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Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Currently, the chart does not count digital downloads towards chart tabulation (although singles that are only available as downloads do chart if they receive enough airplay).

1 History
2 Chart policies
3 Further reading
4 External links
5 See also

History

Billboard began compiling the popularity of country songs with its January 8, 1944 issue. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. However, only the genre's most popular jukebox selections were tabulated, with the chart titled "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records. jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device usually a Coin -operated machine that can play specially selected songs from self-contained media " The chart length was not standardized; a given week had anywhere from two to eight positions.

For approximately ten years, from 1948-1958, Billboard used several charts to measure the popularity of a given song. These included:

The "best sellers" chart – started May 15, 1948 as "Best Selling Retail Folk Records. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. " This chart had anywhere from 10-20 positions during its ten-year life, with the number of positions varying each week.
A "jockeys" chart – started December 10, 1949 as "Country & Western Records Most Played By Folk Disk Jockeys. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. " This chart had anywhere from eight to 15 positions, varying from week to week.

The names of each chart changed slightly during each chart's life. The "jukebox" chart – which by 1956 was known as "Most Played C&W in Juke Boxes" – ended on June 17, 1957. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The "best sellers" and "jockeys" charts continued until October 13, 1958. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Starting with the October 20, 1958 issue, Billboard began combining sales and radio airplay in figuring a song's overall popularity, counting them in one single chart called "Hot C&W Sides. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. " The chart began with a standard length of 30 positions each week. The name of the chart, and the number of positions varied through the years: Its name was switched to "Hot Country Singles" on November 3, 1962; it was expanded to 50 slots on January 11, 1964; then 75 on October 15, 1966; and finally 100 beginning July 14, 1973. On January 20, 1990, it was reduced back to 75 positions and began to be compiled entirely from information provided by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, a system which electronically monitors radio airplay of songs. Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, better known as BDS, is a service that tracks monitored radio television and internet airplay of songs based on the number of spins and detections Four weeks later, on February 17, the chart was retitled "Hot Country Singles & Tracks. " Beginning with the January 13, 2001 issue, the chart was cut from 75 to 60 positions to reduce the number of album cuts that were reaching the charts; and effective April 30, 2005 the chart was renamed "Hot Country Songs". Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Currently, American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks is the only syndicated countdown show to use this chart; the show plays back the top 40 singles/tracks on it for each week. American Country Countdown -- also known as ACC or American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks -- is an internationally syndicated Kix Brooks (born Leon Eric Brooks III, May 12 1955 in Shreveport Louisiana USA is an American Country music Singer-songwriter.

Chart policies

As with the Billboard Hot 100 and most other Billboard charts, the Hot Country Songs chart features a rule for when a song enters recurrent rotation. Recurrent rotation refers to a group of songs still frequently aired on a Contemporary hit radio station even several months after the initial debut Starting with the chart week of December 2, 2006, a song is declared recurrent on the country charts if it meets all of the following criteria:

It has been on the charts longer than twenty weeks;
It is not gaining in spins or audience impressions; and
It is lower than #10 in rank for either audience impressions or spins. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. In Radio Broadcasting, a spin is a single play of a Song. The term is also used as a unit to measure (or induce Popularity, typically

Exceptions are sometimes made in special cases, such as a marginal decrease in audience. At least two songs have been declared recurrent, and then gained enough recurrent rotation that they were placed back on the charts: "Almost Home" by Craig Morgan, and "Happy Endings" by Lee Brice. "Almost Home" is the name of a song by Country music singer Craig Morgan. Craig Morgan (born Craig Morgan Greer, July 17 1965 in Kingston Springs Tennessee) is an American Country music artist Lee Brice (born in Sumter South Carolina) is an American Country music artist signed to Curb Records ' Asylum-Curb division

If a special holiday single is released, it may only enter the chart once. This rule was first utilized in 2001, as previously, several holiday singles had seen multiple re-entries on the country charts with each successive Christmas season.

External links

Billboard Hot Country Songs chart – online version.

Contents

History

Chart policies

Further reading

External links

See also