Subscriber Account active since. In the history of modern music rankings, only a handful of songs have ever debuted at No. The Hot is widely considered the definitive all-genre singles chart in the US. Although it was officially launched in , Billboard began using modern airplay and sales data in — allowing for more time-sensitive calculations and accurate rankings. Moreover, Billboard began incorporating digital sales data in and YouTube data in The chart methodology is updated at least once a year , to reflect rapidly evolving listening trends. Although more than 1, songs have reached the coveted No.

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The Billboard Hot is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales physical and digital , radio play , and online streaming in the United States. The weekly tracking period for sales was initially Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in , but was changed to Friday to Thursday in July
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Styles is the second member of One Direction to have led the Hot , following Zayn with "Pillowtalk" in Let's run down the top 10 of the newest Hot , which blends all-genre U. All charts dated Aug. The song its original version and an instrumental was also sale-priced to 69 cents at all digital retailers during the tracking week. Styles scores his second Digital Song Sales No. New videos, WatermelonSugarDay: Further enhancing the profile for "Watermelon Sugar" in the tracking week, an official "behind the scenes" video for the song premiered July 31, while a "lost tour visual" clip arrived Aug. Plus, the hashtag WatermelonSugarDay trended Aug. Harry's history: As Styles achieves his first Hot No. In his other top 10 visit as a soloist, "Adore You" reached No.
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