Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis. Record chart are a method of ranking Music according to Popularity during a given period of time Among the two most important charts, the "Billboard Hot 100", ranks the top 100 songs regardless of genre and is frequently used as the standard measure for ranking songs in the United States, while the "Billboard 200" survey is the corresponding chart for album sales. The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public
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History
When founded in Cincinnati in 1894, Billboard Advertising magazine was a trade paper for the bill posting industry, hence the magazine's name. Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. Within a few years of its founding, it began to carry news of outdoor amusements, a major consumer of billboard space. Eventually Billboard became the paper of record for circuses, carnivals, amusement parks, fairs, vaudeville, minstrels, whale shows and other live entertainment. A circus is most commonly a traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, Clowns trained animals trapeze acts Hoopers, tightrope walkers Carnival is a festival season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February and March Theme park is the generic term for a collection of rides and other Entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a large group A fair is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated Carnival or Funfair entertainment Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s minstrel was a medieval European Bard who performed songs whose lyrics told stories about distant places or about real or imaginary historical events Whales are marine mammals which are neither Dolphins (ie members of the families Delphinidae or Platanistoidae) nor Porpoises Orcas The magazine began coverage of motion pictures in 1909 and of radio in the 1920s. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light.
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It was the development of the juke box industry during the 1930s which led Billboard to begin publishing the music charts for which it ultimately became famous. jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device usually a Coin -operated machine that can play specially selected songs from self-contained media This also began the process which would lead the magazine to gradually cede coverage of other parts of the entertainment industry to such publications as Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. Variety is a weekly entertainment trade newspaper founded in New York in 1905 by Sime Silverman The Hollywood Reporter is a major trade publication of the Film industry in the United States. It continued to carry news of fairs, carnivals, theme parks and other outdoor entertainments until 1961 when these departments were transferred to a new weekly magazine called Amusement Business.
From 1961 until 2005, Billboard was devoted entirely to the music industry. The music industry is the business of Music. Although it encompasses the activity of many music-related businesses and organizations it is currently dominated by the "big In 2005, the magazine and its web sites were repositioned to provide coverage of all forms of digital and mobile entertainment. Amusement Business prospered for a few decades, but was struggling by the beginning of the new century. Shortly after that its frequency of publication was reduced to monthly, and it finally ceased publication altogether following its May, 2006 issue.
Billboard charts
On January 4, 1936 Billboard magazine published its first music hit parade and on July 20, 1940 the first Music Popularity Chart was calculated. The Billboard charts are music sales airplay and digital ranking reports distributed to the general public by Billboard magazine Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Since 1958 the Hot 100 has been published, combining single sales and radio airplay. Airplay (noun The broadcasting of an audio (eg a piece of music or audiovisual recording on the air over radio or television
Billboard currently puts out over 100 charts that each week, the most common ones being Hot 100, Billboard 200, and Hot 100 Airplay. The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard The Hot 100 Airplay is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.
Radio countdown programs
For many years, the weekly syndicated radio program American Top 40, hosted by Casey Kasem (July 4, 1970 to August 6, 1988), and Shadoe Stevens (August 13, 1988 to January 28, 1995), played the top 40 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in reverse order; in late November 1991, it switched to using the top 40 portion of the Hot 100 Airplay chart. American Top 40 (commonly abbreviated to AT40) is an internationally- syndicated, independent Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem, (born on April 27 1932, in Detroit Michigan) is an American Radio personality and Voice Shadoe Stevens (born Terry Ingstad on November 3, 1947 in Jamestown, North Dakota) was the host of American Top 40 The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. The Hot 100 Airplay is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. Later, in early 1993, it began using the Top 40 Mainstream chart until it temporarily went off the air in 1995. Top 40 Mainstream (often also called Mainstream Top 40) is an airplay chart from Billboard Magazine. When the show returned in 1998, it no longer used Billboard charts as its source.
A country music version of American Top 40, called American Country Countdown, has been on the air since October 1973. American Top 40 (commonly abbreviated to AT40) is an internationally- syndicated, independent American Country Countdown -- also known as ACC or American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks -- is an internationally syndicated The show is hosted each week by Kix Brooks of the country duo Brooks & Dunn, who replaced radio legend Bob Kingsley in January 2006. Kix Brooks (born Leon Eric Brooks III, May 12 1955 in Shreveport Louisiana USA is an American Country music Singer-songwriter. Brooks & Dunn are an American Country music duo consisting of Singer-songwriters Kix Brooks (born Leon Eric Brooks III May 12, 1955 Bob Kingsley is an American Country music radio personality and host of the nationally syndicated programs " Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40 " and "Bob American Country Countdown uses the top 40 songs of the Hot Country Songs chart. Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States
Billboard today
Billboard magazine covers every aspect of the music business, from radio and television to CD, DVD and video cassette sales and internet music downloads. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Videotape is a means of recording images and sound onto Magnetic tape as opposed to movie film. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks It features news stories and opinion articles. For the most part, Billboard is intended for music professionals, such as record label executives and DJs. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience It is generally not intended for the general public, although it can occasionally be found at bookstores. However, despite their extensive coverage of the entertainment business, they remain best known for their charts. The editorial coverage and broader strategy is guided by its editorial director, Scott A. McKenzie
Online video Billboard. Scott McKenzie is Vice President (Editorial for The Nielsen Company's Business Media online unit com carries a 60-second news video about the world of music hosted by Danielle Flora called "Billboard In Sixty". She Moves was an American pop trio consisting of Carla Duren, Danielle Flora and Diana Bologna, all who were former New York [1] Another program is "Billboard Underground"[2] which is artist interviews, performances and out-takes. Artists have included Ace Young, Wes Hutchinson, and Ryan Starr. Brett Asa "Ace" Young (born November 15 1980 in Denver, Colorado) is an American singer Grammy -nominated songwriter and actor Ryan Starr (born Tiffany Ryan Montgomery on November 21, 1982) is an American female singer songwriter and actress
Corporate ownership
As of 2007, Billboard is owned by the Dutch conglomerate The Nielsen Company. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands A conglomerate is a large Company that consists of seemingly unrelated Business sections The Nielsen Company is a Dutch-American Media conglomerate, headquartered in New York NY.
References
- ^ http://billboard.com/sixty Billboard. com Retrieved on 05-03-07
- ^ http://billboard.com/underground Billboard. com Retrieved on 05-03-07
Further reading
- Durkee, Rob. American Top 40: The Countdown of the Century. Schriner Books, New York City, 1999. The City of New York
- Battistini, Pete, American Top 40 with Casey Kasem The 1970s. Authorhouse. com, January 31, 2005. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ISBN 1-4184-1070-5.
See also
External links
- Complete Billboard Charts (Hot100, Top200 Álbuns, Top Downloads and Top Airplay)
- Official Billboard website
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