User:Kww/recordcharts

This guideline provides guidance about the suitability of charts for inclusion in Wikipedia articles, both in article prose and in the standard tables of charts. It does not provide specifics of formatting tables, which is the subject of Wikipedia:Manual of Style (record charts).

General guidelines

Suitable charts

A chart is normally considered suitable for inclusion if it meets both of the following characteristics:

1. It is published by a recognized reliable source. This includes any IFPI affiliate, Billboard magazine, or any organization with the support of Nielsen SoundScan. Recognized national measurement firms, such as Crowley Broadcast Analysis for Brazil or Monitor Latino for Mexico, are legitimate sources of charts.
2. It covers sales or broadcast outlets from multiple sources.

Single-vendor/single-network charts

Charts which rank material from a single vendor or network are generally unsuitable for inclusion in articles. They should never be placed in discography tables or tables of charts. They may occasionally be mentioned in article prose if special circumstances warrant it. "Special circumstances" includes notable controversies alleging chart manipulation, or cases where eligibility requirements prevented standard charts from recognizing the sales. This would include, for example, the noted resurgence of Michael Jackson related sales at the time of his death, when many chart rules prevented any of his album sales from being credited towards a chart position. Similarly, some charts representing the home country of the artist or composer (this can mean country of origin, country of residence, official nationality or any country where the artist or composer has lived for a substantial part of their lives) or releases with a strong link to the country in question (e.g. Eurovision entries), can be included if no other suitable charts can be located.

Dependent ("component") charts

Charts are frequently related to one another mathematically. For example, the Billboard Hot 100 is derived by weighting positions on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay and the Billboard Hot 100 Sales charts. This means that in the vast majority of cases, any song that charts on the Billboard Hot 100 can be presumed to have charted on both other charts, and specifically mentioning the position will simply clutter an article. In unusual cases, the subordinate chart can be mentioned: take, for example, a single which had no airplay because of objectionable content, but still charted extremely high on the composite chart due to sales. This would be unusual enough to potentially warrant mention.

Certifications

Certifications should be sourced directly to certifying agencies, most of which provide a searchable database. When such a database is not available, other reliable sources may be used, but they must directly state that the certifying agency has granted the certification. Many popular press articles will contain statements such as "... has gone gold ..." or "... has gone platinum ..." based on a sales figure, when, in fact, the certifying agency has not yet verified those sales and granted a certification.

Chart trajectories

A song/album's chart trajectory should not be included in an article as this constitutes an indiscriminate collection of information. Chart trajectories may be mentioned in the article text when there is sufficient reason to do so (for example, a song debuted at number 100, became a sleeper hit and peaked at number 1). Key facts, some examples being the debut position, number of weeks spent at peak position, and/or number of weeks in total on the chart may be mentioned within the article text, but should not be included as routine data for all charts.

Deprecated charts

• ARC Weekly Top 40: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.

• Argentina Top 40: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.

• Argentina Singles Top 100 from charly1300.com. Per the chart description ...otros factores que cada semana varían y se modifican en el Ranking. Los datos que proporcionamos no son 100% verificables (Other factors that vary from week to week modify the rankings. The data is not 100% verifiable).

• Argentina Top 100 at argentinatop100.com.ar. Anonymous chart, with no explanation of methodology or source. Singles chart appears to be a one-week old copy of the chart from charly1300.com.

Note: a valid Argentine albums chart exists at capif.org.ar. There are no known valid Argentine singles charts.

• Australia Country Tracks Top 30: This chart has been determined as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology; see Talk:2009 in country music.

Note: The Australian Country Albums chart is published by ARIA and therefore acceptable for use. Australia does not seem to have a valid country singles chart.

• The Big Top 40 Show Chart primarily based on iTunes data.

• Brazil Hot 100/Hot100Brasil: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.

Note: see WP:GOODCHARTS for a discussion of the Hot 100 Airplay chart from Billboard Brasil which, if properly sourced, is acceptable.

• Brazilian Singles Chart from allcharts.org is a mirror of Brazil Hot 100's "Hot 100 Songs and Tracks".

• Bulgarian National Top 40: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.

Note: the chart at αCharts.us is a mirror of the Bulgarian National Top 40.

