“When you write a song, you want it to apply to as many people as possible.”
Alex Warren marveled to Billboard in 2025 about the mass appeal of “Ordinary.” As of June 2026, the song’s reach has led to another Billboard record: It now has the most weeks — 107 — at No. 1 among all the radio airplay charts that it’s topped.
The ballad’s haul encompasses 34 weeks and counting atop Adult Contemporary, along with record reigns on Adult Pop Airplay (30 weeks), the all-format Radio Songs chart (27 weeks) and Pop Airplay (16 weeks). It’s also the only song to be No. 1 for six months or more on as many as three airplay lists.
“I think every single year there’s always that wedding song or love song,” Warren told Billboard in 2025, when the singer-songwriter’s smash crowned the multimetric Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks and wrapped at No. 1 on the annual Songs of the Summer chart. “I think ‘Ordinary,’ sonically, has been this exciting storytelling record. It’s a song about love, and love is killing it right now.”
“Ordinary” wrested the record from Miley Cyrus‘ “Flowers,” which ran up 106 weeks atop all the Billboard radio charts that it led. It and “Ordinary” are the only songs with triple-digit weeks totals at No. 1 counting all airplay surveys.
The two hits are among 22 select songs that have spent at least 52 weeks, or a full year, combined at No. 1 on Billboard airplay charts. Billboard publishes 25 radio airplay charts, dating to the Adult Contemporary tally’s July 17, 1961, launch. Country Airplay became the first airplay chart ranked by electronically monitored data as of the list dated Jan. 20, 1990; all current airplay charts (more than half of which began in the ‘90s) are based on data monitored by Mediabase and provided to Billboard by Luminate. Meanwhile, despite increased audio competition from streaming and other platforms, radio remains a valuable and coveted outlet for exposure, with the No. 1 hit on Radio Songs each week drawing upwards of 80 million audience impressions.
The 25 such surveys: Adult Alternative Airplay, Adult Contemporary, Adult Pop Airplay, Adult R&B Airplay, Alternative Airplay, Christian AC Airplay, Christian Airplay, Country Airplay, Dance/Mix Show Airplay, Gospel Airplay, (the seasonal-only) Holiday Airplay chart, Latin Airplay, Latin Pop Airplay, Latin Rhythm Airplay, Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Mainstream Rock Airplay, Pop Airplay, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Radio Songs, Rap Airplay, Regional Mexican Airplay, Rhythmic Airplay, Rock & Alternative Airplay, Smooth Jazz Airplay and Tropical Airplay.
Below browse the earworms — with a leading three by Mariah Carey, followed by two by Adele — that have infused radio and spent the most cumulative weeks atop Billboard’s airplay charts (through rankings dated June 27, 2026). They’re some of the most familiar hits still prominent on airwaves: As Cyrus playfully asked the 2024 Grammys crowd when she performed “Flowers,” “Why are you acting like you don’t know this song?!”
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107 weeks, “Ordinary,” Alex Warren
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: June 7, 2025
- Adult Contemporary: 34 weeks at No. 1
- Adult Pop Airplay: a record 30 weeks at No. 1
- Radio Songs: a record-tying 27 weeks at No. 1
- Pop Airplay: a record 16 weeks at No. 1
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106 weeks, “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: Feb. 25, 2023
- Adult Contemporary: a record 57 weeks at No. 1
- Radio Songs: 18 weeks
- Adult Pop Airplay: 17 weeks
- Pop Airplay: 10 weeks
- Dance/Mix Show Airplay: 4 weeks
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87 weeks, “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: April 18, 2020
- Adult Contemporary: 35 weeks at No. 1
- Radio Songs: 26 weeks
- Adult Pop Airplay: 20 weeks
- Pop Airplay: 6 weeks
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74 weeks, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: March 4, 2017
- Latin Rhythm Airplay: 20 weeks at No. 1
- Latin Airplay: 19 weeks
- Latin Pop Airplay: 18 weeks
- Dance/Mix Show Airplay: 7 weeks
- Pop Airplay: 5 weeks
- Radio Songs: 5 weeks
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72 weeks, “Blurred Lines,” Robin Thicke feat. T.I. + Pharrell
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: July 13, 2013
- Adult R&B Airplay: 17 weeks at No. 1
- R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: 12 weeks
- Pop Airplay: 10 weeks
- Rhythmic Airplay: 10 weeks
- Radio Songs: 11 weeks
- Adult Pop Airplay: 6 weeks
- Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: 6 weeks
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72 weeks, “Somebody That I Used To Know,” Gotye feat. Kimbra
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: Feb. 25, 2012
- Adult Contemporary: 19 weeks at No. 1
- Adult Alternative Airplay: 13 weeks
- Alternative Airplay: 12 weeks
- Rock & Alternative Airplay: 7 weeks
- Adult Pop Airplay: 6 weeks
- Dance/Mix Show Airplay: 6 weeks
- Radio Songs: 6 weeks
- Pop Airplay: 3 weeks
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71 weeks, “High Hopes,” Panic! at the Disco
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: Nov. 17, 2018
