Everything about Record Charts totally explained
A
record chart, also known as a
music chart, is a method of ranking
music judging by the
popularity during a given period of time. Examples of record charts are the
Hit parade,
Hot 100 or
Top 40. Although primarily a marketing or supermarketing tool like any other
sales statistic, they've become a form of popular media culture in their own right.
Record charts are compiled using a variety of criteria. These commonly include sales of
records,
cassettes and
compact discs; amount of
radio airplay; requests to radio
disk jockeys; voting for songs by the radio listeners and, recently, number of
downloads.
Some charts are specific to a particular
musical genre and most to a particular geographical location. The most common period of time covered by a chart is one week, with the chart being printed or broadcast at the end of this time. Summary charts for years and decades are then calculated from their component weekly charts.
Component charts have become an increasingly important way to measure the commercial success of individual songs.
Reviewers often describe records using
round number milestones within a chart. For example, a record that peaks at number 7 may be called a "Top 10"
hit, even when there's no chart limited to only the top 10 records in that particular location.
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