Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco) is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry S. dance clubs. A nightclub (or "night club" or "club" is a drinking, dancing, and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark It is compiled by Billboard exclusively from playlists submitted by nightclub disc jockeys who must apply and meet certain criteria to become "Billboard-reporting DJs. A nightclub (or "night club" or "club" is a drinking, dancing, and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience "

The current number-one song on the Hot Dance Club Play chart (issue date/week ending June 21, 2008) is "Disco Lies" by Moby. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common " Disco Lies " is the first single in Europe released by electronica artist Moby from his 2008 album Last Night. Richard Melville Hall, also known as Moby (born September 11, 1965 in Harlem, New York) is an American DJ ^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Chart statistics and other facts 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

History

The Hot Dance Club Play chart has undergone several incarnations since its inception in 1974. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Originally a top-ten list of tracks that garnered the largest audience response in New York City discothèques, the chart began on October 26, 1974 under the title Disco Action. The City of New York A discothèque, diskoˈtɛk̚ compare the Spanish "discoteca" is an Entertainment venue or Club with recorded music played by "Discaires" Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death The chart went on to feature playlists from various cities around the country from week to week.

Billboard continued to run regional or city-specific charts throughout 1975 and 1976, while rival music publication Record World was the first publication to feature a chart that encompassed club play on a national level. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Record World magazine was one of the three main music industry trade publications in the United States, along with Billboard and Cash Billboard has since adopted Record World's chart statistics from the weeks between March 29, 1975 and August 21, 1976 into their Hot Dance Club Play chart history, as Billboard did not publish a national chart during this time. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ^[2]

Beginning on August 28, 1976, a thirty-position National Disco Action Top 30 premiered, which quickly expanded to forty positions. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital In 1979 the chart expanded to sixty positions, then eighty, and finally reached 100 positions from 1979 until 1981, when it was reduced to eighty again. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981

During the first half of the 1980s the chart maintained eighty slots until March 16, 1985 when the Disco charts were splintered and renamed. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Two charts appeared: Hot Dance/Disco, which ranked club play (fifty positions), and Hot Maxi-Single Sales, which ranked 12-inch single (or maxi-single) sales (also fifty positions).

These two charts still exist today, under the official titles Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Single Sales. Hot Dance Singles Sales (formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales) is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States ^[3] In 2003 Billboard introduced the Hot Dance Airplay chart, which is based solely on radio airplay of seven dance music stations electronically monitored by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Hot Dance Airplay is a monitored dance music radio chart that is featured weekly in Billboard magazine 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 ^[4] These stations are also a part of the electronically monitored panel that encompasses the Hot 100.

It is generally assumed that when one refers to a song or an artist "going to number one on the Dance chart," they are referring to the Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Chart statistics and other facts

• Artists with the most number-one Hot Dance Club Play hits:

1. Madonna — 38

2. Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16 1958 known as Madonna, is an American Janet Jackson — 18

3. Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16 1966 is an American recording artist and entertainer Mariah Carey — 13 (tie)

3. Donna Summer — 13 (tie)

5. Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines December 31, 1948) is an American Singer-songwriter and Musician who gained Whitney Houston — 12

6. Whitney Elizabeth Houston' (born August 9 1963 is an American Singer-songwriter, Actress, Film producer, Arranger and former Kristine W — 11

7. Kristine W (Kristine Weitz is an American Dance-pop, House music and Hi-NRG Singer/songwriter. Deborah Cox — 9

8. Deborah Cox (born July 13 1974 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian R&B Singer-songwriter and actress C+C Music Factory/Clivilles & Cole — 8 (tie)

8. For other David Cole's see David Cole (disambiguation C+C Music Factory was a dance music production group (led by Robert Clivillés and Kim English — 8 (tie)

8. Kim English is an African American Electronica, Soul, Gospel and House music singer born in Chicago Illinois, US Pet Shop Boys — 8 (tie)

