Adult Alternative Airplay Adult Alternative Airplay (also known as Triple A or Triple A Airplay, and formerly Adult Alternative Songs and Triple A Songs) is a record chart currently published by ''Billboard'' that ranks the most popular songs on adult album alternative radi ...

, also known as Triple A, is a

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that ranks the most-played songs on American

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radio stations. Currently published by the music industry magazine ''

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'', the chart is formulated based on electronically monitored airplay data compiled by

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. from a panel of 32 stations. It was introduced in January 1996 as a feature in ''

Radio & Records ''Radio & Records'' (''R&R'') was a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries. It started as an independent trade from 1973 to 2006 until VNU Media took over in 2006 and became a relaunched sister ...

'' magazine, which was later purchased by ''Billboard'' parent company Nielsen. ''Billboard'' appropriated the ''Radio & Records'' adult alternative chart in July 2008 and became its sole publisher after ''Radio & Records'' ceased publication in June 2009. The first number-one single of the 2010s on the Adult Alternative Songs chart was "

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" by American recording artist

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, which spent six weeks at the top spot from December 2009 to January 2010.

Number-one singles

;Key : – ''Billboard'' year-end number-one single :↑ – Return of a single to number one

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External links

Adult Alternative Songs
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United States adult alternative singles