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The chart was first announced on May 6, 2019, then envisioned as the "Global 100" and it was to launch later that year. [3] The motivation for the chart's conception was "to expose people to music from multiple territories and in time", to provide "overdue exposure and recognition for acts from international markets".
Billboard charts now cover these music genres: rock, pop, country, dance, bluegrass, jazz, classical, R&B, rap, electronic, Latin, Christian, world and holiday music, and even ringtones for mobile (cell) phones. An album chart, the "Best Selling Popular Record Albums", was first published on March 24, 1945, with The King Cole Trio its first No ...
Paul McCartney makes his first appearance in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 after 29 years with his collaboration with Rihanna and Kanye West on the song "FourFiveSeconds" (number 42), surpassing Santana's record of having the longest break between top 10 songs in the chart's 56-year history, (although The Ronettes would break this record ...
Component charts have become an increasingly important way to measure the commercial success of individual songs. Reviewers often describe records using round number milestones within a chart. For example, a record that peaks at number 7 may be called a "Top 10" hit , even when there is no chart limited to only the top 10 records in that ...
The Official Southeast Asia Charts (shortened to the Official SEA Charts) are a collection of record charts launched in 2025 by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). Based on data from BMAT , the charts reflect the 20 most- streamed songs in six Southeast Asian (SEA) countries: Indonesia , Malaysia , the Philippines ...
Rapper Lil Wayne was in eight songs on the chart. "Lollipop" was his most successful song at number 4. R&B singer Chris Brown had five songs on the chart, four of which are in the top 20. His best-performing song is "No Air", a duet with Jordin Sparks, at number six. Barbadian singer Rihanna had five songs on the chart.
Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio (pictured) was the number one song on the Year-End chart after spending 12 weeks in the top-two of the Hot 100, three of which were spent at number one. Boyz II Men ( pictured ) had four songs on the Year-End chart, tying them with Brandy and The Notorious B.I.G. for the most songs on the chart.
Prior to incorporating chart data from Nielsen SoundScan (from 1991), year-end charts were calculated by an inverse-point system based solely on a title's performance (for example a single appearing on the Billboard Hot 100 would be given one point for a week spent at position 100, two points for a week spent at position ninety-nine, and so forth, up to 100 points for each week spent at number ...