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The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in Billboard magazine. Billboard biz, the online extension of the Billboard charts, provides additional weekly charts,[1] as well as year-end charts.[2] The two most important charts are the Billboard Hot 100 for songs and Billboard 200 for albums, and other charts may be dedicated to a specific genre such as R&B, country, or rock, or they may cover all genres. The charts can be ranked according to sales, streams, or airplay, and for main song charts such as the Hot 100 song chart, all three data are used to compile the charts.[3] For the Billboard 200 album chart, streams and track sales are included in addition to album sales.[4]
The weekly sales and streams charts have been monitored on a Friday-to-Thursday cycle since July 2015; previously it was on a Monday-to-Sunday cycle. Radio airplay song charts, however, follow the Monday-to-Sunday cycle (previously Wednesday-to-Tuesday).[5] The charts are released each Tuesday with an issue date the following Saturday.[citation needed]
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The first chart published by Billboard was "Last Week's Ten Best Sellers Among The Popular Songs", a list of best-selling sheet music, in July 1913. Other early charts listed popular song performances in theatres and recitals in different cities. In 1928, "Popular Numbers Featured by Famous Singers and Leaders" appeared, which added radio performances to in-person performances.[6] On January 4, 1936, Billboard magazine published its first pop chart based on record sales.[7] Titled "Ten Best Records for Week Ending", it listed the 10 top-selling records of three leading record companies as reported by the companies themselves. In March 1937, the "Songs with the Most Radio Plugs" chart debuted with data from a separate company. In October 1938, a review list, "The Week's Best Records", was retitled "The Billboard Record Buying Guide" by incorporating airplay and sheet music sales, which would eventually become the first trade survey of record popularity.[6]
In the July 27, 1940, issue, the first "Billboard Music Popularity Chart" was published for the week ending July 20,[8][9] with separate listings covering retail sales, sheet music sales, jukebox song selection and radio play. Among the lists were the 10 songs of the "Best Selling Retail Records", which is the fore-runner of today's pop chart, with "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey (featuring vocals by Frank Sinatra) its first number one.[6][9] This best-seller chart (also known as "Best Sellers in Stores" and "Best Selling Pop Singles in Stores") is considered the true guide to a song's popularity until the creation of the Hot 100 in 1958.[10] Another accolade of a successful song was a position on the "Honor Roll of Hits", introduced on March 24, 1945, initially as a 10-song list,[11] later expanded to 30 songs, which ranked the most popular songs by combining record and sheet sales, disk jockey, and jukebox performances as determined by Billboard's weekly nationwide survey.[12] This chart amalgamated different records of the same song by different performers as one, and topping the first chart was "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive".
In November 1955, a composite standing chart that combined retail sales, jukebox and disk jockeys play charts but counted individual record separately was created as "The Top 100" chart, with "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" by The Four Aces its first No. 1.[6] This chart is the direct predecessor to the current Hot 100 chart. The jukebox chart ceased publication after the June 17, 1957, issue, the disk jockey chart after July 28, 1958, and the best-seller chart after October 13, 1958.[13] After July 28, 1958, the composite chart the "Top 100" chart was also discontinued;[14] and the "Hot 100" began the following week on August 4, 1958, listing "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson as its first No. 1.[15][16] The Hot 100 currently combines singles sales, radio airplay, digital downloads, and streaming activity (including data from YouTube and other video sites). Many Billboard charts use this basic formula apart from charts dedicated to the three data sources: sales (both physical and digital), airplay and streaming.[17]
In the early period, the issue dates and the chart dates given in Billboard were different until January 13, 1962, when the issue dates and the chart dates both referred to the week ending dates.[10] The Honor Roll of Hits chart was discontinued after November 16, 1963.[13]
Billboard also publishes various music genre charts. "Harlem Hit Parade" was created in 1943 which became "Best-Selling Race Records" in 1948 and "Best-selling Rhythm & Blues Records" in 1949, and then "Soul Singles" in 1969 (currently Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs). "Best-selling Folk Records" was published in 1948, and this morphed into "Best-Selling Country & Western Records" in 1949, "Best-Selling C&W Records" in 1956 and "Hot Country Singles" in 1963 (now Hot Country Songs). MOR charts has been published since 1961, variously called "Easy Listening", "Middle-Road Singles" and "Pop-Standard Singles" and now Adult Contemporary.[6] Billboard charts now cover these music genres: rock, pop, country, dance, bluegrass, jazz, classical, R&B, rap, electronic, Latin, Christian, world and holiday music, and even ringtones for mobile (cell) phones.
