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 first issue of the new year Billboard dated January 5, "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 moved into the top spot, displacing the last chart-topper of 2018, "Cozy Little Christmas" by Katy Perry. "Girls Like You" topped the chart for a total of 34 non-consecutive weeks, with 31 being consecutive. The song spent two additional weeks atop the chart in November 2018, giving it a total of 36 weeks in the top spot and breaking the previous record for the most weeks spent atop the AC chart set by Uncle Kracker's 2003 version of "Drift Away". It was displaced in the issue of Billboard dated August 10 by Lauren Daigle's "You Say", which became the first song to top both the Christian Airplay chart and the AC listing. "Girls Like You" regained the top spot for an additional three weeks beginning in the issue dated August 17.

In the fall, pop-rock band Jonas Brothers gained their first AC number one with "Sucker", which spent eleven consecutive weeks atop the chart before being displaced by "Someone You Loved" by Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi in the issue dated December 7. One week later the Jonas Brothers achieved their second number-one hit of 2019 when "Like It's Christmas" ascended to number one. The song was the year's final chart-topper.

Chart history

+KeyIndicates best-performing AC song of 2019

Issue dateTitleArtist(s)January 5"Girls Like You" Maroon 5 January 12January 19January 26February 2February 9February 16February 23March 2March 9March 16March 23March 30April 6April 13April 20April 27May 4May 11May 18May 25June 1June 8June 15June 22June 29July 6July 13July 20July 27August 3August 10"You Say"August 17"Girls Like You" Maroon 5August 24August 31September 7"You Say"September 14"Walk Me Home"PinkSeptember 21"Sucker"Jonas BrothersSeptember 28October 5October 12October 19October 26November 2November 9November 16November 23November 30December 7"Someone You Loved"December 14"Like It's Christmas"Jonas BrothersDecember 21December 28

See also 2019 in American music

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