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Billboard charts

Music sales rankings by the trade magazine Billboard

The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in Billboard magazine. Billboard biz, the online extension of the Billboard charts, provides additional weekly charts,^[1] as well as year-end charts.^[2] The charts may be dedicated to a specific genre such as R&B, country, or rock, or they may cover all genres. The charts can be ranked according to sales, streams, or airplay, and for main song charts such as the Hot song chart, all three data are used to compile the charts.^[3] For the Billboard album chart, streams and track sales are included in addition to album sales.^[4]

The weekly sales and streams charts are monitored on a Friday-to-Thursday cycle since July ; previously it was on a Monday-to-Sunday cycle. Radio airplay song charts, however, follow the Monday-to-Sunday cycle (previously Wednesday-to-Tuesday).^[5] The charts are released each Tuesday with an issue date the following Saturday.

History, methods and description[edit]

On January 4, , Billboard magazine published its first music hit parade.^[6] The first Music Popularity Chart was calculated in July A variety of song charts followed, which were eventually consolidated into the Hot by mid The Hot currently combines singles sales, radio airplay, digital downloads, and streaming activity (including data from YouTube and other video sites). All of the Billboard charts use this basic formula. Which stations and stores are used separates the charts; each musical genre has a core audience or retail group. Each genre's department at Billboard is headed up by a chart manager, who makes these determinations.

For many years, a song had to be commercially available as a single to be considered for any of the Billboard charts. At the time, instead of using Nielsen SoundScan or Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems (BDS), Billboard obtained its data from manual reports filled out by radio stations and stores. According to the 50th-anniversary issue of Billboard, prior to the official implementation of SoundScan tracking in November , many radio stations and retail stores removed songs from their manual reports after the associated record labels stopped promoting a particular single. Thus, songs fell quickly after peaking and had shorter chart lives. In , the country singles chart was the first chart to use SoundScan and BDS. They were followed by the Hot and the R&B chart in Today, all of the Billboard charts use this technology.

Originally, Billboard had separate charts for different measures of popularity, including disc jockey playings, juke box song selection, and best selling records in retail stores. The final accolade of a successful single was a position on the Honor Roll of Hits. The chart was introduced in the March 24, , issue, ranking the most popular songs comprised by record and sheet sales, disk jockey, and jukebox&#;performances as determined by Billboard's weekly nationwide survey.^[7] The jukebox chart ceased publication after the June 17, , issue, the disk jockey chart after the July 28, , issue, the best-seller chart after the October 13, , issue, and the Honor Roll of Hits after the November 16, , issue.^[8] A composite standing chart that combined these gradually grew to become a top , the predecessor to the current Hot chart. The July 28, , issue was the last to call the composite chart the "Top "; the following week began the "Hot " Billboard publishes many different charts, with the Hot and Billboard being the most famous. Billboard also has charts for these music styles: rock, country, dance, bluegrass, jazz, classical, R&B, rap, electronic, pop, Latin, Christian music, comedy albums, catalog albums, and even ringtones for mobile (cell) phones. In , Billboard partnered with MetroLyrics to offer top lyrics for each of the charts.

At the end of each year, Billboard tallies the results of all of its charts, and the results are published in a year-end issue and heard on year-end editions of its American Top 40 and American Country Countdown radio broadcasts. Between and , the top single/album/artist(s) in each of those charts was/were awarded in the form of the annual Billboard Music Awards, which were held in December until the awards went dormant in The awards returned in May

Before September , singles were allowed to chart in the week they first went on sale based on airplay points alone. The policy was changed in September , to only allow a single to debut after a full week of sales on combined sales and airplay points. This allowed several tracks to debut at number one.

