“‘Flowers’ is a type of songs that has stood the take a look at of time at a number of codecs,” says Jon Zellner, iHeartMedia president, programming operations/digital music, of Miley Cyrus’ smash single. “It’s a mass-appeal tune with a really sturdy hook and appears like a tune you already knew the primary time you heard it.”
A 12 months and a half after its launch, “Flowers” upped its depend to 57 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Grownup Modern chart — and reigns as the only real longest-leading hit ever on a Billboard radio airplay rating.
“Flowers” already claimed the document for essentially the most weeks on all of Billboard’s airplay charts mixed, because it additionally ran up reigns of 18 weeks on the all-format Radio Songs chart, 17 weeks on Grownup Pop Airplay, 10 weeks on Pop Airplay and 4 weeks on Dance/Combine Present Airplay.
The tune moreover topped the multimetric Billboard Scorching 100 for eight weeks starting in January 2023. In February 2024, it gained the Grammy Award for document of the 12 months. (“It’s enjoyable to be nominated & thrilling to win however having my music be cherished around the globe is the actual trophy,” Cyrus posted in response to the six Grammy nominations that she acquired in November.)
Muses Zellner additional, “Flowers” is amongst “songs that will probably be a part of radio station libraries and streaming playlists for a few years and sure performed by basic hits stations 20 years from now.”
Beneath, browse the songs that turned ubiquitous on airwaves and topped every of Billboard’s 25 currently-published weekly airplay rankings the longest, reflecting all kinds of radio codecs, and enduring earworms.
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Grownup Modern
57 weeks at No. 1, “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus
Date of first week at No. 1: April 15, 2023
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Vacation Airplay
55 weeks at No. 1, “All I Need for Christmas Is You,” Mariah Carey
Date of first week at No. 1: Dec. 13, 2008
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Gospel Airplay
46 weeks at No. 1, “By no means Would Have Made It,” Marvin Sapp
Date of first week at No. 1: Aug. 25, 2007
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R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
37 weeks at No. 1, “Snooze,” SZA
Date of first week at No. 1: July 1, 2023
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Regional Mexican Airplay
31 weeks at No. 1, “No Me Conoces Aún,” Palomo
Date of first week at No. 1: July 28, 2001
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Latin Pop Airplay
30 weeks at No. 1, “No Me Doy Por Vencido,” Luis Fonsi
Date of first week at No. 1: Aug. 30, 2008
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Latin Rhythm Airplay
29 weeks at No. 1, “Danza Kuduro,” Don Omar & Lucenzo
Date of first week at No. 1: Nov. 13, 2010
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Tropical Airplay
29 weeks at No. 1, “Carita de Inocente,” Prince Royce
Date of first week at No. 1: March 28, 2020
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Radio Songs (all-format)
26 weeks at No. 1, “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd
Date of first week at No. 1: April 18, 2020
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Grownup Pop Airplay
25 weeks at No. 1, “Easy,” Santana feat. Rob Thomas
Date of first week at No. 1: Oct. 23, 1999
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Latin Airplay
25 weeks at No. 1, “La Tortura,” Shakira feat. Alejandro Sanz
Date of first week at No. 1: June 4, 2005
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Rock & Various Airplay
24 weeks at No. 1, “Radioactive,” Think about Dragons
Date of first week at No. 1: March 16, 2013
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Christian Airplay
23 weeks at No. 1, “Phrase of God Converse,” MercyMe
Date of first week at No. 1: Aug. 16, 2003
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Christian AC Airplay
21 weeks at No. 1, “Phrase of God Converse,” MercyMe
Date of first week at No. 1: Aug. 16, 2003
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Mainstream Rock Airplay
21 weeks at No. 1, “Loser,” 3 Doorways Down
Date of first week at No. 1: Sept. 9, 2000
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Various Airplay
20 weeks at No. 1, “One Extra Time,” Blink-182
Date of first week at No. 1: Oct. 21, 2023
20 weeks at No. 1, “Really feel It Nonetheless,” Portugal. The Man
Date of first week at No. 1: July 8, 2017
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Dance/Combine Present Airplay
20 weeks at No. 1, “Nearer,” The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey
Date of first week at No. 1: Sept. 10, 2016
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Rap Airplay
19 weeks at No. 1, “Present Me, “Child Ink feat. Chris Brown
Date of first week at No. 1: Feb. 1, 2014
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Grownup R&B Airplay
18 weeks at No. 1, “So in Love,” Jill Scott feat. Anthony Hamilton
Date of first week at No. 1: July 2, 2011
18 weeks at No. 1, “Lucky,” Maxwell
Date of first week at No. 1: Could 22, 1999
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Grownup Various Airplay
16 weeks at No. 1, “Stunning Day,” U2
Date of first week at No. 1: Sept. 23, 2000
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Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
16 weeks at No. 1, “Await U,” Future feat. Drake & Tems
Date of first week at No. 1: July 2, 2022
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Easy Jazz Airplay
16 weeks at No. 1, “What Does It Take (To Win Your Love),” Peter White
Date of first week at No. 1: July 8, 2006
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Rhythmic Airplay
15 weeks at No. 1, “No Scrubs,” TLC
Date of first week at No. 1: March 13, 1999
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Pop Airplay
14 weeks at No. 1, “The Signal,” Ace of Base
Date of first week at No. 1: Feb. 12, 1994
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Nation Airplay
10 weeks at No. 1, “World On Fireplace,” Nate Smith
Date of first week at No. 1: Dec. 23, 2023
10 weeks at No. 1, “You Proof,” Morgan Wallen
Date of first week at No. 1: Oct. 15, 2022
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