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The Pop 100 is a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and is released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It ranks songs based on airplay on mainstream top 40 radio stations, singles sales, and digital downloads. Its current number one song as of March 7, 2009 is "Right Round
Right Round

"Right Round" is the first single from Flo Rida's second studio album, R.O.O.T.S., featuring singer Kesha . As well as reaching number one in the United States, Canada and Australia it has topped to UK Singles Chart becoming Flo Rida's first ever British number one single....
" by Flo Rida
Flo Rida

Tramar Dillard , better known by his stage name Flo Rida, is an American rapper. As a teenager, he toured with local rap group 2 Live Crew....
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Pop 100 was the brainchild of then-Billboard associate editor Michael Ellis.






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The Pop 100 is a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and is released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It ranks songs based on airplay on mainstream top 40 radio stations, singles sales, and digital downloads. Its current number one song as of March 7, 2009 is "Right Round
Right Round

"Right Round" is the first single from Flo Rida's second studio album, R.O.O.T.S., featuring singer Kesha . As well as reaching number one in the United States, Canada and Australia it has topped to UK Singles Chart becoming Flo Rida's first ever British number one single....
" by Flo Rida
Flo Rida

Tramar Dillard , better known by his stage name Flo Rida, is an American rapper. As a teenager, he toured with local rap group 2 Live Crew....
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History

The Pop 100 was the brainchild of then-Billboard associate editor Michael Ellis. It was created to focus "on the songs with the greatest mainstream appeal, while the Hot 100 will be driven by the songs with the highest song rotations," according to Billboard chart editor Geoff Mayfield. In a press release about the new chart, he also stated that "the Pop 100's construction also makes sense when you notice the high correlation between the songs with the most top 40 plays and the best selling digital tracks."

However, some felt that the creation of the Pop 100 had a racial undertone (despite Ciara's "1,2 Step" being the first #1 on that chart). In the first 5 years of the 21st century, R&B and hip-hop songs increasingly dominated the Hot 100, and in 2004, every song that reached #1 was an R&B song. Some felt that creating the Pop 100 was a way to re-segregate music consumers. Obviously this was not publicly stated as a rationale, but since the Mainstream Top 40 format does play R&B and hip-hop music less frequently, acts who perform that music have seen somewhat less success than on the Hot 100.

When the Pop 100 was first published, the Hot 100 changed its format as well. Digital downloads were incorporated into the equation which tabulates a song's rank on the chart. Prior to this, only radio airplay and singles sales were used to determine positions.

A Pop 100 Airplay
Pop 100 Airplay

The Pop 100 Airplay is a chart created in 2005 and released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It measures mainstream radio airplay, and is one of the three component charts, along with the Hot 100 Singles Sales and Hot Digital Songs charts, that determine the chart positions of singles on the Pop 100 chart....
 chart was created alongside the Pop 100. It measures mainstream top 40 radio airplay. It is the successor to Top 40 Tracks
Top 40 Tracks

Top 40 Tracks is a defunct chart airplay chart from Billboard Magazine. It was created in 1998, when Billboard Magazine changed the airplay profile of The Hot 100 Airplay to include more R&B, Country music, and Rock and roll stations to its profile ....
, the Billboard chart that formerly tracked airplay at that format after the Hot 100 panel was expanded to include a broader range of stations.

See also

  • Pop 100 number-one hits of 2005 (USA)
    Pop 100 number-one hits of 2005 (USA)

    These are the number one Pop 100 hits of 2005 per Billboard magazine. The Pop 100 is a chart created in February 2005 by Billboard. It ranks songs based on mainstream Top 40 radio airplay, singles sales, and digital downloads....
  • Pop 100 number-one hits of 2006 (USA)
    Pop 100 number-one hits of 2006 (USA)

    These are the number one Pop 100 hits of 2006 per Billboard magazine. The Pop 100 is a chart created in February 2005 by Billboard. It ranks songs based on mainstream Top 40 radio airplay, singles sales, and digital downloads....
  • Pop 100 number-one hits of 2007 (USA)
    Pop 100 number-one hits of 2007 (USA)

    This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine magazine Pop 100 number-ones of 2007.Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7-10 days in advance....
  • Pop 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)
    Pop 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)

    These are the number one Pop 100 hits of 2008 per Billboard magazine. The Pop 100 is a chart created in February 2005 by Billboard. It ranks songs based on mainstream Top 40 radio airplay, singles sales, and digital downloads....
  • Pop 100 number-one hits of 2009 (USA)
    Pop 100 number-one hits of 2009 (USA)

    These are the number one Pop 100 hits of 2009 per Billboard magazine. The Pop 100 is a chart created in February 2005 by Billboard. It ranks songs based on mainstream Top 40 radio airplay, singles sales, and digital downloads....
  • Pop 100 records
    Pop 100 records

    These are the records of the Pop 100 chart. Published by Billboard magazine, The Pop 100 is a chart that measures the most popular songs of the pop music genre in the United States....


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