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Billboard charts are charts published by Billboard magazine. They have information about the popularity of music songs, bands and singers. The Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 are the most important charts. They show the popularity of songs and albums for each week respectively.

Songs

All-genre

title of the chart	Chart type	number of sales
Billboard Hot 100	sales + airplay	100	Ranks the top 100 songs currently playing on radio stations.
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles		25	Ranks the top 25 songs below #100 that have not yet appeared on the Hot 100. It is a 25-position table just below the Hot 100. This means that it ranks the 25 songs that are above the 100th position from the Hot 100. A song cannot appear on the Bubbling Under chart if it has been on the Hot 100.
Heatseekers Songs		25	Ranks songs from new artists/bands that have never reached the top 50 of the Hot 100. If a song reaches the top 50, it and any of the artist's/band's other singles cannot chart on the Heatseekers.
Hot 100 Airplay	airplay (audience)	75	Measures radio airplay on 1,233 radio stations.
Hot Singles Sales	physical sales	50	Measures sales of CD singles It is not a recurrent chart.
Hot Digital Songs	digital sales	75	Ranks top-selling digital song sales
Hot Digital Tracks	digital sales	75	Ranks digital song sales with different versions of songs listed (remix, radio edits, alternative versions) No recurrent chart

R&B/Hip-Hop

Chart Title	Description
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs lists the most popular song from Urban AC and R&B/Hip-Hop stations and record sales from Urban stores.
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay	The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay measures airplay on R&B/Hip-Hop stations.
Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop	The Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop ranks songs by counting airplay base on radio plays (spins) from 76 R&B/Hip-Hop Stations.
Hot Adult R&B Airplay	The Hot Adult R&B Airplay measures airplay from 65 Urban AC radio stations.
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales	The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales is the sales version of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles	The Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles ranks the top 25 singles that are above the 100 number.
Rhythmic Top 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.
Hot Rap Songs	The Hot Rap Songs ranks the top 25 Hip-Hop/Rap songs.
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrents	The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ranks songs that have fallen below #50 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and have been on that chart for over 20 weeks.
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrent Airplay	The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrent Airplay ranks the songs that have fallen below #25 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and have been on that chart for over 20 weeks.

Adult/Pop

Chart Title	Chart type	Number of positions	Description
Top 40 Mainstream	airplay (spins)	40	Measures airplay (spins) on 141 Contemporary hit radio stations. These stations also contribute to the Dance/Mix Show Airplay panel
Adult Top 40		40	Measures airplay spins on 90 Hot adult contemporary stations.
Adult Contemporary		30	Measures airplay spins on 85 adult contemporary stations

Country

Chart Title	Chart type	Number of positions	Description
Hot Country Songs	airplay (audience)	60	Measures airplay (spins) on 126 country music stations.

Rock

Chart Title	Chart type	Number of positions	Description
Rock Songs	airplay (audience)	50	Measures airplay (spins) on 180 radio stations. Only mainstream rock, alternative, active rock, heritage rock, and Triple A stations are measured.
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	airplay (spins)	40	Measures airplay spins on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock (i.e., alternative).
Alternative Songs		40	Measures airplay spins on alternative or "modern rock" stations
Active Rock		40	Measures airplay spins on 57 active rock radio stations, which plays current rock artists with a mix of classic rock songs
Heritage Rock		30	Measures airplay spins on 22 heritage rock radio stations
Triple A		30	Measures airplay spins on Adult album alternative (also known as "Triple A") radio, most of which are alternative rock songs that are towards an older audience

Dance

Chart Title	Chart type	Number of positions
Hot Dance Club Songs	reports from DJs	50
Dance/Mix Show Airplay	Continuous airplay (Spins from exclusive reporters) Mix show airplay (Spins from Mainstream and Rhythmic stations)	25
Hot Dance Singles Sales		10
Hot Dance/Electronic Digital Songs		50

Latin

Billboard Chart Title
Hot Latin Songs
Latin Pop Airplay
Latin Regional Mexican Airplay
Latin Tropical Airplay
Latin Rhythm Airplay

