Miley Cyrus' "Flowers" has earned a 17th week atop Billboard's Adult Pop Airplay Chart, hitting the top spot on the list dated July 8 to achieve the longest reign for a song by a woman in the chart's history.
"Flowers," which featured on Cyrus' Endless Summer Vacation album, arrived via Smiley Miley/Columbia Records. The song has now moved past Avril Lavigne's "Complicated," which ruled for 16 weeks beginning in August 2002.
Among all acts, "Flowers" ties for the sixth-longest Adult Pop Airplay leader.
"Flowers" ruled the all-genre, multi-metric Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks. The song has ranked in the chart's top five over its entire run so far and is placed at No. 4 on the July 8-dated survey.
Most Weeks at No. 1 on Adult Pop Airplay Chart:
25, "Smooth," Santana feat. Rob Thomas, beginning Oct. 23, 199923, "Wherever You Will Go," The Calling, Dec. 22, 200120, "Blinding Lights," The Weeknd, May 23, 202018, "Photograph," Nickelback, Oct. 29, 200518, "Unwell," matchbox twenty, May 3, 200317, "Flowers," Miley Cyrus, March 4, 202317, "Iris," Goo Goo Dolls, Aug. 1, 199816, "Complicated," Avril Lavigne, Aug. 3, 200215, "High Hopes," Panic! At the Disco, Dec. 8, 201815, "How To Save a Life," The Fray, Nov. 4, 200615, "Don't Speak," No Doubt, Dec. 28, 1996
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