List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 2013
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File:The Lumineers performing at Wrigley Field in 2022.jpg topped the chart for eight weeks with "Ho Hey".|alt=The band The Lumineers on stage]]
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 2013, 11 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.
On the first chart of the year, the number one position was held by Rod Stewart with "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", the song's fifth consecutive week at number one. The following week, it was displaced from the top spot by "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra, which returned to the top of the chart having had a lengthy run at number one the previous year.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/2012/adult-contemporary|title=Adult Contemporary - 2012 Archive|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=September 20, 2019}} The song was replaced atop the chart in the issue of Billboard dated February 2 by "Home" by Phillip Phillips, the winner of the eleventh season of American Idol.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/phillip-phillips-mn0002944976/biography|title=Phillip Phillips Biography & History|first=Matt|last=Collar|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=September 20, 2019}} The song, originally released the previous June, took more than 20 weeks to reach the top of the AC chart, but once it got to the top it held the number one position for 12 weeks, the longest unbroken run of the year. It went on to become the biggest-selling "coronation song" released by an American Idol winner to date.{{cite news |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-american-idol-top-dozen-171239977.html |title=Chart Watch Extra: Phillip Phillips' Idol Record |first=Paul|last=Grein |work=Chart Watch |publisher= Yahoo! Entertainment |date=October 24, 2012 |accessdate=September 20, 2019}} Phillips returned to the top of the chart later in the year with "Gone, Gone, Gone", making him one of only two artists to achieve more than one chart-topper during the year, the other being Pink.
In October, actress Anna Kendrick topped the chart with "Cups (Pitch Perfect{{'}}s When I'm Gone)". The song became a surprise radio hit when the one-minute fragment which she performed in the film Pitch Perfect, accompanying herself only by clapping and tapping a plastic cup, was remixed and released as a full-length single.{{Cite web|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/anna-kendrick-cups-performance-in-pitch-perfect-almost-didnt-happen|title=Anna Kendrick's Iconic 'Cups' Performance in 'Pitch Perfect' Almost Didn't Happen|first=Christopher|last=Rosa|date=December 17, 2019|accessdate=September 20, 2019|work=Glamour}}{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2013/04/15/anna-kendrick-cups-music-video/|title=Anna Kendrick mugs her way through a diner in new 'Cups' video|first=Grady|last=Smith|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=April 15, 2013|accessdate=September 20, 2019}}{{cite magazine|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/08/16/the-songs-of-summer-2013/slide/no-9-cups-pitch-perfects-when-im-gone-anna-kendrick/|title=The Songs of Summer 2013: No. 9 – "Cups" (Pitch Perfect's "When I'm Gone"), Anna Kendrick|first=Douglas|last=Wolk|magazine=Time|date=August 15, 2013|access-date=September 20, 2019}} It topped the AC chart for three weeks before being displaced by Katy Perry's "Roar". Having begun with a Christmas song at number one, the year ended with another atop the chart, as Kelly Clarkson's "Underneath the Tree" held the top spot for the final three weeks of 2013.
Chart history
File:Phillip Phillips at the American Idols Live! Tour 2012 at Seattle Center's Key Arena, July 2012.jpg champion Phillip Phillips spent 12 weeks at number one with "Home", the longest unbroken run in the top spot during 2013.|alt=The singer Phillip Phillips performing]]
File: Bruno Mars, Las Vegas 2010.jpg topped the chart for the first time since 2011 with his song "When I Was Your Man" which spent two non-consecutive weeks at number one.]]
File:P!nk Live 2013.jpg had two number ones during the year.|alt=The singer Pink performing]]
File:Katy Perry Part of Me premier.jpg spent five weeks at number one with her song "Roar".]]
File:Anna Kendrick March 22, 2014 (cropped).jpg topped the chart with a song from the film Pitch Perfect.|alt=The actress Anna Kendrick]]
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|+Key | style="background-color:#FFFF99" |{{dagger|alt=Best performing AC song of 2013}} |Indicates best-performing AC song of 2013{{Cite magazine|title=Billboard Adult Contemporary Year End, 2013|magazine=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/adult-contemporary-songs|access-date=September 12, 2020}} |