Rhythmic Airplay Charts
The Rhythmic airplay charts (also Rhythmic Top 40 ) are Airplay -charts that of Billboard be created. The charts are based on the use of airplay in urban music ( R&B and hip-hop ).
history
The Billboard magazine took its first development for the Rhythmic Airplay charts on 15 February 1987, when the charts there for crossover created -music. The first number one hit was Looking for a New Love by Jody Watley . The charts consisted of 30 titles and were evaluated from the airplay of only 18 radio stations. In December 1990, Billboard disbanded the charts because there were more radio stations playing genre-specific music, for example there were many radio stations only playing pop pieces, made up of the mainstream top 40 and for radio stations playing urban music, Billboard created the Rhythmic Airplay Charts in October 1992 . First number-one hit in the Rhythmic airplay charts was End of the Road by Boyz II Men .
See also
- Billboard
- Billboard Hot 100
- Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Music)
- Hot Dance Airplay (Electronic Music)