List of Billboard number-one adult alternative singles of the 2020s
Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.[1] from a panel of 32 stations.[2] It was introduced in January 1996[3] as a feature in Radio & Records magazine,[4] which was later purchased by Billboard parent company Nielsen.[5] Billboard appropriated the Radio & Records adult alternative chart in July 2008 and became its sole publisher after Radio & Records ceased publication in June 2009.[6] The first number-one single of the 2020s on the Adult Alternative Songs chart was "Orphans" by British rock band Coldplay.[7]
Number-one singles
- Key
- † – Billboard year-end number-one single
- ↑ – Return of a single to number one
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← 2010s • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 |
Single | Artist | Reached number one[7] | Weeks at number one[7] |
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"Orphans" [8] | Coldplay | January 4, 2020 | 1 |
"Uneventful Days" [9] | Beck | January 11, 2020 | 3 |
"Love You for a Long Time" [10] | Maggie Rogers | February 1, 2020 | 1 |
"Orphans" ↑[11] | Coldplay | February 8, 2020 | 1 |
"Colors" [12] | Black Pumas | February 15, 2020 | 1 |
"And It's Still Alright" [13] | Nathaniel Rateliff | February 22, 2020 | 8 |
"Black Madonna" [14] | Cage the Elephant | April 18, 2020 | 2 |
"Bad Decisions" [15] | The Strokes | May 2, 2020 | 4 |
"Lost in Yesterday" [16] | Tame Impala | May 30, 2020 | 1 |
"Lay Your Head on Me" [17] | Major Lazer featuring Marcus Mumford | June 6, 2020 | 4 |
" | Bakar | July 4, 2020 | 2 |
"Don't Let Me Down" [20] | Milky Chance and Jack Johnson | July 18, 2020 | 1 |
" Strong Enough" [21]
|
Ray LaMontagne | July 25, 2020 | 7 |
" I Got You" [22]
|
Spearhead
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September 12, 2020 | 1 |
" Feel You" [23]
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My Morning Jacket | September 19, 2020 | 5 |
"Is It True" [24] | Tame Impala | October 24, 2020 | 3 |
"Letter to You" [25] | Bruce Springsteen | November 14, 2020 | 2 |
"Identical" [26] | Phoenix | November 28, 2020 | 2 |
"Visitor" [27] | Of Monsters and Men | December 12, 2020 | 1 |
"Officer of Love" [28] | Caamp
|
December 19, 2020 | 6 |
"1st Time" [29] | Bakar | January 30, 2021 | 3 |
"The Bandit" †[30][31] | Kings Of Leon
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February 20, 2021 | 6 |
"All My Favorite Songs" [32] | Weezer | April 3, 2021 | 3 |
" Not Dead Yet" [33]
|
Lord Huron | April 24, 2021 | 5 |
" Crawling Kingsnake" [34]
|
The Black Keys | May 29, 2021 | 3 |
" We Are Between" [35]
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Modest Mouse | June 19, 2021 | 7 |
"Solar Power" [36] | Lorde | August 7, 2021 | 2 |
"Last Train Home" [37] | John Mayer | August 21, 2021 | 2 |
"Missing Piece" [38] | Vance Joy | September 4, 2021 | 2 |
"Hush" [39] | The Marías | September 18, 2021 | 1 |
"Survivor" [40] | Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats | September 25, 2021 | 6 |
" I Don't Live Here Anymore" [41]
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War on Drugs
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November 6, 2021 | 1 |
"Brightside" [42] | The Lumineers | November 13, 2021 | 2 |
" I Don't Live Here Anymore" ↑[43]
|
War on Drugs
|
