Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs)

The Radio Songs chart (previously named Hot 100 Airplay)[1] is released weekly by Billboard magazine and measures the airplay of songs being played on radio stations throughout the United States across all musical genres. It is one of the three components, along with sales (both physical and the digital) and streaming activity, that determine the chart positions of songs on the Billboard Hot 100.

History

Radio airplay has always been one of the component charts of the Hot 100. Prior to the establishment of the Hot 100, Billboard published a radio airplay chart, a singles sales chart and a jukebox play chart, the last of which was discontinued in 1959 as jukeboxes lost their popularity. During the 1960s and 1970s, Billboard continued to collect airplay data as a component of the Hot 100 but did not make the chart public.[2]

The airplay-only chart in its current form debuted as a 30-position chart on October 20, 1984. It was expanded to 40 positions on May 31, 1986, and to 75 positions on December 8, 1990.[3]

Chart data collection

Each week, the Radio Songs chart ranks the 100 songs with the most airplay points (frequently referred to as audience impressions, which is a calculation of the number of times a song is played and the audience size of the station playing the tune). A song can pick up an airplay point every time it is selected to be played on specific radio stations that Billboard monitors. Radio stations across the board are used, from Top 40 Mainstream (which plays a wide variety of music that is generally the most popular songs of the time) to more genre-specific radio stations such as urban radio and country music. Paid plays of a song or treatment as bumper music do not count as an impression.

During the early years of the chart, only airplay data from top 40 radio stations were compiled to generate the chart. Effective from issue dated July 17, 1993, adult contemporary stations were added to the panel, followed by modern rock few months later. However, beginning in December 1998, the chart profile expanded to include airplay data from radio stations of other formats such as R&B, rock and country. To preserve the notion of the former chart, the Top 40 Tracks chart (now defunct) was introduced at the same time.

Per Billboard (as of October 2011):

"1,214 stations, encompassing pop, adult, rock, country, R&B/hip-hop, Christian, gospel, dance, jazz and Latin formats, are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by Nielsen Broadcast Data System. This data is used to compile the Billboard Hot 100."

The radio airplay data was collected on a Wednesday to Tuesday weekly cycle, but since July 2015, this has been changed to a Monday to Sunday cycle.[4]

Song records

Highest debut

No. 2

No. 4

No. 6

No. 8

No. 9

Most weeks at number one
WeeksArtistSongYear(s)Source
19The Weeknd"Blinding Lights"2020[11]
18Goo Goo Dolls"Iris"1998[11]
16No Doubt"Don't Speak"1996–1997[11]
Mariah Carey"We Belong Together"2005[11]
Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B"Girls Like You"2018[11]
14Céline Dion"Because You Loved Me"1996[11]
Alicia Keys"No One"2007–2008[11]
Panic! at the Disco"High Hopes"2018–2019[11]


Highest audience peaks

Listed here are airplay peaks by song. Even if a song has registered enough impressions to be listed during multiple weeks, it is only listed once.

Artist records

Most number one singles after BDS-based chart's December 1990 inception
Number of SinglesArtistSource
13
Rihanna[18]
12
Mariah Carey[18]
8
Bruno Mars[18]
7
Usher[18]
Katy Perry[18]
Maroon 5[18]
6
Ludacris[19]
Kanye West[19]
Taylor Swift[19]
Beyoncé[19]

Most cumulative weeks at number one
WeeksArtistSource
91Mariah Carey[20]
72Rihanna[21]
50Usher[22]
Boyz II Men[23]
Bruno Mars[24]
49Maroon 5[25]
37Beyoncé[26]

Most consecutive number one singles

Source:[27]

Most top 10 songs
Number of SongsArtistSource
29
Rihanna[28]
23
Mariah Carey[28]
Drake[29]
20
Lil Wayne[28]
18
Beyoncé[30]
17
Jay-Z[28]
Ludacris[28]
P!nk[28]
T-Pain[28]
Usher[28]
Maroon 5[31]

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