An album chart, the "Best Selling Popular Record Albums", was first published on March 24, 1945, with The King Cole Trio its first No. 1.[18] The first chart had 10 albums, before reducing to five in the following weeks, then increasing again to 10 in 1948. The album chart was split into 33-8 and 45 rpm lists in 1950 before they recombined in 1954, then divided into mono and stereo classifications in 1959 before they merged into a 150-item pop album chart in 1963. It was eventually expanded into a 200 album list on May 13, 1967.[6] Various genre album charts were also published: Country LP chart in January 1964, R&B chart in 1965, jazz in 1969, Latin in 1973, Gospel 1974,[6] and Rock in 1981. Other charts include Classical albums, Comedy Albums, Holiday Albums, Soundtracks, Independent Albums, Catalog Album and many others besides.
At the end of each year, Billboard tallies the results of all of its charts, and the results are published in a year-end issue and heard on year-end editions of its American Top 40 and American Country Countdown radio broadcasts.[19] The first such annual charts released were for the year 1946, published on the January 4, 1947, issue,[20] although annual listing of songs had been published some years prior,[21] such as the undifferentiated annual chart based on "Honor Roll of Hits" for 1945.[22] Between 1991 and 2006, the top single/album/artist(s) in each of those charts was/were awarded in the form of the annual Billboard Music Awards, which were held in December until the awards went dormant in 2007. The awards returned in May 2011.[23]
Chart compilation methodology
For many years, a song had to be commercially available as a single to be considered for any of the Billboard charts. At the time, instead of using Luminate (formerly Nielsen SoundScan or Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, BDS), Billboard obtained its data from manual reports filled out by radio stations and stores. For different musical genres, which stations and stores are used separates the charts; each musical genre has a core audience or retail group. Each genre's department at Billboard is headed up by a chart manager, who makes these determinations.[citation needed] According to the 100th-anniversary issue of Billboard, prior to the official implementation of SoundScan tracking in November 1991, many radio stations and retail stores removed songs from their manual reports after the associated record labels stopped promoting a particular single. Thus, songs fell quickly after peaking and had shorter chart lives. In 1990, the country singles chart was the first chart to use SoundScan and BDS.[24] They were followed by the Hot 100 and the R&B chart in 1991.[25] Today, all of the Billboard charts use this technology.[citation needed]
Before September 1995, singles were allowed to chart in the week they first went on sale based on airplay points alone. The policy was changed in September 1995, to only allow a single to debut after a full week of sales on combined sales and airplay points. This allowed several tracks to debut at number one.[citation needed]
In December 1998, the policy was further modified to allow tracks to chart on the basis of airplay alone without a commercial release. This change was made to reflect the changing realities of the music business. Previous to this, several substantial radio and MTV hits had not appeared on the Billboard chart at all, because many major labels chose not to release them as standalone singles, hoping their unavailability would spur greater album sales. Not offering a popular song to the public as a single was unheard of before the 1970s. The genres that suffered most at the time were those that increasingly impacted pop culture, including new genres such as trip hop and grunge. Among the many pre-1999 songs that had ended up in this Hot 100 limbo were The Cardigans' "Lovefool", Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn" (which peaked at 42), Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" (which hit number 9), OMC's "How Bizarre", Sugar Ray's "Fly", and No Doubt's "Don't Speak".[citation needed]
On June 25, 2015, Billboard made changes in its chart requirements. The official street date for all new album releases was moved from Tuesday to Friday in the United States. For all sales-based charts (ranking both albums and tracks), Billboard and Nielsen changed the chart reporting period to cover the first seven days of an album's release. As a result of the changes, The Billboard 200, top albums sales, genre-based albums, digital songs, genre-based downloads, streaming songs, and genre-focused streaming surveys ran on a Friday-to-Thursday cycle. Radio Songs, which informs the Hot 100, synced to the Monday-to-Sunday period after formerly covering Wednesday to Tuesday. All other radio charts and genre tallies followed the Monday-to-Sunday cycle. The move was made to coincide with the IFPI's move to have all singles and albums released globally on Fridays.[5]
