List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 2001

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 2001, eight 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.

"If You're Gone" was a number one for Matchbox Twenty.

In the year's first issue of Billboard the number one song was "The Christmas Shoes" by contemporary Christian music group NewSong, which moved into the top spot that week.^[1] The song spawned a novelization, which in turn was made into a made-for-television film in 2002, but has been included on a number of lists of the worst Christmas songs of all time.^[2] After a single week in the top spot, "The Christmas Shoes" was replaced at number one by "This I Promise You" by NSYNC, which spent 11 consecutive weeks at number one after hitting number 1 for the first time for the last week of 2000. After being displaced from the top spot for a week, it returned to number one for one more week, giving it a final total of 13 weeks in the top spot (12 weeks in 2001). This placed it in a tie for the highest total number of weeks spent at number one during 2001 with "There You'll Be" by Faith Hill, which also spent 12 weeks at number one split across four spells atop the chart. Except for "The Christmas Shoes", all of 2001's number ones had multiple spells atop the chart, including British singer Dido's "Thank You", which reached the top spot on four occasions, but spent only a single week at number one each time.

In the fall and winter, two songs which came to be associated with coverage of the September 11 attacks topped the chart. The first was "Only Time" by Irish musician Enya, which reached the top spot in the issue of Billboard dated September 29. The song, originally released in 2000, was used in a video paying tribute to the victims of the attacks which went viral on the internet and was featured on television,^[3][4] and it went on to spend six non-consecutive weeks atop the AC chart. It was replaced at number one in early December by "Hero" by Enrique Iglesias, another song which came to be associated with the aftermath of the attacks. The song, which Iglesias performed on the America: A Tribute to Heroes telethon on September 21,^[5] and which became ubiquitous in the weeks after the attacks as what MTV later called an "impromptu anthem of healing",^[6][7] held the top spot for the final four weeks of the year.

Chart history

 

Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You Dance" spent a total of 11 weeks at number one.

 

Faith Hill spent twelve weeks atop the chart with "There You'll Be".

 

Enrique Iglesias ended the year at number one with his song "Hero".

Key

†	Indicates best-performing AC song of 2001^[8]

Issue date	Title	Artist(s)	Ref.
January 6	"The Christmas Shoes"	NewSong	^[1]
January 13	"This I Promise You"	NSYNC	^[9]
January 20			^[10]
January 27			^[11]
February 3			^[12]
February 10			^[13]
February 17			^[14]
February 24			^[15]
March 3			^[16]
March 10			^[17]
March 17			^[18]
March 24			^[19]
March 31	"I Hope You Dance" †	Lee Ann Womack	^[20]
April 7	"This I Promise You"	NSYNC	^[21]
April 14	"I Hope You Dance" †	Lee Ann Womack	^[22]
April 21			^[23]
April 28			^[24]
May 5			^[25]
May 12			^[26]
May 19			^[27]
May 26			^[28]
June 2			^[29]
June 9			^[30]
June 16	"Thank You"	Dido	^[31]
June 23	"I Hope You Dance" †	Lee Ann Womack	^[32]
June 30	"Thank You"	Dido	^[33]
July 7	"There You'll Be"	Faith Hill	^[34]
July 14	"Thank You"	Dido	^[35]
July 21	"There You'll Be"	Faith Hill	^[36]
July 28			^[37]
August 4			^[38]
August 11			^[39]
August 18			^[40]
August 25			^[41]
September 1	"Thank You"	Dido	^[42]
September 8	"There You'll Be"	Faith Hill	^[43]
September 15			^[44]
September 22			^[45]
September 29	"Only Time"	Enya	^[46]
October 6	"If You're Gone"	Matchbox Twenty	^[47]
October 13	"There You'll Be"	Faith Hill	^[48]
October 20			^[49]
October 27	"Only Time"	Enya	^[50]
November 3	"If You're Gone"	Matchbox Twenty	^[51]
November 10	"Only Time"	Enya	^[52]
November 17			^[53]
November 24			^[54]
December 1			^[55]
December 8	"Hero"	Enrique Iglesias	^[56]
December 15			^[57]
December 22			^[58]
December 29			^[59]

See also

• 2001 in music
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart

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