Movatterモバイル変換

Pop has long been central to hit music — it’s shorthand for “popular” — thanks to its trademark mass-appeal catchy hooks and mix of fun, uptempo anthems and lovelorn ballads. Dating back decades, pop has co-opted other styles, largely rock, R&B/hip-hop, dance and country, making for a varied texture that is continuously evolving. Billboard publishes three pop-focused charts based on radio airplay with stations electronically monitored 24/7 by Mediabase and data provided to Billboard by Luminate. The Pop Airplay chart, which began in 1992, reflects play on mainstream top 40-formatted stations, which spin songs by established and ever-relevant stars and new artists with buzzy breakthrough hits; Adult Pop Airplay, which first appeared in Billboard’s pages in 1996, showcases the top songs on adult top 40 reporters, which play them in more conservative rotation; and Adult Contemporary, which launched in 1961, measures reach on adult contemporary stations, which are mainly catalog-based but keep listeners up to date on new music by sprinkling in a handful of more recently-released songs.

Billboard 200 Albums

Billboard Global 200 Songs

Top Artists