Incorporation of digital platforms
Starting on February 12, 2005, Billboard changed its methodology to include paid digital downloads from digital music retailers such as Rhapsody, AmazonMP3, and iTunes. With this policy change, a song could chart based on digital downloads alone.[26]
On July 31, 2007, Billboard changed its methodology for the Hot 100 chart to include digital streams, which at the time was obtained from Yahoo and AOL's streaming platforms. This change was made exclusively to the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The effect of this chart change was minuscule at the time because it was estimated to account for 5% of the chart's total points.[27]
In October 2012, Billboard significantly changed the methodology for its country, rock, Latin, and rap charts, when it incorporated sales of digital downloads and streaming plays into what had previously been airplay-only charts. Another change was that rather than measuring airplay only from radio stations of a particular genre, the new methodology measures airplay from all radio formats.[28] This methodology was extended to their Christian and gospel charts in late 2013.[29] These methodology changes resulted in higher positions on the genre charts for songs with crossover appeal to other genres and radio formats (especially pop) at the expense of songs that appeal almost exclusively to core fans of the given genre, a change that proved controversial with those devotees.[30]
On February 20, 2013, Billboard announced another change in the methodology for its charts that incorporated YouTube video streaming data into the determination of ranking positions on streaming charts. The incorporation of YouTube streaming data enhanced a formula that includes on-demand audio streaming and online radio streaming. The YouTube video streams that used in this methodology are official video streams, Vevo on YouTube streams, and user-generated clips that use authorized audio. Billboard said this change was made to further reflect the divergent platforms of music consumption in today's world.[31]
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All-genre
| Chart title | Chart type | Number of positions |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard Hot 100 | sales + airplay + streaming |
100 |
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| Bubbling Under Hot 100 | 25 |
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| Radio Songs | airplay (audience) |
50 |
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| Digital Song Sales | digital sales | 50 |
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| Streaming Songs | streaming | 50 |
|
Adult/Pop
| Chart title | Chart type | Number of positions |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mainstream Top 40 (also Pop Songs) | airplay (spins) | 40 | Measures airplay detections (spins) on 157 contemporary hit radio stations. These stations also contribute to the Dance/Mix Show Airplay panel |
| Adult Pop Airplay (also Adult Pop Songs) | 40 | Measures airplay spins on 90 hot adult contemporary stations | |
| Adult Contemporary | 30 | Measures airplay spins on 85 adult contemporary stations |
Christian
| Chart title | Chart type | Number of positions |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Christian Songs | Sales, streaming, all format airplay | 50 | Combines sales, airplay from all radio formats, and streaming data |
| Christian Digital Song Sales | Digital downloads | 50 | Top-downloaded Christian songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Luminate. |
| Christian Streaming Songs | Streaming | 50 | Most streamed Christian songs |
| Christian Airplay | Airplay (audience) | 50 | Audience impressions from Christian AC, Hot AC, CHR/Pop, Soft AC, and Christian Rock stations. |
| Christian AC Airplay | Airplay (spins) | 30 | Measures airplay spins on Christian adult contemporary stations |
| Hot Gospel Songs | Sales, streaming, allformat airplay | 25 | Combines sales, airplay, and streaming data of Gospel songs |
| Gospel Airplay | Radio (airplay) | 30 | Measures airplay spins of Gospel stations |
| Gospel Digital Song Sales | Digital sales | 25 | Top-downloaded Gospel songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Luminate. |
| Gospel Streaming Songs | Streaming | 15 | Top-streamed Gospel songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Luminate. |
Country
| Chart title | Chart type | Number of positions |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Country Songs | sales + all format airplay + streaming | 50 | Combines sales, airplay from all radio formats and streaming data |
| Country Airplay | airplay (audience) | 60 | Measures airplay audience impression on 128 country music stations |