• The first 12-inch single made commercially available to the public was "Ten Percent" by Double Exposure in 1976. The capitalisation of song titles in this article is disputed In 1976 Salsoul Records released their eighth release Walter Gibbons ' Remix of Double Exposure 's Disco song "Ten Percent" Double Exposure was an American disco era band hailing from Philadelphia, USA Band members were Leonard Davis Joe Harris Chuck Whittington and Jimmy Williams and they
• The first number one on Billboard's Disco Action chart was "Never Can Say Goodbye" by Gloria Gaynor in 1974. " Never Can Say Goodbye " is a song written by Clifton Davis and originally recorded by The Jackson 5. Gloria Gaynor (born Gloria Fowles September 7, 1949) is an American singer best-known for the Disco era hits " I Will Survive
• The first number one on Billboard's National Disco Action Top 30 was "You Should Be Dancing" by the Bee Gees in 1976. " You Should Be Dancing " was a single by the Bee Gees, from the Children of the World album in 1976. The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb.
• From the dance chart's inception until the week of February 16, 1991, several (or even all) songs on an EP or album could occupy the same position if more than one track from a release was receiving significant play in clubs (for example, Michael Jackson spent eleven weeks at number one in 1983 with Thriller). Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29 1958 is an American musician entertainer and businessman Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Thriller is the sixth Studio album by American pop musician Michael Jackson. Chart entries like this were especially prevalent during the disco era, where an entire side of an album would contain several songs segued together seamlessly to replicate a night of dancing in a club. Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define Beginning with the February 23, 1991 issue, the dance chart became "song specific," meaning only one song could occupy each position at a time. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable
• Hot Dance Club Play is one of the last remaining Billboard charts that remains "frozen" for one week (either the last week in December or the first week in January, depending on the calendar year). As the Hot Dance Club Play chart is not monitored electronically like most of the other charts, all songs "hold" their positions for the additional week, and still have the frozen week added to their "weeks on chart" total.
• Madonna holds the record for the most chart hits, the most top-twenty hits, the most top-ten hits and the most total weeks at number one (68 weeks). She also has the most top-ten hits from one album (seven tracks from her album American Life). American Life is the ninth Studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on April 22 2003 by Maverick Records
• The Trammps are the only act to replace themselves at number one (issue date June 5, 1976, "That's Where the Happy People Go" → "Disco Party"). The Trammps, based in Philadelphia, was one of the first Disco bands. Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• Kristine W's first nine chart entries all hit number one. Kristine W (Kristine Weitz is an American Dance-pop, House music and Hi-NRG Singer/songwriter. She therefore also holds the record for the longest streak of uninterrupted chart-toppers, which was broken in 2006 with the number-two peak of "I'll Be Your Light".
• "The Boss" is the only song to reach number one by three different artists: Diana Ross in 1979, The Braxtons in 1997 and Kristine W in 2008. " The Boss " is a 1979 Soul / Disco song written and produced by Ashford & Simpson and recorded by singer Diana Ross, who released Diana Ross (born March 261944 is an American twelve-time Grammy and Oscar -nominated singer Record producer and actress whose musical repertoire The Braxtons were a 1990s R&B group, signed to Atlantic Records. Kristine W (Kristine Weitz is an American Dance-pop, House music and Hi-NRG Singer/songwriter.
• The longest running number-ones on the Hot Dance Club Play chart are "Bad Luck" song by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in 1975 and the above mentioned album Thriller by Michael Jackson. Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes were an American singing group one of the most popular Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s Both entries spent eleven weeks in the top spot.
• "One Word" by Kelly Osbourne made chart history on June 18, 2005 when it became the first song to simultaneously top the Hot Dance Club Play, Hot Dance Singles Sales and Hot Dance Airplay charts. "One Word" is the first single from Kelly Osbourne 's second album Sleeping in the Nothing. Kelly Michelle Lee Osbourne (born October 27, 1984) is an English Television personality, Singer, award winning actress Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• Donna Summer is the first artist to have a song reach number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in every decade since the chart's inception in 1974. ^[2]

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart

References

External links

• Billboard Online
• Current Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart (top 25)
• Current Billboard Hot Dance Airplay chart (top 10)

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