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Kirstin Maldonado & Pentatonix Earn First No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Chart with Frank Sinatra-Collaboration “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm”

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Kirstin Maldonado has earned a special first on the Billboard charts.

The 33-year-old Spanish & Mexican American Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and her Pentatonix group mates’ Frank Sinatra collaboration, “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm,” is the new No. 1 song on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart, surging four spots to the top of the list dated December 20.

Kirstin Maldonado & Pentatonix

The carol, from Pentatonix’s new album, Christmas in the City, marks Pentatonix’s first No. 1 on Adult Contemporary — or any Billboard airplay chart.

Sinatra, who died in 1998, adds his seventh Adult Contemporary No. 1 — and first since the chart dated September 30, 1967, when “The World We Knew (Over and Over)” wrapped a five-week reign. He linked five No. 1s in a row, with that single following “Somethin’ Stupid” with daughter Nancy, “That’s Life,” “Summer Wind” and “Strangers in the Night.” He first led with “It Was a Very Good Year” in February 1966.

For “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm,” the Frank Sinatra Estate allowed Pentatonix to mix its vocals with a previously unreleased vocal take of Sinatra singing the Irving Berlin-penned classic.

“Frank Sinatra is truly the blueprint for vocalists,” Pentatonix’s Scott Hoying tells Billboard. “Being connected to his music is beyond an honor, and we feel endless gratitude for this mind-blowing opportunity. We hope to make the Sinatra family proud and truly honor his culture-altering legacy.”

The Chairman of the Board ends the longest break between Adult Contemporary No. 1s: 58 years, two months and three weeks. He also claims the longest span of ruling the chart: 59 years, 10 months and two weeks, dating to the first week at No. 1 for “It Was a Very Good Year.” Plus, he boasts the longest span of appearing on the list overall: 64 years and five months, as he placed on the inaugural edition dated July 17, 1961.

Sinatra bookends Billboard chart archives, as he sang on the No. 1 song — “I’ll Never Smile Again,” billed as by Tommy Dorsey — on the first nationwide sales chart, the National List of Best Selling Retail Records, published in the July 27, 1940, issue.

Mariah Carey’s “Type Dangerous” Rises to No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay Chart

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Mariah Carey is back at the top of the charts…

The 56-year-old half-Venezuelan American Grammy-winning singer/songwriter returns to the summit of Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart — or any radio-based ranking with a new non-holiday song — for the first time in nearly two decades as “Type Dangerous” glides a spot to No. 1 on the August 16-dated chart.

Mariah CareyCarey earns her third ruler on the tally and first since “Fly Like a Bird” reigned for six frames in July-September 2006. She first led with “We Belong Together” for eight weeks in 2005.

Carey’s 18-year and 11-month gap between Adult R&B Airplay toppers marks the longest stretch for a woman in the chart’s nearly 32-year history, surpassing Janet Jackson’s 17 years and two months between “I Get Lonely” (1998) and “No Sleeep” (2015).

Carey waited the third longest to revisit No. 1 on the chart. Kenny Lattimore holds the all-time mark (25 years, four months and two weeks between “For You” in 1997 and “Take a Dose” in 2023), followed by The Isley Brothers (21 years and one week from “Contagious” in 2001 to “Make Me Say It Again Girl” in 2022).

In between “Fly Like a Bird” and “Type Dangerous,” Carey reached Adult R&B Airplay 13 times, led by the No. 3-peaking “With You” in 2019.

While Carey last topped a Billboard airplay chart with a new non-seasonal single via “Fly Like a Bird,” in between she led Adult Contemporary for four weeks in 2010-11 with “Oh Santa!” Her 1994 chestnut “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has crowned the Holiday Airplay chart for a record 59 weeks through this past holiday season.

Carey first led a Billboard radio chart with her debut smash “Vision of Love,” which ruled Adult Contemporary for three weeks in August 1990.

Meanwhile, the nine-week trip to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay for “Type Dangerous” is the chart’s quickest of 2025.

The single has also hit No. 7 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay.

Upon its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 in June, it became Carey’s milestone 50th career hit on the chart. She first reached the Hot 100 with “Vision of Love,” which became the first of her 19 No. 1s, the most among soloists.