| Country Digital Song Sales | digital sales | 50 | Most-downloaded country songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Luminate. |
| Country Streaming Songs | streaming | 50 | Most streamed country songs. |
Dance/Electronic
| Chart title | Chart type | Number of positions |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dance Club Songs | reports from DJs | 50 |
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| Hot Dance/Electronic Songs | Continuous airplay, single sales, digital downloads, online streaming | 50 |
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| Hot Dance/Pop Songs | 25 | ||
| Dance/Mix Show Airplay | Continuous airplay (Spins from exclusive reporters) Mix show airplay (Spins from Mainstream and Rhythmic stations) |
40 |
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| Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales | digital sales | 50 |
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| Dance/Electronic Streaming Songs | streaming | 25 |
|
Holiday
| Chart title | Chart type | Number of positions |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday 100 | Airplay, sales, and streaming | 100 |
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| Holiday Airplay | Airplay (audience) | 50 |
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| Holiday Digital Song Sales | Digital downloads | 25 |
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| Holiday Streaming Songs | Streaming | 50 |
|
Internet charts
| Chart title | Number of positions |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Social 50 | 50 | A ranking of the most active artists on the world's leading social networking sites. Artists' popularity is determined by a formula blending their weekly additions of friends/fans/followers along with artist page views and weekly song plays, as measured by Next Big Sound. |
| TikTok Billboard Top 50 | 50 | Most popular songs on TikTok in the United States, based on a combination of creations, video views and user engagement. |
| Real Time – Hot Trending Songs | 50 | Most-discussed songs on X (formerly Twitter) updated live. |
| Weekly – Hot Trending Songs | 50 | Most-discussed songs on X updated weekly. |
| Top Triller Global | 20 | Most popular songs worldwide on the app Triller. |
| Top Triller U.S. | 20 | Most popular songs in the United States on the app Triller. |
| LyricFind Global | 25 | Most-searched songs on LyricFind. |
| LyricFind U.S. | 25 | Most-searched songs on LyricFind. |
| Top Gabb Music Songs | 25 | Most-played songs streamed through Gabb Music by Gabb Wireless, which features "only kid- and teen-appropriate content", first presented November 2024 and updated monthly. Gabb Music streams are not included on any other Billboard chart.[33] |
Jazz
| Chart title | Chart type | Number of positions |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smooth Jazz Airplay | airplay (spins) | 30 | Measures airplay spins on 14 smooth jazz stations |
Latin
| Chart title | Chart type | Number of positions |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Latin Songs | Sales + airplay + streaming | 50 | Ranks the top fifty Spanish-language singles in the American music market. It was established as an airplay-only chart by Billboard in 1986. As of October 11, 2012, the chart is based on airplay across all formats, digital downloads, and streaming of Latin songs. Only predominately Spanish-language songs are eligible to rank on the chart. |
| Latin Airplay | Airplay (spins) | 50 | Ranks the most played songs on Latin radio stations in the United States and Puerto Rico regardless of genre or language. |
| Latin Digital Song Sales | Digital sales | 50 | Ranks the best-selling Spanish-language from digital music retailers as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. |
| Latin Pop Airplay | Airplay (audience) | 25 | Ranks the most-listened to Spanish-language pop songs on Latin music radio stations. It was established in 1994, initially measuring airplay of songs being played on Latin pop radio stations. |
| Regional Mexican Airplay | Airplay (spins) | 40 | Ranks the most performed song on Regional Mexican radio stations in the United States. It includes musical styles originating from Mexico as well as the Mexican-American community in the US such as Tejano. This chart is based on airplay from 65 regional Mexican radio stations compiled using information tracked by from BDS. It was established in 1994. |
| Tropical Airplay | Airplay (audience) | 25 | Ranks the most-listened to Spanish-language tropical music songs on 140 Latin music radio stations. It was established by the magazine in 1994, initially measuring airplay of songs played by a small panel of tropical music radio stations. |
