The Hot Digital Tracks chart is a song
popularity chart
A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period. Many different criteria are used in worldwide charts, often in combination. These include rec ...
that ranks the best selling digital tracks in the United States according to
''Billboard'' magazine. It is not to be confused with the
Hot Digital Songs
The Digital Songs or Digital Song Sales chart (previously named Hot Digital Songs) ranks the best-selling digital songs in the United States, as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published by ''Billboard'' magazine. Although it originally start ...
chart, which combines different versions of songs for a summarized figure (for example
remix
A remix (or reorchestration) is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, video, poem, or photograph can all be remixes. The o ...
es, "explicit" or "clean" versions, and/or any other alternate versions can chart separately here, whereas all versions of the same track occupy only one position on Hot Digital Songs).
Soundscan
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 ...
started tracking download at the end of June 2003 and the first download chart was created in July 2003. However, the data from Hot Digital Songs would not be used as a component for compiling the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 until January 2005. Digital songs with UPC counts towards Hot 100 but those without does not.
Billboard - Beyoncé solo debut does 'crazy' business
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References
External links
Current ''Billboard'' Hot Digital Tracks chart
Billboard charts
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