The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2026.
2026 number-ones 2026 Issue date Song Artist(s) January 3 "Shine" Nicholas Cole January 10 January 17 January 24 "RollerSk8" Adam Hawley January 31 February 7 February 14 "Driftin Richard Elliot February 21 "Synergy" Althea Rene featuring Jordan Love February 28 "Any Time, Any Place" Byron Miller featuring Ragan Whiteside March 7 "Synergy" Althea Rene featuring Jordan Love March 14 "Onward and Upward" 3rd Force March 21 "Give It All You Got" Rick Braun featuring Tom Scott March 28 April 4 "After Hours" WaKaNa April 11 "Speakeasy" Jeff Ryan April 18 April 25 "Colors" May 2 "City Walk" Carol Albert May 9 May 16 "More Than Enough" Gerald Albright May 23 May 30 "Take Your Time" Phylicia Rae June 6 June 13 "Electric" Adam Hawley featuring Everette Harp June 20 June 27 "Hide & Seek" Kim Scott July 4 July 11 "Catch a Feelin Najee and Will Downing July 18 "Boarding Pass" David Benoit and Jeff Lorber July 25 "Joy and Pain" Nils August 1 "Hypnotic" Adrian Crutchfield featuring Nicholas Cole August 8 August 15 "HEPnotic (Hep Is the New Hip)" Bob Baldwin August 22 "Green Light" Nicholas Cole August 29 "Maputo Nights" Eric Darius September 5 September 12 "In Love: Reimagined" Ragan Whiteside September 19 "Jolanda" Greg Manning featuring Kirk Whalum September 26 "Yessir!" Oli Silk featuring Jeff Ryan October 3 "The Phoenix" Euge Groove October 10
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