page_title: List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 2004
section_title: Chart history
hierarchical_section_title: List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 2004 / Chart history
caption_attribution_description: English: Martina McBride performing in June 2010
context_page_description: Adult Contemporary is a chart published by Billboard ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music genre. 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. 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. The longest run at number one in 2004 was achieved by "Heaven" by Chicano rock group Los Lonely Boys, 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, which spent twelve non-consecutive weeks in the top spot.
caption: "This One's for the Girls" was a number one for country singer Martina McBride.
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