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This is a list of songs in the music industry that have peaked at number-one on the Radio & Records singles chart.It was created in 1973, and monitored the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play that were based on and/or compiled from a panel consisting of Top 40/CHR stations in the United States (and Canada during the Radio & Records years from 1973 to 1994) that served as reporters.
Radio & Records (R&R) was a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries. [1] It started as an independent trade from 1973 to 2006 until VNU Media took over in 2006 and became a relaunched sister trade to Billboard, until its final issue in 2009.
R&R was a newly relaunched version of two different publications: Billboard Radio Monitor and Radio & Records, the latter where the R&R name was adopted from as the trade's "new" name. The move was a result of a merger between Radio & Records, the "original R&R", and Radio Monitor after VNU Media acquired Radio & Records on July 6, 2006.
The program, titled Casey's Top 40, used the weekly chart survey published by Radio & Records ("R&R", which is based on radio airplay) instead of the Billboard Hot 100 chart AT40 was still using (which at the time was based on record sales). Further complications arose when some stations that stayed with Stevens also added Kasem's new show.
The following lists the number one rock singles in Canada in 2006 based on airplay from Mediabase which was published in Radio & Records magazine. [ 1 ] Chart history
Prior to the current chart published by Billboard, an airplay chart following a similar methodology was published by Radio & Records. The R&R Canada Country Top 30 chart listed the most popular songs on country radio based on airplay from 21 Mediabase stations. [4] The list was expanded to 40 positions effective as of the May 19, 2006 issue. [5]
R&R had been considered a rival to Billboard and BRM for more than 33 years (since 1973, the year R&R started) and like BRM also used radio airplay to determine chart activity. In a statement on both R&R and Billboard Radio Monitor's websites: “This acquisition is in line with VNU's strategy to further strengthen its services to the radio and ...
Radio & Records: R&R began covering Christian charts in 2001. While not available in a database, most issues of Radio & Records can be found at World Radio History, including year-end charts. R&R Christian charts were published weekly from April 27, 2001 until June 2009, when the magazine was shuttered and Billboard took over all formats.