Billboard just made a big change in how it will count single sales for future chart positions. According to Chart Data, beginning Friday (June 30) Billboard will no longer count digitally downloaded ...

Billboard is synonymous with its charts and, above all, the Hot 100. For over 60 years, it’s been the go-to for all the popular music action. But how do songs hit the Hot 100? And what’s the chart’s ...

Holiday songs have already begun their dominance of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart this year, but their annual monopoly over the chart’s top spots is a recent phenomenon thanks to the rise of ...