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Some charts are specific to a particular musical genre and most to a particular geographical location. The most common period of time covered by a chart is one week, with the chart being printed or broadcast at the end of this time. Summary charts for years and decades are then calculated from their component weekly charts.
In the early period, the issue dates and the chart dates given in Billboard were different until January 13, 1962, when the issue dates and the chart dates both referred to the week ending dates. [10] The Honor Roll of Hits chart was discontinued after November 16, 1963. [13] Billboard also publishes various music genre charts.
A new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by Billboard on Tuesday. Each chart is post-dated with the "week-ending" issue date four days after the charts are refreshed online (i.e., the following Saturday). [17] For example: Friday, January 1 – tracking-week begins for sales, streaming and airplay
In the music industry, the Top 40 is a list of the 40 currently most popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "Top 40" or "contemporary hit radio" is also a radio format.
This is a list of music genres and styles. Music can be described in terms of many genres and styles. Classifications are often arbitrary, and may be disputed and ...
Lists albums which have spent the longest number of weeks in the UK Albums Chart, as recorded by the Official Charts Company. This comprises a top 100 from August 1981 onwards, a top 75 before this from 1978 and various lengths before this from July 1956. List of albums titled Live: Lists albums entitled "Live" or with a similar name.
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. There are no songs ...
Genealogical charts or family trees of musical genres show how new genres have emerged from existing genres and how multiple genres have contributed to a new genre. Since music can be endlessly broken down into smaller and smaller categories, a genealogical chart will usually focus on one major genre and its different strains. How these ...