In December , the policy was further modified to allow tracks to chart on the basis of airplay alone without a commercial release. This change was made to reflect the changing realities of the music business. Previous to this, several substantial radio and MTV hits had not appeared on the Billboard chart at all, because many major labels chose not to release them as standalone singles, hoping their unavailability would spur greater album sales. Not offering a popular song to the public as a single was unheard of before the s. The genres that suffered most at the time were those that increasingly impacted pop culture, including new genres such as trip hop and grunge. Among the many pre songs that had ended up in this Hot limbo were The Cardigans' "Lovefool", Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn" (which peaked at 42), Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" (which hit number 9), OMC's "How Bizarre", Sugar Ray's "Fly", and No Doubt's "Don't Speak".

On June 25, , Billboard made changes in its chart requirements. The official street date for all new album releases was moved from Tuesday to Friday in the United States. For all sales-based charts (ranking both albums and tracks), Billboard and Nielsen changed the chart reporting period to cover the first seven days of an album's release. As a result of the changes, The Billboard , top albums sales, genre-based albums, digital songs, genre-based downloads, streaming songs, and genre-focused streaming surveys ran on a Friday-to-Thursday cycle. Radio Songs, which informs the Hot , synched to the Monday-to-Sunday period after formerly covering Wednesday to Tuesday. All other radio charts and genre tallies followed the Monday-to-Sunday cycle. The move was made to coincide with the IFPI's move to have all singles and albums released globally on Fridays.^[5]

Incorporating digital platforms[edit]

Starting in , Billboard changed its methodology to include paid digital downloads from digital music retailers such as Rhapsody, AmazonMP3, and iTunes. This change also allowed songs to chart with or without the help of radio airplay. This meant that a song did not need radio airplay to be eligible to chart on the Billboard Hot With this policy change, a song could chart based on digital downloads alone.^[9]

On July 31, , Billboard changed its methodology for the Hot chart to include digital streams. The digital information at the time was obtained from Yahoo and AOL's streaming platforms. This change was made exclusively to the Billboard Hot chart. The effect of this chart change was minuscule at the time because it was estimated to account for 5% of the chart's total points.^[10]

In October , Billboard significantly changed the methodology for their country, rock, Latin, and rap charts, when it incorporated sales of digital downloads and streaming plays into what had been airplay-only charts. Another change was that rather than measuring airplay only from radio stations of the particular genre, the new methodology measures airplay from all radio formats.^[11] This methodology was extended to their Christian and gospel charts in late ^[12] These methodology changes resulted in higher positions on the genre charts for songs with crossover appeal to other genres and radio formats (especially pop) at the expense of songs that appeal almost exclusively to core fans of the given genre, which was controversial with those devotees.^[13]

On February 20, , Billboard announced another change in the methodology for its charts that incorporated YouTube video streaming data into the determination of ranking positions on streaming charts. The incorporation of YouTube streaming data enhanced a formula that includes on-demand audio streaming and online radio streaming. The YouTube video streams that used in this methodology are official video streams, Vevo on YouTube streams, and user-generated clips that use authorized audio. Billboard said this change was made to further reflect the divergent platforms of music consumption in today's world.^[14]

Singles and tracks[edit]

All-genre[edit]

Chart title	Chart type	Number of positions	Description
Billboard Hot	sales + airplay + streaming		The US music industry standard song popularity chart
Bubbling Under Hot Singles		25	Ranks the top 25 songs below # that have not previously appeared on the Hot Positions do not directly correspond to positions of an extended Hot , but many sources use this notation
Heatseekers Songs		25	Ranks songs from new artists/bands that have never attained the top 50 of the Hot If a song reaches the top 50, it and any of the artist's/band's subsequent singles are ineligible for the chart.
Radio Songs	airplay (audience)	50	Measures radio airplay audience impressions on 1, radio stations encompassing all formats. One of the component charts of the Hot
Hot Singles Sales	physical sales	15	Measures sales of commercial singles One of the component charts of the Hot No recurrent chart
Digital Song Sales	digital sales	50	Ranks top-selling digital song sales Combines different versions of songs for a summarized figure One of the component charts of the Hot
Hot Digital Tracks	digital sales	75	Ranks digital song sales with different versions of songs listed No recurrent chart
Streaming Songs	streaming	50	Ranks top-streaming songs Combines different versions of songs for a summarized figure One of the component charts of the Hot

R&B/Hip-Hop[edit]

Chart title	Chart type	Number of positions	Description
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	airplay + sales + streaming	50^[A]	Ranks the most popular by combining airplay from all formats of radio stations, digital download sales, streaming data and YouTube views of R&B and hip-hop songs.
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay	airplay (audience)	50	Measures airplay based on audience impressions from various R&B/hip-hop stations.
R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales	digital sales	Top-downloaded R&B and hip-hop songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs	streaming	Top-streamed R&B and hip-hop songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop	airplay (spins)	40	Ranks songs by combining airplay base on radio plays (spins) from 76 R&B/hip-hop stations.
Adult R&B Songs	airplay (spins)	30	Measures airplay from 65 Urban AC radio stations.
R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales	digital sales	25	Top-downloaded R&B/hip-hop songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles	airplay + sales + streaming	15	Ranks the top 15 songs below #50 that have not previously appeared on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
Rhythmic Top 40	airplay (spins)	40	Measures airplay spins on 72 rhythmic stations. Rhythmic is a music radio format that includes of a mix of dance, upbeat rhythmic pop, hip hop and R&B hits. These stations also contribute to Dance/Mix Show Airplay panel
Hot Rap Songs	airplay + sales + streaming	25	Ranks the top 25 hip-hop/rap songs by combining airplay from all formats of radio stations, digital download sales, streaming data and YouTube views of rap songs.
Rap Airplay	airplay (spins)	25	Ranks the top 25 hip-hop/rap songs by airplay spins from R&B/hip-hop and rhythmic radio stations
Rap Digital Song Sales	digital sales	Top-downloaded rap songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Rap Streaming Songs	streaming	Top-streamed rap songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrents	airplay (spins)	20	Ranks songs that have fallen below No. 50 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and have been on that chart for over 20 weeks.
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrent Airplay	airplay (spins)	20	Ranks the songs that have fallen below No. 25 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart and have been on that chart for over 20 weeks.
Hot R&B Songs	airplay + sales + streaming	25	Ranks the top 25 R&B songs by combining airplay from all formats of radio stations, digital download sales, streaming data and YouTube views of R&B songs.
R&B Digital Song Sales	digital sales	Top-downloaded R&B songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
R&B Streaming Songs	streaming	Top-streamed R&B songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.

Adult/Pop[edit]

Country[edit]

Chart title	Chart type	Number of positions	Description
Hot Country Songs	sales + all format airplay + streaming	50	Combines sales, airplay from all radio formats and streaming data
Country Airplay	airplay (audience)	60	Measures airplay audience impression on country music stations
Country Digital Songs	digital sales	50	Top-downloaded country songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Country Streaming Songs	streaming	50	Most streamed country songs.

Rock[edit]

Chart title	Chart type	Number of positions	Description
Hot Rock & Alternative Songs	Sales, airplay, and streaming	50	Ranks the top rock and alternative songs based on radio airplay across all formats, sales data, and streaming activity
Rock Airplay	Airplay (audience)	50	Airplay audience impressions on mainstream rock, alternative, and Triple A radio stations
Rock Digital Song Sales	Digital sales	50	Top-downloaded rock songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan
Hot Alternative Songs	Sales, airplay, and streaming	25	Ranks the top alternative songs based on radio airplay across all formats, sales data, and streaming activity
Alternative Airplay	Airplay (spins)	40	Measures airplay spins on 50 alternative/modern rock stations
Alternative Digital Song Sales	Digital sales	25	Top-downloaded songs classified as alternative (or a combination of alternative and another genre), ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. Component of Rock Digital Songs.
Alternative Streaming Songs	streaming	25	Top-streamed songs classified as alternative, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Mainstream Rock	Airplay (spins)	40	Measures airplay spins on 77 mainstream rock radio stations encompassing active rock and heritage rock
Adult Alternative Songs (Triple A)	Airplay (spins)	40	Measures airplay spins on 24 adult album alternative radio stations
Hot Hard Rock Songs	Sales, airplay, and streaming	25	Ranks the top hard rock songs based on radio airplay across all formats, sales data, and streaming activity
Hard Rock Digital Song Sales	Digital sales	25	Top-downloaded songs classified as hard rock, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Hard Rock Streaming Songs	streaming	25	Top-streamed songs classified as hard rock, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.

Dance/Electronic[edit]

Chart title	Chart type	Number of positions	Description
Dance Club Songs	reports from DJs	50	Compiled exclusively from playlists submitted by nightclub disc jockeys, who must apply and meet certain criteria to become Billboard-reporting DJs.
Hot Dance/Electronic Songs	Continuous airplay, single sales, digital downloads, online streaming	50	A chart which uses the same methodology as the Hot , which tracks the top dance/electronic songs based on monitored airplay, single sales, digital downloads and monitored online streaming. The songs will be used to determine eligibility for entry into the Hot Criteria will be based on the song's tempo. Remixed versions of pop, rock, R&B, hip-hop and/or songs of other genres are ineligible for this chart.
Dance/Mix Show Airplay	Continuous airplay (Spins from exclusive reporters) Mix show airplay (Spins from Mainstream and Rhythmic stations)	40	Originally called Hot Dance Airplay when it was launched in A monitored dance music radio chart of 6 dance stations that came about as a result of the small but influential impact of dance music on the radio and the stations that program it. Renamed Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart on November 19, The chart now includes the Mainstream Top 40 and 67 Rhythmic Top 40 reporters that features mix shows in their programming. Expanded to 40 positions, effective with the December 6, issue.
Dance/Electronic Digital Songs	digital sales	50	A chart that tracks the digital download sales of dance/electronic music singles, including tracks that are exclusively available online only. This chart also includes previously released dance and disco songs that became available for downloading.
Dance/Electronic Digital Streaming Songs	streaming	25	A chart that tracks the week's top Dance/Electronic streamed radio songs and on-demand songs and videos on leading online music services.

Latin[edit]

Chart title	Chart type	Number of positions	Description
Hot Latin Songs	Sales + airplay + streaming	50	Ranks the top fifty Spanish-language singles in the American music market. It was established as an airplay-only chart by Billboard in As of October 11, , the chart is based on airplay across all formats, digital downloads, and streaming of Latin songs. Only predominately Spanish-language songs are eligible to rank on the chart.
Latin Airplay	Airplay (spins)	50	Ranks the most performed song on Spanish-language radio stations in the United States and Puerto Rico.
Latin Digital Song Sales	Digital sales	50	Ranks the best-selling Spanish-language from digital music retailers as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Latin Pop Airplay	Airplay (audience)	25	Ranks the most-listened to Spanish-language pop songs on Latin music radio stations. It was established in , initially measuring airplay of songs being played on Latin pop radio stations.
Regional Mexican Airplay	Airplay (spins)	40	Ranks the most performed song on Regional Mexican radio stations in the United States. It includes musical styles originating from Mexico as well as the Mexican-American community in the US such as Tejano. This chart is based on airplay from 65 regional Mexican radio stations compiled using information tracked by from BDS. It was established in
Tropical Airplay	Airplay (audience)	25	Ranks the most-listened to Spanish-language tropical music songs on Latin music radio stations. It was established by the magazine in , initially measuring airplay of songs played by a small panel of tropical music radio stations.
Latin Rhythm Airplay	Airplay (audience)	25	Ranks the most-listened to Spanish-language Latin rhythm songs. Latin rhythm is a music radio format that includes Spanish-language urban genres such as Latin hip hop and reggaeton. Established in , it initially measured airplay of songs being played on 15 Latin rhythm radio stations.
Latin Streaming Songs	Streaming	Ranks play of Latin streamed radio songs and on-demand songs and music videos on leading online music services.

Christian[edit]

Chart title	Chart type	Number of positions	Description
Hot Christian Songs	Sales, streaming, all format airplay	50	Combines sales, airplay from all radio formats, and streaming data
Christian Digital Songs	Digital downloads	50	Top-downloaded Christian songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan
Christian Streaming Songs	Streaming	50	Most streamed Christian songs
Christian Airplay	Airplay (audience)	50	Audience impressions from Christian AC, Hot AC/CHR, Soft AC, and Christian Rock stations
Christian AC Songs	Airplay (spins)	30	Measures airplay spins on Christian adult contemporary stations
Christian Hot AC/CHR	Airplay (spins)	30	Measures airplay spins on Christian CHR stations
Christian Soft AC	Airplay (spins)	Measures airplay spins on Christian Soft ACstations
Christian Rock	Airplay (spins)	Measures airplay spins on Christian rock stations
Christian AC Indicator	Airplay (spins)
Gospel Songs	Sales, streaming, allformat airplay	30
Gospel Airplay Songs	radio (airplay)
Gospel Digital Song Sales	digital sales	Top-downloaded Gospel songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Gospel Streaming Songs	streaming	Top-streamed Gospel songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.

Jazz[edit]

Chart title	Chart type	Number of positions	Description
Smooth Jazz Songs	airplay (spins)	30	Measures airplay spins on 14 smooth jazz stations

Holiday[edit]

Chart title	Chart type	Number of positions	Description
Holiday ^[15]	Sales, streaming and airplay		Combines sales, airplay and streaming data. Only in December.
Holiday Digital Songs	Digital downloads	50	Top-downloaded Holiday songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Holiday Streaming Songs	Streaming	50	Most streamed Holiday songs. Only in December.
Holiday Airplay	Airplay (audience)	50	Audience impressions from all radio stations. Only in December.

Ringtones[edit]

Chart title	Chart type	Number of positions	Description
Hot Ringtones	ringtone sale	40	Ranks weekly sales of polyphonicringtones for mobile phones, launched in ^[16]
Hot RingMasters	ringtone sale	40	Ranks weekly sales of master ringtones for mobile phones.
Hot Videoclips	25	Ranks top 25 most popular music videos according to digital sales and TV play on shows such as TRL and & Park

Spotify[edit]

Chart title	Chart type	Number of positions	Description
Spotify Velocity	Streaming	30	Ranks top-streaming songs on Spotify^[17]
Viral 50	Streaming	50	Ranks top-streaming independent songs on Spotify^[18]
Spotify Rewind	Streaming	30	Ranks top-streaming old/classic songs on Spotify^[17]

Canadian charts[edit]

Chart title	Chart type	Number of positions	Description
Canadian Hot	airplay + sales + streaming^[19]		Canadian music industry standard singles popularity chart
Emerging Canadian Artist	30	Ranks most popular songs by emerging Canadian artists Artists are considered emerging until 12 months after the date their first Canadian Hot charting entry reaches the top No recurrent chart
Hot Digital Songs	digital sales	75	Ranks top-selling digital song sales Combines different versions of songs for summarized figure one of the component charts of Canadian Hot No recurrent chart
Hot Airplay	airplay (audience)	75	Measures radio airplay audience impressions on radio stations from five different formats One of the component charts of Canadian Hot
All-format Airplay	airplay (spins)	50	Measures radio airplay spins on radio stations from five formats. A position chart was previously available at Jam!Canoe website.
CHR/Top 40 Airplay		50	Measures radio airplay spins on 25 CHR radio stations
AC Airplay		50	Measures radio airplay spins on 28 AC radio stations
Hot AC Airplay		50	Measures radio airplay spins on 24 Hot AC radio stations
Country Airplay		50	Measures radio airplay spins on 31 country radio stations
Rock Airplay		50	Measures radio airplay spins on 29 rock radio stations

International charts[edit]

