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 100Billboard Hot 100是《公告牌》制作的一份单曲排行榜，评选出的歌曲决不含糊，没有点影响力的决不会入选该榜单。被认为是美国乃至欧美国家流行乐坛最具权威的一份单曲排行榜。“公告牌”音乐奖每年评选一次，每年获奖者的成绩是根据前年12月到当年11月，每一周排行榜的上榜情况总结出来的，而每一周的排行榜成绩又是根据歌曲的销量和播放率进行排列，因此，“公告牌”音乐奖也可以说是欧美流行乐坛最具权威的民选奖项。销量的计算期间是周一到周日，广播放送次数统计期间则是周三到周二。每一期的新榜单在周四发表。不过排行榜日期标注为下周的周六。
例
1月1日（周一） - 销量统计期间开始
1月3日（周三） - 广播放送次数统计期间开始
1月7日（周日） - 销量统计期间终了
1月9日（周二） - 广播放送次数统计期间终了
1月11日 （周四） - 发表新一期榜单，日期是1月20日（周六）
第一支在Hot 100上夺得第一的歌曲是Ricky Nelson的Poor Little Fool，日期是1958年8月4日。截止到2010年1月23日，已经有980支不同的歌曲获得第一。此外，目前Billboard也有在加拿大和日本发表排名前100位单曲的排行榜。最新榜单2010年第15周美国Billboard Hot100单曲榜Top50
本周排名 上周排名 在榜周数 艺人 曲目
01 01 07 Rihanna, Rude Boy(蝉联3周冠军)
02 02 09 B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars, Nothin' On You
03 07 26 Train, Hey, Soul Sister
04 04 33 Lady Antebellum, Need You Now
05 03 18 Lady GaGa Featuring Beyoncé, Telephone
06 05 05 Taio Cruz Featuring Ludacris, Break Your Heart
07 06 17 The Black Eyed Peas, Imma Be
08 10 10 Justin Bieber Featuring Ludacris, Baby
09 08 18 Young Money Featuring Lloyd, BedRock
10 09 25 Ke$ha, TiK ToK
11 12 16 Jason Derülo, In My Head
12 11 17 Timbaland Featuring Justin Timberlake, Carry Out
13 13 20 Trey Songz Featuring Fabolous, Say Aah
14 14 22 Lady GaGa, Bad Romance
15 18 17 The Script, Breakeven
16 15 12 Ke$ha Featuring 3OH!3, Blah Blah Blah
17 16 16 Ludacris, How Low
18 20 25 OneRepublic, All The Right Moves
19 19 17 Orianthi, According To You
20 21 15 Adam Lambert, Whataya Want From Me
21 24 05 Ludacris Featuring Nicki Minaj, My Chick Bad
22 17 03 Drake, Over
23 22 22 Kris Allen, Live Like We're Dying
24 23 34 David Guetta Featuring Akon, Sexy Chick
25 58 07 Miley Cyrus, When I Look At You
26 25 12 Timbaland Featuring Drake, Say Something
27 33 11 Jay-Z + Mr. Hudson, Young Forever
28 31 11 Usher Featuring Plies, Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)
29 28 26 Michael Bublé, Haven't Met You Yet
30 NE 01 Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber, Eenie Meenie
31 29 42 The Black Eyed Peas, I Gotta Feeling
32 34 08 Kevin Rudolf Featuring Birdman, Jay Sean & Lil Wayne, I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)
33 26 24 New Boyz Featuring Ray J, Tie Me Down
34 32 11 Lady Antebellum, American Honey
35 30 32 Iyaz, Replay
36 35 10 Taylor Swift, Today Was A Fairytale
37 38 17 Daughtry, Life After You
38 37 16 John Mayer, Heartbreak Warfare
39 36 29 Jay-Z + Alicia Keys, Empire State Of Mind
40 40 11 Zac Brown Band, Highway 20 Ride
41 41 14 Carrie Underwood, Temporary Home
42 46 14 Selena Gomez & The Scene, Naturally
43 39 39 Jay Sean Featuring Lil Wayne, Down
44 47 07 Monica, Everything To Me
45 45 49 Taylor Swift, You Belong With Me
46 42 12 Easton Corbin, A Little More Country Than That
47 54 02 Spose, I'm Awesome
48 55 07 Iyaz, Solo
49 44 02 T.I., I'm Back
50 43 14 Blake Shelton Featuring Trace Adkins, Hillbilly Bone
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
Billboard 2009年单曲年终榜001 - The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
002 - Lady Gaga - Poker Face
003 - Lady Gaga (feat.Colby O'Donis) - Just Dance
004 - The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
005 - Taylor Swift - Love Story
006 - Flo Rida - Right Round
007 - Jason Marz - I'm Yours
008 - Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
009 - Kanye West - Heartless
010 - The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell
011 - Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
012 - T.I. (feat.Justin Timberlake) - Dead And Gone
