{"id":2398697,"date":"2026-05-02T03:42:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T03:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2398697"},"modified":"2026-05-02T03:42:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T03:42:24","slug":"noah-kahan-has-longest-leading-adult-alternative-airplay-no-1-of-20s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/noah-kahan-has-longest-leading-adult-alternative-airplay-no-1-of-20s\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah Kahan Has Longest-Leading Adult Alternative Airplay No. 1 of &#8217;20s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/noah-kahan\">Noah Kahan<\/a>\u2019s \u201cThe Great Divide\u201d becomes the sole longest-leading No. 1 on <em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/triple-a\">Adult Alternative Airplay<\/a> chart this decade, as well as in nearly 10 years, spending its 11th week atop the tally dated May 9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe song\u2019s command, which began on the Feb. 28-dated chart and has run consecutively, equals the 11-week lead for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/portugal-the-man\" rel=\"\">Portugal. The Man<\/a>\u2019s \u201cFeel It Still\u201d in 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThe Great Divide\u201d is one of just three songs to spend at least 10 weeks at No. 1 on Adult Alternative Airplay in the 2020s, following 10 each for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/mumford-sons\" rel=\"\">Mumford &amp; Sons<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/hozier\" rel=\"\">Hozier<\/a>\u2019s \u201cRubber Band Man\u201d (2025-26) and Hozier\u2019s \u201cToo Sweet\u201d (2024).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe all-time leader, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/u2\" rel=\"\">U2<\/a>\u2019s \u201cBeautiful Day,\u201d dominated for 16 weeks beginning in 2000. (The chart\u2019s history dates to January 1996, with the list currently measuring weekly plays on nearly 50 stations in the format.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThe Great Divide\u201d has more than doubled Kahan\u2019s previous longest No. 1 stay on Adult Alternative Airplay, besting the five weeks for \u201cNorthern Attitude,\u201d with Hozier, in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPreviously, \u201cThe Great Divide\u201d notched six weeks at No. 1 on Alternative Airplay. It\u2019s also continuing its ascent at pop radio: it bullets at No. 19 on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/adult-pop-songs\">Adult Pop Airplay<\/a> and rises 26-25 on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/pop-songs\">Pop Airplay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe song is set to gain on this week\u2019s multimetric Billboard Hot 100, when its parent album of the same name, released April 24, will make its chart start. The track debuted at its No. 6 Hot 100 high in February, becoming Kahan\u2019s second and highest-charting top 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAll <em>Billboard<\/em> charts dated May 9 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, May 5.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-logo lrv-a-unstyle-link u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-width-100p  u-max-width-100 u-height-26 u-max-width-130px@mobile-max u-margin-t-040@mobile-max\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/\" title=\"Billboard\"><br \/>\n\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" style=\"height:100%;width:100%\" viewbox=\"0 0 455.133 94.711\"><path d=\"M70.107 28.859h21.318V93.69H70.107zM95.834 3.51h21.312v90.18H95.834zm25.723 0h21.312v90.18h-21.312zm250.711 32.035v-6.686h-21.315V93.69h21.315V62.792c0-7.949 4.154-12.237 11.728-12.237h2.522V28.229c-6.432.253-11.1 2.271-14.25 7.316M80.764 0c-6.822 0-12.359 5.535-12.359 12.361s5.537 12.363 12.359 12.363c6.828 0 12.361-5.537 12.361-12.363S87.592 0 80.764 0m244.457 33.795c-2.996-3.268-9.967-5.965-15.26-5.965-16.098 0-27.646 10.613-30.473 26.389-3.082-15.135-16.273-26.78-32.359-26.78-16.24 0-29.537 11.781-32.444 27.2-2.822-16.026-15.428-26.648-31.061-26.648-5.801 0-10.596 1.262-14.76 4.16V3.521h-21.312V93.7h20.938v-5.93c5.045 4.668 10.467 6.812 17.154 6.812 14.398 0 26.52-11.271 29.113-26.807 3.055 15.203 16.169 26.76 32.373 26.76 16.065 0 28.949-11.312 32.228-26.125 2.711 16.18 15.531 26.301 30.854 26.301 5.293 0 11.099-1.771 15.009-4.668V93.7h21.312V65.327q.002-1.745-.031-3.406.033-1.66.031-3.405V28.969h-21.312zM181.355 73.948c-6.826 0-12.359-5.535-12.359-12.363 0-6.824 5.533-12.358 12.359-12.358 6.824 0 12.359 5.534 12.359 12.358.001 6.828-5.534 12.363-12.359 12.363m65.774-.99c-6.822 0-12.361-5.539-12.361-12.363s5.539-12.358 12.361-12.358c6.824 0 12.359 5.535 12.359 12.358.001 6.823-5.532 12.363-12.359 12.363m64.047.392c-6.826 0-12.354-5.539-12.354-12.363s5.527-12.358 12.354-12.358c6.832 0 12.359 5.535 12.359 12.358.001 6.824-5.527 12.363-12.359 12.363M433.815 3.5v28.631c-4.156-2.9-8.949-4.16-14.757-4.16-17.782 0-31.654 13.746-31.654 33.55 0 18.664 13.368 33.043 29.642 33.043 6.68 0 12.103-2.146 17.152-6.811v5.928h20.938V3.5zm-12.553 70.288c-6.817 0-12.354-5.539-12.354-12.358 0-6.828 5.535-12.365 12.354-12.365 6.828 0 12.363 5.537 12.363 12.365 0 6.819-5.535 12.358-12.363 12.358M36.072 27.99c-5.803 0-10.594 1.262-14.76 4.16V3.521H0V93.7h20.936v-5.93c5.045 4.668 10.469 6.812 17.156 6.812 16.268 0 29.637-14.383 29.637-33.047 0-19.797-13.874-33.545-31.657-33.545m-2.269 45.958c-6.824 0-12.359-5.535-12.359-12.363 0-6.824 5.535-12.358 12.359-12.358 6.826 0 12.359 5.534 12.359 12.358 0 6.828-5.533 12.363-12.359 12.363\"\/><\/svg>\t\t<span class=\"lrv-a-screen-reader-only\"\/><br \/>\n\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-accent-l@desktop u-font-size-1205 a-font-accent-xs@mobile-max u-font-size-15@mobile-max u-line-height-22px@mobile-max lrv-u-text-align-center@mobile-max u-letter-spacing-0030@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-t-025 lrv-u-margin-a-00 u-padding-t-0125@mobile-max u-padding-b-0063@mobile-max\">Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-link  lrv-a-unstyle-button lrv-u-cursor-pointer lrv-u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-background-color-brand-primary lrv-u-background-color-black:hover lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover u-padding-lr-0.875 u-padding-tb-10 lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-align-items-center a-font-basic-fancy-xs u-margin-t-0.188 u-margin-b-0188 u-margin-b-040@mobile-max\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.billboard.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\tSign Up<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.billboard.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noah Kahan\u2019s \u201cThe Great Divide\u201d becomes the sole longest-leading No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Adult Alternative Airplay chart this decade, as well as in nearly 10 years, spending its 11th week atop the tally dated May 9. The song\u2019s command, which began on the Feb. 28-dated chart and has run consecutively, equals the 11-week lead for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2398698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[334086,310617,21932],"class_list":["post-2398697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-chart-beat","tag-genre-rock","tag-music-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Noah-Kahan-Has-Longest-Leading-Adult-Alternative-Airplay-No-1-of.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2398697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398699,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398697\/revisions\/2398699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2398698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}