Post Malone's song "Circles" reached number one in early August in its 41st week on the chart, the second-longest climb to the top in the chart's history.

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 Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.

In the issue of Billboard dated January 4, "Sucker" by the Jonas Brothers returned to the top spot, displacing another of the group's songs, "Like It's Christmas", which was the final chart-topper of 2019.[1] "Sucker" had spent 11 weeks atop the chart in the fall of 2019 and added a further six weeks to its total in 2020 before being displaced by "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi. The Scottish singer's track spent five weeks in the top spot to add to the single week it spent at number one in the previous year.

In late March, pop-rock band Maroon 5's song "Memories" reached number one, a position which it went on to hold for 20 weeks before it was replaced by "Circles" by rapper Post Malone in early August. In the issue of Billboard dated August 22, British singer Harry Styles gained his first AC number one with "Adore You", and two weeks later Maren Morris topped the chart for the first time in her own right with "The Bones"; she had previously reached number one as a featured vocalist on "The Middle" in collaboration with Zedd and Grey. In the issue of Billboard dated November 7, Canadian singer The Weeknd achieved his first Adult Contemporary number one with "Blinding Lights", which remained atop the chart for five consecutive weeks. The final AC number one of the year was a new version of the 1940s Christmas song "White Christmas" by Meghan Trainor featuring Seth MacFarlane; it was the first chart-topper for actor/singer MacFarlane. The song continued a trend of Christmas-themed tracks topping the AC chart in December, reflecting the fact that adult contemporary radio stations usually switch to playing exclusively festive songs in the period leading up to the holiday.[2][3]

Chart history

Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi spent five weeks at number one with his song "Someone You Loved". It had previously spent one week at number one in December 2019.
Pop-rock band Maroon 5's song "Memories" held the number one position for 20 weeks.
British singer Harry Styles's song "Adore You" spent two weeks at number one in August and returned to the top spot in September for eight weeks.
Country singer Maren Morris's song "The Bones" reached number one in early September.
Canadian singer The Weeknd achieved his first Adult Contemporary number one with "Blinding Lights", which led for five consecutive weeks.
Key
† Indicates best-performing AC song of 2020[4]
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 4 "Sucker" Jonas Brothers [1]
January 11 [5]
January 18 [6]
January 25 [7]
February 1 [8]
February 8 [9]
February 15 "Someone You Loved" Lewis Capaldi [10]
February 22 [11]
February 29 [12]
March 7 [13]
March 14 [14]
March 21 "Memories" † Maroon 5 [15]
March 28 [16]
April 4 [17]
April 11 [18]
April 18 [19]
April 25 [20]
May 2 [21]
May 9 [22]
May 16 [23]
May 23 [24]
May 30 [25]
June 6 [26]
June 13 [27]
June 20 [28]
June 27 [29]
July 4 [30]
July 11 [31]
July 18 [32]
July 25 [33]
August 1 [34]
August 8 "Circles" Post Malone [35]
August 15 [36]
August 22 "Adore You" Harry Styles [37]
August 29 [38]
September 5 "The Bones" Maren Morris [39]
September 12 "Adore You" Harry Styles [40]
September 19 [41]
September 26 [42]
October 3 [43]
October 10 [44]
October 17 [45]
October 24 [46]
October 31 [47]
November 7 "Blinding Lights" The Weeknd [48]
November 14 [49]
November 21 [50]
November 28 [51]
December 5 [52]
December 12 "White Christmas" Meghan Trainor featuring Seth MacFarlane [53]
December 19 [54]
December 26 [55]

See also

References

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