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Occasionally American Top 40 airs special countdowns in place of the regular American Top 40 countdown show. These included: "Top 40 Recording Acts of the Rock Era 1955–1971" (Weekend of May 1–2, 1971) "Top 40 Christmas Songs" (Weekend of December 25–26, 1971) "Top 40 Songs of the Rock Era 1955–1972" (weekend of July 1–2, 1972)
The countdowns usually have the same amount of songs as the weekend countdowns, but at times can be different. In 2012, Hits 1 only ranked the 14 songs that hit #1 that year. In 2010 and throughout 2013 to 2019, the year end was 45 songs to match the weekend countdown. Since 2020, the countdown has been 30 songs, just like the weekend countdown.
The longest gap between No. 1 hits on the Hot 100 for an artist is 63 years, 46 days by Brenda Lee. Her single "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" hit No. 1 on December 9, 2023, her first time on top since "I Want to Be Wanted" on October 24, 1960. [238]
This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1979. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 22, 1979. No.
Mediabase charts are the source for the following radio countdown programs: American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest (Top 40 and Hot AC shows) Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40; Bobby Bones Country Top 30; Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton; American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks (from 2009 to 2017) Crook & Chase Country Countdown
The Weekly Top 40 debuted in September 1983, after Rick's then-station, KIIS-FM, lost American Top 40 to a rival station, KIQQ (now KKLQ) over the playing of network commercials. [1] KIIS-FM re-obtained the rights to carry AT40 in 1988, after Shadoe Stevens took over as host.) [ 2 ] Initially syndicated by United Stations , the show 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 .
American Top 40: The Countdown of the Century. New York: Schriner Books. ISBN 0-02-864895-1. Fisher, Mark (2007). Something in the Air: Radio, Rock, and the Revolution That Shaped a Generation. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-375-50907-0. Ben Fong-Torres, The Hits Just Keep On Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio (San Francisco: Backbeat ...