Billboard Adult Contemporary chart

E98898

Billboard chart music singles 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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Billboard Adult Contemporary	9
Billboard Adult Contemporary chart canonical	6
Adult Contemporary Singles	1
Adult Contemporary chart	1
Billboard Adult Contemporary (United States)	1
US Adult Contemporary chart	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T814827 — 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) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Billboard Adult Contemporary chart
Context triple: [Through the Years, chartedOn, Billboard Adult Contemporary chart]

A. U.S. Billboard Hot 100
The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 is the premier American music industry chart that ranks the most popular songs each week based on a combination of sales, radio airplay, and streaming data.
B. Billboard Country chart
The Billboard Country chart is a weekly ranking published by Billboard magazine that lists the most popular country music songs in the United States based on factors like radio airplay, sales, and streaming.
C. Billboard
Billboard is an American entertainment media brand best known for its music charts, industry news, and analysis of trends in the recording industry.
D. Billboard 200
Billboard 200 is a weekly U.S. music industry chart that ranks the most popular albums across all genres based on sales, streaming, and other consumption metrics.
E. Billboard Most Played in Jukeboxes
Billboard Most Played in Jukeboxes was a historical U.S. music industry chart that ranked the songs most frequently played on jukeboxes nationwide.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Billboard Adult Contemporary chart
Target entity description: 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.

A. U.S. Billboard Hot 100
The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 is the premier American music industry chart that ranks the most popular songs each week based on a combination of sales, radio airplay, and streaming data.
B. Billboard Country chart
The Billboard Country chart is a weekly ranking published by Billboard magazine that lists the most popular country music songs in the United States based on factors like radio airplay, sales, and streaming.
C. Billboard
Billboard is an American entertainment media brand best known for its music charts, industry news, and analysis of trends in the recording industry.
D. Billboard 200
Billboard 200 is a weekly U.S. music industry chart that ranks the most popular albums across all genres based on sales, streaming, and other consumption metrics.
E. Billboard Most Played in Jukeboxes
Billboard Most Played in Jukeboxes was a historical U.S. music industry chart that ranked the songs most frequently played on jukeboxes nationwide.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Billboard chart ⓘ music singles chart ⓘ
basedOn	Nielsen data ⓘ audience impressions ⓘ radio airplay ⓘ
countryOfFocus	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dataSource	U.S. radio stations ⓘ adult contemporary radio formats ⓘ
format	ranked list ⓘ
frequency	weekly ⓘ
genreFocus	adult contemporary music ⓘ
hasFormerName	Billboard Adult Contemporary chart self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Adult Contemporary Singles Hot Adult Contemporary ⓘ Middle-Road Singles ⓘ Pop-Standard Singles ⓘ
hasSectionOnWebsite	Billboard ⓘ surface form: Billboard.com
inception	1961 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
measures	radio airplay performance ⓘ song popularity ⓘ
medium	songs ⓘ
originalName	Easy Listening ⓘ
partOf	Billboard ⓘ surface form: Billboard charts
publisher	Billboard ⓘ surface form: Billboard magazine
publisherLocation	New York City ⓘ
rankingCriterion	airplay on adult contemporary radio stations ⓘ
targetAudience	adult listeners ⓘ
tracks	most popular adult contemporary songs in the United States ⓘ
typicalGenresIncluded	ballads ⓘ easy listening ⓘ pop ⓘ soft rock ⓘ
updateDayOfWeek	weekly, typically Thursday or Friday (online) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Through the Years → chartedOn → Billboard Adult Contemporary chart ⓘ

Billboard Adult Contemporary chart → hasFormerName → Billboard Adult Contemporary chart self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adult Contemporary Singles

Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer → chartedIn → Billboard Adult Contemporary chart ⓘ