List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 2005

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 2005, six different songs topped the chart in 53 issues of the magazine, based on weekly airplay data from radio stations compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.

Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway" spent 20 consecutive weeks at number one.

In the first issue of Billboard of the new year, the number one song was "Believe" by Josh Groban, which was in its fourth week atop the chart. It remained at number one for two weeks in 2005 before being displaced by "Heaven" by Los Lonely Boys. The Chicano rock trio's song had spent ten weeks in the top spot in 2004 and added a further eight weeks to its total in 2005 to finish with a total of 18 weeks at number one. Despite this level of success, it was the group's only AC number one; although the band continued to record, releasing its most recent album in 2014, its final AC chart entry came in 2006. "Heaven" was displaced from the top spot by "Breakaway" by Kelly Clarkson, which went on to spend 20 consecutive weeks at number one. Clarkson won the first season of TV's American Idol in 2002 and quickly achieved a number of major pop hits. Her 2004 album Breakaway, however, moved in a more rock-oriented direction, and the title track gave the singer her first AC number one. She would go on to achieve considerable success on the Adult Contemporary chart in subsequent years, including two further number ones.

Another lengthy run at number one began in the issue of Billboard dated August 20, when "Lonely No More" by Rob Thomas reached the top spot. Taken from the first solo album by Thomas, the lead singer of the band Matchbox Twenty, the song went on to spend 17 consecutive weeks atop the chart. Unusually for an AC chart-topper, the song also reached number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart thanks to remixes from producers such as Jason Nevins and the Scumfrog. "Lonely No More" held the top position on the AC listing until the issue of Billboard dated December 17, when it was displaced by Kimberley Locke's recording of the 19th-century Christmas song "Up on the House Top". The former American Idol semi-finalist remained at number one for the final three weeks of 2005. Locke would achieve further Christmas-themed AC number ones in each of the subsequent two Decembers, part of a trend of festive songs topping the AC listing which began in the early 21st century, when stations of the relevant format began devoting their playlists exclusively to seasonal songs in December.

Chart history

Rob Thomas had a 17-week run at number one with "Lonely No More".

Michael Bublé topped the chart with "Home".

American Chicano rock power trio band Los Lonely Boys topped the chart for eight weeks with "Heaven".

Kimberley Locke ended the year at number one with her version of the Christmas song "Up on the House Top".

Key

†	Indicates best-performing AC song of 2005

Issue date	Title	Artist(s)	Ref.
January 1	"Believe"	Josh Groban
January 8
January 15	"Heaven"	Los Lonely Boys
January 22
January 29
February 5
February 12
February 19
February 26
March 5
March 12	"Breakaway" †	Kelly Clarkson
March 19
March 26
April 2
April 9
April 16
April 23
April 30
May 7
May 14
May 21
May 28
June 4
June 11
June 18
June 25
July 2
July 9
July 16
July 23
July 30	"Home"	Michael Bublé
August 6	"Breakaway" †	Kelly Clarkson
August 13	"Home"	Michael Bublé
August 20	"Lonely No More"	Rob Thomas
August 27
September 3
September 10
September 17
September 24
October 1
October 8
October 15
October 22
October 29
November 5
November 12
November 19
November 26
December 3
December 10
December 17	"Up on the House Top"	Kimberley Locke
December 24
December 31

See also

• 2005 in music
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart