The Hits of the World is a collection of weekly
record chart
A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of Sound recording and reproduction, recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period. Many different criteria are used in worldwide charts, often ...
s published by ''
Billboard
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'' magazine. It ranks the top 25 songs in more than 40 countries around the globe based on
streaming
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and digital sales. These charts in 40+ countries joined existing chart listings for ''Billboard''-branded licensees in Argentina, Italy, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam, along with ''Billboard''s longstanding third-party partner charts like
Official Charts Company
The Official Charts (legal name: The Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organization that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France.
In the United Kingdom, its charts inc ...
in the United Kingdom.
Announced on February 14, 2022, and launched the following day, the tracking period for each chart runs from Friday to Thursday of every week with new charts released every Tuesday.
Methodology
The chart tracks songs' performance from Friday to Thursday and is made available on Tuesday morning. Each chart includes 25 songs, ranked based on streaming data and digital sales provided by
MRC Data
Luminate (formerly Nielsen SoundScan, Nielsen Music Products, and MRC Data) is a provider of music sales data. Established by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett in 1991, data is collected weekly and made available every Sunday (for albums sales) and eve ...
, in a unique blend for each territory.
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Charts
Pre-existing charts
* ''Billboard'' Canadian Albums
* ''Billboard'' Canadian Hot 100
* ''Billboard'' Argentina Hot 100
* ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100
* Billboard Italia Hot 100
* ''Billboard'' K-pop Hot 100
* ''Billboard'' Vietnam Hot 100
* ''Billboard'' Vietnam Top Vietnamese Songs
* The Official U.K. Albums Chart
* The Official U.K. Songs Chart
* Australia Albums
* Germany Albums
* Greece Albums
Africa
* South Africa Songs
Asia Pacific
* Australia Songs
* Hong Kong Songs
The Hong Kong Songs is a record chart that ranks the best-performing songs in Hong Kong since February 2022. Published by Billboard magazine, the data are compiled by MRC Data based collectively on each single's weekly digital streaming and downl ...
* India Songs
* Indonesia Songs
* Malaysia Songs
The Hits of the World is a collection of weekly record charts published by '' Billboard'' magazine. It ranks the top 25 songs in more than 40 countries around the globe based on streaming and digital sales. These charts in 40+ countries joined exi ...
* New Zealand Songs
* Philippines Songs
Philippines Songs is a music record chart in the Philippines, compiled by ''Billboard'' since February 2022. The chart is updated every Tuesday on ''Billboard''s website. The chart was announced on February 14, 2022, as part of ''Billboard''s Hi ...
* Singapore Songs
* South Korea Songs
South Korea Songs is a music record chart in South Korea, compiled by ''Billboard'' since May 2022. The chart is updated every Tuesday on ''Billboard''s website. It is part of ''Billboard''s Hits of the World chart collection, ranking the top 25 ...
(added on May 7, 2022 as a replacement of the K-pop Hot 100
The K-pop Hot 100 is a music singles chart in South Korea, launched by ''Billboard'' in conjunction with ''Billboard'' Korea () on August 25, 2011. It is the second Asian ''Billboard'' chart after the Japan Hot 100. The chart used the same multime ...
)
* Taiwan Songs
* Thailand Songs (removed as of the issue dated February 26, 2022)
* Turkey Songs
Europe
* Austria Songs
* Belgium Songs
* Croatia Songs Croatia Songs is a record chart in Croatia for songs, compiled by ''Billboard'' since February 2022. The chart is updated every Tuesday on ''Billboard''s website. The chart was announced on 14 February 2022 as part of ''Billboard''s Hits of the Worl ...
* Czech Republic Songs
* Denmark Songs
* Finland Songs
* France Songs
* Germany Songs
* Greece Songs
* Hungary Songs
* Iceland Songs
* Ireland Songs
* Luxembourg Songs
* Netherlands Songs
* Norway Songs
* Poland Songs
* Portugal Songs
* Romania Songs
Multiple record charts have been inaugurated in Romania since the 1990s. The Romanian Top 100 was the country's national chart until 2012. Founded in 1995, it was a ranking based on the compilation of charts submitted by local Romanian radio stat ...
* Russia Songs (removed as of the issue dated April 9, 2022)
Latin America
* Bolivia Songs
* Brazil Songs
Brazil Songs is a Record chart, music record chart in the Brazil, compiled by ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' since February 2022. The chart is updated every Tuesday on ''Billboards website. The chart was announced on February 14, 2022, as p ...
* Chile Songs
* Colombia Songs
* Ecuador Songs
* Mexico Songs
* Peru Songs
References
External links
''Billboard'' charts
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Billboard charts