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The Hot 100 chart started in 1958

It combined sales and radio plays into one weekly ranking Earlier charts tracked separate categories such as jukebox plays and sheet music. The merged list became the industry's main scoreboard in the United States. Its method has changed with every format since. 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?: It combined sales and radio plays into one weekly ranking. The figure is taken from Britannica, 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.