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Los Lonely Boys topped the chart for 10 weeks in 2004 with "
Heaven ".
Adult Contemporary is a
chart published by
Billboard ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the
adult contemporary music (AC) market. In 2004, ten different songs topped the chart in 52 issues of the magazine, based on weekly
airplay data from radio stations compiled by
Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems .
In the first issue of Billboard of the new year, the number one song was "
Sending You a Little Christmas " by pianist
Jim Brickman with vocals by
Kristy Starling , which moved into the top spot that week.
[1] It spent a single week at number one before being displaced by "
Drift Away " by
Uncle Kracker featuring
Dobie Gray . Having already spent a lengthy run at number one in 2003, the song ultimately achieved a total of 28 weeks in the top spot, a new record for the AC chart.
[2] The longest run at number one in 2004 was achieved by "
Heaven " by
Chicano rock group
Los Lonely Boys ,
[3] which spent ten consecutive weeks atop the chart. The song with the highest total number of weeks at number one, however, was "
100 Years " by John Ondrasik, known under the stage name
Five for Fighting ,
[4] which spent twelve non-consecutive weeks in the top spot.
The only act to have more than one number one in 2004 was singer
Josh Groban . He first topped the chart for four weeks in March and April with his version of the
Secret Garden song "
You Raise Me Up ",
[5] which he had performed at
Super Bowl XXXVIII in February, in a special
NASA commemoration for the previous year's
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster ,
[6]
[7] as well as on a special edition of
Oprah Winfrey 's TV show.
[8] He returned to number one in December with "
Believe ", taken from the soundtrack of the animated film
The Polar Express ,
[9] which was the final chart-topper of the year. Although "Believe" received a
Grammy Award for
Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media ,
[10] was nominated for an
Academy Award for
Best Original Song ,
[11] and topped the Adult Contemporary chart, it did not enter Billboard' s all-genre chart, the
Hot 100 , at all.
[12] None of 2004's AC number ones topped the Hot 100; the top of the all-genre chart was dominated during the year by
R&B and
hip hop acts such as
Usher and
Outkast .
[13]
Chart history
Josh Groban topped the chart with "
You Raise Me Up ", which he performed at
Super Bowl XXXVIII .
American rock band
Train spent three weeks at number one with their song "
Calling All Angels ".
Sheryl Crow topped the chart with her version of "
The First Cut Is the Deepest ".
American singer
Five For Fighting spent 12 weeks at number one with his song "
100 Years ".
"
This One's for the Girls " was a number one for
country singer
Martina McBride .
Key
Billboard ranked "
White Flag " by
Dido as the best-performing AC song of 2004, though it never reached the top position.
[14]
See also
References
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"Adult Contemporary: Jan 03, 2004" .
Billboard . Retrieved February 27, 2016 .
^ McIntyre, Hugh (July 12, 2019).
"Maroon 5 And Cardi B Are The First Artists To Hold At No. 1 For 30 Weeks On This Billboard Chart" .
Forbes . Retrieved July 25, 2019 .
^ Avila-Garcia, Candice (January 28, 2019).
"Chicano rock band dominates San Antonio" .
Houston Chronicle . Retrieved August 4, 2019 .
^ Dillon, Charlotte.
"Five for Fighting Biography & History" .
AllMusic . Retrieved August 4, 2019 .
^ Ponti, Aimsel (June 17, 2019).
"Q&A with Josh Groban, on tour with 'Bridges' " .
Portland Press Herald . Retrieved August 5, 2019 .
^ Maese, Rick (February 1, 2004).
"Mixed Emotions" .
Los Angeles Times . Retrieved August 5, 2019 .
^ Fischer, David (2015).
The Super Bowl: The First Fifty Years of America's Greatest Game .
Simon and Schuster .
ISBN
9781613218976 .
^ Parrish, Michael (August 10, 2004).
"Josh Groban delivers with a powerful voice" .
Chicago Tribune . Retrieved August 5, 2019 .
^ Trust, Gary (December 13, 2016).
"Josh Groban 'Thrilled' About 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas' Topping AC Chart" .
Billboard . Retrieved August 5, 2019 .
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"The Complete List of Grammy Nominations" .
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"Josh Groban" .
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"Hot Adult Contemporary Singles & Tracks Year End, 2004" (PDF) .
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