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Throughout the history of the Hot 100 and its predecessor charts, many songs have set records for longevity, popularity, or number of hit singles by an individual artist. Among these records is the longest-running number one single "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X, which spent 19 weeks at that position.
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.
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 ...
The current Billboard Hot 100 logo. The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), online streaming, and radio airplay in the U.S. [1]
This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music in physical mediums, such as vinyl, audio cassettes or compact discs. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the album must have sold at least 20 million copies and certified at least 10 million units (the equivalent of a diamond ...
Billboard published the first music hit parade on January 4, 1936 [14] and introduced a Record Buying Guide in January 1939. [10] In 1940, it introduced Chart Line, which tracked the best-selling records, and was followed by a chart for jukebox records in 1944 called Music Box Machine.
Numerous other shows following the same format, both in the general top-40 category and in various specific radio formats, have aired over the course of AT40's history as well. In addition to Dees' show, Mario Lopez , Carson Daly , and (in overseas via World Chart Show ) Mike Savage, all host competing countdown shows targeted at the pop top 40 ...
Stevie Wonder – fingertips-aged only 13, arguably making Motown music commercially popular for the first time even though its birth was in 1959; Elvis Presley – Today, Tomorrow and Forever; 1962 in music, 1962 in British music, 1962 in Norwegian music. Notable events: Deaths of: Marilyn Monroe; Fritz Kreisler; Harry Barris; Notable releases: