“Flowers” by Miley Cyrus is celebrating 17 weeks in the top spot, and has already surpassed Avril Lavigne’s “Complicated” which added 16 weeks.
“Flowers” is still far from the song that holds the record on the chart: “Smooth” by Santana (25 weeks on top).
THESE ARE THE SONGS WITH MOST NUMBER OF WEEKS AT NUMBER 1 ON ADULT CONTEMPORARY RADIO IN THE UNITED STATES:
25 weeks at #1, “Smooth,” Santana feat. Rob Thomas, 1999
23 weeks, “Wherever You Will Go”, The Calling, 2001
20 weeks, “Blinding Lights”, The Weeknd, 2
2020
18 weeks, “Photograph”, Nickelback, 2005
18 weeks, “Unwell”, matchbox twenty, 2003
17 weeks, “Flowers”, Miley Cyrus, 2023
17 weeks, “Iris”, Goo Goo Dolls, 1998
16 weeks, “Complicated”, Avril Lavigne, 2002
15 weeks, “High Hopes”. Panic! At the Disco, 2018
15 weeks, “How To Save a Life”, The Fray, 2006
15 weeks, “Don’t Speak”, No Doubt, 1996
