BillBoard
BillBoard的起源
1894年11月1日，美国俄亥俄州辛辛那提市的一个小酒馆里，两个专门为马戏团、展览会设计告示牌的年轻人威廉。H.唐纳德森(William H.Donaldson)和詹姆士.F.亨宁汉(James F. Henningham)酒后兴起，萌生了办刊物的念头，《公告牌》(Billboard)就这样诞生了。不过那时，它还叫做“Billboard Advertising”，这份月刊只有8页，售价10美分，内容以州内大事、狂欢节日、娱乐演出为主。
1897年，杂志更名为“The Billboard”，同时做出一系列调整。唐纳德森买下了亨宁汉的股份、将月刊转变为周刊、在纽约以及芝加哥设立办公室。杂志内容则逐步娱乐化：增添唱片界的新闻与广告、电影介绍、歌曲评论、专栏专区等等。直到1913年，《公告牌》出现首份榜单“上周最畅销的前十名流行歌曲”，成为第一本拥有排行榜的杂志。
随后的几十年里，《公告牌》又陆续开设了各式各样的排行榜：各剧院上周所播放的流行歌曲排行榜、点唱机排行榜、流行歌曲销量排行榜、电台最热播歌曲排行榜、唱片销量排行榜等等。这些排行榜中，精度不高、由唱片公司提供名单或所针对的传播途径影响不大的榜单大多停止。
上个世纪40年代，《公告牌》做出调整并重点推出点唱机最常播放歌曲榜、电台DJ最常播放歌曲榜、专辑销量榜、单曲销量榜等榜单，这些排行榜已与现今《公告牌》的榜单形式十分相似，而杂志本身也成为专业性的流行音乐排行榜杂志。1954年后，《公告牌》已经掌控了整个美国流行乐界，包括各类流行项目的榜单信息与名次的排行统计专业职权。1955年7月9日到8月27日，比尔·哈利的《昼夜摇滚》(Rock Around The Clock)蝉联《公告牌》单曲销量榜八周冠军，宣告了摇滚乐时代的开始。
同年11月12日，《公告牌》推出首份综合歌曲销售及点唱机最常播放的排行榜Top 100，1958年8月4日，Top 100更名为Hot 100单曲榜，随后将最佳销量榜并入，单曲榜自此宣告统一，成为《公告牌》至今最有名的榜单。虽然成型用了3年时间，人们仍将它的诞生日定在1955年11月12日。
之后，《公告牌》一直稳步发展，称霸美国乐坛，并不时改进推新：将名称改为“Billboard”、出现封面、改进统计方式、更名专辑榜为The Billboard 200等等，包括今年，《公告牌》还推出了Pop 100 单曲榜，与Hot 100 相比，它以top 40 主流电台播放率作为统计来源。
如此111年，才有了这么一张厚重、醒目、权威的“公告牌”。
榜名: The Billboard Hot 100截至日期(Issue Date): 2009-08-01
本周名次
(This Week)
上周名次
(Last Week)
艺人名
(Artist Name)
歌名
(Title)
最高名次
(Peak)
在榜周数
(Weeks On)
1
1
The Black Eyed Peas
I Gotta Feeling
1
6
2
2
Drake
Best I Ever Had
2
11
3
6
Taylor Swift
You Belong With Me
3
13
4
4
Keri Hilson ft. Kanye West & Ne-Yo
Knock You Down
3
17
5
5
Sean Kingston
Fire Burning
5
11
6
3
The Black Eyed Peas
Boom Boom Pow
1
19
7
7
Lady Gaga
Love Game
5
14
8
8
Pitbull
I Know You Want Me(Calle Ocho)
2
21
9
9
Jeremih
Birthday Sex
4
15
10
12
Katy Perry
Waking Up In Vegas
10
12
附录：Billboard 2008年单曲年终榜：
1 LOW Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain Poe Boy/Atlantic
2 BLEEDING LOVE Leona Lewis SYCO/J/RMG
3 NO ONE Alicia Keys MBK/J/RMG
4 LOLLIPOP Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major Cash Money/Universal Motown
5 APOLOGIZE Timbaland Featuring OneRepublic Mosley/Blackground/Interscope
6 NO AIR Jordin Sparks Duet With Chris Brown 19/Jive/Zomba
7 LOVE SONG Sara Bareilles Epic
8 LOVE IN THIS CLUB Usher Featuring Young Jeezy LaFace/Zomba
9 WITH YOU Chris Brown Jive/Zomba
10 FOREVER Chris Brown Jive/Zomba
11 SEXY CAN I Ray J & Yung Berg Knockout/DEJA 34/Epic/Koch
12 TAKE A BOW Rihanna SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG
13 VIVA LA VIDA Coldplay Capitol
14 I KISSED A GIRL Katy Perry Capitol
15 WHATEVER YOU LIKE T.I. Grand Hustle/Atlantic
16 DISTURBIA Rihanna SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG
17 DON'T STOP THE MUSIC Rihanna SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG
18 POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE Natasha Bedingfield Phonogenic/Epic
19 KISS KISS Chris Brown Featuring T-Pain Jive/Zomba
20 CLOSER Ne-Yo Def Jam/IDJMG
21 BUBBLY Colbie Caillat Universal Republic
22 TOUCH MY BODY Mariah Carey Island/IDJMG
23 4 MINUTES Madonna Featuring Justin Timberlake Warner Bros.
