Billboard Best Sellers in Stores

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Billboard Best Sellers in Stores was a weekly U.S. music industry chart published by Billboard magazine that ranked the nation’s top-selling singles in retail record stores prior to the introduction of the Hot 100.


Statements (30)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Billboard chart
music industry record chart
singles chart
alsoKnownAs Best Sellers in Stores
chartFocus commercial performance of singles
chartType singles
countryOfPublication United States
dataSource retail record store sales reports
endDate 1958
followedBy Billboard Hot 100
format sales-based chart
frequency weekly
industryRole benchmark for single sales in the U.S.
language English
medium print magazine
notableFeature ranked singles by retail sales only
precededBy Billboard Best Sellers in Stores predecessors
publisher Billboard magazine
publisherType music industry trade magazine
rankingCriterion top-selling singles in retail record stores
rankingLocation United States
replacedBy Billboard Hot 100
startDate 1940s
subject popular music
targetAudience music industry professionals
radio programmers
record labels
retailers
timePeriod pre–Billboard Hot 100 era
usedBefore Billboard Hot 100 introduction

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Billboard Best Sellers in Stores ("Billboard Best Sellers in Stores predecessors")
precededBy
Billboard Most Played by Jockeys
relatedTo
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
replaced

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