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Billboard Canada
Billboard Canada is the Canadian edition of Billboard's music charts, best known for the Canadian Hot 100, a weekly ranking of Canada's most popular songs since 2007.
Billboard charts
Billboard charts: weekly U.S. music popularity rankings by Billboard magazine, led by the Hot 100 (singles, since August 1958) and Billboard 200 (albums). Compiled by Luminate from streaming, sales, and radio airplay; methodology has changed repeatedly, notably in 1991, 2005–2013, and 2026.
Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums
Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums is the US Billboard album chart for dance and electronic music, launched in 2001 as Top Electronic Albums and renamed Top Dance Albums in 2025.
Billboard en Español
Billboard en Español, also known as Billboard Español, is Billboard's Spanish-language editorial platform covering Latin music worldwide, launched in September 2022 with Camilo on its inaugural cover and publishing the Hot Latin Songs chart.
Billboard Global 200
Billboard Global 200: weekly worldwide songs chart launched September 14, 2020 by Billboard and MRC Data, ranking songs from over 200 territories by weighted streaming and download sales tracked by Luminate; companion chart Global Excl. U.S.; first number one was WAP.
Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100: the weekly US all-genre singles chart launched August 4, 1958 with Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool" at No. 1, ranking songs by Luminate-tracked streaming, radio airplay, and sales, with recurrent rules and 2026 weighting changes.
Billboard Japan Hot 100 (music)
The Billboard Japan Hot 100, branded JAPAN Hot 100, is Japan's composite song chart, launched in 2008 under license from Billboard by Hanshin Contents Link.
Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 (music)
The Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 was a weekly music singles chart for South Korea, launched by Billboard in August 2011, with Sistar's "So Cool" as its first number one.
Billboard Latin Music Award ceremonies, 2010–2019
The Billboard Latin Music Award ceremonies, 2010–2019, were ten annual editions of the Billboard Latin Music Awards, honoring artists based on commercial chart performance rather than industry voting.
Billboard Latin Music Award ceremonies, 2020–2023
The Billboard Latin Music Awards honor Latin artists by Billboard chart performance rather than voting; the 2020–2023 editions saw Bad Bunny and Peso Pluma dominate.
Billboard Latin Music Awards
Billboard Latin Music Awards (Premios Billboard de la Música Latina): annual chart-based Latin music awards begun in 1989 with Univision, renamed 1994, aired on Telemundo; Enrique Iglesias leads with 48 wins.
Billboard Latin Music Awards genre categories
The Billboard Latin Music Awards genre categories cover Latin pop, tropical, Latin rhythm, and regional Mexican, with finalists and winners determined solely by Billboard weekly chart performance.
Billboard Latin Music Awards winners and records
The Billboard Latin Music Awards honor Latin music artists based on Billboard chart performance rather than a voting jury; Enrique Iglesias, Shakira, and Aventura hold the most all-time wins.
Billboard Latin Music Awards: top and crossover awards
The top and crossover awards of the Billboard Latin Music Awards, first presented in 1994, include Artist of the Year and Crossover Artist of the Year, decided purely by chart data.
Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame
Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame: rarely awarded Billboard honor at the Billboard Latin Music Awards, created 1994; first inductees Cachao and Celia Cruz (1995), later Rocío Dúrcal (1999) and Rosalía (2026).
Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award
The Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award (Premio Billboard Trayectoria Artística), also called El Premio Billboard, is a special career honor presented at the annual Billboard Latin Music Awards.
Billboard Latin Pop Airplay
Billboard Latin Pop Airplay is a weekly Billboard chart ranking the most popular Latin pop songs in the United States by radio airplay, launched in 1994.
Billboard Music Award for Top Artist
Billboard Music Award for Top Artist: the overall artist prize at the BBMAs, decided by Billboard chart data (sales, streaming, airplay) over a 12-month period, not voting. Taylor Swift leads with four wins; awarded since 1990, absent 2007–2010.
Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Album
Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Album: annual BBMA honor, given since 1990, first won by Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814; determined by chart data, not voting; Chris Brown's 11:11 won in 2024.
Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Song
Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Song: annual BBMA honor for the year's best-charting rap song, won by chart metrics (sales, streaming, airplay), not voting; recent winners include DaBaby's "ROCKSTAR", 21 Savage, and Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us".
Billboard Music Award for Top Social Artist
Billboard Music Award for Top Social Artist: fan-voted BBMA category (2011) based on the Social 50 chart; Justin Bieber won 2011-2016, then BTS won 2017-2020, the first K-pop BBMA winner.
Billboard Music Awards
The Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) is an annual American music awards show where winners are chosen by chart performance on sales, streaming, and airplay, first telecast in 1990.
Billboard Music Awards ceremonies 1990–1996
The Billboard Music Awards ceremonies 1990–1996 were the founding editions of the Billboard Music Awards, an annual Fox show whose winners came from Billboard's year-end charts.
Billboard Music Awards ceremonies 1997–2006
The Billboard Music Awards ceremonies of 1997–2006 were annual December Fox broadcasts whose winners mirrored Billboard's year-end charts of sales and airplay, ending before a 2011 revival.
Billboard Music Awards special honors
The Billboard Music Awards special honors include the Century Award (1992–2006), first given to George Harrison, the Artist Achievement Award, and the Icon Award, established in 2011.
Billboard Regional Mexican Airplay chart
The Billboard Regional Mexican Airplay chart is a weekly ranking of the most popular Regional Mexican songs on US radio, first published in 1994 and compiled from audience impressions.
Billboard Spirit of Hope Award
The Billboard Spirit of Hope Award (Premio Billboard Espíritu de la Esperanza) is a Billboard Latin Music Awards honor, created in 1996 in memory of Selena, given to Latin artists for philanthropy.
Billboard Tropical Airplay
Billboard Tropical Airplay is a weekly US chart ranking the most popular tropical songs by Latin radio airplay audience impressions, launched in 1994; Marc Anthony holds the record 39 number ones.
Billboard Year-End
Billboard Year-End: annual cumulative rankings of Billboard weekly-chart performance for songs, albums, artists, and labels, launched in the 1940s; tracked over an offset chart year (roughly late October to mid-October), compiled from Luminate data.
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2002
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2002: annual ranking of the year's 100 biggest US Hot 100 songs from SoundScan sales and BDS airplay. Nickelback's "How You Remind Me" was No. 1; only nine songs topped the weekly chart.