List of Billboard Adult Top 40 number-one songs of the 2010s explained

The Billboard Adult Top 40 chart ranks the most popular songs on Adult Top 40 radio stations in the United States, based on airplay detections as measured by Nielsen BDS and published weekly by Billboard. These are the songs which reached number one on the Adult Top 40 chart during the 2010s.

Chart history

bgcolor=#FFFF99 align=centerNumber-one Adult Top 40 song of the year
Issue dateSongArtist(s)Weeks at
number one		Ref.
2010
December 5"Already Gone"Kelly Clarkson8[1]
January 30"Fireflies"Owl City1[2]
February 6"Someday"Rob Thomas1[3]
February 13bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Hey, Soul Sister"[4] Train6[5]
March 27"Need You Now"Lady Antebellum9[6]
May 29"Breakeven"The Script7[7]
July 17"California Gurls"Katy Perry9[8]
September 18"If It's Love"Train2[9]
October 2"Misery"Maroon 54[10]
October 30"Teenage Dream"Katy Perry4[11]
November 27"Just the Way You Are"Bruno Mars5[12]
2011
January 1"Raise Your Glass"Pink7[13]
February 19"Firework"Katy Perry5[14]
March 26"F**kin' Perfect"Pink7[15]
May 14bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Rolling in the Deep"[16] Adele13[17]
August 13"Good Life"OneRepublic4[18]
September 10"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"Katy Perry3[19]
October 1"Tonight Tonight"Hot Chelle Rae1[20]
October 8"Moves Like Jagger"Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera2[21]
October 22"Someone Like You"Adele9[22]
December 24"Mr. Know It All"Kelly Clarkson6[23]
2012
February 4"Not Over You"Gavin DeGraw1[24]
February 11"The One That Got Away"Katy Perry1[25]
February 18"Set Fire to the Rain"Adele4[26]
March 17"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"Kelly Clarkson8[27]
May 12"We Are Young"Fun featuring Janelle Monáe3[28]
June 2bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Somebody That I Used to Know"[29] Gotye featuring Kimbra6[30]
July 14"Payphone"Maroon 56[31]
August 25"Wide Awake"Katy Perry3[32]
September 15"Everybody Talks"Neon Trees1[33]
September 22"Blow Me (One Last Kiss)"Pink5[34]
October 27"One More Night"Maroon 51[35]
November 3"Some Nights"Fun1[36]
November 10"One More Night"Maroon 57
December 29"Home"Phillip Phillips1[37]
2013
January 5bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Ho Hey"[38] The Lumineers8[39]
March 2"Try"Pink2[40]
March 16"I Knew You Were Trouble"Taylor Swift1[41]
March 23"Daylight"Maroon 54[42]
April 20"I Will Wait"Mumford & Sons1[43]
April 27"When I Was Your Man"Bruno Mars2[44]
May 11"Just Give Me a Reason"Pink featuring Nate Ruess11[45]
July 27"Mirrors"Justin Timberlake1[46]
August 3"Love Somebody"Maroon 53[47]
August 24"Blurred Lines"Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell6[48]
October 5"Roar"5[49]
November 9"Royals"Lorde3[50]
November 30"Wake Me Up"Avicii4[51]
December 28"Counting Stars"OneRepublic7[52]
2014
February 15"Let Her Go"Passenger2[53]
March 1"Say Something"A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera2[54]
March 15bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Best Day of My Life"[55] American Authors1[56]
March 22"Story of My Life"One Direction1[57]
March 29"Team"Lorde1[58]
April 5"Happy"Pharrell Williams6[59]
May 17"All of Me"John Legend4[60]
June 14"Not a Bad Thing"Justin Timberlake1[61]
June 21"Ain't It Fun"Paramore3[62]
July 12"Am I Wrong"Nico & Vinz3[63]
August 2"Rude"Magic!5[64]
September 6"Stay with Me"Sam Smith2[65]
September 20"Maps"Maroon 53[66]
October 11"Shake It Off"Taylor Swift8[67]
December 6"Animals"Maroon 54[68]
2015
January 3"Blank Space"Taylor Swift6[69]
February 14"Take Me to Church"Hozier1[70]
February 21"Thinking Out Loud"Ed Sheeran6[71]
March 14"Uptown Funk"Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars1[72]
April 11"Style"Taylor Swift2[73]
April 25"Sugar"Maroon 53[74]
May 16"Love Me like You Do"Ellie Goulding1[75]
May 23bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Shut Up and Dance" [76] Walk the Moon6[77]
July 4"Honey I'm Good"Andy Grammer1[78]
July 11bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Shut Up and Dance" Walk the Moon2
