Billboard Canada AC Top 40 of 2015

AC radio1Ranked by the number of spins, here are the 40 most played songs on adult contemporary (AC) radio during the 2015 chart year from Nielsen BDS. As with Hot AC, “Shut Up and Dance” by  U.S. group Walk the Moon takes top honours. The top Canadian entry is “Bungalow” by Scott Helman at #13. Sixteen of the 40 were tunes by Canadian artists which have been bolded in red in the chart below. This is up from 14 last year.

TITLE ARTIST PLAYS
1 Shut Up And Dance Walk the Moon

12,734
2 Sugar Maroon 5

12,618
3 Uptown Funk! Mark Ronson

12,239
4 Want To Want Me Jason Derulo

11,264
5 Honey, I’m Good Andy Grammer

10,816
6 Love Me Like You Do Ellie Goulding

10,662
7 Fight Song Rachel Platten

9,206
8 Photograph Ed Sheeran

9,052
9 Style Taylor Swift

8,559
10 Cheerleader OMI

8,405
11 Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran

8,072
12 Ghost Ella Henderson

7,570
13 Bungalow Scott Helman

7,521
14 Heartbeat Song Kelly Clarkson

7,236
15 Better To Be Loved Francesco Yates

7,198
16 No Way No MAGIC!

7,188
17 Take Me To Church Hozier

6,505
18 Blank Space Taylor Swift

6,355
19 Sound Of Your Heart Shawn Hook

6,242
20 House Of Cards Tyler Shaw

6,210
21 I’m Not The Only One Sam Smith

6,097
22 Lips Are Movin’ Meghan Trainor

5,914
23 Something Big Shawn Mendes

5,902
24 Jackpot Jocelyn Alice

5,890
25 Rule The World Walk Off The Earth

5,845
26 Can’t Feel My Face The Weeknd

5,662
27 Earned It The Weeknd

5,449
28 Jealous Nick Jonas

5,406
29 Sorries Andee

5,328
30 Soundwave Trevor Guthrie

5,307
31 Animals Maroon 5

5,186
32 Pocket Full Of Dreams Hedley

4,932
33 Take Your Time Sam Hunt

4,889
34 Stitches Shawn Mendes

4,837
35 Let Your Hair Down MAGIC!

4,661
36 Exs & Ohs Elle King

4,580
37 Budapest George Ezra

4,556
38 Up We Go LIGHTS

4,552
39 See You Again Wiz Khalifa 4371
40 Bad Blood Taylor Swift 4337