Billboard Magazine

Billboard magazine is an American weekly magazine dedicated to the industry of the disc. It maintains several Classement S (in English of the charts ) internationally recognized which reflects each week the success of the music titles and the albums most popular. Its most famous chart is the " Billboard Hot 100 " who classifies the 100 best titles independently of their musical genre. It is frequently quoted like reference to the United States. The Billboard 200 is its during for the sales of albums.

History

Founded in 1894, the Billboard magazine covered in the beginning the Carnaval S, but the place dedicated to the music became such extensive that it specialized in the Années 1950. The first Hit parades was published on January 4th 1936, followed by the Music Popularity Chart (classification of popularity) on July 20th 1940. Since 1958, the classification of the Billboard Hot 100 is calculated according to the sales of individual and the frequency of their passage to the radio.

Radio operator programs

During many years, the weekly emission " American Signal 40 " , animated by Casey Kasem (of 1970 at August 1988, and of 1998 with 2004) and Shadoe Stevens (of August 1988 to February 1994) played in the inverse order the best 40 titles of Billboard. In 2004, Kasem was replaced by the presenter of American Idol, Ryan Seacrest.

A version Country of American Signal 40, called " American Country Countdown " in 1973 was born and is animated by Bob Kingsley.

Billboard today

The magazine covers many fields, sale of DVD to the number of music downloading on Internet. Even if one can find it in bookstore, its principal audience remains the professionals of music industry.

Methodology of the classification

The Billboard magazine uses the system Nielsen Soundscan to classify the individual ones and the albums. In a general way, this system enters the purchases of albums or individual in the stores equipped with the SoundScan system. Another system, named Broadcast Dated Systems (BDS), is also used by Billboard for the radio diffusion. When a radio equipped with system BDS passes a title, it is entered and makes it possible to determine the frequency to which a title is diffused on the waves. On the basis of this information, Billboard establishes its charts weekly, each one having its different specificities and its marking system. That can involve notable differences between the charts: the most famous example is the title " Into The Groove " of Madonna, which was only available into individual 12 inches at the time. He was refused for this reason by the Billboard Hot 100, but was classified in the chart of the individual R&B, which did not have this limitation.

For a long time, it was necessary that individual left on the market before being able to appear in a chart of Billboard. Indeed, the SoundScan systems and BDS were not invented yet and the classifications were based on the results of the sales and the reports/ratios of the stations radios. In 1990, the chart Country is the first to use systems SoundScan and BDS, follow-up of Hot 100 and chart R&B in 1991. Today, all the charts of Billboard are based on these systems.

Before September 1995, the classification of individual at the time of their exit was not made that on the basis of their frequency of passage to the radio. This rule then changed and until in 1998 individual was classified only after the first week of sale. That made it possible a title to reach the first place as of its entry in the charts.

The only artist has to have classified his 5 consecutive albums n°1 with the billboard is the rappor DMX.

In December 1998, this rule was modified again to return to old. This decision was made in order to better correpondre with the changes of music industry: indeed, as of the Years 1980, some hits were never published into individual, in the hope to make inflate the sales of the corresponding album. Consequently, these titles never appeared in Hot 100. Among the latter, one finds " All Apologies " of Nirvana, " Lovefool " Cardigans, " Walking one the Sun " of Smash Mouth, " Odd How " by OMC, " Virtual Insanity " of Jamiroquai ', Santa Monica by Everclear, " Disarm " Smashing Pumpkins, the title Zombie of the Cranberries, as well as many hits of Green Day, Offspring, No Doubt, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alanis Morissette or Foo Fighters.

Since 2005, Billboard magazine adapted its methodology to also include the number of remote loadings Internet on sites like iTunes.

Investors

In 2005, Billboard is with the hands of the conglomerate Dutch VNU.

Types of charts

With dimensions of two more famous, Hot 100 and Billboard 200, one can find a multitude of charts. There are charts for each following musical style: Rock'n'roll, Country, Dance, Bluegrass, Jazz, Classical music, R&B, Rap, Electronic music, Latino, Christian Music and even a chart for the telephone bells of portable.

End of the year

At the end of each year, the magazine condenses the result of all its charts, and the best artist of each category sees himself decreeing a Billboard Music Awards with the ceremony éponyme which proceeds in December. The results are also published in the last edition of the year of the magazine like in the emission American Top 40. More recently, the Latin Billboard Awards reward the artists for the Latin Musique.

Charts of Billboard Magazine

Individual & Tracks

Billboard Hot 100 Dirty
Hot 100 Airplay
Hot 100 Individual
Hot 100 Individual Recurring
Hot 100 Recurring Airplay
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Individual
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Individual & Tracks
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
Individual Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Dirty
Recurring Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurring Airplay
Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Individual
Hot Rap Tracks
Adult R&B Airplay
Pop 100
Pop 100 Airplay
Hot DIGITAL Songs
Hot DIGITAL Tracks
Signal 40 Mainstream
Rhythmic Signal 40
Adult Signal 40
Signal 40 Recurring Adult
Adult Contemporary
Adult Contemporary Recurring
Modern Rock'n'roll Tracks
Mainstream Rock'n'roll Tracks
Hot Country Individual & Tracks
Hot Country Individual Dirty
Hot Country Recurring
Hot Dance Music/Club Play
Dance Radio operator Airplay
Hot Dance Individual Dirty
Latin Hot Tracks
Latin Pop Latin Airplay
Regional Mexican Airplay
Latin Tropical Airplay
Latin Rhythm Airplay
Hot Christian Singles & Tracks
Hot Christian Adult Contemporary
Hot Gospel Tracks
Hot Videos clip
Hot Ringtones
Individual Canadian Chart

Albums

The Billboard 200
Signal R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Signal R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums
Signal Country Albums
Signal Country Catalog Albums
Signal Bluegrass Albums
Signal Electronic Albums
Signal Independent Albums
Pop Signal Catalog Albums
Signal Internet Albums
Latin Signal Albums
Latin Signal Pop Albums
Regional Signal Mexican Albums
Tropical Signal Albums
Latin Signal Rhythmic Albums
Signal Rap Albums
Signal Compilation Albums
Signal Comedy Albums
Signal Classical Albums
Signal Classical Crossover Albums
Signal Classical Budget Albums
Signal Classical Midline Albums
Signal Holiday Albums
Signal Canadian Albums
Signal Blues Albums
Signal Christian Albums
Signal Contemporary Jazz
Signal Gospel Albums
Signal Jazz Albums
Signal Audio Kid
Signal Old New Albums
Signal Reggae Albums
Signal World Music Albums
European Signal 100 Understanding Albums
Signal Soundtracks
Billboard Albums
Signal Heatseekers
Heatseekers/East North Central
Heatseekers/Mountain
Heatseekers/Northeast
Heatseekers/Pacific
Heatseekers/South Atlantic
Central Heatseekers/South
Heatseekers/West North Central

Videos home

Dirty Signal VHS
Video Signal Rentals
Dirty Signal DVD
Video Signal Range Rentals
Signal Video Kid
Signal Video Music
Billboard Understanding Music Videos
Video Signal Dirty - Dirty Health & Fitness
Video Signal - Recreational Sports DVD

External bonds

Official site of the '' Billboard ''

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