July 25"Bad Blood"Taylor Swift3[79]
August 15"Fight Song"Rachel Platten4[80]
September 12"Photograph"Ed Sheeran6[81]
October 24"Renegades"X Ambassadors1[82]
October 31"Wildest Dreams"Taylor Swift4[83]
November 28"Ex's & Oh's"Elle King1[84]
December 5"Hello"Adele7[85]
2016
January 23"Like I'm Gonna Lose You"Meghan Trainor featuring John Legend2[86]
February 6"Stitches"Shawn Mendes1[87]
February 13"On My Mind"Ellie Goulding1[88]
February 20"Stand by You"Rachel Platten3[89]
March 12"Stressed Out"Twenty One Pilots2[90]
March 26"Love Yourself"Justin Bieber5[91]
April 30"One Call Away"Charlie Puth2[92]
May 14"7 Years"Lukas Graham3[93]
June 4"Cake by the Ocean"DNCE2[94]
June 18bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Can't Stop the Feeling!"[95] Justin Timberlake9[96]
August 20"Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"Adele2[97]
September 3"Cheap Thrills" Sia featuring Sean Paul7[98]
October 22"Treat You Better" Shawn Mendes6[99]
December 3"Closer"The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey4[100]
December 31"Don't Wanna Know"Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar9[101]
2017
March 4"Scars to Your Beautiful"Alessia Cara1[102]
March 11bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Shape of You" [103] Ed Sheeran12[104]
June 3"Say You Won't Let Go"James Arthur1[105]
June 10"Something Just Like This"The Chainsmokers and Coldplay7[106]
July 29"Believer"Imagine Dragons6[107]
September 9"There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"Shawn Mendes4[108]
October 7"Attention"Charlie Puth1[109]
October 14"There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"Shawn Mendes1
October 21"Slow Hands"Niall Horan1[110]
October 28"Feel It Still"Portugal. The Man4[111]
November 25"What About Us"Pink2[112]
December 9"Thunder"Imagine Dragons7[113]
2018
January 20bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Perfect" [114] Ed Sheeran6[115]
March 3"Havana"Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug1[116]
March 10bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Perfect" Ed Sheeran3
March 31"Lights Down Low"MAX featuring Gnash3[117]
April 21"Meant to Be"Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line2[118]
May 5"The Middle"Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey4[119]
June 2"Whatever It Takes"Imagine Dragons1[120]
June 9"The Middle"Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey3
June 30"Never Be the Same"Camila Cabello1[121]
July 7"Delicate"Taylor Swift4[122]
August 4"In My Blood"Shawn Mendes1[123]
August 11"Girls Like You"Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B14[124]
November 17"Broken"Lovelytheband1[125]
November 24"Youngblood"5 Seconds of Summer2[126]
December 8"High Hopes"Panic! at the Disco14[127]
2019
March 16"Without Me"Halsey1[128]
March 23"Be Alright"Dean Lewis1[129]
March 30"High Hopes"Panic! at the Disco1[130]
April 6"Eastside"Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid5[131]
May 11"Close to Me"Ellie Goulding and Diplo featuring Swae Lee1[132]
May 18"Dancing with a Stranger"Sam Smith and Normani1[133]
May 25bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Sucker" Jonas Brothers3[134]
June 15"Walk Me Home"Pink1[135]
June 22bgcolor=#FFFF99 "Sucker" Jonas Brothers6[136]
August 3"I Don't Care"Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber4[137]
August 31"If I Can't Have You"Shawn Mendes1[138]
September 7"I Don't Care"Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber3[139]
September 28"Someone You Loved"Lewis Capaldi2[140]
October 12"Señorita"Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello2[141]
October 26"Someone You Loved"Lewis Capaldi3[142]
November 16"Señorita"Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello1[143]
November 23"Someone You Loved"Lewis Capaldi2[144]
December 7"Memories"Maroon 513[145]

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Notes and References

  1. "Already Gone" December 5, 2009 – January 23, 2010:
  2. "Fireflies" January 30, 2010:
  3. "Someday" February 6, 2010:
  4. Adult Pop Songs – Year-end 2010 . . August 5, 2014.
  5. "Hey, Soul Sister" February 13 – March 20, 2010:
  6. "Need You Now" March 27 – May 22, 2010:
  7. "Breakeven" May 29 – July 10, 2010:
  8. "California Gurls" July 17 – September 11, 2010:
  9. "If It's Love" September 18–25, 2010:
  10. "Misery" October 2–23, 2010:
  11. "Teenage Dream" October 30 – November 20, 2010:
  12. "Just the Way You Are" November 27 – December 25, 2010:
  13. "Raise Your Glass" January 1 – February 12, 2011:
  14. "Firework" February 19 – March 19, 2011:
  15. "F**kin' Perfect" March 26 – May 7, 2011:
  16. Adult Pop Songs – Year-end 2011 . . August 5, 2014.
  17. "Rolling in the Deep" May 14 – August 6, 2011:
  18. "Good Life" August 13 – September 3, 2011:
  19. "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" September 10–24, 2011:
  20. "Tonight Tonight" October 1, 2011:
  21. "Moves Like Jagger" October 8–15, 2011:
  22. "Someone Like You" October 22 – December 17, 2011:
  23. "Mr. Know It All" December 24, 2011 – January 28, 2012:
  24. "Not Over You" February 4, 2012:
  25. "The One That Got Away" February 11, 2012:
  26. "Set Fire to the Rain" February 18 – March 10, 2012:
  27. "Stronger" March 17 – May 5, 2012:
  28. "We Are Young" May 12–26, 2012:
  29. Adult Pop Songs – Year-end 2012 . . August 5, 2014.
  30. "Somebody That I Used to Know" June 2 – July 7, 2012:
  31. "Payphone" July 14 – August 18, 2012:
  32. "Wide Awake" August 25 – September 8, 2012:
  33. "Everybody Talks" September 15, 2012:
  34. "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" September 22 – October 20, 2012:
  35. "One More Night" October 27, November 10 – December 22, 2012:
  36. "Some Nights" November 3, 2012:
  37. "Home" December 29, 2012:
  38. Adult Pop Songs – Year-end 2013 . . August 5, 2014.
  39. "Ho Hey" January 5 – February 23, 2013:
  40. "Try" March 2–9, 2013:
  41. "I Knew You Were Trouble" March 16, 2013:
  42. "Daylight" March 23 – April 13, 2013:
  43. "I Will Wait" April 20, 2013:
  44. "When I Was Your Man" April 27 – May 4, 2013:
  45. "Just Give Me a Reason" May 11 – July 20, 2013:
  46. "Mirrors" July 27, 2013:
  47. "Love Somebody" August 3–17, 2013:
  48. "Blurred Lines" August 24 - September 28, 2013:
  49. "Roar" October 5–26, 2013:
  50. "Royals" November 9–16, 2013:
  51. "Wake Me Up" November 30 - December 21, 2013:
  52. "Counting Stars" December 28, 2013 - February 8, 2014
  53. "Let Her Go" February 15, 2014 - February 22, 2014
  54. "Say Something" March 1, 2014
  55. Adult Pop Songs – Year-end 2014 . . February 12, 2015.
  56. "Best Day of My Life" March 15, 2014
  57. "Story of My Life" March 22, 2014
  58. "Team" March 29, 2014
  59. "Happy" April 5, 2014
  60. "All of Me" May 17, 2014
  61. "Not a Bad Thing" June 14, 2014
  62. "Ain't It Fun" June 21, 2014
  63. "Am I Wrong" July 12, 2014
  64. "Rude" August 2, 2014
  65. "Stay with Me" September 6, 2014
  66. "Maps" September 20, 2014
  67. "Shake It Off" October 11, 2014
  68. "Animals" December 6, 2014
  69. "Blank Space" January 3, 2015
  70. "Take Me to Church" February 14, 2015
  71. "Thinking Out Loud" February 21, 2015
  72. "Uptown Funk" March 14, 2015
  73. "Style" April 11, 2015
  74. "Sugar" April 25, 2015
  75. "Love Me like You Do" May 16, 2015
  76. Adult Pop Songs – Year-end 2015 . . December 13, 2015.
  77. "Shut Up and Dance" May 23 – June 27, July 11–18, 2015
  78. "Honey I'm Good" July 4, 2015
  79. "Bad Blood" July 25, 2015
  80. "Fight Song" August 15, 2015
  81. "Photograph" September 12, 2015
  82. "Renegades" October 24, 2015
  83. "Wildest Dreams" October 31, 2015
  84. "Ex's & Oh's" November 28, 2015
  85. "Hello" December 5, 2015
  86. "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" January 23, 2016
  87. "Stitches" February 6, 2016
  88. "On My Mind" February 13, 2016
  89. "Stand by You" February 20, 2016
  90. "Stressed Out" March 12, 2016
  91. "Love Yourself" March 26, 2016
  92. "One Call Away" April 30, 2016
  93. "7 Years" May 14, 2016
  94. "Cake by the Ocean" June 4, 2016
  95. News: Adult Pop Songs - Year-End 2016. Billboard. 2016-12-09.
  96. "Can't Stop the Feeling!" June 18, 2016
  97. "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" August 20, 2016
  98. "Cheap Thrills" September 3, 2016
  99. "Treat You Better" October 22, 2016
  100. "Closer" December 3
  101. "Don't Wanna Know" December 31, 2016
  102. "Scars to Your Beautiful" March 4, 2017
  103. Adult Pop Songs - Year-End 2017. Billboard. 2017-12-13.
  104. "Shape of You" March 11, 2017
  105. "Say You Won't Let Go" June 3, 2017
  106. "Something Just Like This" June 10, 2017
  107. "Believer" July 18, 2017
  108. Chart references for There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back:
  109. "Attention" October 7, 2017
  110. "Slow Hands" October 21, 2017
  111. "Feel It Still" October 28, 2017
  112. "What About Us" November 25, 2017
  113. "Thunder" December 9, 2017
  114. Adult Pop Songs - Year-End 2018. Billboard. 2019-01-09.
  115. Chart references for Perfect: January 20, 2018
  116. "Havana" March 3, 2018
  117. "Lights Down Low" March 31, 2018
  118. "Meant to Be" April 21, 2018
  119. "The Middle" May 5, 2018
  120. "Whatever It Takes" June 2, 2018
  121. "Never Be the Same" June 30, 2018
  122. "Delicate" July 7, 2018
  123. "In My Blood" August 4, 2018
  124. "Girls Like You" August 11, 2018
  125. "Broken" November 17, 2018
  126. "Youngblood" November 24, 2018
  127. "High Hopes" December 8, 2018
  128. "Without Me" March 16, 2019
  129. "Be Alright" March 23, 2019
  130. "High Hopes" March 30, 2019
  131. "High Hopes" April 6, 2019
  132. "Close to Me" May 11, 2019
  133. "Dancing with a Stranger" May 18, 2019
  134. "Sucker" May 25, 2019
  135. "Walk Me Home" June 15, 2019
  136. "Sucker" June 22, 2019
  137. "I Don't Care" August 3, 2019
  138. "If I Can't Have You" August 31, 2019
  139. "I Don't Care" September 7, 2019
  140. "Someone You Loved" September 28, 2019
  141. "Señorita" October 12, 2019
  142. "Someone You Loved" October 26, 2019
  143. "Señorita" November 16, 2019
  144. "Someone You Loved" November 23, 2019
  145. "Memories" December 7, 2019

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