Note: A legitimate Bulgarian chart is located at http://www.bamp-bg.org/en/2009-07-08-09-48-53/nmc-charts/169-week41-0510-11102009.html

• Canadian Radio & Records/Nielsen Country Singles: Although published by Nielsen, this chart does not appear to have any sort of archive to verify positions from week to week. See discussion at Talk:2010 in country music, as well as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of number-one country hits of 2010 (Canada).

• Canadian Country Albums published by Jam!/Canoe. Same as above; chart positions are not archived and therefore impossible to verify. This is not to be confused with the RPM charts (1964-2000), which are acceptable.

• Chile Hot 100: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.

• Chilean Singles Chart from Americatop100.com. This chart was Deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.

• Colombia Top 100 from Americatop100.com. This charts was Deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.

• Croatian Singles Chart at ehot50.blog.hr : blog sourced chart.

• Croatian Singles Chart at www.soundguardian.com. No apparent notability. Validation of this chart compared to the airplay charts it claims to aggregate does not validate the chart.

• Cyprus Super Radio Chart This chart is a radio chart and it has not got an official status.

• Euro 200/APC-stats: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.

Note: the following charts are known to be mirrors of these charts:

• Portugal Singles Top 50 at αCharts.us
• Italian Albums Top 50 at αCharts.us
• Italian Singles Top 50 at αCharts.us

Note: a valid Portuguese albums chart, based on AC Nielsen data, can be found portuguesecharts.com.

Note: valid Italian albums and singles charts, can be found at www.fimi.it

• Greek Hot 75,Greek Dance, Greek Hype, Greek Pop, Greek Rock, Greek R&B & Latin, Greek Radio1 DJs: These charts from www.radio1.gr are all single network charts.

• Hungary Editor's Choice Top 40 at MAHASZ. The Editors' Choice Top 40 should not be used: this is a critic's list, not a reflection of sales or airplay.

• Italian Singles at αCharts.us: see Euro 200/APC-stats.

• Israeli Singles Chart at www.charts.co.il . These charts are all single network charts, and incorporate user voting.

• iTunes: Charts pertaining to only one specific retailer should not be used.

• Latin Areschart: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.

• Latvian Airplay Top, Latvian Singles Chart This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.

• LCC Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and other Lithuania Charts Company charts: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.

• Lithuanian Airplay Chart: This chart's article were deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.

• Lithuanian Top 40 from music.lt. This chart is based on membership voting, and does not reflect verifiable sales or airplay.

• Los 40 Principales. Single network chart documenting playlist frequency on the same network.

• México Top 100 from Americatop100.com. This chart was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.

• MYX Hit Chart, MYX Daily Top 10, Pinoy MYX Countdown: These charts were deleted by deletion discussion as non-notable charts with dubious methodology.

• Odyssey Albums Chart: Single vendor charts should not be used.

• Philippines Hot 100: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion (multiple times) as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology. There are no charts for Philippines that are known to be acceptable.

• Polish National Top 50: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.

Note: a valid Polish albums chart can be found at olis.onyx.pl.

• Portuguese Singles at αCharts.us: see Euro 200/APC-stats.

• Radio Disney: Charts from countdown shows should not be used as they are not derived from verifiable sales and/or airplay totals.

• Russian Airplay Chart from Tophit.ru: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart.

• Serbian Pop Top Lista: "TOP 50 SRBIJA" chart at poptoplista.com. Rankings are apparently combinations of radio airplay in Serbia with votes of Web site visitors.

• Spanish Singles Chart on allcharts.org. This is a mirror of Los 40 Principales, which is listed above.

• Tokio Hot 100 Single network airplay chart.

• Top Latino: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.

• United World Chart/Global Top 40 Albums: This chart's article was deleted by deletion discussion as a non-notable chart with dubious methodology.

• Viacom/MTV Networks Countdowns (VH1 VSpot and CMT Top 20 Countdowns): Both programs formerly used a mix of network airplay and radio popularity with some minor viewer feedback to compile their lists, but now only depend entirely on viewer text messaging and internet voting to compile their lists and encourage multiple votes, along with a limited pool of videos chosen by viewers to fill the list.

• Worf Music Awards: Probably non-existent award, mass-added over the last several months to various artist pages. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2007 Worf Music Awards.

• World Albums Top 40/World Singles Top 40: These listings on acharts.us are mirrors of the United World Chart.

Websites to avoid

• americatop100.com
• Charly1300.com
• Chartblue.com
• Madonna-charts.com
• Mariah-charts.com
• slokylie.com
• top40-charts.com
• Tsort.info/music/

Recommended charts

The following charts are recommended for use, although some archives of these charts are specifically deprecated. These are charts which are believed to meet all requirements for inclusion, and have reliable, licensed archives of positions which allow for stable and reliable referencing.

Many reliable charts are not included on this list, primarily due to archiving problems. The Romanian Top 100, for example, appears to be a reliable chart, but no stable searchable archive is available. These charts can be included so long as care is taken in providing a reliable source for the information.

Key to archive symbols

Symbol	Explanation of symbol
	All charts on this site are official and properly licensed.
	No problems have been detected with this archive. While using an official source is generally preferred, using this archive as a convenience link is acceptable. Good and Featured class articles should not rely on unlicensed archives as convenience links, and should use official sites and licensed archives where possible.
	While this chart appears to have been archived correctly, there are problems surrounding this archive site that make it questionable. Further use of this archive is discouraged, and people are encouraged to change links to this site to point to other sources.
	This chart has been archived incorrectly or is taken from an impermissible chart. It cannot be used as a source.