Christian

Chart Title	Chart type	Number of positions
Christian Songs	airplay (audience)	50
Hot Christian AC Songs	airplay (spins)	30
Hot Gospel Songs	airplay (spins)	30

Jazz

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

Ringtones

Chart Title	Chart type	Number of positions
Hot Ringtones	ringtone sale	40
Hot RingMasters	ringtone sale	40
Hot Videoclips		25

Canadian charts

Chart Title	Chart type	Number of positions	Description
Canadian Hot 100	airplay + sales	100
Emerging Canadian Artist	airplay + sales	30
Hot Digital Song	digital sales	75
Hot 100 Airplay	airplay (audience)	75
All-format Airplay	airplay (spins)	50
CHR/Top 40 Airplay		50
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

Billboard Chart Title	Description
Brasil Hot 100 Airplay	The Brazil Hot 100 Airplay ranks the most listened singles and tracks in Brazil.
Euro Digital Songs	The chart ranks the best selling digital singles and tracks in Europe.
European Hot 100 Singles	The Eurochart Hot 100 Singles ranks the best selling singles in Europe by counting sales from various countries in Europe.
Global Dance Tracks	Global Dance Tracks is a weekly international survey of the songs that are most popular in dance clubs globally. It is made by Billboard exclusively from playlists submitted by nightclub disc jockeys who must apply and meet certain criteria to become Billboard-reporting DJs.
Japan Hot 100	The Japan Hot 100 ranks the best selling singles and tracks in Japan.
Korea K-Pop Hot 100^[1]	The Korea K-Pop Hot 100 ranks the best selling singles and tracks in South Korea.
Luxembourg Digital Songs	The chart ranks the best selling digital singles and tracks in Luxembourg.

Discontinued charts

Chart Title	Discontinued date	Description
Country Singles Sales	2005
Pop 100	June 13, 2009	Ranked songs by combining airplay focused on pop radio and sales The chart's importance is replaced by the Top 40 Mainstream chart
Pop 100 Airplay	June 13, 2009

Albums

Chart Title	Number of positions	Description
Billboard 200	200	Includes both new and catalog albums.
Top Current Albums	200	The same chart as Billboard 200, 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 100 on the Billboard 200.
Top Internet Albums	40
Tastemakers
Top Digital Albums	50
Heatseekers Albums	50	Ranks albums from new artists/bands that have never attained the top 100 of Billboard 200. If an album reaches the top 100, it and any of the artist's/band's subsequent singles cannot be on 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)
Top Independent Albums	50	Ranks top 50 albums released through independent record labels.
Top Rock Albums	25
Top Alternative Albums
Top Hard Rock Albums	20
Top Folk Albums	15
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	100
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums	100
Top Rap Albums	30
Top Country Albums	75
Top Country Catalog Albums	75
Top Bluegrass Albums	15
Top Latin Albums	30
Regional Mexican Albums
Latin Pop Albums	30
Tropical Albums
Latin Rhythm Albums
Top Classical Albums		Traditional Classical albums
Top Classical Crossover Albums
Classical Albums		Available only on billboard.com
Top Classical Budget Albums
Top Classical Midline Albums
Top Christian Albums	50
Top Gospel Albums	40
Top Christian & Gospel Albums
Top Jazz Albums		Traditional Jazz albums
Top Contemporary Jazz
Jazz Albums	35	Available only on billboard.com
Top Dance/Electronic Albums	25
Top Blues Albums
Top Cast Albums		Measuring sales of cast recordings
Top Comedy Albums
Top Compilation Albums	20
Top Holiday Albums	50	see Best-selling Christmas/holiday albums in the United States
Top Kid Audio	15
Top New Age Albums
Top Reggae Albums
Top Soundtracks	30
Top World Albums		Ranks biggest-selling world music albums, including catalog titles

References

↑ "Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 Launches; Sistar Is No. 1 on New Korea Chart". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. August 25, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2011.

[korea-1] "Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 Launches; Sistar Is No. 1 on New Korea Chart". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. August 25, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2011.

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