| Latin Rhythm Airplay | Airplay (audience) | 25 | Ranks the most-listened to Spanish-language Latin rhythm songs. Latin rhythm is a music radio format that includes Spanish-language urban genres such as Latin hip hop and reggaeton. Established in 2005, it initially measured airplay of songs being played on 15 Latin rhythm radio stations. |
| Latin Streaming Songs | Streaming | Ranks play of Spanish-language streamed radio songs and on-demand songs and music videos on leading online music services. |
R&B/Hip-Hop
| Chart title | Chart type | Number of positions |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | airplay + sales + streaming | 50[A] | Ranks the most popular by combining airplay from all formats of radio stations, digital download sales, streaming data and YouTube views of R&B and hip-hop songs. |
| R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay | airplay (audience) | 50 | Measures airplay based on audience impressions from various R&B/hip-hop stations. Component of Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. |
| R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales | digital sales | Top-downloaded R&B and hip-hop songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. Component of Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. | |
| R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs | streaming | Top-streamed R&B and hip-hop songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. Component of Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. | |
| Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay | airplay (spins) | 40 | Ranks songs by combining airplay base on radio plays (spins) from 76 R&B/hip-hop stations. Component of R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. |
| Adult R&B Airplay | airplay (spins) | 30 | Measures airplay from 65 Urban AC radio stations. Component of R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. |
| Rhythmic Airplay | airplay (spins) | 40 | Measures airplay spins on 72 rhythmic stations. Rhythmic is a music radio format that includes of a mix of dance, upbeat rhythmic pop, hip hop and R&B hits. These stations also contribute to the Dance/Mix Show Airplay panel. |
| Hot Rap Songs | airplay + sales + streaming | 25 | Ranks the top 25 hip-hop/rap songs by combining airplay from all formats of radio stations, digital download sales, streaming data and YouTube views of rap songs. |
| Rap Airplay | airplay (spins) | 25 | Ranks the top 25 hip-hop/rap songs by airplay spins from R&B/hip-hop and rhythmic radio stations. Component of Hot Rap Songs chart. |
| Rap Digital Song Sales | digital sales | Top-downloaded rap songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. Component of Hot Rap Songs chart. | |
| Rap Streaming Songs | streaming | Top-streamed rap songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. Component of Hot Rap Songs chart. | |
| Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrents | airplay (spins) | 20 | Ranks songs that have fallen below No. 50 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and have been on that chart for over 20 weeks. |
| Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrent Airplay | airplay (spins) | 20 | Ranks the songs that have fallen below No. 25 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart and have been on that chart for over 20 weeks. |
| Hot R&B Songs | airplay + sales + streaming | 25 | Ranks the top 25 R&B songs by combining airplay from all formats of radio stations, digital download sales, streaming data and YouTube views of R&B songs. |
| R&B Digital Song Sales | digital sales | Top-downloaded R&B songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. Component of Hot R&B Songs chart. | |
| R&B Streaming Songs | streaming | Top-streamed R&B songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. Component of Hot R&B Songs chart. |
Rock & Alternative
| Chart title | Chart type | Number of positions |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Rock & Alternative Songs | Sales, airplay, and streaming |
50 | Ranks the top rock and alternative songs across all formats, based on radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity |
| Rock & Alternative Airplay | Airplay (audience) | 50 | Airplay audience impressions on mainstream rock, alternative, and Triple A radio stations |
| Hot Rock Songs | Sales, airplay, and streaming |
25 | Ranks the top rock songs based on radio airplay across all formats, sales data, and streaming activity; debuted with the chart week dated July 2, 2022.[34] |
| Rock Digital Song Sales | Digital sales | 50 | Top-downloaded rock songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Luminate. |
| Rock Streaming Songs | streaming | 25 | Top-streamed rock songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Luminate. |
| Hot Alternative Songs | Sales, airplay, and streaming |
25 | Ranks the top alternative songs based on radio airplay across all formats, sales data, and streaming activity |
