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The Hot 100 blends sales, airplay and streams

Billboard's main singles chart began in 1958 and now counts three kinds of data The Hot 100 first appeared in August 1958, merging sales and radio airplay into one national ranking. Streaming joined the formula in 2013, and paid downloads were later dropped as they shrank. Chart position now depends on a weighted mix of streams, airplay and sales, with rules on how many plays per listener count. It sits in Mondo's music collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Billboard's main singles chart began in 1958 and now counts three kinds of data. The figure is taken from Billboard, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a music fact?: Yes. It sits on the Music shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.