US Alternative Songs chart

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The US Alternative Songs chart is a Billboard music ranking that tracks the most-played songs on American alternative rock radio stations.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Alternative Songs 1
Billboard Alternative Songs 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Billboard chart
music industry record chart
record chart
alsoKnownAs Alternative Airplay
surface form: Alternative Airplay chart

US Alternative Songs chart
surface form: Billboard Alternative Songs
chartType airplay chart
compiledBy Billboard
country United States of America
surface form: United States
countryScope national
currentName Alternative Airplay
dataSource American alternative rock radio stations
excludes non-alternative radio formats
firstIssueDate 1988-09-10
focusesOn alternative radio programmers and labels
formerName US Alternative Songs chart self-linksurface differs
surface form: Alternative Songs

Modern Rock Tracks
frequencyOfPublication weekly
genreTracked alternative rock
modern rock
hasDigitalVersion Billboard
surface form: Billboard.com
hasGeographicFocus United States alternative rock radio market
hasSection weekly top 40 songs
inception 1988
industryRole indicator of success on US alternative rock radio
isPublishedIn Billboard
surface form: Billboard magazine
language English
measures most-played songs on US alternative rock radio
medium radio
operator Billboard
organizationHeadquarters New York City
partOf Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
surface form: Billboard airplay charts

Billboard
surface form: Billboard genre charts
primaryMetric audience impressions
number of plays
publisher Billboard
rankingCriterion number of spins on reporting stations
radio airplay
rankingUnit songs
startYear 1988
subjectArea alternative rock music in the United States
targetFormat alternative rock radio format
tracks radio singles
usedBy music journalists
radio programmers
record labels
usesMonitoringService Luminate
surface form: Luminate Data

Nielsen Company
surface form: Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems

Referenced by (3)

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US Alternative Songs chart alsoKnownAs US Alternative Songs chart
this entity surface form: Billboard Alternative Songs
Testify chartPosition US Alternative Songs chart
US Alternative Songs chart formerName US Alternative Songs chart self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Alternative Songs