Adult Top 40

Adult Top 40 (formerly known as Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks and called Adult Pop Songs on Billboard.com) is a variation on the United States Billboard charts. The chart tracks "the week's most popular adult top 40 songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen BDS." It is a format in which the genre is geared more towards an adult audience who are not into hard rock, teen pop, dance music, hip hop, or adult contemporary fare.

History

The origins of the Adult Top 40 chart can be traced back to the late 1980s, when several Top 40 stations decided to focus on playing artists in an effort to attract the more desired 25-34 demographic. In 1994, the Adult Top 40 became an official format after years of growth and support from both stations and artists. Most Adult Top 40 stations feature a playlist that include artists such as Lifehouse, Matchbox Twenty, Train, Nickelback, Goo Goo Dolls, Sheryl Crow, Daughtry, Maroon 5, Pink, John Mayer, The Fray, No Doubt, Shania Twain, Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson, Alanis Morissette, Natasha Bedingfield, Jewel, Katy Perry and 3 Doors Down. Its programming is often compared to the musical playlist of the VH1 Channel (as its programming as seen often as a midway point between Top 40 Mainstream and The Adult Contemporary charts). Many Adult Top 40 stations today are a crossover of Hot AC and Top 40 formats, though it's officially classified as a Hot AC format. Billboard first published an Adult Top 40 chart in its October 7, 1995 issue. The first number-one song was "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal.

Records and Achievements

Most weeks at number one

25 weeks

• "Smooth" — Santana featuring Rob Thomas (1999-2000)

23 weeks

• "Wherever You Will Go" — The Calling (2001-2002)

18 weeks

• "Unwell" — Matchbox Twenty (2003)
• "Photograph" — Nickelback (2005-2006)

17 weeks

• "Iris" — Goo Goo Dolls (1998)

16 weeks

• "Complicated" — Avril Lavigne (2002)

15 weeks

• "Don't Speak" — No Doubt (1996-1997)
• "How to Save a Life" — The Fray (2006-2007)

14 weeks

• "Torn" — Natalie Imbruglia (1998)
• "Everything You Want" — Vertical Horizon (2000)
• "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" — Train (2001)

Artists with most number-one singles

• 6 - Katy Perry
• 5 - Pink, Nickelback
• 4 - Daughtry, Train, Maroon 5
• 3 - Kelly Clarkson, The Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox Twenty, Adele

Artist with most charted singles

Sheryl Crow, is the artist with the most placed singles in this chart with 19 to date.

Most number-one singles by album

Teenage Dream by Katy Perry is the album with the most number one songs (5).

See also

• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Adult Top 40 chart
• Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)

External links

• Current Billboard Adult Pop Songs chart