List of Billboard Hot 100 Chart Achievements and Milestones (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles This list highlights significant milestones and achievements based upon Billboard magazine's singles charts, most notably the Billboard Hot 100. This list spans from the issue dated January 1, 1955 to the present. The Billboard Hot 100 began with the issue dated August 9, 1958, and is currently the standard music popularity chart in the United States. Prior to its creation, Billboard published four singles charts: "Best Sellers in Stores," "Most Played by Jockeys," "Most Played in Jukeboxes" and "The Top 100" (an early version of the Hot 100). These charts, which ranged from 20 to 100 slots, were phased out at different times during 1957 and 1958. Though technically not part of the "Hot 100" chart history, their data is included by Billboard for computational purposes, and to avoid unenlightening or misleading characterizations (e.g. "Buddy Holly's debut single in the Top 40 was released posthumously" or "Elvis Presley has seven Hot 100 number-ones").