Chart title	Description
Argentina Hot	Ranks the top singles in Argentina based on airplay, digital downloads, and streaming.
China Top	Ranks the best-selling local singles in China.
Euro Digital Song Sales	Ranks the best-selling digital singles and tracks in Europe.
Billboard Global ^[20]	Ranks the top songs based on sales and streaming data from more than territories worldwide.
Billboard Global Excl. U.S.^[20]	Ranks the top songs based on sales and streaming data from territories outside the United States.
Indonesia Top	Ranks the top singles in Indonesia based on digital downloads, airplay, streaming, and karaoke play.
Japan Hot	Ranks the best-selling singles and tracks in Japan.
Korea K-Pop Hot	Ranks the best-selling singles in South Korea.
Mexican Airplay	Ranks the most listened singles in Mexico.
Mexico Espanol Airplay	Ranks the most listened singles in Spanish-language in Mexico.
Mexico Ingles Airplay	Ranks the most listened singles in English-language in Mexico.
World Digital Song Sales	Ranks the best-selling international/foreign-language digital singles in the US.

Discontinued charts[edit]

Chart title	Discontinuation date	Description
Comprehensive Music Video	(?)	Ranked the best-selling music DVDs, including those not in full retail distribution
Country Singles Sales		Ranked the best-selling commercial country singles
Best Seller in Stores	October 13,	Ranked records in order of national selling importance at the retail level. ^[21] Three charts: Popular Records, Rhythm & Blues Records, Country & Western Records
Brasil Hot Airplay		Ranked the most listened singles and tracks in Brazil. Discontinued in January , after weeks without publishing on the site. Subsequently, it announced the end of Billboard Brazil (which had previously stopped publishing the magazine in print).^[22] The chart continued to be published by Crowley Broadcast Analysis, which monitored the data, which had already launched Crowley Charts in and released the chart with the name Top Brazil.^[23]
Euro Digital Tracks	November 29,	Ranked the best-selling digital tracks in Europe
European Hot Singles	December 11,	Ranked the best-selling singles in Europe by combining sales from various countries in Europe.
Global Dance Tracks	June 29,	A weekly international survey of the songs that were popular in dance clubs globally.
Honor Roll of Hits^[7]	November 16, ^[8]	Comprised the nation's top tunes according to record sales and disk jockey performances as determined by Billboard's weekly nationwide survey.^[24]
Hot Dance Singles Sales		A chart that measured the sale of commercially released singles in the dance music market, including remixes. It was formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales, when the chart was restricted to sales of the inch maxi single and CD maxi single format. In recent years, singles only released in the CD single format have apparently been counted too.
Luxembourg Digital Song Sales		Ranked the most downloaded songs digitally in the country of Luxembourg for the week
Most Played by Jockeys	July 28,	Ranked records in order of the greatest number of plays on disk jockey radio shows throughout the country.^[21] Three charts: Popular Records, Rhythm & Blues Records, Country & Western Records
Most Played in Juke Boxes	June 17,	Ranked records in order of the greatest number of plays nationally in juke boxes.^[21] Three charts: Popular Records, Rhythm & Blues Records, Country & Western Records
Philippine Hot	January 15,	Ranked the best-performing songs in the Philippines.
Philippine Top 20	January 15,	Ranked the best-performing local songs in the Philippines.
Pop	June 13,	Ranked songs by combining airplay focused on pop radio and sales The chart's importance is replaced by the Mainstream Top 40 chart
Pop Airplay	June 13,	Measured airplay on pop music radio One of three component charts of the Pop
Top 40 Tracks	March	Debuted in December ranking songs by audience impressions on Mainstream, Adult, and Rhythmic Top 40 radio stations Discontinued with the introduction of the Pop and Pop Airplay charts
Pop Digital Song Sales	January	Top-downloaded pop songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Jazz Digital Song Sales	January	Top-downloaded jazz songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Classical Digital Song Sales	January	Top-downloaded classical songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
New Age Digital Song Sales	January	Top-downloaded new age songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Blues Digital Song Sales	January	Top-downloaded blues songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Reggae Digital Song Sales	January	Top-downloaded reggae songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Kid Digital Song Sales	January	Top-downloaded children's songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Comedy Digital track Sales	January	Top-downloaded comedy songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.

