brett McLaughlin, Desmond Child, Hillary Bernstein, Jakke Erixson, Madison Love, Mimoza Blinsson, and producers Cirkut and RedOne. It is a power pop song that consists of an electric guitar with synthesizers, and contains an interpolation of Bonnie Tyler's 1986 song "If You Were a Woman ", which was additionally used in Bon Jovi's 1986 song "You Give Love a Bad Name". The lyrics incorporate the message of women's empowerment.