Billboard Adult Contemporary chart
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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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Adult Contemporary Singles | 0 | 1 |
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Billboard chart
→
music singles chart → |
| basedOn |
Nielsen data
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audience impressions → radio airplay → |
| countryOfFocus | United States NERFINISHED → |
| 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
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surface form:
Adult Contemporary Singles
Hot Adult Contemporary → Middle-Road Singles → Pop-Standard Singles → |
| hasSectionOnWebsite |
Billboard
→
surface form:
Billboard.com
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| inception | 1961 → |
| language | English → |
| measures |
radio airplay performance
→
song popularity → |
| medium | songs → |
| originalName | Easy Listening → |
| partOf | Billboard charts NERFINISHED → |
| publisher |
Billboard
→
surface form:
Billboard magazine
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| publisherLocation | New York City NERFINISHED → |
| 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) → |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Billboard Adult Contemporary chart
→
hasFormerName
→
Billboard Adult Contemporary chart
self-linksurface differs
→
this entity surface form:
Adult Contemporary Singles