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Adult Alternative Airplay (also known as Triple A or Triple A Airplay, and formerly Adult Alternative Songs and Triple A Songs) is a record chart currently published by Billboard that ranks the most popular songs on adult album alternative radio stations. The 40-position chart is formulated based on each song's weekly radio spins, as measured by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. The current number-one song on the chart is "Arrow" by The Head and the Heart.

History

The earliest incarnation of the chart was first published on January 20, 1996, as a feature in Billboard sister publication Airplay Monitor. In 2006, Airplay Monitor ceased publication after Billboard parent company VNU Media's acquisition of rival radio trade magazine Radio & Records, which then subsequently incorporated Airplay Monitor's Nielsen-based Triple A chart.

Billboard itself began publishing the Triple A chart in the issue dated July 5, 2008, through their Billboard.biz website, appropriating the same airplay data as Radio & Records. Radio & Records closed in June 2009, leaving Billboard as the sole publisher of the chart. In February 2014, the chart's reporting panel was expanded from 23 to 32 stations, including non-commercial reporters for the first time.

Following a re-design of their website, Billboard officially incorporated the history of the Airplay Monitor/Nielsen chart from 1996 to 2008 into their Adult Alternative Songs chart. The Billboard website and its official chart archive now show the first Adult Alternative Songs chart as having been published on January 20, 1996, with "The World I Know" by Collective Soul as its first number one single. Radio And Records first charted their Adult Alternative chart in the September 22, 1995, issue. It was a 30 position chart, and "Til I Hear It from You" by the Gin Blossoms was the first number one.

All-time achievements

In 2021, for the 25th anniversary of the chart, Billboard compiled a ranking of the 50 best-performing songs and artists on the chart over the 25 years. "One Headlight" by The Wallflowers was ranked as the #1 song, while Dave Matthews Band was ranked as the #1 artist. Listed below are the top 10 songs and the top 10 artists.

Top 10 Greatest of All Time Adult Alternative Songs (1996–2021)

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Top 10 Greatest of All Time Adult Alternative Artists (1996–2021)

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Song records

Most weeks at number one

Most weeks on the chart

Highest debut

Artist records

Most number-one singles

Most cumulative weeks at number one

Most top 10 singles

Most chart entries

Notes

1. Solo and with Dave Matthews Band
2. Solo and with The Night Sweats
3. Solo and with Dave Matthews Band
4. Solo and with The Night Sweats
5. Solo and with Dave Matthews Band
6. Solo and with The Night Sweats
7. Solo and with Dave Matthews Band

See also

• List of Radio & Records number-one adult alternative singles of the 1990s
• List of Billboard number-one adult alternative singles of the 2000s
• List of Billboard number-one adult alternative singles of the 2010s
• List of Billboard number-one adult alternative singles of the 2020s

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42. "Adult Alternative Airplay, Week of October 30, 2004". Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
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51. "Adult Alternative Airplay, Week of November 28, 2015". Billboard. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
52. "Adult Alternative Airplay, Week of May 16, 1998". Billboard. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
53. "Adult Alternative Airplay, Week of May 17, 2008". Billboard. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
54. "Adult Alternative Airplay, Week of March 28, 2015". Billboard. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
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58. "Counting Crows Chart History (Adult Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
59. ^ "Sheryl Crow Chart History (Adult Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2024.

External links

• Adult Alternative Songs at Billboard

• Billboard charts