The Radio Songs chart (previously named Hot 100 Airplay) 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.
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Chart data collection
The airplay-only chart 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.
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.
Song records
Highest debut
No. 2
- Madonna - "Erotica" (October 17, 1992)
No. 4
- Mariah Carey - "I'll Be There" (May 30, 1992)
- Janet Jackson - "That's the Way Love Goes" (May 1, 1993)
No. 6
- Lady Gaga - "Born This Way" (February 26, 2011)
No. 8
- Mariah Carey - "Fantasy" (September 9, 1995)
No. 9
- Janet Jackson - "All for You" (March 17, 2001)
Highest audience peaks
- 228.9 million, "Blurred Lines", Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell and T.I., August 31, 2013
- 225.9 million, "Happy", Pharrell Williams, April 12, 2014
- 212.1 million, "We Belong Together", Mariah Carey, July 9, 2005
- 196.3 million, "Irreplaceable", Beyoncé, January 20, 2007
- 196.0 million, "All of Me", John Legend, May 10, 2014
- 192.5 million, "No One", Alicia Keys, December 22, 2007
- 189.8 million, "Uptown Funk", Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, February 28, 2015
- 189.6 million, "Let Me Love You", Mario, February 5, 2005
- 185.0 million, "Shape of You", Ed Sheeran, April 29, 2017
- 175.6 million, "Gold Digger", Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx, October 22, 2005
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.
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Artist records
Artists with the most number ones after BDS-based chart's December 1990 inception
- 13 - Rihanna
- 11 - Mariah Carey
- 8 - Bruno Mars
- 7 - Usher, Katy Perry
- 6 - Ludacris, Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé
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Most cumulative weeks at number one
- 91 - Mariah Carey
- 72 - Rihanna
- 50 - Usher, Boyz II Men
- 49 - Bruno Mars
- 37 - Beyoncé
Most consecutive number ones
- 5 (tie) - Katy Perry ("California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T.", "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)")
- 5 (tie) - Rihanna ("Rude Boy", "Love the Way You Lie", "Only Girl (In the World)", "What's My Name?", "S&M")
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