| Alternative Airplay | Airplay (spins) | 40 | Measures airplay spins on 50 alternative/modern rock stations |
| Alternative Digital Song Sales | Digital sales | 25 | Top-downloaded songs classified as alternative (or a combination of alternative and another genre), ranked by sales data as compiled by Luminate. |
| Alternative Streaming Songs | streaming | 25 | Top-streamed songs classified as alternative, ranked by sales data as compiled by Luminate. |
| Mainstream Rock Airplay | Airplay (spins) | 40 | Measures airplay spins on 77 mainstream rock radio stations encompassing active rock and heritage rock |
| Adult Alternative Airplay (Triple A Airplay) | 40 | Measures airplay spins on 24 adult album alternative radio stations | |
| Hot Hard Rock Songs | Sales, airplay, and streaming |
25 | Ranks the top hard rock songs based on radio airplay across all formats, sales data, and streaming activity |
| Hard Rock Digital Song Sales | Digital sales | 25 | Top-downloaded songs classified as hard rock, ranked by sales data as compiled by Luminate. |
| Hard Rock Streaming Songs | streaming | 25 | Top-streamed songs classified as hard rock, ranked by sales data as compiled by Luminate. |
World music
| Chart title | Chart type | Number of positions |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Afrobeats Songs | streaming | Top US-streamed Afrobeats songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. | |
| World Digital Song Sales | digital sales | Ranks the best-selling world music / foreign-language digital singles in the United States. | |
International charts
Canadian charts
| Chart title | Chart type | Number of positions |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Hot 100 | airplay + sales + streaming[35] | 100 |
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| Canadian Albums | sales + streaming | 100 | |
| Emerging Canadian Artist | airplay + sales + streaming | 30 |
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| Digital Song Sales | digital sales | 75 |
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| Hot 100 Airplay | airplay (audience) | 75 |
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| All-format Airplay | airplay (spins) | 50 | |
| CHR/Top 40 Airplay | 50 |
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| AC Airplay | 50 |
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| Hot AC Airplay | 50 |
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| Country Airplay | 50 |
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| Rock Airplay | 50 |
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Other international charts
| Chart title | Description |
|---|---|
| Arabic Hot 100 | Ranks the top 100 singles based on streaming. |
| Argentina Hot 100 | Ranks the top 100 singles in Argentina based on airplay, digital downloads, and streaming. |
| Billboard Global 200[36] | Ranks the top songs based on sales and streaming data from more than 200 territories worldwide. |
| Billboard Global Excl. U.S.[36] | Ranks the top songs based on sales and streaming data from territories outside the United States. |
| Brasil Hot 100 | Ranks the top 100 singles in Brazil based on streaming. |
| China TME UNI Chart | Ranks the top 100 singles in China by China, Hong Kong and Taiwan artists based on digital downloads and streaming. Collaborates with Tencent Music |
| Hits of the World | Ranks the top 25 songs in more than 40 countries. |
| Hot 100 Perú[37] | Ranks the top 100 singles in Peru based on airplay, digital downloads, and streaming. |
| Hot 100 Artistas Peruanos | Ranks the top 100 singles in Peru by Peruvian artists based on airplay, digital downloads, and streaming. |
| Japan Hot 100 | Ranks the best-selling singles and tracks in Japan. |
| Mexican Airplay | Ranks the most listened singles in Mexico. |
| Mexico Espanol Airplay | Ranks the most listened singles in Spanish-language in Mexico. |
| Mexico Ingles Airplay | Ranks the most listened singles in English-language in Mexico. |
| Philippines Hot 100 | Ranks the top 100 singles in the Philippines based on digital downloads and streaming. |
| Top Philippines Songs | Ranks the top 100 singles in the Philippines by Filipino artists based on digital downloads and streaming. |
| Top Thai Songs | Ranks the top 100 Thai songs in Thailand based on digital downloads and streaming.[38] |
| Top Thai Country Songs | Ranks the top 50 luk thung songs in Thailand based on digital downloads and streaming.[38] |
| Vietnam Hot 100 | Ranks the top 100 singles in Vietnam based on digital downloads and streaming. |
| Vietnam Top Vietnamese Songs | Ranks the top 100 singles in Vietnam by Vietnamese artists based on digital downloads and streaming. |
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| Chart title | Number of chart positions | Description |
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| Billboard 200 | 200 |