November 27, 2021 | 6 |
"Crutch" [44] | Band of Horses | January 8, 2022 | 2 |
"The Hardest Cut" [45] | Spoon | January 22, 2022 | 3 |
"Wild Blue" [46] | John Mayer | February 12, 2022 | 1 |
"Oh My God" [47] | Adele | February 19, 2022 | 1 |
" Chapstick" [48]
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Coin | February 26, 2022 | 1 |
"U&Me" [49] | Alt-J | March 5, 2022 | 1 |
"The Only Heartbreaker" [50] | Mitski | March 12, 2022 | 1 |
"What, Me Worry?" [51] | Portugal. The Man | March 19, 2022 | 3 |
"Virginia (Wind in the Night)" [52] | The Head and the Heart | April 9, 2022 | 1 |
"Wild Child" †[53][54] | The Black Keys | April 16, 2022 | 3 |
"My Love" [55] | Florence and the Machine | May 7, 2022 | 2 |
"Wild Child" ↑†[56][54] | The Black Keys | May 21, 2022 | 1 |
"My Love" ↑[57] | Florence and the Machine | May 28, 2022 | 2 |
"Believe" [58] | Caamp
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June 11, 2022 | 2 |
"That's Where I Am" [59] | Maggie Rogers | June 25, 2022 | 1 |
" Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)" [60]
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Arcade Fire | July 2, 2022 | 3 |
"One Step Ahead" [61] | Jack Johnson | July 23, 2022 | 1 |
" Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)" ↑[62]
|
Arcade Fire | July 30, 2022 | 1 |
"Alpha Zulu" [63] | Phoenix | August 6, 2022 | 2 |
"Here to Forever" [64] | Death Cab for Cutie | August 20, 2022 | 8 |
" Boy" [65]
|
The Killers | October 15, 2022 | 1 |
"Snap" [66] | Rosa Linn | October 22, 2022 | 7 |
"Tonight" [67] | Phoenix featuring Ezra Koenig | December 10, 2022 | 7 |
"Run Away to Mars" [68] | Talk | January 28, 2023 | 2 |
"Pages" [69] | White Reaper | February 11, 2023 | 4 |
"Pepper" [70] | Death Cab for Cutie | March 11, 2023 | 1 |
"Tropic Morning News" [71] | The National | March 18, 2023 | 5 |
"Kid" [72] | The Revivalists | April 22, 2023 | 4 |
"Eat Your Young" [73] | Hozier | May 20, 2023 | 2 |
"Not Strong Enough" †[74][75] | Boygenius | June 3, 2023 | 7 |
"Psychos" [76] | Jenny Lewis | July 22, 2023 | 2 |
"Odyssey" [77] | Beck and Phoenix | August 5, 2023 | 5 |
"Dial Drunk" [78] | Noah Kahan | September 9, 2023 | 2 |
"Francesca" [79] | Hozier | September 23, 2023 | 1 |
"More Than a Love Song" [80] | Black Pumas | September 30, 2023 | 4 |
"Good Old Days" [81] | The Revivalists | October 28, 2023 | 1 |
"More Than a Love Song" ↑[82] | Black Pumas | November 4, 2023 | 1 |
"Good Old Days" ↑[83] | The Revivalists | November 11, 2023 | 1 |
"Atomic City" [84] | U2 | November 18, 2023 | 1 |
"More Than a Love Song" ↑ [85] | Black Pumas | November 25, 2023 | 1 |
"Atomic City" ↑ [86] | U2 | December 2, 2023 | 1 |
"Now and Then" [87] | The Beatles | December 9, 2023 | 2 |
"What Now" [88] | Brittany Howard | December 23, 2023 | 2 |
"Northern Attitude" [89] | Noah Kahan and Hozier | January 6, 2024 | 1 |
"What Now" ↑ [90] | Brittany Howard | January 13, 2024 | 1 |
"Northern Attitude" ↑ [91] | Noah Kahan and Hozier | January 20, 2024 | 4 |
"Beautiful People (Stay High)" [92] | The Black Keys | February 17, 2024 | 5 |
"Neon Pill" [93] | Cage the Elephant | March 23, 2024 | 4 |
"Good People" [94] | Mumford & Sons and Pharrell Williams | April 20, 2024 | 1 |
"Don't Forget Me" [95] | Maggie Rogers | April 27, 2024 | 1 |
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