Is this the same methodology that was used for the all-time charts in Billboards 100th Anniversary issue in 1994 or the 40th Anniversary of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988?
No. Similar but different, and the differences can be significant. Those earlier charts were based only on weeks spent in the top 10, while the charts for the Hot 100’s 50th Anniversary award relative points for every week that a title spent on the chart, regardless of rank. Consequently, some of the songs that ranked high on the 1994 and/or 1998 recaps stand lower on the 50th Anniversary title chart.
Related Questions
- Is this the same methodology that was used for the all-time charts in Billboards 100th Anniversary issue in 1994 or the 40th Anniversary of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988?
- Did the weighted formula used for the all-time song charts also determine the artist chart?
- How were the 50th Anniversary Billboard Hot 100 song charts determined?
