The Charts
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BILLBOARD (New York)
Billboard Magazine has been publishing charts got the American market since 1936. In 1958, the magazine introduced the Hot 100, comprising the biggest-selling singles of the week. In 1944, Billboard started publishing a country music chart, and over the years, has added charts in almost every possible musical genre. New charts appear every Tuesday and include:
Billboard Hot 100 (Singles)
Billboard 200 (Albums)
Billboard Hot Country Songs (Singles)
Billboard Top Country (Albums)
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Singles)
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Albums)
OFFICAL CHARTS (London)
The Official Charts Company (known now as Official Charts) was founded in 1969. although an earlier UK chart was produced by the New Musical Express from 1952 onwards. Every Friday, Official Charts releases a number of charts, covering a wide variety of musical genres, the most important of which are:
Official Singles Chart Top 100
Official Albums Chart Top 100
Official Hip Hop/R&B Singles Chart Top 40
Official Hip Hop & R&B Singles Chart Top 40
Official Country Albums Chart Top 20
IRMA CHARTS (Dublin)
IRMA or the Irish Recorded Music Association was founded in 1999, to represent Irish record labels, although the first Irish singles chart was probably compiled by the Evening Herald newspaper in 1959. Every Friday, IRMA publishes a number of charts, covering a wide variety of musical genres, the most important of which are:
IRMA Singles Chart (Singles)
IRMA Albums Chart (Albums)
TOP 40 CHARTS (Worldwide)
Every week, T4C (founded in 2001), publishes a very large number of worldwide charts, covering a wide variety of musical genres, the most important of which are:
T4C World Singles Official Top 100 (Singles)
T4C Europe Singles Official Top 100 (Singles)
In addition, T4C publishes country-by-country singles charts for a large number of territories including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, India, Japan, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switerland, UK, Ukraine and USA.
T4C Country-by-Country Singles (Singles)
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