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| Top Album Sales | 100 |
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| Top Alternative Albums | 25 |
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| Top Bluegrass Albums | 15 | |
| Top Blues Albums | 15 | |
| Cast Albums |
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| Catalog Albums | 50 |
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| Christian Albums | 50 | |
| Top Classical Albums | 50 | |
| Classical Crossover Albums | 15 | |
| Top Comedy Albums | 10 | |
| Compilation Albums | 20 | |
| Contemporary Jazz Albums | 15 |
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| Top Country Albums | 50 | |
| Top Current Album Sales | 100 |
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| Top Dance/Electronic Albums | 25 |
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| Top Gospel Albums | 40 | |
| Top Hard Rock Albums | 25 |
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| Heatseekers Albums | 25 |
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| Top Holiday Albums | 50 |
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| Independent Albums | 50 |
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| Jazz Albums | 25 | |
| Top Latin Albums | 50 | |
| Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 50 | |
| Rap Albums | 25 | |
| Top Rock Albums | 50 |
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| Top Rock & Alternative Albums | 50 |
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| Top Soundtracks | 30 | |
| Americana/Folk Albums | 25 | |
| Kid Albums | 15 | |
| Latin Rhythm Albums | 25 | |
| Latin Pop Albums | 20 | |
| New Age Albums | 10 | |
| R&B Albums | 25 |
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| Reggae Albums | 10 | |
| Tastemakers |
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| Traditional Classical Albums | ||
| Traditional Jazz Albums | 15 | |
| Tropical Albums | 20 | |
| Vinyl Albums | 25 | |
| World Albums | 15 |
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| Regional Mexican Albums | 20 |
| Chart title | Number of positions |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Music Video Sales | 100 |
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| Chart title | Discontinuation date |
Chart type | Number of positions | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Rock | November 25, 2013 | sales + airplay |
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| Best Seller in Stores | October 13, 1958 | physical sales |
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| Bubbling Under R&B | sales + airplay + streaming |
15 |
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| Classical Budget/Midline Albums | physical sales | |||
| Comprehensive Music Video | 2012 (?) | physical sales |
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| Country Catalog Albums | physical sales | |||
| Country Singles Sales | 2005 | physical sales |
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| China Top 100 | 2019 | sales + airplay + streaming |
100 |
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| Dance Singles Sales | November 30, 2013 | physical sales |
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| Dance/Electronic Album Sales | physical sales |
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| European Hot 100 Singles | December 11, 2010 | sales + airplay + streaming |
100 |
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| Global Dance Tracks | June 29, 2013 | physical sales |
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| Heatseekers Songs | December 6, 2014 | sales + airplay + streaming |
25 |
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| Heritage Rock | November 25, 2013 | sales + airplay |
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| Hot Crossover 30 | December 8, 1990 | airplay (spins) | 30 |
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| Hot Digital Tracks | digital sales | 75 |
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| Hot Ringtones | ringtone sale | 40 |
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| Hot RingMasters | 40 |
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| Hot Singles Sales | November 21, 2017 | physical sales | 15 |
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| Hot Videoclips | 25 |
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| Honor Roll of Hits[12] | November 16, 1963[13] |
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| Indonesia Top 100 | 2020 | sales + airplay + streaming |
100 |
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| K-Pop 100 | April 2022 | 100 |
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| Most Played by Jockeys | July 28, 1958 |
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| Most Played in Juke Boxes | June 17, 1957 |
