List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 2013 explained

Adult Contemporary is a chart published by Billboard ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) market. In 2013, 11 different songs topped the chart in 52 issues of the magazine, based on weekly airplay data from radio stations compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.

On the first chart of the year, the number one position was held by Rod Stewart with "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", the song's fifth consecutive week at number one. The following week, it was displaced from the top spot by "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra, which returned to the top of the chart having had a lengthy run at number one the previous year.[1] The song was replaced atop the chart in the issue of Billboard dated February 2 by "Home" by Phillip Phillips, the winner of the eleventh season of American Idol.[2] The song, originally released the previous June, took more than 20 weeks to reach the top of the AC chart, but once it got to the top it held the number one position for 12 weeks, the longest unbroken run of the year. It went on to become the biggest-selling "coronation song" released by an American Idol winner to date.[3] Phillips returned to the top of the chart later in the year with "Gone, Gone, Gone", making him one of only two artists to achieve more than one chart-topper during the year, the other being Pink.

In October, actress Anna Kendrick topped the chart with "Cups (Pitch Perfects When I'm Gone)". The song became a surprise radio hit when the one-minute fragment which she performed in the film Pitch Perfect, accompanying herself only by clapping and tapping a plastic cup, was remixed and released as a full-length single.[4] [5] [6] It topped the AC chart for three weeks before being displaced by Katy Perry's "Roar". Having begun with a Christmas song at number one, the year ended with another atop the chart, as Kelly Clarkson's "Underneath the Tree" held the top spot for the final three weeks of 2013.

Chart history

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Indicates best-performing AC song of 2013[7]

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scope=row"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"[8]
scope=row"Somebody That I Used to Know"Gotye featuring Kimbra[9]
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scope=row"Try"Pink[24]
scope=rowbgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan="8""Ho Hey" [25]
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scope=row"When I Was Your Man"[33]
scope=row"Just Give Me a Reason"Pink featuring Nate Ruess[34]
scope=row"When I Was Your Man"[35]
scope=row"Just Give Me a Reason"Pink featuring Nate Ruess[36]
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scope=row"Gone, Gone, Gone"[43]
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scope=row"Just Give Me a Reason"Pink featuring Nate Ruess[48]
scope=row"Cups (Pitch Perfects When I'm Gone)"[49]
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scope=row"Roar"[52]
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scope=row"Underneath the Tree"[57]
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See also

Notes and References

  1. Adult Contemporary - 2012 Archive. Billboard. September 20, 2019.
  2. Web site: Phillip Phillips Biography & History. Matt. Collar. AllMusic. September 20, 2019.
  3. News: Chart Watch Extra: Phillip Phillips' Idol Record . Paul. Grein . Chart Watch . Yahoo! Entertainment . October 24, 2012 . September 20, 2019.
  4. Web site: Anna Kendrick's Iconic 'Cups' Performance in 'Pitch Perfect' Almost Didn't Happen. Christopher. Rosa. December 17, 2019. September 20, 2019. Glamour.
  5. Anna Kendrick mugs her way through a diner in new 'Cups' video. Grady. Smith. Entertainment Weekly. April 15, 2013. September 20, 2019.
  6. The Songs of Summer 2013: No. 9 – "Cups" (Pitch Perfect's "When I'm Gone"), Anna Kendrick. Douglas. Wolk. Time. August 15, 2013. September 20, 2019.
  7. Billboard Adult Contemporary Year End, 2013. . September 12, 2020.
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  46. Adult Contemporary. Billboard. September 28, 2013. September 19, 2013.
  47. Adult Contemporary. Billboard. October 5, 2013. September 26, 2013.
  48. Adult Contemporary. Billboard. October 12, 2013. October 4, 2013.
  49. Adult Contemporary. Billboard. October 19, 2013. October 18, 2013.
  50. Adult Contemporary. Billboard. October 26, 2013. October 18, 2013.
  51. Adult Contemporary. Billboard. November 2, 2013. October 25, 2013.
  52. Adult Contemporary. Billboard. November 9, 2013. November 1, 2013.
  53. Adult Contemporary. Billboard. November 16, 2013. November 8, 2013.
  54. Adult Contemporary. Billboard. November 23, 2013. November 15, 2013.
  55. Adult Contemporary. Billboard. November 30, 2013. November 21, 2013.
  56. Adult Contemporary. Billboard. December 7, 2013. November 28, 2013.
  57. Adult Contemporary. Billboard. December 14, 2013. December 9, 2013.
  58. Adult Contemporary. Billboard. December 21, 2013. December 16, 2013.
  59. Adult Contemporary. Billboard. December 28, 2013. December 23, 2013.