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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.
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.
Kasem was reportedly inspired by Make Believe Ballroom, a radio show that was nationally syndicated in the 1940s and popularized the concept of a disc jockey playing current popular recorded music on the air. [7] The chart data broadcast for the premiere show actually included the top 40 songs from the week ending July 11, 1970.
Music radio, particularly top 40, has often acted as both a barometer and an arbiter of musical taste, and radio airplay is one of the defining measures of success in the mainstream musical world. In fact, the rise of rock music to popularity is intimately tied to the history of music radio. Early forms of rock had languished in poor areas of ...
Now that music comes out on the weekend, and not always on every streaming service, it can be hard to know where to find the next great song. The 7 best new songs you can stream right now Skip to ...
This is a list of songs which received the most airplay per week on radio stations in the United States as ranked and published by Billboard magazine on the Radio Songs (formerly Hot 100 Airplay) chart during the 2020s.
BBC Radio 4: Spoken word (news, drama, factual, comedy) 9.116 BBC Radio 1: Current-based music (pop, rock, dance, urban, alternative) 7.330 Greatest Hits Radio: Classic hits and specialist music 6.753 BBC Radio 5 Live: Rolling news, discussion and sport 5.245 Classic FM: Classical music: 4.689 Magic: Adult contemporary: 4.157 talkSPORT: Sports ...
Hip-Hop and R&B † - Today's hottest hip-hop and R&B music. Hip-Hop Classics - Old school Hip-hop hits from artists that pioneered the genre of hip-hop. R&B Classics - A variety of funk, soul, and Motown hits from the 1950s to 1990s. R&B Soul † - Urban adult music and sultry, slow jams. Rap (TV-MA) † - Popular rap music upon its hit songs.