List of Billboard Adult Top 40 number-one songs of the 2020s 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 2020s.

Chart history

bgcolor=#FFFF99 align=centerNumber-one Adult Top 40 song of the year
Issue dateSongArtist(s)Weeks at
number one		Ref.
2020
December 7"Memories"Maroon 513[1]
March 7"Circles"[2] Post Malone2[3]
March 21"Memories"Maroon 51[4]
March 28"Circles"Post Malone2[5]
April 11"The Bones"Maren Morris1[6]
April 18"Don't Start Now"Dua Lipa5[7]
May 23"Blinding Lights"The Weeknd12[8]
August 15"Before You Go"Lewis Capaldi1[9]
August 22"Blinding Lights"The Weeknd6[10]
October 3"Watermelon Sugar"Harry Styles1[11]
October 10"Blinding Lights"The Weeknd2[12]
October 24"I Hope"4[13]
November 21"Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)"Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo3[14]
December 12"Kings & Queens"Ava Max7[15]
2021
January 30"Holy"Justin Bieber featuring Chance the Rapper2[16]
February 13"Kings & Queens"Ava Max1[17]
February 20"Mood"24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior1[18]
February 27"Bang!"AJR1[19]
March 6"Mood"24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior3[20]
March 27"Drivers License"Olivia Rodrigo4[21]
April 24"Willow"Taylor Swift3[22]
May 15"Save Your Tears"The Weeknd5[23]
June 19"Levitating"[24] Dua Lipa featuring DaBaby2[25]
July 3"Beautiful Mistakes"Maroon 5 featuring Megan Thee Stallion1[26]
July 10"Levitating"Dua Lipa featuring DaBaby3[27]
July 31"Without You"The Kid Laroi1[28]
August 7"Levitating"Dua Lipa featuring DaBaby2[29]
August 21"Bad Habits"Ed Sheeran6[30]
October 2"Good 4 U"Olivia Rodrigo1[31]
October 9"Bad Habits"Ed Sheeran1[32]
October 16"Stay" [33] The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber6[34]
November 27"Easy on Me"Adele10[35]
2022
February 5"Shivers"Ed Sheeran2[36]
February 19"Heat Waves"Glass Animals2[37]
March 5"Cold Heart"Elton John and Dua Lipa1[38]
March 12"Ghost"Justin Bieber2[39]
March 26"ABCDEFU"Gayle4[40]
April 23"Thats What I Want"Lil Nas X2[41]
May 7"Enemy"Imagine Dragons and JID3[42]
May 28"As It Was"Harry Styles8[43]
July 23"About Damn Time"Lizzo2[44]
August 6"Numb Little Bug"Em Beihold3[45]
August 27"Sunroof"Nicky Youre and Dazy5[46]
October 1"Late Night Talking"Harry Styles1[47]
October 8"Sunroof"Nicky Youre and Dazy1[48]
October 15"Unstoppable"Sia2[49]
October 29"Sunroof"Nicky Youre and Dazy1[50]
November 5"I Ain't Worried"OneRepublic2[51]
November 19"Unstoppable"Sia1[52]
November 26"Hold Me Closer"Elton John and Britney Spears1[53]
December 3"Anti-Hero"Taylor Swift9[54]
2023
February 4"I'm Good (Blue)"David Guetta and Bebe Rexha2[55]
February 18"Unholy"Sam Smith and Kim Petras1[56]
February 25"Made You Look"Meghan Trainor1[57]
March 4"Flowers" [58] Miley Cyrus16[59]
June 24"Eyes Closed"Ed Sheeran2[60]
July 8"Flowers" Miley Cyrus1
July 15"Calm Down"Rema and Selena Gomez2[61]
July 29"Karma"Taylor Swift2[62]
August 12"Fast Car"Luke Combs2[63]
August 26"Cruel Summer"Taylor Swift3[64]
September 16"Dance the Night"Dua Lipa2[65]
September 30"Cruel Summer"Taylor Swift11
December 16"Used to Be Young"Miley Cyrus1[66]
December 23"Cruel Summer"Taylor Swift9
2024
February 24"Greedy"Tate McRae1[67]
March 2"What Was I Made For?"Billie Eilish2[68]
March 16"Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version)"Taylor Swift1[69]
March 23"Lose Control"Teddy Swims4[70]
April 20"Beautiful Things"Benson Boone5[71]
May 25"Stick Season"Noah Kahan1[72]
June 1"Beautiful Things"Benson Boone3
June 22"Fortnight"Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone1[73]
June 29"Too Sweet"Hozier6[74]
August 10"I Had Some Help"Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen1[75]
August 17"Espresso"Sabrina Carpenter2[76]
August 31"A Bar Song (Tipsy)"Shaboozey2[77]
September 14"Too Sweet"Hozier6
October 26"Birds of a Feather"Billie Eilish6[78]
December 7"Die with a Smile"Lada Gaga and Bruno Mars1[79]

