Adam Hawley Billboard's Top Smooth Jazz Airplay Artist of the Year

Adam Hawley landed the #1 spot on Billboard's 2025 Smooth Jazz Airplay Artists list. Congratulations!

From MBF Entertianment:

Adam Hawley has officially been named Billboard’s 2025 Artist of the Year — a milestone earned by achieving more airplay than any artist in the entire genre this year! 

This incredible honor is made possible first and foremost by the amazing stations spinning Adam’s music all year long.Deep gratitude goes out to Jason Gorov (Radio Promotion), MBF Entertainment (Label), A Train Entertainment (Distribution), Steve Hall (Mastering), Kat Hawley (Wife of the Year!) and the phenomenal artists and musicians who contributed their talents to each release.

On top of his own success as an artist, Adam also served as producer, co-writer, and mixing engineer on four of Billboard’s Top 50 tracks of 2025:

• Automatic — Dave Koz & Adam Hawley

• Impulse — Tom Browne

• Absolute Love (feat. Judah Sealy) — Adam Hawley

• Fly By — Adam Hawley

A historic year, a standout catalog, and a team effort worthy of celebration. Here's to an unforgettable 2025!