24 SO WHAT Pink LaFace/Zomba
25 PARALYZER Finger Eleven Wind-up
26 CLUMSY Fergie will.i.am/A&M/Interscope
27 I'M YOURS Jason Mraz Atlantic/RRP
28 LEAVIN' Jesse McCartney Hollywood
29 DANGEROUS Kardinal Offishall Featuring Akon KonLive/Geffen/Interscope
30 TATTOO Jordin Sparks 19/Jive/Zomba
31 SEE YOU AGAIN Miley Cyrus Hollywood
32 SHAKE IT Metro Station Columbia
33 STOP AND STARE OneRepublic Mosley/Interscope
34 TAKE YOU THERE Sean Kingston Beluga Heights/Koch/Epic
35 PAPER PLANES M.I.A. XL/Interscope
36 HOT N COLD Katy Perry Capitol
37 LIVE YOUR LIFE T.I. Featuring Rihanna Def Jam/Grand Hustle/IDJMG/Atlantic
38 BUST IT BABY PART 2 Plies Featuring Ne-Yo Big Gates/Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic
39 AMERICAN BOY Estelle Featuring Kanye West Home School/Atlantic
40 GOT MONEY Lil Wayne Featuring T-Pain Cash Money/Universal Motown
41 OUR SONG Taylor Swift Big Machine/Universal Republic
42 DAMAGED Danity Kane Bad Boy/Atlantic
43 A MILLI Lil Wayne Cash Money/Universal Motown
44 SORRY Buckcherry Eleven Seven/Atlantic/RRP
45 INDEPENDENT Webbie Featuring Lil' Phat & Lil' Boosie Trill/Asylum/Atlantic
46 CAN'T BELIEVE IT T-Pain Featuring Lil Wayne Konvict/Nappy Boy/Jive/Zomba
47 LIKE YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN Alicia Keys MBK/J/RMG
48 TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR Taylor Swift Big Machine/Universal Republic
49 WHEN I GROW UP The Pussycat Dolls Interscope
50 SENSUAL SEDUCTION Snoop Dogg Doggystyle/Geffen/Interscope
51 WHAT YOU GOT Colby O'Donis Featuring Akon KonLive/Geffen/Interscope
52 IT'S NOT MY TIME 3 Doors Down Universal Republic
53 BETTER IN TIME Leona Lewis SYCO/J/RMG
54 CRANK THAT (SOULJA BOY) Soulja Boy Tell'em ColliPark/Interscope
55 SHADOW OF THE DAY Linkin Park Warner Bros.
56 SWEETEST GIRL (DOLLAR BILL) Wyclef Jean Featuring Akon, Lil Wayne & Niia Columbia
57 MISS INDEPENDENT Ne-Yo Def Jam/IDJMG
58 FALL FOR YOU Secondhand Serenade Glassnote/ILG/Atlantic
59 IN THE AYER Flo Rida Featuring will.i.am Poe Boy/Atlantic
60 SAY John Mayer Aware/Columbia
61 ONE STEP AT A TIME Jordin Sparks 19/Jive/Zomba
62 HATE THAT I LOVE YOU Rihanna Featuring Ne-Yo SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG
63 SUPERSTAR Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos 1st & 15th/Atlantic
64 SUFFOCATE J. Holiday Music Line/Capitol
65 LET IT ROCK Kevin Rudolf Featuring Lil Wayne Cash Money/Universal Republic
66 GET LIKE ME David Banner Featuring Chris Brown b.i.G. f.a.c.e./SRC/Universal Motown
67 REALIZE Colbie Caillat Universal Republic
68 PUT ON Young Jeezy Featuring Kanye West CTE/Def Jam/IDJMG
69 THE TIME OF MY LIFE David Cook 19/RCA/RMG
70 LOLLI LOLLI (POP THAT BODY) Three 6 Mafia Featuring Project Pat, Young D & Superpower Hypnotize Minds/Columbia
71 CYCLONE Baby Bash Featuring T-Pain Arista/RMG
72 LOVE LIKE THIS Natasha Bedingfield Featuring Sean Kingston Phonogenic/Epic
73 BURNIN' UP Jonas Brothers Hollywood
74 LOVE LOCKDOWN Kanye West Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG
75 I LUV YOUR GIRL The-Dream Radio Killa/Def Jam/IDJMG
76 CRUSH David Archuleta 19/Jive/Zomba
77 HYPNOTIZED Plies Featuring Akon Big Gates/Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic
78 BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY Fergie will.i.am/A&M/Interscope
79 GOOD LIFE Kanye West Featuring T-Pain Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG
80 WOMANIZER Britney Spears Jive/Zomba
81 LOVE STORY Taylor Swift Big Machine
82 JUST FINE Mary J. Blige Matriarch/Geffen/Interscope
83 PIECE OF ME Britney Spears Jive/Zomba
84 THE BOSS Rick Ross Featuring T-Pain Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam/IDJMG
85 ALL SUMMER LONG Kid Rock Top Dog/Atlantic
86 CAN'T HELP BUT WAIT Trey Songz Song Book/Atlantic
87 IN LOVE WITH A GIRL Gavin DeGraw J/RMG
88 MY LIFE The Game Featuring Lil Wayne Geffen/Interscope
89 I REMEMBER Keyshia Cole Imani/Geffen/Interscope
90 FLASHING LIGHTS Kanye West Featuring Dwele Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG
91 MRS. OFFICER Lil Wayne Featuring Bobby Valentino & Kidd Kidd Cash Money/Universal Motown
92 7 THINGS Miley Cyrus Hollywood
93 YOU'RE GONNA MISS THIS Trace Adkins Capitol Nashville
94 LOVE REMAINS THE SAME Gavin Rossdale Interscope
95 FEELS LIKE TONIGHT Daughtry RCA/RMG
96 THE WAY I ARE Timbaland Featuring Keri Hilson Mosley/Blackground/Interscope
97 ADDICTED Saving Abel Skiddco/Virgin/Capitol
98 INTO THE NIGHT Santana Featuring Chad Kroeger Arista/RMG
99 HEAVEN SENT Keyshia Cole Imani/Geffen/Interscope
100 SHE GOT IT 2 Pistols Featuring T-Pain & Tay Dizm Universal Republic