The Roots Music Report's
Top Adult Contemporary Song Chart
for the Year of 2021
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Easy on Me | Adele |
| 2 | Leave the Door Open | Silk Sonic |
| 3 | Love Again | Dua Lipa |
| 4 | Skate | Silk Sonic |
| 5 | If You Love Her | Forest Blakk |
| 6 | Summer of Love | Shawn Mendes |
| 7 | Before You Go (Live from Brixton Academy, London, 2019) | Lewis Capaldi |
| 8 | Minefields | Faouzia |
| 9 | Thinking About You | Jedd Hughes |
| 10 | Nobody's Love | Maroon 5 |
| 11 | Natural Blues (feat. Gregory Porter & Amythyst Kiah) [Reprise Version] | Moby |
| 12 | Hole in the Bottle | Kelsea Ballerini |
| 13 | Funny | Zedd |
| 14 | I Want It All | The Script |
| 15 | I Dare You | Kelly Clarkson |
| 16 | Cardigan | Taylor Swift |
| 17 | What's Love Got to Do with It | Kygo |
| 18 | Rise | Calum Scott |
| 19 | Oh My God | Adele |
| 20 | Never Be Sorry | Old Dominion |
| 21 | Can I Get It | Adele |
| 22 | The Other Girl (with Halsey) | Kelsea Ballerini |
| 23 | Super Hero Girl | Reid Jamieson |
| 24 | Conversations in the Dark | John Legend |
| 25 | Betty | Taylor Swift |
| 26 | I Drink Wine | Adele |
| 27 | All Too Well (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift |
| 28 | My Future | Billie Eilish |
| 29 | Go Crazy | Leslie Odom, Jr. |
| 30 | To Hell & Back | Maren Morris |
| 31 | Once Twice Melody | Beach House |
| 32 | I Will Follow | U2 |
| 33 | Unchain My Heart | Ray Charles |
| 34 | Feliz Navidad | Jose Feliciano |
| 35 | Gloria | U2 |
| 36 | Wherever is Your Heart | Brandi Carlile |
| 37 | Honky Cat | Elton John |
| 38 | Sunday Bloody Sunday (Live from Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Colorado, USA / 1983 / Remastered 2021) | U2 |
| 39 | Common (feat. Brandi Carlile) | Maren Morris |
| 40 | Smokin out the Window | Silk Sonic |
| 41 | Fever | Ray Charles |
| 42 | Into the Heart | U2 |
| 43 | Heroes (feat. Mindy Jones) [Reprise Version] | Moby |
| 44 | An Cat Dubh | U2 |
| 45 | Fire | U2 |
| 46 | I Fall Down | U2 |
| 47 | Telmiwachigunadu | Heathcote Hill |
| 48 | New for Me | Maya Rae |
| 49 | Don't Do Down | Simply Red |
| 50 | Rejoice | U2 |
| 51 | Good Man | Lou Doillon |
| 52 | American Pie (feat. Don McLean) | Don McLean |
| 53 | BadBootz | Simply Red |
| 54 | I Threw a Brick Through a Window | U2 |
| 55 | Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) | Elton John |
| 56 | I've Got to Use My Imagination | David Starr |
| 57 | Mirrorball | Taylor Swift |
| 58 | Twilight | U2 |
| 59 | Beginning to Feel the Years | Brandi Carlile |
| 60 | Beginners | Matthew Fowler |
| 61 | Exile (feat. Bon Iver) | Taylor Swift |
| 62 | Night Time is the Right Time | Ray Charles |
| 63 | Get out of Your Own Way | U2 |
| 64 | Riding on a Train | Simply Red |
| 65 | Amoreena | Elton John |
| 66 | Stories for Boys | U2 |
| 67 | Say What You Mean (Radio Edit) | EM |
| 68 | Ring That Bell | Simply Red |
| 69 | Babylon | David Gray |
| 70 | Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me | Elton John |
| 71 | Take a Good Look | Simply Red |
| 72 | Out of Control | U2 |
| 73 | The Ocean | U2 |
| 74 | After Last Night (with Thundercat & Bootsy Collins) | Silk Sonic |
| 75 | Mariners Apartment Complex | Lana Del Rey |
| 76 | Seventeen Going Under | Sam Fender |
| 77 | Hurricane | Katey Laurel |
| 78 | The Eye | Brandi Carlile |
| 79 | Just for a Thrill | Ray Charles |
| 80 | Meet Virginia | Train |
| 81 | City of Blinding Lights (Songs of Surrender) | U2 |
| 82 | Lonely Avenue (Single) | Ray Charles |
| 83 | Let the Good Times Roll | Ray Charles |
| 84 | Can't Run but | Paul Simon |
| 85 | Summerfling | k.d. lang |
| 86 | The Things I Regret | Brandi Carlile |
| 87 | The Cat, She Played Piano | Victor & Penny |
| 88 | Gold in the Summertime | Matt Nathanson |
| 89 | Julian | Jamie Lidell |
| 90 | Me and You | Jamie Lidell |
| 91 | Invisible String | Taylor Swift |
| 92 | Four Lanes | Reed Foehl |
| 93 | White Christmas | Frank Sinatra |
| 94 | Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying | Ray Charles |
| 95 | Blood Muscle Skin & Bone | Brandi Carlile |
| 96 | Look After You | The Fray |
| 97 | Play That Song | Train |
| 98 | Sail Away | David Gray |
| 99 | I Know Better | John Legend |
| 100 | Lights of Home | U2 |
| 101 | The Great Pretender | The Platters |
| 102 | One Less Day (Dying Young) | Rob Thomas |
| 103 | Juice | Lizzo |
| 104 | Knock Me off My Feet | Soak |
| 105 | Cuz I Love You | Lizzo |
| 106 | I Don't Care | Ed Sheeran |
| 107 | The Electric Co. | U2 |
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