# List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 2013

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. 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. 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. 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. 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

Key :
| † | Indicates best-performing AC song of 2013 |
| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) |
| January 5 | "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" | Rod Stewart |
| January 12 | "Somebody That I Used to Know" | Gotye featuring Kimbra |
| January 19 | "Somebody That I Used to Know" | Gotye featuring Kimbra |
| January 26 | "Somebody That I Used to Know" | Gotye featuring Kimbra |
| February 2 | "Home" | Phillip Phillips |
| February 9 | "Home" | Phillip Phillips |
| February 16 | "Home" | Phillip Phillips |
| February 23 | "Home" | Phillip Phillips |
| March 2 | "Home" | Phillip Phillips |
| March 9 | "Home" | Phillip Phillips |
| March 16 | "Home" | Phillip Phillips |
| March 23 | "Home" | Phillip Phillips |
| March 30 | "Home" | Phillip Phillips |
| April 6 | "Home" | Phillip Phillips |
| April 13 | "Home" | Phillip Phillips |
| April 20 | "Home" | Phillip Phillips |
| April 27 | "Try" | Pink |
| May 4 | "Ho Hey" † | The Lumineers |
| May 11 | "Ho Hey" † | The Lumineers |
| May 18 | "Ho Hey" † | The Lumineers |
| May 25 | "Ho Hey" † | The Lumineers |
| June 1 | "Ho Hey" † | The Lumineers |
| June 8 | "Ho Hey" † | The Lumineers |
| June 15 | "Ho Hey" † | The Lumineers |
| June 22 | "Ho Hey" † | The Lumineers |
| June 29 | "When I Was Your Man" | Bruno Mars |
| July 6 | "Just Give Me a Reason" | Pink featuring Nate Ruess |
| July 13 | "When I Was Your Man" | Bruno Mars |
| July 20 | "Just Give Me a Reason" | Pink featuring Nate Ruess |
| July 27 | "Just Give Me a Reason" | Pink featuring Nate Ruess |
| August 3 | "Just Give Me a Reason" | Pink featuring Nate Ruess |
| August 10 | "Just Give Me a Reason" | Pink featuring Nate Ruess |
| August 17 | "Just Give Me a Reason" | Pink featuring Nate Ruess |
| August 24 | "Just Give Me a Reason" | Pink featuring Nate Ruess |
| August 31 | "Just Give Me a Reason" | Pink featuring Nate Ruess |
| September 7 | "Gone, Gone, Gone" | Phillip Phillips |
| September 14 | "Gone, Gone, Gone" | Phillip Phillips |
| September 21 | "Gone, Gone, Gone" | Phillip Phillips |
| September 28 | "Gone, Gone, Gone" | Phillip Phillips |
| October 5 | "Gone, Gone, Gone" | Phillip Phillips |
| October 12 | "Just Give Me a Reason" | Pink featuring Nate Ruess |
| October 19 | "Cups (Pitch Perfect's When I'm Gone)" | Anna Kendrick |
| October 26 | "Cups (Pitch Perfect's When I'm Gone)" | Anna Kendrick |
| November 2 | "Cups (Pitch Perfect's When I'm Gone)" | Anna Kendrick |
| November 9 | "Roar" | Katy Perry |
| November 16 | "Roar" | Katy Perry |
| November 23 | "Roar" | Katy Perry |
| November 30 | "Roar" | Katy Perry |
| December 7 | "Roar" | Katy Perry |
| December 14 | "Underneath the Tree" | Kelly Clarkson |
| December 21 | "Underneath the Tree" | Kelly Clarkson |
| December 28 | "Underneath the Tree" | Kelly Clarkson |