Notes

^ positions prior to October

Albums[edit]

Chart title	No. of positions	Description
Billboard		Industry standard, includes albums from any genre. Includes both new and catalog albums. Includes data from on-demand streaming services^[4]
Top Album Sales		A pure album sales chart.
Top Current Albums		The same chart as Top Album Sales, with catalog titles removed
Top Pop Catalog Albums	50	An album becomes a catalog title when it is more than 18 months old and has fallen below position on the Billboard
Top Internet Albums	40	Ranks physical albums ordered through Internet merchants.
Tastemakers	Ranked albums based on "an influential panel of indie stores and small regional chains."^[25]
Digital Albums	50
Heatseekers Albums	25	Ranks albums from new artists/bands that have never attained the top of the Billboard If an album reaches the top , it and any of the artist's/band's subsequent albums are ineligible for the chart.
Heatseekers Albums (East North Central)
Heatseekers Albums (Middle Atlantic)
Heatseekers Albums (Mountain)
Heatseekers Albums (Northeast)
Heatseekers Albums (Pacific)
Heatseekers Albums (South Atlantic)
Heatseekers Albums (South Central)
Heatseekers Albums (West North Central)
Independent Albums	50
Top Rock Albums	50	Ranks the most popular rock albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music. Based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums)
Alternative Albums	25
Hard Rock Albums	25
Americana/Folk Albums	25
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	50
R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums	25
Rap Albums	25
R&B Albums	25	Ranks top R&B albums by sales as compiled by Nielsen Music. Albums must be less than 18 months old, or if older than 18 months then they must reside on the Billboard 's top ^[26]
Top Country Albums	50
Country Catalog Albums	25
Bluegrass Albums	15
Top Latin Albums	50	Ranks the best-selling Latin albums weekly. An album must have at least 51% of its content recorded in Spanish to rank on this chart.
Regional Mexican Albums	20
Latin Pop Albums	20
Tropical Albums	20
Latin Rhythm Albums	15
Classical Albums Top Classical Albums
Traditional Classical Albums
Classical Crossover Albums
Classical Budget/Midline Albums
Christian Albums	50
Gospel Albums	40
Christian & Gospel Albums
Jazz Albums	35
Traditional Jazz Albums	15
Contemporary Jazz Albums	15
Dance/Electronic Albums	25
Dance/Electronic Album Sales	25	Similar to Dance/Electronic Albums, but more focused on core Dance/Electronic artists
Blues Albums	15
Cast Albums
Comedy Albums	10
Compilation Albums	20
Holiday Albums	50
Kid Albums	15
New Age Albums	10
Reggae Albums	10
Soundtracks	30
Vinyl Albums	25
World Albums	15
Canadian Albums

Video[edit]

Chart title	Number of positions	Description
Music Video Sales		Industry standard, includes video albums from any genre.^[29]

Other charts[edit]

In December , Billboard announced a new chart titled Social 50, which ranks the most active artists on the world's leading social networking sites. The Social 50 chart tallies artists' popularity using their weekly additions of friends/fans/followers, along with weekly artist page views and weekly song plays on Myspace, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and iLike.^[30]

In January , Billboard introduced another chart called Uncharted, which lists new and developing artists, who are yet to appear on any major Billboard chart, "regardless of their country of origin."^[31] The ranking is based on the views and fans on social networking websites like Myspace and Facebook. It has since been discontinued.

In May , after the Korea K-Pop Hot chart was discontinued in the U.S., the Billboard K-Town column continued to provide chart information for K-pop artists on all Billboard charts.^[32]^[33]

The Artist debuted in July

In June , Billboard launched the Top Songwriters Chart and the Top Producers Chart, based on weekly activity on the Hot and other "Hot" genre charts.^[34]

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