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| Pop 100 | June 13, 2009 | sales + airplay |
100 |
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| Pop 100 Airplay | airplay (audience) |
100 |
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| R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums | physical sales | |||
| Top 40 Tracks | March 2005 | airplay (audience) |
40 |
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| Blues Digital Song Sales | January 2020 | digital sales | Top-downloaded blues songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. | |
| Classical Digital Song Sales | January 2020 | Top-downloaded classical songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. | ||
| Comedy Digital Track Sales | January 2020 | Top-downloaded comedy songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. | ||
| Euro Digital Song Sales | February 12, 2022 |
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| Euro Digital Tracks | November 29, 2014 |
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| Luxembourg Digital Song Sales | 2020 |
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| Jazz Digital Song Sales | January 2020 | Top-downloaded jazz songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. | ||
| Kid Digital Song Sales | January 2020 | Top-downloaded children's songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. | ||
| New Age Digital Song Sales | January 2020 | Top-downloaded new age songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. | ||
| Pop Digital Song Sales | January 2020 | 50 | Top-downloaded pop songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. | |
| Reggae Digital Song Sales | January 2020 | Top-downloaded reggae songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. | ||
| Spotify Rewind | streaming | 30 |
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| Spotify Velocity | streaming | 30 |
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| France Digital Song Sales | February 2022 | digital sales | 10 |
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| Spain Digital Song Sales | February 2022 | digital sales | 10 |
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| Switzerland Digital Song Sales | February 2022 | digital sales | 10 |
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| Viral 50 | streaming | 50 | Ranked top-streaming independent songs on Spotify | |
| Digital Albums | 2019 | digital sales | ||
| Top Internet Albums |
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| Heatseekers Albums (East North Central) | sales + airplay + streaming |
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| Heatseekers Albums (Middle Atlantic) | ||||
| Heatseekers Albums (Mountain) | ||||
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| Heatseekers Albums (Pacific) | ||||
| Heatseekers Albums (South Atlantic) | ||||
| Heatseekers Albums (South Central) | ||||
| Heatseekers Albums (West North Central) | ||||
| Christian AC Indicator | 2022 | Airplay (spins) | 30 | |
| Christian Hot AC/CHR | 2022 | Airplay (spins) | 30 |
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| Christian Rock | 2019 | Airplay (spins) | 30 |
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| Christian Soft AC | 2018 | Airplay (spins) | 20 |
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Notes
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In December 2010, Billboard announced a new chart titled Social 50, which ranks the most active artists on the world's leading social networking sites. The Social 50 chart tallies artists' popularity using their weekly additions of friends/fans/followers, along with weekly artist page views and weekly song plays on Myspace, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and iLike.[49]
In January 2011, Billboard introduced another chart called Uncharted, which lists new and developing artists, who are yet to appear on any major Billboard chart, "...regardless of their country of origin."[50] The ranking is based on the views and fans on social networking websites like Myspace and Facebook. It has since been discontinued.[citation needed]
In May 2014, after the Korea K-Pop Hot 100 chart was discontinued in the U.S., the Billboard K-Town column continued to provide chart information for K-pop artists on all Billboard charts.[51][52]
The Artist 100 debuted in July 2014.[53]
In June 2019, Billboard launched the Top Songwriters Chart and the Top Producers Chart, based on weekly activity on the Hot 100 and other "Hot" genre charts.[54] Dance/Pop Songwriters and Dance/Pop Producers charts are scheduled to be launched in January 2025, based on the Hot Dance/Pop Songs chart.[32]
In October 2021, Billboard launched the Hot Trending Songs charts, utilising real-time music-related trends and conversations on Twitter.[55]
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