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For each Year in Music (beginning 1940) and Year in Country Music (beginning 1939), a comprehensive Year End Top Records section can be found at mid-page (popular), and on the Country page. For the United States, charts are compiled from data published by Billboard magazine, using their own formulas with slight modifications.
In 1945, the magazine published the following four all-genre national singles charts: Best-Selling Popular Retail Records (named National Best Selling Retail Records until March 31) – ranked the most-sold singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country.
The list presented was compiled by a panel of 179 musicians. [1] It was updated in 2023, and upgraded as "The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time" list. The 2023 list was compiled by the magazine's staff and key contributors. [2] American singer Aretha Franklin topped both versions of the list.
10 – Josef Taussig, Czech trombonist and journalist (born 1914). April. 25 – Teddy Weatherford, American pianist, an accomplished stride pianist (born 1903). August. 5 – Nat Jaffe, American pianist (born 1918). October. 7 – Erhard Bauschke, German reedist and bandleader (born 1912). 14 – Pha Terrell, American singer (born 1910). December
If two or more artists have the same claimed sales, they are then ranked by certified units. The claimed sales figure and the total of certified units (for each country) within the provided sources include sales of albums, singles, compilation-albums, music videos as well as downloads of singles and full-length albums.
[8] [9] [10] The latter album was certified gold by the RIAA in November 1970. [11] The King Cole Trio was the longest reigning album of the year with 12 weeks at number one, followed by Glenn Miller with seven weeks. Albums released by Decca topped the charts for a total of 18 weeks, followed by Capitol at 17 weeks and Victor for 9 weeks.
List of music students by teacher: A to B; List of music students by teacher: C to F; List of music students by teacher: G to J; List of music students by teacher: K to M; List of music students by teacher: N to Q; List of music students by teacher: R to S; List of music students by teacher: T to Z
Cootie Williams topped the final Harlem Hit Parade chart with "Somebody's Gotta Go". At the start of 1945, Billboard magazine published a chart ranking the "most popular records in Harlem " under the title of the Harlem Hit Parade. Placings were based on a survey of record stores primarily in the Harlem district of New York City, an area which has historically been noted for its African ...