Jump to navigation Jump to search “Hot 100” redirects here. This article needs additional citations for verification. The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by European hot 100 singles chart magazine.

The weekly tracking period for sales was initially Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but was changed to Friday to Thursday in July 2015. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. The first number one song of the Hot 100 was “Poor Little Fool” by Ricky Nelson, on August 4, 1958. As of the issue for the week ending on March 30, 2019, the Hot 100 has had 1,085 different number one hits. The chart’s current number-one song is “7 Rings” by Ariana Grande.

Best Sellers in Stores was the first Billboard chart, established in 1940. Most Played by Jockeys was Billboard’s original airplay chart. This was one of the main outlets of measuring song popularity with the younger generation of music listeners, as many radio stations resisted adding rock and roll music to their playlists for many years. Although officially all three charts had equal “weight” in terms of their importance, Billboard Magazine considers the Best Sellers in Stores chart when referencing a song’s performance prior to the creation of the Hot 100. On the week ending November 12, 1955, Billboard published The Top 100 for the first time. On June 17, 1957, Billboard 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.