Billboard Mainstream Top 40
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Billboard Mainstream Top 40 is a U.S. radio airplay chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks the most popular contemporary hit songs played on mainstream Top 40 stations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Billboard Mainstream Top 40 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10432128 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Billboard Mainstream Top 40 Context triple: [Love Lies, chartedOn, Billboard Mainstream Top 40]
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A.
American Top 40
American Top 40 is a long-running syndicated radio countdown show that ranks and showcases the most popular songs in the United States each week.
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B.
US Adult Top 40
US Adult Top 40 is a Billboard radio airplay chart that ranks the most popular adult-oriented pop and rock songs in the United States.
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C.
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number 1
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number 1 is the top position on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart, indicating the most popular rock song on U.S. mainstream rock radio for a given period.
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D.
Billboard Adult Contemporary chart
The Billboard Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly ranking published by Billboard magazine that tracks the most popular adult contemporary songs in the United States based on radio airplay and other metrics.
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E.
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks was a U.S. music chart published by Billboard magazine that ranked the most popular modern rock and alternative rock songs based on radio airplay.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Billboard Mainstream Top 40 Target entity description: Billboard Mainstream Top 40 is a U.S. radio airplay chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks the most popular contemporary hit songs played on mainstream Top 40 stations.
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A.
American Top 40
American Top 40 is a long-running syndicated radio countdown show that ranks and showcases the most popular songs in the United States each week.
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B.
US Adult Top 40
US Adult Top 40 is a Billboard radio airplay chart that ranks the most popular adult-oriented pop and rock songs in the United States.
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C.
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number 1
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number 1 is the top position on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart, indicating the most popular rock song on U.S. mainstream rock radio for a given period.
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D.
Billboard Adult Contemporary chart
The Billboard Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly ranking published by Billboard magazine that tracks the most popular adult contemporary songs in the United States based on radio airplay and other metrics.
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E.
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks was a U.S. music chart published by Billboard magazine that ranked the most popular modern rock and alternative rock songs based on radio airplay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music chart
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radio airplay chart ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mainstream Top 40
NERFINISHED
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Pop Songs chart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartType |
airplay chart
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pop songs chart ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dataSource |
Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems
NERFINISHED
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mainstream Top 40 radio stations ⓘ |
| excludes | non-mainstream radio formats ⓘ |
| focus |
contemporary hit radio
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mainstream Top 40 radio stations ⓘ |
| format | ranked list of songs ⓘ |
| genreScope |
contemporary hit music
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pop ⓘ rhythmic pop ⓘ |
| governingBody | Billboard charts department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industryRole | indicator of U.S. pop radio success ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| listFormat | weekly chart ⓘ |
| measures | popularity of songs on mainstream Top 40 radio ⓘ |
| medium | Billboard magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Billboard airplay charts
NERFINISHED
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Billboard charts portfolio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Billboard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherType | music industry magazine ⓘ |
| rankingCriterion |
number of plays on reporting stations
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radio airplay spins ⓘ |
| regionCovered | United States radio market NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Billboard chart histories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general music listeners
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music industry professionals ⓘ radio programmers ⓘ |
| topPosition | number-one single ⓘ |
| tracks | individual songs ⓘ |
| updateFrequency | weekly ⓘ |
| usesMetric |
audience impressions
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number of monitored radio spins ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Billboard Mainstream Top 40 Description of subject: Billboard Mainstream Top 40 is a U.S. radio airplay chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks the most popular contemporary hit songs played on mainstream Top 40 stations.
Referenced by (1)
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