Talk:Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1966

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Where did this chart really come from?

(The comments below refer to a "revised" top 100 of 1966 which had appeared in the article but no longer does.)98.149.97.245 (talk) 20:02, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The chart that Billboard actually published as its Top 100 of 1966 is radically different from this chart.

Check this out:

http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/60s/1966/Billboard%201966-12-24-OCR-Page-0034.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cheemo (talk • contribs) 15:39, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I decided to be bold and revise the chart to reflect the actual magazine. Cheemo (talk) 21:48, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And, of course, someone changed it back. Oh well. Unless a verifiable source can be found for the version on the main page, see the link above for the actual Top 100 singles of 1966 according to the magazine at the time. I can't be bothered going back to change someone else's ignorance. Cheemo (talk) 22:13, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In the 1960s Billboard calculated the year-end positions based on points assigned for each weekly position, in reverse order. This resulted in "California Dreamin'," which was in the top 20 for 10 weeks but only peaked at #4, to rack up the most points. Conversely, "The Ballad of the Green Berets" which was #1 for five weeks but was only on the chart for 13 weeks came in at #10. Later Billboard changed its methodology and added 100 bonus points for each week at #1. The 1966 year-end chart was subsequently revised (not sure when exactly) applying the new methodology which put "The Ballad of the Green Berets" at #1 and "California Dreamin'" dropped down to #10. Piriczki (talk) 14:36, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the black-and-white documentation for the claim that Billboard produced a later year-end chart for 1966? On what date was such a later chart made? My contact at Billboard has never known anything about such a later chart. Also, Billboard never made such a chart for any other year.107.185.97.165 (talk) 02:15, 16 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"In later years, Billboard released another list of the top Hot 100 singles of 1966, which included data from the end of the year that had not been included in the compilation of the original list." A Billboard representative just confirmed that the billboardtop100of.com site, which is the source of that claimed later list, is not Billboard sanctioned or owned and cannot verify if it is accurate or not.107.185.97.165 (talk) 14:59, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This issue was also discussed at Wikipedia talk:Record charts/Archive 18 § Billboard Year End chart. Tkbrett (✉) 11:20, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The chart should be changed.

this chart does not accurately reflect the 1966 Billboard charts. Very obviously missing is The Supremes - 'You Keep Me Hangin' On'. In the other version it is at no.30. Head cardiac (talk) 12:53, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This chart accurately reflects Billboard's 1966 end-of-year chart. Refer to the discussion above along with this one: Wikipedia talk:Record charts/Archive 18 § Billboard Year End chart. Tkbrett (✉) 13:14, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]