Elton John Extends Top 10 Record on Adult Contemporary Chart With Brandi Carlile Collab ‘Who Believes in Angels?’

Elton John adds his record-extending 43rd top 10 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart, and Brandi Carlile earns her first, as their duet “Who Believes in Angels?” ascends a spot to No. 10 on the survey dated March 15.

The song adds Greatest Gainer honors, thanks to its 22% surge in plays Feb. 28-March 6. (The Adult Contemporary chart ranks songs by weekly plays on more than 80 radio stations in the format monitored by Mediabase, with data provided to Billboard by Luminate.)

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John first reached the top 10 on the list dated Feb. 6, 1971, with his first entry, his iconic ballad “Your Song.” He had most recently made the tier with the No. 4-peaking “Hold Me Closer,” with Britney Spears, in 2022-23. Before that, “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix),” with Dua Lipa, became his record-extending 18th No.1 in May 2022.

Here’s a look at the artists with the most top 10s since Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart began with the edition dated July 17, 1961:

• 42, Elton John

• 38, Neil Diamond

• 35, Barbra Streisand

• 31, Elvis Presley

• 29, Dionne Warwick

• 28, Barry Manilow

• 28, Kenny Rogers

• 26, Whitney Houston

• 24, Chicago

• 24, Billy Joel

• 24, James Taylor

• 24, Bobby Vinton

Carlile hits the Adult Contemporary top 10 with her second entry on the chart. “Party of One,” featuring Sam Smith, reached No. 29 in 2018. The singer-songwriter boasts five No. 1s on the Americana/Folk Albums chart, notched between 2010 and 2021. She has also won 11 Grammy Awards. (John has collected five, along with the Grammy Legend Award in 1999.)

“Who Believes in Angels?” previews John and Carlile’s album of the same name, due April 4. A second taste of the set, the jangly “Swing for the Fences,” was released Wednesday (March 5).

All charts dated March 15 will update Tuesday, March 11 on Billboard.com.

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