Billboard

Billboard is an American music-industry trade magazine that publishes news, analysis, and record charts, including the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200.

Billboard Hot 100: Billboard's weekly chart ranking the most popular songs in the United States. Its signature singles chart turns Billboard's tracking of music popularity into a weekly ranking.
Nielsen SoundScan: A point-of-sale tracking system that compiled U.S. music sales data for industry charts. Its sales data transformed the evidence used to compile Billboard's album charts.
William Donaldson: An American publisher who co-founded the magazine that became Billboard. Donaldson co-founded Billboard with James Hennegan in 1894.
Chart success: A recording's achievement of a high position or sustained presence on a music chart. Billboard positions are widely used as public evidence of a song or album's commercial reach.
Billboard 200: Billboard's weekly chart ranking the most popular albums and EPs in the United States. This chart measures album success alongside the Hot 100's focus on songs.
Luminate: A data and analytics company that tracks music consumption, including sales, streaming, and airplay. Its tracking data supplies inputs for Billboard charts.
James Hennegan: An American publisher who co-founded the magazine that became Billboard. Hennegan helped launch the publication that grew into Billboard.
Music promotion: Activities that increase awareness and listening of musical recordings or artists. Labels and artists use Billboard visibility as one goal and measure of promotional campaigns.
Music chart: A ranking of musical recordings according to measures such as sales, streams, or radio airplay. Billboard's charts are prominent examples of this broader format.
Chart methodology: The rules and data sources used to rank items in a chart. Changes in Billboard's chart methodology affect which forms of consumption count and how much.

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