“Type Dangerous” is the lead single from Here for It All, Carey’s 16th studio album, due September 26. Second single “Sugar Sweet,” featuring Shenseea and Kehlani, is now being promoted to radio.

Esperanza Spalding Earns First No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Chart with John Legend Holiday Collaboration

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Esperanza Spalding is having herself a merry holiday season…

The 34-year-old part-Latina jazz bassist and singer’s Christmas collaboration with John Legend, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” has jingled its way to the top of Billboard‘s Adult Contemporary chart dated December 8.

Esperanza Spalding

Spalding and Legend’s track soars from No. 6 to No. 1.

The ballad becomes the 22nd AC holiday leader on the ranking since 2000, around the time that a majority of stations in the format began playing seasonal songs heavily, or 24/7, between Thanksgivingand Christmas each year.

The composition is also just the second two-time AC holiday No. 1, as Josh Groban‘s take on the standard led in 2016.

Two interpretations of “This Christmas” have topped the tally.

Here’s a recap of all the holiday songs that have dashed to the top of the AC chart since 2000:

Title, Artist, Chart Date Reached No. 1, Weeks at No. 1
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” John Legend feat. Esperanza Spalding, Dec. 8, 2018, one (to date)
“Santa’s Coming for Us,” Sia, Dec. 23, 2017, three
“Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” Brett Eldredge feat. Meghan Trainor, Jan. 7, 2017, one
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” Josh Groban, Dec. 24, 2016, one
“This Christmas,” Train, Dec. 17, 2016, two
“This Christmas,” Seal, Jan. 2, 2016, one
“Baby It’s Cold Outside,” Idina Menzel duet with Michael Buble, Dec. 20, 2014, three
“Underneath the Tree,” Kelly Clarkson, Dec. 2, 2013, four
“Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow,” Rod Stewart, Dec. 8, 2012, five
“All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Michael Buble, Dec. 10, 2011, five
“Oh Santa!,” Mariah Carey, Dec. 18, 2010, four
“A Baby Changes Everything,” Faith Hill, Dec. 20, 2008, three
“I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” Josh Groban, Dec. 22, 2007, three
“Frosty the Snowman,” Kimberley Locke, Dec. 15, 2007, one
“It Came Upon a Midnight Clear,” Daryl Hall John Oates, Dec. 30, 2006, two
“Jingle Bells,” Kimberley Locke, Dec. 23, 2006, one
“Up on the Housetop,” Kimberley Locke, Dec. 17, 2005, four
“Believe,” Josh Groban, Dec. 11, 2004, five
“Sending You a Little Christmas,” Jim Brickman with Kristy Starling, Jan. 3, 2004, one
“O Holy Night,” Josh Groban, Dec. 28, 2002, two
“Simple Things,” Jim Brickman feat. Rebecca Lynn Howard, Jan. 5, 2002, one
“The Christmas Shoes,” NewSong, Jan. 6, 2001, one

Spalding reigns in her first visit to the chart. Meanwhile, the collab is one of 15 holiday songs on the 30-position chart.

Legend lands his second AC No. 1, after “All of Me” spent 10 weeks on top in 2014.

Andy Garcia Makes Billboard Chart Debut with His Cover of ABBA’s “Fernando” with Cher

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It’s a musical first for Andy Garcia…

The 62-year-old Cuban actor is making his Billboard music chart as his cover of ABBA’s “Fernando” with music icon Cher debuts at No. 22 on the Adult Contemporary songs chart dated July 7.

Andy Garcia

The track appears on the Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again film soundtrack, due July 14 via Decca Records.

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again premieres in movie theaters on July 20 and is the sequel to the 2008 film Mamma Mia! Both movies were inspired by ABBA’s catalog of music, and the first film adapted the long-running stage musical of the same name.

Garcia and Cher are both new additions to theMamma Mia!cast. Cher plays Ruby Sheridan, the mother of Donna (Meryl Streep), while Garcia plays Fernando in the romantic comedy musical.


ABBA’s original version of “Fernando” is one of the quartet’s two AC leaders, having spent two weeks at No. 1 in 1976. The act led again with “The Winner Takes It All” in 1981.