- Rock & Alternative Airplay: 17 weeks at No. 1
- Alternative Airplay: 16 weeks
- Adult Pop Airplay: 15 weeks
- Radio Songs: 14 weeks
- Pop Airplay: 6 weeks
- Dance/Mix Show Airplay: 3 weeks
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71 weeks, “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: Aug. 4, 2018
- Adult Contemporary: 36 weeks at No. 1
- Radio Songs: 16 weeks
- Adult Pop Airplay: 14 weeks
- Pop Airplay: 5 weeks
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69 weeks, “We Belong Together,” Mariah Carey
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: May 28, 2005
- Radio Songs: 16 weeks at No. 1
- R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: 14 weeks
- Pop Airplay: 10 weeks
- Rhythmic Airplay: 10 weeks
- Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: 9 weeks
- Adult R&B Airplay: 8 weeks
- Dance/Mix Show Airplay: 2 weeks
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65 weeks, “Feel It Still,” Portugal. The Man
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: July 8, 2017
- Alternative Airplay: a record-tying 20 weeks at No. 1
- Rock & Alternative Airplay: 17 weeks
- Adult Alternative Airplay: 11 weeks
- Dance/Mix Show Airplay: 5 weeks
- Radio Songs: 5 weeks
- Adult Pop Airplay: 4 weeks
- Pop Airplay: 3 weeks
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65 weeks, “Danza Kuduro,” Don Omar & Lucenzo
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: Nov. 13, 2010
- Latin Rhythm Airplay: a record 29 weeks at No. 1
- Tropical Airplay: 18 weeks
- Latin Airplay: 15 weeks
- Latin Pop Airplay: 3 weeks
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63 weeks, “Shape of You,” Ed Sheeran
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: Feb. 25, 2017
- Adult Contemporary: 24 weeks at No. 1
- Radio Songs: 12 weeks
- Adult Pop Airplay: 12 weeks
- Pop Airplay: 9 weeks
- Dance/Mix Show Airplay: 6 weeks
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61 weeks, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Mariah Carey
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: Dec. 13, 2008
- Holiday Airplay: a record 61 weeks at No. 1
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57 weeks, “Rolling in the Deep,” Adele
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: Feb. 12, 2011
- Adult Contemporary: 19 weeks at No. 1
- Adult Alternative Airplay: 14 weeks
- Adult Pop Airplay: 13 weeks
- Radio Songs: 6 weeks
- Pop Airplay: 5 weeks
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56 weeks, “Easy on Me,” Adele
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: Nov. 13, 2021
- Adult Contemporary: 24 weeks at No. 1
- Radio Songs: 15 weeks
- Adult Pop Airplay: 10 weeks
- Pop Airplay: 7 weeks
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56 weeks, “Dilemma,” Nelly feat. Kelly Rowland
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: Aug. 17, 2002
- Radio Songs: 12 weeks at No. 1
- Rhythmic Airplay: 11 weeks
- Rap Airplay: 10 weeks
- R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: 9 weeks
- Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: 9 weeks
- Pop Airplay: 5 weeks
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56 weeks, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: Dec. 9, 1995
- Radio Songs: 13 weeks at No. 1
- Adult Contemporary: 13 weeks
- Pop Airplay: 11 weeks
- Adult Pop Airplay: 10 weeks
- Rhythmic Airplay: 9 weeks
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55 weeks, “Be Without You,” Mary J. Blige
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: Jan. 7, 2006
- R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: 15 weeks at No. 1
- Adult R&B Airplay: 14 weeks
- Radio Songs: 9 weeks
- Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: 6 weeks
- Pop Airplay: 4 weeks
- Rhythmic Airplay: 4 weeks
- Dance/Mix Show Airplay: 3 weeks
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53 weeks, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” Green Day
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: Dec. 11, 2004
- Alternative Airplay: 16 weeks at No. 1
- Mainstream Rock Airplay: 14 weeks
- Adult Pop Airplay: 11 weeks
- Adult Alternative Airplay: 8 weeks
- Pop Airplay: 4 weeks
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53 weeks, “In Da Club,” 50 Cent
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: Feb. 8, 2003
- Rap Airplay: 12 weeks at No. 1
- Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: 10 weeks
- R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: 9 weeks
- Rhythmic Airplay: 9 weeks
- Radio Songs: 9 weeks
- Pop Airplay: 4 weeks
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52 weeks, “No Guidance,” Chris Brown feat. Drake
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: Aug. 3, 2019
- R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: 27 weeks at No. 1
- Adult R&B Airplay: 11 weeks
- Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: 10 weeks
- Rhythmic Airplay: 4 weeks
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52 weeks, “Ginza,” J Balvin
Date of first week at No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart: Sept. 12, 2015
- Latin Pop Airplay: 25 weeks at No. 1
- Latin Rhythm Airplay: 15 weeks
- Latin Airplay: 12 weeks
