The Top Billboard 100 combined all aspects of a single's performance, based on a point system that typically gave sales more weight than radio airplay.
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15 Facts About Billboard 100
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On June 17,1957, Billboard 100 discontinued the Most Played in Jukeboxes chart, as the popularity of jukeboxes waned and radio stations incorporated more and more rock-oriented music into their playlists.
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The Hot 100 quickly became the industry standard and Billboard discontinued the Best Sellers In Stores chart on October 13,1958.
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Hot Billboard 100 was created by journalists Tom Noonan, Paul Ackerman, and Seymour Stein; Stein does not recall who chose the name.
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Billboard Hot 100 is still the standard by which a song's popularity is measured in the United States.
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The Hot Billboard 100 is ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen BDS, sales data compiled by Nielsen Soundscan and streaming activity provided by online music sources.
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Billboard 100 has changed its methodology and policies to give the most precise and accurate reflection of what is popular.
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Inclusion of album cuts on the Hot Billboard 100 put the double-sided hit issues to rest permanently.
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However, on December 5,1998, the Hot Billboard 100 changed from being a "singles" chart to a "songs" chart.
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In many cases, a label would delete a single from its catalog after only one week, thus allowing the song to enter the Hot Billboard 100, make a high debut and then slowly decline in position as the one-time production of the retail single sold out.
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Billboard 100 initially started tracking downloads in 2003 with the Hot Digital Tracks chart.
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On March 24,2012, Billboard premiered its On-Demand Songs chart, and its data was incorporated into the equation that compiles the Hot 100.
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Billboard 100 altered its tracking-week for sales, streaming and radio airplay in order to conform to a new Global Release Date, which now falls on Fridays in all major-market territories.
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Hot Billboard 100 served for many years as the data source for the weekly radio countdown show American Top 40.
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