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Lists Of Billboard Number-one Singles
This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent single (music), singles chart in the music of the United States, United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular Airplay, radio play, single purchases and online streaming. Preface The following year-by-year, week-by-week listings are based on data accrued by ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine before and after the inception of its Hot 100 popularity chart in August 1958. All data is pooled from record purchases and radio/jukebox play within the United States. Later charts also include digital single sales, online streaming, and YouTube hits. Pre-Hot 100 era Hot 100 era Sources The following sources apply to all "by year" pages linked above: *''Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition'' () *''Joel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), online streaming, and radio airplay in the U.S. A new chart is compiled and released online to the public by ''Billboard''s website on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday, when the printed magazine first reaches newsstands. The weekly tracking period for sales is currently Friday–Thursday, after being changed in July 2015. It was initially Monday–Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay is readily available on a real-time basis, unlike sales figures and streaming, but is also tracked on the same Friday–Thursday cycle, effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021. Previously, radio was tracked Monday–Sunday and, before Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
