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American Top 40 (abbreviated to AT40) is an internationally syndicated, independent song countdown radio program created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Tom Rounds, and Ron Jacobs. The program is currently hosted by Ryan Seacrest and presented as an adjunct to his weekday radio program, On Air with Ryan Seacrest.
The Top 40, whether surveyed by a radio station or a publication, was a list of songs that shared only the common characteristic of being newly released. Its introduction coincided with a transition from the old ten-inch 78 rpm record format for single "pop" recordings to the seven-inch vinyl 45 rpm format, introduced in 1949, which was ...
This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.
S. List of artists who have achieved Japan and U.S. number-one hits; List of artists who have achieved simultaneous UK and U.S. number-one hits; List of number-one Billboard Streaming Songs of 2013
List of number-one hits (Italy) List of number-one songs in Norway; List of number-one hits (Spain) List of number-one singles in Switzerland; List of number-one singles in the Dutch Top 40; List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden; List of number-one singles (Finland) List of number-one hits (Belgium) List of number-one hits (Denmark)
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]
For 2020, the list was published on December 3, calculated with data from November 23, 2019, to November 14, 2020. [1] Billboard ' s top Hot 100 artist of 2020 was The Weeknd, [2] whose "Blinding Lights" was the number-one Hot 100 song of the year. It was one of two songs he placed on the list.
This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on Billboard magazine's Pop Airplay chart (previously known as Mainstream Top 40, Pop Songs, and Top 40/CHR). Taylor Swift has the record for the most number-one songs with 13.