Typical sources for record charts and archives, by country

Country	Charts					Archives				Comments
	Albums		Singles
	Sales	Certifications	Sales	Airplay	Certifications	Acharts.co	Charts-Surfer.de	Top40-Charts.com	Hung Medien
Argentina	CAPIF	CAPIF (until 2010)	CAPIF	Monitor Latino						Direct links to the charts are not available.
			Billboard (from 2018)
Australia	ARIA Charts Hung Medien	ARIA (from 1990 - annual/monthly) ARIA Charts (from 2019 - weekly)	ARIA Charts Hung Medien		ARIA (from 1990 - annual/monthly) ARIA Charts (from 2019 - weekly)					Recent charts are listed at Sourcing guide/Australia. Pandora has an archive, keyword searchable through Trove. Kent Music Report was the accepted chart from 1976 to June 1988, but is not available online. The Hung Medien Australian-charts.com may contain user-generated info (see RfC).
Austria	Austria Top 40 oe3.ORF.at Hung Medien	IFPI (from 1990)	Austria Top 40 oe3.ORF.at Hung Medien		IFPI (from 1990)
Belgium (Flanders)	Ultratop	Ultratop (from 1995)	Ultratop		Ultratop (from 1995)					Dutch- and French-speaking sections of Belgium are charted separately, but the certifications in each one are for the whole country.
Belgium (Wallonia)	Ultratop	Ultratop (from 1995)	Ultratop		Ultratop (from 1995)
Brazil	Billboard (until April 2017, manual archive required)	Pro-Música (from 1990)	União Brasileira de Compositores (weekly streaming chart) Pro-Música (monthly streaming chart)	See Notes Billboard (weekly until January 2019) Crowley Broadcast Analysis (since 2018)	Pro-Música (from 2008)					Crowley Broadcast Analysis's Top 100 Brasil chart is fully accessible by free log-in and archived. União Brasileira de Compositores weekly streaming chart and Pro-Música's monthly streaming chart both have accessible archives. The (now defunct) album chart is poorly formatted and difficult to navigate. Detailed navigation help is available here.The Hot 100 Airplay and Hot Pop Songs charts from Billboard Brasil magazine are acceptable, but not archived. These charts can be included only by referencing the physical magazine, not the online chart. The remaining charts from Billboard Brasil are from individual Brazilian states, and generally should not be used.
Bulgaria				Prophon
Canada	Billboard	Music Canada	Billboard		Music Canada					Acharts.coarchives Canadian Hot 100 only. Sales for albums and singles are archived at Billboard.
	RPM		RPM							RPM contains information for music from 1964–2000; charts are archived by Collections Canada, although some are missing from the collection. Prior to 1964, the CHUM Chart is a valid alternative to RPM, as it was considered the de facto national chart in that period; however, as of 1964, CHUM lost its special status and became just a regular single-station chart. (The CHUM Chart has been republished in book form, and ChumTribute.com archives an online version.)
	The Record		The Record							No known online archive exists; however, Canadian music historian Nanda Lwin has published several books covering the magazine's chart history.
Czech Republic	IFPI		IFPI	IFPI
Denmark	IFPI Hung Medien	IFPI (from 2001) IFPI (from 2011)	IFPI Hung Medien	IFPI	IFPI (from 2007) IFPI (from 2011)					Both IFPI and Hung Medien contain archives back to 2001. Prior to 2001 only known archive is from Billboard Magazine Hits of the World section.
Estonia	Eesti Tipp-40 - Eesti Ekspress		Eesti Tipp-40 - Eesti Ekspress							Both Eesti Tipp-40 single and album charts are posted weekly by the Eesti Ekspress journalist Siim Nestor. The journalist's Eesti Ekspress author page has the history of charts that have been published. Three charts are published every week - when clicking on each chart article, it opens automatically on the Eesti Lood Tipp-40 (the local Estonian chart), but at the top of the table you can access the Album Tipp-40 (album chart) and Singlid Tipp-40 (singles chart) by clicking on the aforementioned chart names.
Finland	Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland Hung Medien	IFPI (until 2015)	Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland Hung Medien	IFPI	IFPI (until 2015)					Search available at ifpi.fi. Click "Albumit - viikko xx/xxxx »" for albums or "Singlet - viikko xx/xxxx »" for singles. There is also a download chart at latauslista.fi, but this should be treated as a component chart: it should be used only when the main chart was not entered.
France	SNEP Hung Medien InfoDisc	SNEP InfoDisc	SNEP Hung Medien	SNEP	SNEP InfoDisc					SNEP charts are found under tab labelled "Les Tops".
Germany	GfK Entertainment	BVMI	GfK Entertainment	Nielsen Radio Monitor Top 100	BVMI
Greece	IFPI Hung Medien (2010-2011)	IFPI (until 2013)	IFPI	IFPI	IFPI					The IFPI chart only shows the current week, to see previous weeks and years use archive.org. However this has only been sporadically archived but the chart table does include Best Position which may be helpful for any missing weeks. In their ancient charts, IFPI also listed any certifications given under the Awards column. G=gold, P=platinum 2P=2×platinum etc. Again use archive.org to see previous certifications. Webcitation.org also has a number of cached pages going back to January 2010.
Hungary	MAHASZ	MAHASZ (from 2000)	MAHASZ	MAHASZ	MAHASZ					Archived at MAHASZ. The Editors' Choice Top 40 should not be used: this is a critic's list, not a reflection of sales or airplay.
India		IMI	IMI		IMI
Indonesia			Billboard Indonesia							Actually, Indonesia has record tracking organization called "ASIRI" (Indonesia Recording Industry Association) but they are not actively tracking record sales.
Ireland	IRMA OCC Top 50	IRMA (2005–2013)	IRMA OCC Top 50	Radio Monitor Top 100						Archived at IrishCharts.ie (only for singles).
Israel				Media Forest
Italy	FIMI Hung Medien	FIMI (from 2009)	FIMI Hung Medien		FIMI (from 2009)					Archived at FIMI. NOTE: FIMI site shows full charts for albums and singles, while Hung Medien only shows Top 20 for both chart types.
Japan	Oricon Billboard	RIAJ (from 1989)	Oricon Billboard RIAJ Digital Track Chart		RIAJ (from 1989)					Detailed navigation help is available due to language difficulties/explanations; on what each chart (Oricon/Billboard/RIAJ) are specifically used for, click here.
			Japan Hot 100 Singles
Korea	Music Industry Association of Korea (monthly from 1999 to mid-2008) Circle Album Chart (weekly from 2010)	Circle (from 2018)	Circle Digital Chart (from 2010)		Circle (from 2018)					Note: The Circle Chart was known as the Gaon Chart from its founding in 2010 until July 7, 2022. When sourcing peak chart positions, use the weekly Circle Digital Chart (for singles) and the weekly Circle Album Chart (for albums). For singles sales prior to 2018, see the weekly, monthly, and yearly Circle Download Chart; as of 2018, Circle does not publish singles sales data. For album sales, see the monthly or yearly Circle Album Chart; as of July 7, 2022, Circle also publishes weekly album sales data. Prior to 2019, there were three tabs above every chart: 종합 (cumulative chart), 국내 (domestic chart), and 국외 (foreign chart). Use cumulative chart positions. Clearly note if the "foreign chart" is used instead. (Note: the foreign chart includes releases by non-Korean artists, as well as foreign-language releases by Korean artists.)
