David Guetta, Alphaville & Ava Max’s ‘Forever Young’ Tops Dance/Mix Show Airplay Chart

David Guetta, Alphaville and Ava Max’s update of Alphaville’s timeless anthem “Forever Young” ascends to No. 1 on Billboard’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart (dated Jan. 18).

Guetta achieves his 17th leader on the list, lifting him past Calvin Harris for the most No. 1s since the chart began in August 2003. Guetta tied Harris at 16 apiece when “Never Going Home Again,” with Alesso and featuring Madison Love, led in November. Harris scored his 16th No. 1 with “Free,” with Ellie Goulding, in October.

Next up, Rihanna boasts 12 Dance/Mix Show Airplay No. 1s and The Chainsmokers, 10.

(The Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart measures radio airplay on a select group of full-time dance stations, along with plays during mix shows on around 60 top 40-formatted reporters. Airplay is provided to Billboard by Luminate, with stations monitored by Mediabase.)

Max earns her second No. 1 on the survey, after “The Motto,” with Tiësto, reigned in February 2022.

Alphaville, meanwhile, leads a third Billboard list in a chart-topping history that now stretches more than 40 years. The new version of “Forever Young” crowned the TikTok Billboard Top 50 for a week in October. The German group first topped a Billboard chart when its debut hit, “Big in Japan,” led Dance Club Songs for two weeks in December 1984.

The original “Forever Young” solely by Alphaville hit No. 32 on Dance Club Songs in 1985. Following four weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985 (between Nos. 93 and 100), it hit No. 65 on the chart in December 1988, sparked in part by renewed radio airplay.

Among other reworkings of the song, Jay-Z and Mr. Hudson’s “Young Forever,” with the latter singing the original’s enduring chorus, hit No. 10 on the Hot 100 in May 2010.

The new “Forever Young,” on Budde Alphaville/What a DJ/Warner Records, concurrently reaches the top 10 on Adult Pop Airplay, jumping 13-10 with Greatest Gainer honors. Guetta and Max each add their second top 10 on the ranking, while the track marks Alphaville’s first overall entry.

All charts dated Jan. 18 will update Tuesday, Jan. 14, on Billboard.com.