List of Radio Songs number ones of the 2020s
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This is a list of songs which received the most airplay per week on radio stations in the United States as ranked and published by Billboard magazine on the Radio Songs (formerly Hot 100 Airplay) chart during the 2020s.
Number-one airplay hits
Artists by total cumulative weeks at number one
The following artists were featured at the top of the Radio Songs chart for the highest cumulative number of weeks during the 2020s. Some totals include in part or in whole weeks spent at number one as part of a collaboration.
Songs by total number of weeks at number one
The following songs were featured at the top of the Radio Songs chart for the highest number of weeks during the 2020s.
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