originality, influence, the depth of an artist’s catalog, and the breadth of their musical legacy.
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In the 1950s, the UK Singles Chart was created. Over the next ten years, it would see an increase in its activity, becoming “Official” by having acts such as Elvis Presley and The Beatles listed. In the following decades, music charts became important, as people were able to acquire more equipment and new technologies (the cassette and compact discs). These earned importance as globalisation grew, so the music charts became relevant in the management of music’s popularity in most parts of the world.
Starting in 2005, Billboard began including digital downloads as a factor, meaning that radio airplay wasn’t needed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2007, Billboard allowed the Hot 100 chart to include digital streams. Then, in 2012, they changed the methodology for their country, rock, Latin, and rap charts, when it incorporated sales of digital downloads and streaming plays into what had been airplay-only charts. Finally, in 2013, Billboard announced that its charts would also include YouTube video data.
Over the last two decades, the way that music charts work has changed. Music charts are basically a momentum-measurement for songs, either in the mainstream or underground. Music charts define the lines of a long story that we might call “The Yearbook” of music. Even though today we look at the old top-notch hits (disco, synth-pop, dark, grunge and so on) as being from a certain decade, some time in the future, the current lists of ‘music bangers’ will be seen the same way. We were able to check that in 2010’s-decade-tops of everything. From Dance songs that brought new masses into festivals to the large number of uprising Reggaeton stars that are beating some of the most influential icons of the last 3 decades like Madonna or Daft Punk.