013 - The Fray - You Found Me
014 - Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody
015 - Keri Hilson (feat.Kanye West & Ne-yo) - Knock You Down
016 - Jamie Foxx (feat.T-Pain) - Blame It
017 - Pitbull - I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)
018 - T.I. (feat.Rihanna) - Live Your Life
019 - SouljaBoy (feat.Sammie) - Kiss Me Thru The Phone
020 - Jay Sean (feat.Lil Wayne) - Down
021 - Miley Cyrus - The Climb
022 - Drake - Best I Ever Had
023 - Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You
024 - Beyonce - Halo
025 - Katy Perry - Hot n Cold
026 - Shinedown - Second Chance
027 - Britney Spears - Circus
028 - Kid Cudi - Day 'N' Nite
029 - Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
030 - 30H!3 - Don't Trust Me
031 - Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West - Run This Town
032 - Kevin Rudolf (feat.Lil Wayne) - Let It Rock
033 - Sean Kingston - Fire Burning
034 - Jason Derulo -Whatcha Say
035 - Lady Gaga - Lovegame
036 - Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas
037 - Jeremih - Birthday Sex
038 - Pink - Sober
039 - Britney Spears - Womanizer
040 - T.I. - Whatever You Like
041 - Mariah Carey - Obsessed
042 - Ne-yo - Mad
043 - Cobra Starship (feat.Leighton Meester) - Good Girls Go Bad
044 - Kanye West - Love Lockdown
045 - Pink - So What
046 - Pitbull - Hotel Service
047 - Eminem, Dr.Dre & 50 Cent - Crack A Bottle
048 - Beyonce - If I Were A Boy
049 - Keri Hilson (feat.Lil Wayne) - Turning Me On
050 - The Pussycat Dolls - I Hate This Part
051 - Nickelback - Gotta Be Somebody
052 - Pink - Please Don't Leave Me
053 - Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
054 - Akon (feat.Colby O'Donis & Kardinal Offishall) - Beautiful
055 - Coldplay - Viva La Vida
056 - Akon - Right Now (Na Na Na)
057 - Jordin Sparks - Battlefield
058 - Flo Rida (feat.Wynter) - Sugar
059 - Ne-yo - Miss Independent
060 - Owl City - Fireflies
061 - Linkin Park - New Divide
062 - Jay-Z+Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind
063 - Daughtry - No Surprise
064 - Shakria - She Wolf
065 - Mario (feat.Gucci Mane & Sean Garrett) - Break Up
066 - Beyonce - Sweet Dreams
067 - Young Money - Every Girl
068 - Colbie Caillat - Fallin' For You
069 - The Veronicas - Untouched
070 - Nickelback - If Today Was Your Last Day
071 - Fabolous (feat.The-Dream) - Throw It In The Bag
072 - Boys Like Girls - Love Drunk
073 - Asher Roth - I Love College
074 - Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy
075 - Jason Aldean - Big Green Tractor
076 - Taylor Swift - White House
077 - Rihanna - Disturbia
078 - Green Day - 21 Guns
079 - SouljaBoy - Turn My Swag On
080 - The-Dream - Rockin' That Thang
081 - Zac Brown Band - Chicken Fried
082 - Beyonce - Diva
083 - Iyaz - Replay
084 - Brad Paisley - Then
085 - Rob Thomas - Her Diamonds
086 - Jesse McCartney (feat.Ludacris) - How Do You Sleep?
087 - Britney Spears - 3
088 - Drake (feat.Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem) - Forever
089 - Justin Bieber - One Time
090 - Lady Antebellum - I Run To You
091 - Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up
092 - John Legend (feat.Andre 3000) - Green Light
093 - Billy Currington - People Are Crazy
094 - Zac Brown Band - Whatever It Is
095 - Kelly Clarkson - Already Gone
096 - Kristinia DeBarge - Goodbye
097 - Michael Franti & Spearhead (feat. Cherine Anderson) - Say Hey (I Love You)
098 - Jim Jones & Ron Browz (feat. Juelz Santana) - Pop Champagne
099 - Maxwell - Pretty Wings
100 - The Fray - Never Say Never
