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  2. Hot Hits - Wikipedia

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    Hot Hits was a radio format created by consultant Mike Joseph in the 1970s. That concept, which helped spur the birth of what is now known as CHR , also revitalized the Top 40 format and would play a role in bringing the format to the FM band throughout the 1980s.

  3. Contemporary hit radio - Wikipedia

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    Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts.

  4. Radio Songs (chart) - Wikipedia

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    The Radio Songs chart (previously named Hot 100 Airplay until 2014 [1] and Top 40 Radio Monitor until 1991) [2] is released weekly by Billboard magazine and measures the airplay of songs being played on radio stations throughout the United States across all musical genres.

  5. Adult contemporary music - Wikipedia

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    Top 40 radio stations played the Top 40 hits regardless of genre. As the texture of much of the music played on Top 40 radio began to soften, the Hot 100 and Easy Listening/AC charts became more similar. Easy Listening radio began playing songs by artists who had begun in other genres, such as rock and roll or R&B.

  6. Radio format - Wikipedia

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    Contemporary hit radio (CHR), occasionally still informally known as top-40 / hot hits [7]) [7] Adult contemporary music (AC) [7] Adult/variety hits – Broad variety of pop hits spanning multiple eras and formats; Jack FM, Bob FM. Classic hits/Oldies – Pop/Rock music that came between the 1950s and 2010s; Hot adult contemporary (Hot AC) [7]

  7. 18 songs have reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart ...

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    Eighteen different songs have reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2024. Kendrick Lamar has three hits on the list, the most of any artist.

  8. List of Hot 100 Airplay number-one singles of the 1980s

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    The Hot 100 Airplay chart ranks the most frequently played songs on United States radio stations, published by Billboard magazine. The chart was introduced in the magazine's issue dated October 20, 1984. During the 1980s, 132 songs topped the chart.

  9. List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 2000s

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    Ludacris gathered four number-one songs, including a feature on Usher's "Yeah!", which topped the Year-End chart of 2004. Nelly spent 23 weeks atop the chart with four entries. Justin Timberlake gained three number-one songs as a lead singer and one as a featured artist.