			Billboard K-pop Hot 100 (2011 to 2014, and 2017 to 2022)							K-Pop Hot 100 charts dating from November 2, 2019 to April 30, 2022 are available on the Billboard website. Archived links to these and older charts can be found here.
Mexico	AMPROFON Hung Medien (2007-2011)	AMPROFON (from 1999)		Mexican Airplay (manual archive required)	AMPROFON					Both current charts need to be manually archived. NOTE: The certifications posted on the Mexican Airplay chart are from the RIAA, not AMPROFON.
Netherlands	NVPI GfK	NVPI	NVPI GfK Dutch Single Top 100		NVPI					Weekly archive incorporated directly into charts.
			Dutch Top 40	Dutch Top 40
New Zealand	RMNZ Hung Medien	RMNZ RadioScope archive (2007-04-22 to 2011-07-17) Adabow has access to a book which lists most peak chart positions and certifications up to 2006	RMNZ Hung Medien		RMNZ RadioScope archive (2007-05-20 to 2011-08-21) Adabow has access to a book which lists most peak chart positions and certifications up to 2006					To link to an individual chart (January 2003 onward), select from the "Chart Archive" in the top right corner. You will be taken to a new URL which is a direct link. For old charts (prior to November 2011), use the format http://rianz.org.nz/rianz/oldchart.asp?chartNum=XXXX&chartKind=Y with XXXX as a chart number and Y as the kind of chart (S=singles, A=albums, D=DVDs, C=compilations, H=heatseekers [up to 2007-05-21]/ radio airplay [2007-05-28 to 2011-10-31])
Norway	VG-lista IFPI Hung Medien	IFPI (1993–2011) IFPI (from 2011 to date)	VG-lista IFPI Hung Medien	IFPI	IFPI (1993–2011) IFPI (from 2011 to date)					The complete archive (except Midprice and Airplay chart) is on VG-lista
Philippines			Philippines Songs (Billboard)							In February 2022, Billboard inaugurated Philippines Songs, a chart documenting the streaming and digital download activity in the Philippines.
Poland	OLiS (2000-2023) OLiS (from 2023)	ZPAV – Gold ZPAV – Platinum ZPAV – Diamond OLiS	OLiS	Airplay Top 20 (archive) OLiS	ZPAV – Gold ZPAV – Platinum ZPAV – Diamond OLiS
Portugal	Audiogest Hung Medien	AFP 1 (2004–2012 - weekly) AFP 2 (2007–2010 - annual) Audiogest (from 2018)	Audiogest Hung Medien	Audiogest	Audiogest (from 2018)					Charts from 2018 to date can be found on the tab "Tops Musicais".
Romania				Romanian Top 100 (1996–2012) Airplay 100 (2012–2021) UPFR (2008–2011, since 2021) Media Forest (since 2009) Romania Songs (since 2022)						The radio airplay chart Romanian Top 100 is to be used for Romanian peaks until its cancellation in February 2012 (archives can be found here). Beginning with 26 February 2012 and ending 28 November 2021, the Airplay 100 — based on both radio and television airplay throughout Romania — replaced the Romanian Top 100 and served as the country's national singles chart (archives can be found here). Media Forest, the compiler of both the Romanian Top 100 and the Airplay 100, also weekly publishes split radio and television airplay charts on their website, which can be used as further charts (see this, this and this) alongside the Romanian Top 100, Airplay 100, charts published by Uniunea Producătorilor de Fonograme din România (UPFR). UPFR had briefly published airplay charts from 2008 to 2011, which may be used if the Romanian Top 100 lacks archives, and resumed the publication of charts in November 2021 (archives can be found here). Is there no other chart available for a specific date, then the Media Forest charts should be used as the main ones. In February 2022, Billboard inaugurated Romania Songs, a chart documenting the streaming and digital download activity in Romania; this ranking can be used interchangeably with the UPFR charts (archives for Romania Songs can be found here).
Russia				Tophit.com
Slovakia	IFPI		IFPI	IFPI
South Africa		RISA	TOSAC (from 2021)	EMA (2015-2016) TOSAC (from 2021)	RISA					Only if the song/artist has not charted on the TOSAC Local & International Streaming Chart, may the Billboard South Africa Songs or Local & International Radio charts be used.
Spain	PROMUSICAE El portal de Música Hung Medien	PROMUSICAE El portal de Música (from 2009) El portal de Música (from 1994)	PROMUSICAE El portal de Música Hung Medien	PROMUSICAE El portal de Música	PROMUSICAE El portal de Música (from 2009) El portal de Música (from 1994)	Prior to January 12, 2009, the charts published at PROMUSICAE, www.spanishcharts.com, and Acharts.co were identical, and were based on physical sales. After that date, PROMUSICAE began to publish a more comprehensive chart, which included downloads, but www.spanishcharts.com and Acharts.co continued to publish only the physical chart. This means that for songs which charted prior to January 12, 2009, either source can be used. After January 12, 2009, if a song charted on both, then the PROMUSICAE chart should be used. Spanishcharts.com/Acharts.co should be used only for charting information after January 12, 2009, if the song did not chart on PROMUSICAE. Links to individual charts on PROMUSICAE can be made by using the search function, and then linking to the resulting PDF file. On July 5, 2009, Spanishcharts.com began publishing the more comprehensive chart as well including the complete archive back to January 2009.
Sweden	Sverigetopplistan (IFPI) Hung Medien	Sverigetopplistan (IFPI)	Sverigetopplistan (IFPI) Hung Medien		Sverigetopplistan (IFPI)					IPFI Sweden stopped adding new certifications to its official website some time ago but these old certifications can be accessed using archive.org All certifications, including historical ones can be seen on Sverigetopplistan but you will need to know or find the week & year the record was certified, or click in "Sök" at the top right corner to search an artist and check certifications along best positions. Individual weeks can now be linked to by copying the url.
Switzerland	Hung Medien	Hung Medien (from 1989)	Hung Medien	Hung Medien	Hung Medien (from 1989)					Weekly archive built into main list.
Switzerland (Romandy)	Hung Medien		Hung Medien
United Kingdom	OCC Top 100	BPI	OCC Top 100	Radio Monitor Top 100	BPI					Archives available at OCC. Note that for the period 1994–2001 Singles positions 76–100 found on the OCC website do not match the charts published at the time in the OCC-licensed magazine Hit Music (archived at Chart Log UK).
United States	Billboard 200	RIAA	Billboard Hot 100	Billboard Radio Songs	RIAA					Books published by Joel Whitburn cover many of the major Billboard genre-specific charts.
Country	Charts					Archives				Comments
	Albums		Singles
	Sales	Certifications	Sales	Airplay	Certifications	Acharts.co	Chart-Surfer.de	Top40-Charts.com	Hung Medien