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Notes and References

  1. "Memories" December 7, 2019
  2. Adult Pop Songs: 2020 (Year-End) . . . December 4, 2021.
  3. "Circles" March 7, 2020:
  4. "Memories" March 21, 2020:
  5. "Circles" March 28, 2020:
  6. "The Bones" April 11, 2020:
  7. "Don't Start Now" April 18, 2020:
  8. "Blinding Lights" May 23, 2020:
  9. "Before You Go" August 15, 2020:
  10. "Blinding Lights" August 22, 2020:
  11. "Watermelon Sugar" October 3, 2020:
  12. "Blinding Lights" October 10, 2020:
  13. "I Hope" October 24, 2020:
  14. "Savage Love" November 21, 2020:
  15. "Kings & Queens" December 12, 2020:
  16. "Holy" January 30, 2021:
  17. "Kings & Queens" February 13, 2021:
  18. "Mood" February 20, 2021:
  19. "Bang" February 27, 2021:
  20. "Mood" March 6, 2021:
  21. "Drivers License" March 27, 2021:
  22. "Willow" April 24, 2021:
  23. "Save Your Tears" May 15, 2021:
  24. Adult Pop Songs: 2021 (Year-End) . . . December 4, 2021.
  25. "Levitating" June 19, 2021:
  26. "Beautiful Mistakes" July 3, 2021:
  27. "Levitating" July 10, 2021:
  28. "Without You" July 31, 2021:
  29. "Levitating" August 7, 2021:
  30. "Bad Habits" August 21, 2021:
  31. "Good 4 U" October 2, 2021:
  32. "Bad Habits" October 9, 2021:
  33. Adult Pop Songs: 2022 (Year-End) . . . December 1, 2022.
  34. "Stay" October 16, 2021:
  35. "Easy On Me" November 27, 2021:
  36. "Shivers" February 5, 2022:
  37. "Heat Waves" February 19, 2022:
  38. "Cold Heart" March 5, 2022:
  39. "Ghost" March 12, 2022:
  40. "ABCDEFU" March 26, 2022:
  41. "Thats What I Want" April 23, 2022:
  42. "Enemy" May 7, 2022:
  43. "As It Was" May 28, 2022:
  44. "About Damn Time" July 23, 2022:
  45. "Numb Little Bug" August 6, 2022:
  46. "Sunroof" August 27, 2022:
  47. "Late Night Talking" October 1, 2022:
  48. "Sunroof" October 8, 2022:
  49. "Unstopable" October 15, 2022:
  50. "Sunroof" October 29, 2022:
  51. "I AIn't Worried" November 5, 2022:
  52. "Unstopable" November 19, 2022:
  53. "Hold Me Closer" November 26, 2022:
  54. "Anti-Hero" December 3, 2022:
  55. "I'm Good (Blue)" February 4, 2023:
  56. "I'm Good (Blue)" February 18, 2023:
  57. "Made You Look" February 25, 2023:
  58. Adult Pop Songs: 2023 (Year-End) . . . November 22, 2023.
  59. "Flowers" March 4, 2023:
  60. "Eyes Closed" June 24, 2023:
  61. "Calm Down" July 15, 2023:
  62. "Karma" July 29, 2023:
  63. "Fast Car" August 12, 2023:
  64. "Cruel Summer" August 26, 2023:
  65. "Dance the Night" September 16, 2023:
  66. "Used to Be Young" December 16, 2023:
  67. "Greedy" February 24, 2024:
  68. "What Was I Made For?" March 2, 2024:
  69. "Is It Over Now?" March 16, 2024:
  70. "Lose Control" March 23, 2024:
  71. "Beautiful Things" April 20, 2024:
  72. "Stick Season" May 25, 2024:
  73. "Fortnight" June 22, 2024:
  74. "Too Sweet" June 29, 2024:
  75. "I Had Some Help" August 10, 2024:
  76. "Espresso" August 17, 2024:
  77. "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" August 31, 2024:
  78. "Birds of a Feather" October 26, 2024:
  79. "Die with a Smile" December 7, 2024:

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