Smooth Jazz Airplay

The Billboard Smooth Jazz Airplay chart measures airplay spins on 15 smooth jazz radio stations in the United States.

Chart history

Artists with most number-one hits

Artists with most Smooth Jazz Airplay No. 1s

(as of April 4, 2026)

22 – Boney James

16 – Gerald Albright

16 – Richard Elliot

13 – Brian Culbertson

12 – Rick Braun

11 – Paul Brown

11 – Paul Hardcastle

11 – Dave Koz

11 – Cindy Bradley

11 – Vincent Ingala

11 – Adam Hawley

10 – Nick Colionne

10 – Euge Groove

10 – Chris Standring

10 – Ryan La Valette

Songs at number-one for at least five weeks

Women with number-ones

(Debut date precedes name)

• 2007 Mar 03 – Mindi Abair
• 2007 Dec 08 – Candy Dulfer
• 2008 May 24 – Jessy J
• 2010 Feb 13 – Sade
• 2011 Sep 10 – Cindy Bradley
• 2013 Jun 15 – Althea Rene
• 2016 Feb 27 – Lindsey Webster
• 2017 Apr 08 – Kayla Waters
• 2018 Jun 09 – Magdalena Chovancova
• 2018 Jul 21 – Ragan Whiteside
• 2019 Apr 27 – Keiko Matsui
• 2019 Apr 27 – Gretchen Parlato
• 2019 Jun 01 – Kim Scott
• 2019 Nov 02 – Aubrey Logan
• 2019 Nov 09 – Joyce Cooling
• 2020 Jan 25 – Lisa Addeo
• 2020 Apr 18 – Paula Atherton
• 2020 Jun 20 – Jazmin Ghent
• 2021 Nov 27 – Pamela Williams
• 2022 Oct 15 – Lauran Beluzo
• 2022 Nov 05 – Carol Albert
• 2023 Oct 28 – Phylicia Rae
• 2024 Aug 17 – Catie Waters
• 2025 Mar 22 – Chelsey Green
• 2026 Apr 04 – WaKaNa

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