Nielsen SoundScan International

Many countries have a digital songs chart compiled by Nielsen SoundScan International and published in Billboard Magazine in the Hits of the World page.

Billboard charts

For a complete list of Billboard charts and general information see Billboard charts.

In the United States Billboard publishes songs and albums charts based on data from Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen BDS. This guide is designed to help editors to determine which charts are acceptable for use on Wikipedia in which circumstances. Below is the chart matrix for this purpose.

The guide contains the official and current names for the charts as of April 2010, with the exception of the Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs), also known as either the Mainstream Top 40 or the Pop Songs chart. On Wikipedia, it is located at a page using both names (one as a disambiguator). When listing the chart in chart tables list it exactly as its page is named: Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs).

Billboard magazine is the provider of US charts; however, its use on Wikipedia when mentioning charts should be limited: i.e., charts should simply be referred to as US followed by the chart name. The only two exceptions to this rule are the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard 200, which should include Billboard as it is a part of the actual chart name.

Sourcing Billboard charts

As with all record charts, you should first try to source each chart directly from the Billboard.com website. Ideally, the citation should link to the Billboard page for the song in question, through the artist's discography / chart history page there.

Note, however, that the Billboard archives are sometimes incomplete, particularly on older and/or lesser-known artists. Any of the books by Joel Whitburn may also be used to verify chart positions.

On singles discography tables, do not add 100 to a Bubbling Under peak if the song never entered the corresponding chart [i.e., Billboard Hot 100 and Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, or Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (do not add 50 to a Bubbling Under peak on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs after October 2012)]. Doing so would violate WP:SYNTH by creating information not directly supported by the source (i.e., the notion that the Bubbling Under chart is an extension to the main chart and the position). It should be indicated as an uncharted song with a footnote to indicate the Bubbling Under peak. In the song's article, just indicate it as a Bubbling Under peak, so long as it is verifiable. If an artist has had Bubbling Under entries but no songs that entered the Hot 100 proper, or has had multiple Bubbling Under entries, discography tables may use a separate "Bubbling Under" column to save on footnotes.

Also, when creating singles tables, do not include charts on which the artist has never appeared—a Hot 100 column is not mandatory if the artist never charted on the Hot 100.

It is recommended that you use the {{single chart}} template where possible.

Song charts

Decision tree for adding song charts

Condition	Applicable US charts
Regardless of other chartings, you may add any of the charts to the right →	"Hot" charts Billboard Hot 100 Hot Christian Songs Hot Country Songs Hot Dance/Electronic Songs Hot Gospel Songs Hot Latin Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot Rap Songs (entries before October 20, 2012) Hot Rock & Alternative Songs Defunct charts Best Sellers in Stores Most Played by Jockeys Most Played in Jukeboxes Pop 100 Top 40 Tracks The Top 100 Airplay only charts Adult Contemporary Adult Pop Airplay (Adult Top 40) Christian Airplay Country Airplay Latin Airplay (entries after October 20, 2012) Pop Airplay (Mainstream Top 40) R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (entries after October 20, 2012) Rhythmic Rock Airplay Smooth Jazz Songs Other charts Billboard Global 200 Dance Club Songs
Additionally, you may add the following charts if the conditions below are met.
If a song has not charted on the Billboard Global 200, you may add →	Global Excl. U.S.
If a song has not charted on the Billboard Hot 100, you may add any of the following →	Digital Song Sales Radio Songs (Hot 100 Airplay) Streaming Songs Bubbling Under Hot 100 Hot Singles Sales
If a song has not charted on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, you may add any of the following →	Dance/Mix Show Airplay Hot Dance Singles Sales
If a song has charted on Hot Latin Songs or Latin Airplay but not any other Billboard genre charts listed on "Applicable US charts" you may add any of the following →	Latin Pop Airplay Regional Mexican Airplay Tropical Airplay Latin Rhythm Airplay
If a song has not charted on the Pop 100, you may add →	Pop 100 Airplay
If a song has charted on neither Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs nor R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, you may add any of the following →	Adult R&B Songs Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Hot R&B Songs Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales Hot Rap Songs (entries after October 20, 2012)
If a song has charted on neither Hot Rock & Alternative Songs nor Rock Airplay, you may add any of the following →	Adult Alternative Airplay (Triple A) Alternative Airplay (Modern Rock) Hot Alternative Songs Mainstream Rock Hot Hard Rock Songs
Genre-specific digital song sales and streaming songs charts should not be included unless a song did not chart on the respective all-genre Digital Song Sales or Streaming Songs charts and the genre's "hot" chart.

Album charts

Decision tree for adding album charts

Condition	Applicable US charts	Explanation
If an album has charted on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums you may not add any of the following →	Top R&B Albums Top Rap Albums	Billboard in October 2012 launched the R&B Songs chart and in January 2013, launched the R&B Albums chart as distillations of the main Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts. The separate R&B song and album charts rank the top 25 songs or albums, but exclude rap titles. Effectively they are a subset of the main chart.
If an album has charted on Top Latin Albums, and on any other Billboard album genre charts, you may not add one of the following →	Latin Pop Albums (entries after July 10, 1993) Regional Mexican Albums (entries after July 10, 1993) Tropical Albums (entries after July 10, 1993) Latin Rhythm Albums	Prior to the inception of an overall Top Latin Albums chart in July 1993, it was simply divided into Latin Pop, Regional Mexican, and Tropical Albums. Since then, they are a subset of the main chart. The Latin Rhythm Albums chart was launched in 2005.

Notes

Internal links

• Billboard (magazine)
• Billboard charts

External links

• Billboard
• Billboard Business